Snapshot: Project Panic

To celebrate the Chronicle’s July Crime Month, staff go sleuthing at Austin Panic Room’s newest escape game

"...Last weekend, eight Austin Chronicle staffers did something dangerous. As our informed and..."

July 6, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...and don't mind spending an hour locked in a room with a crew of collaborators who share your mission:..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Room

Room wears the skin of a psychological thriller, but plays out as something far darker, weirder, and more distancing. The film was invited to Cannes and earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for its Austin artists, Kyle Henry and Cyndi Williams.

"...Last month’s Chronicle cover featuring the latest wave of Austin filmmakers limited itself to those with movies playing at..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Good Run or Last Panic (at the Backyard)

Geezerville tries to keep up with Nick and Todd and friends

"...It’s easy to see why Austin is the "Live Music Capital of the World” during..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Putting the Austin Into Wizard World Austin

Local talent appearing at the geek culture gathering

"...all things geek, wondrous, collectible and nerdy, arrives in Austin today. But aside from all the Hollywood names, wrestling..."

Oct. 2, 2014 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...The Austin Chronicle hosted the Austin Music Industry Awards this evening..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Austin Filmmakers Head to Tribeca

Local films Leads and Man Finds Tape are NYC bound

"...its 2025 lineup, and it's big news for the Austin film scene as two movies made in and around..."

April 16, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin FC Adds to Season of Thrills With Comeback Victory Over Sporting KC

Driussi’s stoppage time winner sparks ATXFC euphoria

"...microphone in front of him. But the habitually measured Austin FC coach was something far away from that following..."

Aug. 14, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...Red River to Congress to catch a show? Don't panic: for its 2021 online iteration, SXSW has collaborated with..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Area Cancellations and Other COVID-19 Updates

Gov. Abbott declares statewide public health disaster

"...that another wave of event cancellations in and around Austin have been confirmed...."

March 13, 2020 News Post by James Renovitch

Austin City Council Proclaims Oct. 26 Intersex Awareness Day

Activist Alicia Roth Weigel discusses intersex rights, says I eXYst

"...October 17, 2019 – for the first time in Austin’s history – the City Council issued a proclamation that..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alicia Roth Weigel

Rodeo Austin: Thirteen Days Left

Authentic ATX, SXSWers? Eight seconds will hook you

"...Cruel irony that on family day at Rodeo Austin – Sundays, when the rodeo portion runs a kid-friendly..."

March 16, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...candies. I had a notebook I could write about panic in, when it came to that. I chanted, "Pray..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Panic Fest Review: Vicious Fun

Serial killer comedy gets to the bloody point

"...in a locked restaurant-bar, and stumbles into the back room to find what looks like the world's most unlikely..."

April 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Crucial Concerts for the Week

Jackie Venson, Grace Sorensen, Monte Warden, and many more

"...Austin’s beloved Monte Warden and the Dangerous Few have been..."

May 17, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Misery Business: The Cathartic and Unexpectedly Joyful Trend of Emo DJ Nights in Austin

Welcome to the Black Parade

"...of them, seems to connect every person in the room," said Alex Chavez (DJ name "BB Ding"), the Houston..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

We Got Gators in Austin. Now What?

Fearsome invaders or frightened longtime residents facing displacement?

"...Garnica has worked as a game warden in Austin for about two years, during which he has almost..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...trader named Daniel H. Caswell found his way to Austin from Tennessee. Five years later, he built himself a..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Point Austin: Celebrating the Kellers’ Exoneration

On a happy day, too many others endure criminal injustice

"...ritual abuse case," one episode in a nationwide "satanic panic" that caught many innocent people in a frenzy of..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Halloween Masks

Everyone had a role to play, and some performed better than others

"...back, said Taylor, "then all of us in this room are subject to being blown away at any time."..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Column by Michael King

APD Mistake Leaves Austin Woman Shaken

Real estate broker's confrontation destroys her faith in Austin and the police

"...Austin real estate broker Kim Riddle knows a lot of..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fantastic Fest 2015: Zinzana

How to make a nation's first genre film

"...But Zinzana (aka Rattle the Cage), the whip-smart sealed room noir with a deliciously black sense of humor, could..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rock and a Hard Place

Balancing the Austin Music Ledger

"...Tuesday night. Just as they did 15 years ago, Austin clubs are routinely sending bands home with $50 or..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...on the stage of the Central (now the Viper Room) on Sunset, I felt better about the video. At..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...It was hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board of trustees was bogged down..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rude Awakening

Austin's Rude Mechanicals Get Inspired Training at SITI

"...theatrical craft just isn't discussed. For good or ill, Austin theatre artists prefer to channel their energies into creating..."

July 31, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Catch That Kid

Kids commit heist – all for a good cause.

"...ilk have taken up VHS space in the family room for going on a quarter century, this new kids-as-adults..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Today's lineup additions also include some of the first Austin-linked films for SXSW Film 2020 (March 13-21), starting with..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults

Kristen Stewart and Kirsten Dunst star on Austin screens this week

"...Both women star in films opening in Austin this week: Kristen Stewart in that little vampire movie..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...women – despite a passion for the now defunct Austin zine AGAR (Asian Girls Are Rad) – have thus..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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