Point Austin: How Much Money Is Too Much?

As Uber and Lyft's millions flood, Austin voters may have had enough of Prop 1

"...Lyft (via their political action committee, Ride­shar­ing Works for Austin) had filed finance reports with the City Clerk reflecting..."

May 6, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Austin Author Elizabeth Crook Honored With Texas Writer Award

The Which Way Tree novelist heads to the Texas Book Festival

"...More literary gold for Austin: Local author Elizabeth Crook has been named as the..."

July 18, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: A Modest Proposition

How much misinformation can you buy for $2 million?

"...I suppose Austinites should feel somewhat flattered that Uber and Lyft are..."

April 22, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Wil Wheaton: Austin, He Will Be In You

'Star Trek: TNG' cast reunion complete for Wizard World

"...Generation, is coming to Wizard World Comic Con in Austin, making the show reunion complete...."

Sept. 26, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Queer Guide to Austin

A crash course on the city's LGBTQ parties, prides, and resources

"...Austin is a city known for many things: bats, music,..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Ben Siekierski’s “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” Takes a Jaunt Through Austin’s Ring Camera District

Wandering eyes and security signs lead McLennon art show

"...Austin’s own Tarrytown, for instance – once a 365-acre estate..."

Jan. 6, 2025 Arts Post by Lina Fisher

Year Two of Oblivion Access Festival Fills the Experimental Gap in Austin

How the music festival co-founders keep up the mystique June 15-18

"...inaugural Oblivion Access, following three iterations under the name Austin Terror Fest. Despite Domi and Brooks' fears, the lineup..."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Julian Towers

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

Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music

Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues

"...a Chicago native. "I was like, 'Well, people in Austin like to dance and drink to house music, they..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Willie Nelson Unites America

A guitar-strumming Beto O’Rourke tries too

"...because they’re a “patriot.” And yet, by sundown at Austin’s annual summer extravaganza – briefly evacuated on account of..."

July 5, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lua Brazil Brings Pão de Queijo to Austin

Brazilian cheese bread baker expands on tradition

"...of parmesan and spices drift lazily through the tepid Austin air and entice passersby to stop for a bite..."

June 16, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...to celebrate, but he won't leave San Marcos for Austin. "I don't want to tell too many reasons why..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Austin @ Large: Meet and Obscure

The new police contract is neither the cause nor cure of the APD crisis

"...exactly memorized the city's proposed meet-and-confer contract with the Austin Police Association, but I don't remember seeing any references..."

March 26, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Money Doesn’t Talk, It Swears

Uber and Lyft spending $8 million-plus to sell Proposition 1

"...In the last month, Ridesharing Works for Austin – the PAC established by transportation network companies Uber..."

April 30, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Not Another Teen Movie

"...1999 arrives this tin-eared and often mean-spirited parody, which unites smart-alecky genre references with gross gags. Of the tag..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Prince Avalanche

Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch co-star in David Gordon Green's pleasing backcounty dramady, whose tone is heightened by its setting in burned-out Bastrop, Texas.

"...haunting backdrop, and Green (who is based in nearby Austin) shows great acumen for recognizing the atmospheric potential of..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Baghead

Kind of funny and kind of scary, the lo-fi Baghead is not so much a horror movie as a four-character study of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work.

"...La-Z-Boy of the title is simply the device that unites the characters; it's emblematic of something that's both ridiculous..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tamaladas y Posadas

Mexican Christmas Traditions Alive and Well in Austin

"...and las posadas are alive and well in the Austin community. Hundreds of families and local groups as diverse..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Review: "De Tierra"

Exhibition unites two profound figurative sculptors, immigrants more than a century apart

"...child – she renewed her long-deferred sculpting career in Austin. Formosa, built in 1892, was the home and studio..."

July 28, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

This Is Who We Are #6: Miró Quartet's Faces of America: The Light

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...– many sharing art online – which speaks to Austin's driving spirit of creativity. In tribute to that spirit,..."

May 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Family Confirms Brenden "Chameleon" Foster’s Passing

Musical artist had been missing since Feb 5

"...for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Austin Chronicle this morning that the body of then-unidentified male..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Eimaral Sol’s Journey to RAS Day

Local neo-soul singer Eimaral Sol puts her spiritual spin on the all-women-led RAS Day lineup, City Council approves Red River improvements, Blakchyl leads her East Austin tour, and cult song funny man Dick Price passes

"...annual RAS Day, featuring rising rapper Leikeli47 and fest-organizing Austinites Riders Against the Storm, unites eight acts led by..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Finding the Best in Melted Cheese at the Ninth Annual Quesoff

Mohawk hosts celebration of the decidedly not-heart-healthy dip

"...If there’s one thing that unites all Texans, from the diversity of people living in..."

June 4, 2019 Food Post by Megan Menchaca

Beto & Willie Rally the Resistance

Nelson unveils new song “Vote ’Em Out”

"...“To anyone visiting Austin, I say welcome home,” Mayor Steve Adler shouted to..."

Sept. 30, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival

Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang

"...Austin Groove Project Friday 7, Waterloo stage, 4:30pm Supersquad of..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Feels Like the First Time

The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts

"...Agenda item No. 1 for the 2017/2018 Austin Music Awards Show hinged on a landmark first for..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Gay Place

Austin’s 10 most defining headlines of 2017: the good, the weird, and the unexpected

"...find more about where to ring in 2018 at austinchronicle.com/newyears! Silver Linings of 2017..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...1988, during the second annual South by Southwest, original Austin beatnik Tary Owens (1942–2003) informed me Erickson had hit..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The Road to Prop 1

"...anticipated advent of app-based ride-hailing companies beginning operations in Austin, City Manager Marc Ott releases a memorandum addressing possible..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature

Social Dining Surrender

Dinner Lab Austin pops up with unconventional dishes

"...lovers, Dinner Lab’s tagline “membership-based, social dining experiment that unites undiscovered chefs with adventurous diners” might be intimidating to..."

June 13, 2014 Food Post by Jessi Cape

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