The Q&A Hole: What’s the Most Important Thing in Life?

With JT Habersaat, David Wheeler, Jodi Egerton, Marc English & more.

"...The Big One in this installment of our weekly question-and-answer series...."

Sept. 27, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Awful/Lucky Martha Kelly

Austin comedian Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame

"...sit down at Radio Coffee & Beer on Manchaca. And with that, this very successful comedian – winner of..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Review: Boiler Nine

Three isn't necessarily a charm for La Corsha's latest venture

"...maximalized Gardner redux Chicon, the "all day" hangout June's, and the boozy sandwich shop Irene's – exist comfortably in..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Grooving With Cass McCombs

“I don’t think people really understand that my music is experimental”

"...done as many interviews as his enigmatic groove poetry demands, but the singer-songwriter-guitarist, 38, laughed easily and often on..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...chord organ for $20. Because such an unlikely score demands tribute to the forces of random fortune, Roper founded..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...etc., as in, "I told her what I did and she just went boonta at me!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...not write down to readers, write straight at them, and if they have to reach some that is a..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Death Watch: Executing Texas' Law of Parties

Jeff Wood never killed anybody; Robert Pruett may not have either. Why does the state want to put them both to death?

"...summer in Texas' death chamber, with executions stayed left and right, state Court of Criminal Appeals justices questioning the..."

Aug. 12, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Exclusive Interview With Wrestling Legend Duke “The Rooster” Cartwright

Deposed local champ tells it like it is before Soul Grudge Showdown VI

"...lurking in Austin’s shadier vanishing points, licking his wounds and (we must assume) methodically re-establishing the majesty of his..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What Would $720 Million for Transportation Buy?

City Council mulls the "Go Big" bond in preparation for the November ballot

"...the $720 million proposal debated by City Council, funding and projects were moved from other transportation priorities into this..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

I Like to Watch: Better Things Than Stranger Things

There are other worlds than these

"...a dark, snarky, political thriller about garbage human beings, and they provided exactly that...."

July 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

"Peter Brown Leighton: Live Snakes" at Photo Méthode Gallery

The words that best describe the manipulated vintage photos in this exhibit are blithe, triumphant, and hilarious

"...Brown Leighton's "Live Snakes" tells a good story. Leda and the Swan is a photo of a lake at..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Midtowne Spa Shutters After Two Decades

Austin loses another gay-centric business

"...gay community destination, discreetly located on Airport Boulevard near Highland Mall. Gay, bi, and questioning men of all ages..."

July 29, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Standing Witness

On living through the history of AIDS, and seeing a rising rate of infection

"...years after the destruction had already begun in California and New York. Like most trends, the virus took a..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Space Cowboy Steve Miller's Not Joking

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist details the pompitous of musical education

"...the spring set off a firestorm of headlines – and an equally extensive oral history of collaborating with album..."

July 22, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

School District Preps for Electoral Fight

Challengers emerge for two AISD trustee seats while three remain unchallenged

"...With a strained billion-dollar budget, and the futures of over 80,000 students at stake, the..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mueller and Travis Central Appraisal District Sing Kumbaya

Agreement in dispute over affordable housing tax appraisals

"...Apparently dodging the courtroom, the Mueller Foundation and the Travis Central Appraisal District have (via mediation) tentatively..."

July 12, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Congratulations on the Struggle

The Supreme Court decision rests upon political agitation

"...The relationship between grassroots activism and political progress is seldom direct, but it's a truism..."

July 1, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Page Two: Same as It Ever Was

Massacres, mass shootings, lynchings, and other forms of social interaction

"...the largest mass shooting in U.S. history happened in Orlando. Well, at least until the politicking began. Absolutely driven..."

June 24, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: All or Nothing Is No Way Forward

Will the most hopeful mass leftist movement in recent years end up handing the presidency to Donald Trump?

"...that vote? The country moved sharply to the right. There was no widespread progressive correction but many liberal and..."

June 17, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Come What May

Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle duet

"...like talking to the late Doug Sahm: Say "hello," and they're off to the races – breathlessly...."

June 10, 2016 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Heights on Congress Residents Start Organizing

City, developer discussing relocation plan

"...move. By the time endangered residents communicate their needs and wants to the city, it is sometimes too late..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

We Can't Make It Here Anymore

As the city's Economic Development Department readies its recommendations to City Council on Mayor Adler's Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, is it already too late for local artists in terms of local affordability?

"...town, in the limbo of the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, unincorporated land near the Austin city limits. Short drive, but a..."

May 27, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Jennifer Chenoweth's XYZ Atlas

For years, the artist has been mapping locals' emotional experiences of the city and making them into art

"...my first job at Schlotzsky's Deli near South Lamar and Riverside Drive. I hated it. I'd just dropped out..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Danny Barnes Works Harder

Seminal ex-Austinite talks banjo, minimalism, and experimentation

"...in advance of his return to Austin this week and next. Catch him performing in-store at Waterloo Records on..."

May 5, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Reasonable Doubt

Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?

"...last time they talked was on Wednesday, at 5pm, and that wasn't like her: The two spoke all the..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Moontower Review: Martin Short

The evening with Short was long on classic comedy

"...Last night, Saturday Night Live and SCTV cast member, film/TV actor, and comedy legend Short..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Block the Vote

If you can't beat 'em, disenfranchise 'em

"...Japan as the child of a military officer stationed there. When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Crow was two..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

More to the Story

Advocates work to change the conversation around human trafficking

"...past year of her life a haze of heroin and selling sex to pay for more heroin...."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Exploring the "Other"

Ben Wolfe on the risks of going native in The Explorers Club

"...character named Luigi, a shirtless warrior covered in blue and white paint, sporting a flamboyant mohawk, and speaking gibberish...."

April 20, 2016 Arts Post by Shanon Weaver

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