Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...The first day of ACL Fest in two years, though..."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

An animated adaptation of the beloved book series

"...words like “butt” and “booger” and “fart” innately hilarious; they’re like Pavlov’s pups, tittering and giggling at the mere..."

June 9, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Company You Keep

Members of the Weather Underground resurface in this contemporary thriller directed by Robert Redford.

"...Boomers, unite. Amid the fictional superheroes about to swarm into movie theatres this..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Four Feathers

"...but root for Heath Ledger as he meanders between the dunes and the Sudanese wastes, sunburned and blistered and..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Salton Sea

"...Anthony Lapaglia, Peter Sarsgaard, Vincent D'Onofrio and Val Kilmer. The first of two new films about the extremely seedy..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Five Things to Appreciate on the West Austin Studio Tour

Highlights of the sunset side of the ambulatory artistic experience

"...The Austin Studio Tour, presented by those artful movers and..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The King

America's soul explored on a road trip in Elvis Presley's car

"...Directed by: Eugene Jarecki. Why would the documentarian who has explored the American penal system as..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

"...innocent man is killed by two sailors. Drunk silly, they jab a knife in him to determine whether he..."

April 6, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Famed Austin Chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph and the Future of Food

Joins the SXSW party and talk about how we'll eat

"...One of Austin’s finest chefs will be representing the local food scene at this year’s South by Southwest...."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Rod Machen

Leather Magnolias: In the Chair at Daddy's and Scruff's

How two gay-owned barbershops are changing the face and faces of East Austin

"...A haircut is elemental to a person's look, so the business entrusted with creating that cut is incredibly important...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin’s Oktoberfest Gets the Royal Treatment

Partying with the prince, per tradition, at Koko's Bavarian Biergarten

"...our money-maddened metropolis is – clap-clap-clap-clap! – deep in the heart of Texas and nowhere near Germany or Germany’s..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, and Klea Blackhurst are bringing their seasonal special A Swingin’ Christmas to the Long Center..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Acid-Laced Sun Kisses

Hippies, LSD, and the Brotherhood of Eternal Love in Orange Sunshine

"...The word on the street – actually the Internet –..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The 2006 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

Contest & Festival Facts

"...Sunday, August 27, 2006 at Waterloo Park (12th & Trinity),..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

The Blanton Museum and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden Are Open Again

Two beloved bastions of visual art re-open for public view

"...You've been wanting to see those exhibitions at the Blanton, the ones you've heard so much buzz about..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Meg

This giant shark tale simply lacks bite

"...Hot on the dorsal fin of everybody’s favorite week of the year,..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Wild Things Are

This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.

"...Directed by: Spike Jonze. Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Pepita Emmerichs and Steve Mouzakis. “Be..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Champion of the World Cinema

Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam

"...had lunch with Chale Nafus, director of programming for the Austin Film Society, and I was disheartened to find..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Devil's Backbone

Set in a crumbling boys' school/orphanage/fallout shelter during the Spanish Civil War, the lost boys of this haunting film contend with a vengeful ghost as well as the more worldly traumas of war, greed, and abandonment.

"...Hitchcock and François Truffaut were an unlikely pair – the prim master of suspense and his sensitive, derelict French..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Matrix

A blend of pop psychology, cyberpunk lore, and stunning visuals.

"...“Unfortunately, no one can be told what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself,”..."

April 2, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

NADC Burger Goes Brick-and-Mortar, Birdie’s Reprises Bistro Remy, Luminaire Gets Spanish with Wines, the Oyster Is (Part of) épicerie’s World, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...– as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Dec. 6, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Music Will Flow Wherever You Go

And it’s Flows, in fact, that will affordably make sure of it

"...when all you want to do is listen to the music you love. But when it comes to the..."

April 7, 2021 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Blink-182 Bring the Banter to “Austin Titty Limits” and More From ACL Fest’s Friday Kickoff

Chris Stapleton twangs and bangs, Leon Bridges grooves

"...– and performances ranging from fest OGs Asleep at the Wheel to Nashville glam queen Tanner Adell and bilingual..."

Oct. 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...ends. It starts in August 1972, my dad sealing the deal on a used two-tone cobalt/sky blue Cutlass while..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow Presents Jaws on the Water

Scary summer fun at its finest

"...The Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow presentation of Jaws on the..."

June 27, 2018 Events Post by Danielle White

Paging Through the "Page Two" Archive

A look back at Louis Black's long-running column now at the end of its run

"...this paper’s co-founder and co-owner, announced his retirement from the Chronicle. In this week's issue, he files his final..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Naked Truth

For his first turn in the director's seat, JGL tackles pornography ... sort of

"...watch porn ... which means it's about 90% of the Western world...."

Sept. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Divya Srinivasan Is Living
the Dream of Art

The multimedia creator's work wakes a world's imagination

"...suddenly shifted Divya Srinivasan into creative overdrive. After all, the artist – who'd started out in the early Nineties..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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