The Stuff of 'Legend'

Words from wushu master Yuen Woo-ping

"...Fei-Hung, Chen Zhen, Fong Sai-yuk, and Yip Man. None of them can hold a mad-monkey firecracker to the ongoing..."

May 13, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Six Degrees of Ron Berry

With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?

"...Walking into the Off Center to review the production of Physical Plant..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

George Clinton, Caramelo Haze, Hulder, RippleFest, and more local shows worth seeing

"...Haute Spot, Saturday 23 The Motet, Soul Rebels, and Pimps of Joytime open..."

July 22, 2022 Music Column by Julian Towers

Shelter From the Storm

Austin multimedia company Internal Machine outfits the Alamo Drafthouse North with a something better than Pepsi commercials.

"...To know them is to loathe them. They are ubiquitous, soul sapping,..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Austin celebrates 20 years as the live music capital of the world; OTR bristles

"...Summertime in the City..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Exit Music: Nakia leaves The Voice, Corcoran retires, and Mike Wiebe walks the plank

"...his coach, Cee Lo Green, Nakia was eliminated in the elite eight round of NBC's The Voice last Wednesday,..."

July 1, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Introducing the city's new sound engineer and the final verdict on the Cactus Cafe

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 11..."

May 21, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Ashes to ashes: drying off and winding down after Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...Fun Fest may brand itself as an "anti-fest," but the two-day jaunt at Waterloo Park still endured the same..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Blaze's blues strike a chord with the SXSW Film 09 and dropping out for the Black Angels' Psych Fest 2

"...According to local director Kevin Triplett, Drunken Angel: The Legend of Blaze Foley opens with a trailer for..."

March 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The politics of Austin music in 2008: Barack Obama boogies back to Texas, a Man From Plains, and the Live Music Task Force

"...The Power to Change..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

On the Road, From San Fran to Taipei

Two new film series bebop and globe-hop

"...Ascending Dragon: Films of Greater China: AFS Essential Cinema..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Bookshelf

Falling Slowly

"...If it weren't for Anita Brookner's smart, precise writing, a couple of things could impede your..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"...In the back gallery room of the Menil Collection in Houston,..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"..."It was the hippie Shangri-La, it truly was. I lived on Enfield..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The New Look of Fine Dining

Austin's emerging restaurant empires

"...Food culture has changed a lot in Austin since the days when Mark Miller's Coyote Cafe famously flopped after..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...The Shape of What's to Come..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Under the Covers

All of a sudden, it's cool again to play other people's songs – not to mention fun!

"...hear a cover or an original?" Elliott Smith would often ask near the end of his shows. Eager fans..."

May 14, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica Reisman..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Uzumasa Limelight

The hero of this beguiling Japanese film is a kirare-yaku or “sliced actor” – a certain kind of Japanese actor/stuntman who always dies by sword in the shadows.

"...bet to say Takeshi “Beat” Kitano’s 2003 take on the perennially popular blind swordsman Zatoichi jump-started the flagging Japanese..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...When the freaks, musicians, clowns, hoochie coochie dancers, and blockheads of..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shadows and Fog

"...too enthusisatic about a Woody Allen film -- it's the result of peer pressures. The problem is that when..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Iron Age's Seminal Album Reverberates Through Texas' Metal Scene

The Sleeping Eye turns 10 with a reissue, its creators and other Texas metal icons consider its influence

"...An hour southwest of Austin sits another world. Rolling hills and winding roads..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Pompeii

A gladiator slave must rescue his secret love before Vesuvius erupts.

"...Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas and Jared Harris...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...its lazy days this way, it's difficult to resist the urge to follow its traditional beck and call. So..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

A Long, Strange Trip

The long, strange trip of The Saragossa Manuscript, Jerry Garcia's favorite film.

"...Most people have seen them, but few know their name. Originating from Eastern Europe..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by David Lynch

Energy Forward

Sofia Resnick gets her kee-op! on at Master Yi Martial Arts Academy

"...Rolling to a stop at the side entrance of Master Yi Martial Arts Academy on..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post

The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him

"...For the last 27 years, Raoul Hernandez has overseen The Austin..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Food and Wine Festival Bites: Part Two

Innovative vegetables and vertical integration

"...Saturday morning dawned sunny and warm, and hundreds of festival goers lined up outside the Austin Food &..."

April 28, 2015 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Fantastic Fest: Roger and Julie Corman Lifetime Achievement Award

The king and queen of the Bs get the royal treatment.

"...Roger Corman has been known as the "King of the Bs" for so long now that..."

Sept. 25, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Why Record Store Day Is Great …

And why it sucks (a shopping guide)

"...Talk to the owners of any of Austin’s participating records stores and..."

April 21, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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