This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...I can't remember the first time I heard the Chronicle referred to as "the island of misfit toys" (hat..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

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

The Chronicle at 35

"...is, but as it ought to be." Think about Austin in this context. [CinemaTexas Program Notes]..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

SNAP Benefits Amplified, Bacon Day Snoozes Up the Yum, 4th Tap Folds and SXSE Food Co. Moves, Garrison Brothers Release Bourbon Passport, and More

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

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words..."

Aug. 31, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest Interview: Girl

Writer/director/star Chad Faust heads into the dead heartlands

"...hand. He and his wife spent much of the beginning of the coronavirus living an unexpectedly nomadic life, spending..."

Sept. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Katherine de Rosset Finally Lives Alone

Except for her two cats, of course

"...and sensational synth treatises under the Pat Moon alias, Austin soundcrafter Kate Davis waxes anew as Katherine de Rosset,”..."

Sept. 9, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Band and Venue Cancellations Adding Up Amid COVID-19 Concerns

Our updated list of music-industry cancellations and closures

"...Following the cancellation of South by Southwest, Austin’s venue community began rallying with its own programming –..."

March 13, 2020 Music Post by The Music Staff

ATX Television Fest: The Simpsons' Al Jean

Writer/producer reflects on 27 years of the beloved sitcom

"...as the credits roll. He’s been there from the beginning, being one of the original staff writers and later..."

June 7, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...When the Chronicle sat down with David Bologna to talk about his..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Do Go On, Mr. Gunn

An extended transcript of our chat with Tim Gunn

"...The Chronicle recently chatted up Project Runway fixture Tim Gunn in..."

April 12, 2012 Screens Post by Andy Campbell

More 'Slack'

The Chronicle's 20-year love affair with Slacker

"..."Rick would often come by the Chronicle to bum ads for AFS screenings and to politic..."

Jan. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Having a Riot

The chaotic and beautiful birth of the Austin Music Awards

"...story of some of the early years of the Austin Music Awards. It is not a complete or annotated..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget: Reveling in the communal greatness that is Austin, without getting too specific

"...But the Chronicle has gone on unhindered, because the people who produce..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: For the Fun of It

Reminiscing on 25 years of 'The Austin Chronicle' and looking forward to what's next

"...office. During the first couple of years of the Chronicle, I vowed never to look back at that time..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Homecoming Queen

Many actors leave Austin seeking a career on the stage and are never heard from by the folks in their old hometown. But Austin native Starla Benford has come home as the star of a national tour. She talks about starting out at Harvard, making her mark as a professional, and nine months on the road with The Vagina Monologues.

"...themselves on local stages take their final bows in Austin and set off in search of theatrical careers elsewhere...."

June 8, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the time of its annual rite..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

The Margaret Moser Award: Behind-the-Scenes Concert Wiz Rosa Madriz

The talent buyer and Margaret Moser Award winner discusses her career shift and influential decades in Austin music

"...Army knife on the ground floor of so many Austin institutions. As the longtime director of talent buying with..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Levitation Interview: Stefanie Mannaerts of Belgium Haymakers Brutus

Bashes like Bonham, wails like Plant

"...on drums as the atomic Belgium trio makes its Austin debut this weekend. Their Levitation set ignites Empire’s sold-out..."

Nov. 7, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Special Kaye

Vaudeville, Broadway, TV, film &ndash Kaye Ballard has done it all

"...is still at it, and she's brought it to Austin: a song-and-dance spectacle with stage stars Liliane Montevecchi and..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: It's Time To Vote

In this issue: 'Best of Austin' 2011 ballot

"...When working at a weekly publication like the Chronicle, one can quickly get caught up in the grinding,..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Owls, Hooters & the Devil: Graveyard Part II

Graveyard Part II

"...off at Stubb’s on Saturday. The Sword lops heads beginning at 8:45pm, then Neil Fallon and his henchmen double..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

July Is Crime Month

As summer heats up, the 'Chronicle' runs afoul of the law, in fiction and nonfiction

"...slated for summer release was dumped off at the Chronicle offices like so many dead bodies, it seemed an..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...and remember who you're talking about. A preeminent band beginning in the mid-Seventies, Kim Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson,..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...of the media can be seen right here in Austin -- especially as our population keeps growing, making us..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Local Encounters of the Gift Kind

Five Austinites share the stories behind their greatest gifts

"...spirit of the holiday season on our mind, the Chronicle asked five locals – a punk icon, a film..."

Dec. 7, 2017 Chronolog Post by Beth Sullivan

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...on Saturday. And Sunday’s the holiest day with the Chronicle’s free Hot Sauce Festival, hosted by yours truly. Hydrate!..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

Breaking Barriers With Christ and Rock

A reprint of an Austin Chronicle Q&A from 1982 with U2's Bono Hewson and Adam Clayton.

"...a group spirit rarely seen in larger concert halls, Austin rejoiced with the four young men from Dublin. Chronicle..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Travel news a year into the pandemic

"...This month marks the anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Traveling is tough, but we’ve..."

March 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...“Over a decade in Austin, [tonal producer] Tara Bhattacharya invited performance and sound artists..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!

Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events

"...degree virtually at St. Edward's. Three years earlier, the Austin native began working on her memoir, All I Ever..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

House of Hummingbird Explores the Adolescence of a Woman and a Nation

South Korean drama screens at the Austin Asian American Film Festival

"...started writing. "It wasn't a screenplay format in the beginning. It was more just me writing down a bunch..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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