Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

"...art yard springs forth in a slow creep, often beginning with a singular object. You know an art yard..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

St. Cecilia Soda Company Pays Sparkling (Water) Tribute to Austin’s Music Scene

Two service industry veterans join the women-owned beverage company swell

"...notebooks and believed in a dream,” DeGregorio told the Chronicle...."

Oct. 18, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Most of Austin’s Police Oversight Investigators Are Former Law Enforcement. Advocates Fear They Can’t Be Impartial.

Civilian oversight pro: Ex-cops investigating cops is common

"...It’s hard to argue against the notion that Austin has one of the strongest civilian police oversight systems..."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond

The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time

"...The James Beard Award-winning chef, owner and co-founder of..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Week Unleashed: These Four Austin Acts Hit the Ground Running in 2024

Catching up with Redbud, lluvii, Daydream Twins, and SINE

"...January (conceptually repeated in July for Hot Summer Nights) Austin music is the main event. The whole enchilada. The..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

"...of an adult filmmaker. When I talked with the Austin filmmaker in 2022 about her last short, hybrid docudrama..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...are part of Bandit's onstage identity, she told the Chronicle. She's known as the Dolly of Austin. “I have..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Magna Carda's Wild West Refresh and Four More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Farmer's Wife, Sentimental Family Band, and more

"..."Paper Cuts" features new songs and music videos from Austin artists. Listen to our playlist on the @austinchronicle Spotify...."

July 14, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Civic Engagement Opportunities for Austin Students

A guide to getting involved and making your voice heard

"...change in your community, the city, and beyond. The Chronicle covers local issues and upcoming events every week so..."

Aug. 18, 2022 Chronolog Post by Katherine McNevins

Election Ticker: Race for Austin's Next Mayor Heats Up

Israel kicks off quest to make history in mayoral race, plus more news

"...Rep. Celia Israel officially launched her campaign to be Austin's next mayor. If elected, Israel would be only the..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...advertising Joslin as "The Coolest Ele­men­tary School in South Austin," information sheets about the area's middle and high schools,..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...For more than a year, the city of Austin, its social service partners, and primary and behavioral care..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...tell you a secret: I have dreams about the [Austin Rehearsal Complex], a couple a year," reveals Don Harvey,..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold continues his integration into Austin's regional constellation with a live in-store spin. Admission, $30,..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...album in its entirety via livestream on Mandolin: boxoffice.mandolin.com/pages/sarah-jarosz-world-on-the-screen-2021. Austin Record Convention..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

The Verde Report: The End of the Beginning for Austin FC

Major League Soccer’s 27th franchise officially debuts – finally! – on Saturday against Los Angeles Football Club

"...make long journeys memorable. They make long waits bearable. Austin FC has been a milestone factory for 42 months,..."

April 16, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Austin Leans in Hard to Change TxDOT’s Mind on I-35

The road not taken

"...questions, concerns, and cries for help from thousands of Austinites, including City Hall itself and other powerful public and..."

April 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Far Out Lounge Focuses on Food, Safety, and Austin Musicians

More than a venue

"...built in 1908, and in recent decades it housed Austin favorites like Red Shed Tavern (closed in 2018) and..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...original cassette won Best Tape in the latter year's Austin Music Poll. This many moons later on CD, it..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here are the sounds we’re consuming

"...The before opens into forwards by a pair of Austin stringers, Eric Tessmer ("Stevie Ray Vaughan was the best..."

June 26, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Opinion: To Prepare for Future Shocks, Austin Must Get Weirder

Becoming truly weird means becoming a futurist, argues Jake Dunagan

"...We've done our best to "Keep Austin Weird," but the world is trying its best to..."

May 22, 2020 Column by Jake Dunagan

Austin at Large: Stupidity – It’s Not Essential

It’s absurd out there, but you can still make good decisions, now and in November

"...Here in Austin, our ability to look beyond the current bullshit has..."

May 15, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: Hi Sign and St. Elmo Brewing

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 5)

"...In this edition of Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19 (read part 4 here), the..."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Qmmunity: A Decade of Austin’s Queer History

Plus Iron Bear says farewell to Eighth Street and Joterias returns!

"...is wont to do when facing the end (and beginning) of an era. As the years go faster, it's..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Column by Sarah Marloff

Good News and Bad News for Neighbors of Austin Community Landfill

County and operator at odds over expansion

"...After months of worrying that Austin's most controversial landfill might soon be growing, neighbors and..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It doesn't mean stodgy. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music News: Mitch Ballard Named Head of BMI’s New Austin Office

Texas governor welcomes performance rights organization

"...the first PRO to maintain permanent office space in Austin, where several thousand of BMI’s 900,000 songwriters, composers, and..."

March 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

MLS in Austin: Everybody Wins!

Browns owner saves Crew; new Austin FC side by 2021

"...Ventures still has the league’s backing for a new Austin FC at the new stadium recently approved by the..."

Oct. 12, 2018 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Problem With K2, Downtown Austin’s Most Dangerous Drug

APD cannot depend on big busts alone to solve the problem

"...to as many as 10 related calls per day. Austin Police arrested street dealer after street dealer, and yet..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Alison Macor Tells the Tale of Austin’s Greatest Rewrite Man

New book delves into the career of Top Gun script doctor Warren Skaaren

"...To those who fantasized that moving to Austin would be an entryway into its tight but legendarily..."

June 2, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

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