Meet Social Media Star Sid, the Regal Beagle, the Inspiration Behind Zilker Bark

Man’s best friend, and life coach

"...of you should know as the creator of Zilker Bark, says Sid's "pizza dog" video was shared by pop..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Sarah Marloff

Summer Fun: Bark & Zoom Opens at ABIA

Your pup will want to stay in this doghouse

"...to pair with parking at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport that Bark & Zoom and Park & Zoom took shape. While..."

May 19, 2017 Chronolog Post by Katarina Brown

Public Notice: The Dog That Didn't Bark

Will property taxes in Texas ever make sense?

June 5, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Dog That Didn’t Bark

A few Sixth Street joints closed doors, but Relay weekend was quiet

April 2, 2014 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

SOS: The Amendment That Didn't Bark

SOS slow to submit paired "open government" petitions to city

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Bocaditos

Bark for Peace Organic Vegan Dog Treats

"...Bark for Peace is an ambitious local company that sells..."

May 11, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero

Charming, old-fashioned true story of one brave pupper.

"...heart it’s just a doggone, old-fashioned movie. There’s enough bark and bite here to rekindle baby-boomer memories of Lassie..."

April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wiener-Dog

Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite

"...a familiar world in which people can be all bark and more bite. Anyone expecting anything else will be..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Straight Outta Compton

Picture about origins of rap group NWA shows off their snarly cool

"...still chaotic, time in their lives, Straight Outta Compton’s bark is just as snarly-cool as its bite. Take that,..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Extraterrestrial

Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo cloaks this romantic comedy within the promise of a science-fiction story.

"...the whole, Extraterrestrial is slight, filled with lots of bark but little bite...."

July 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Straw Dogs

Rod Lurie remakes Sam Peckinpah's 1971 bloodbath-classic about a home invasion and tapping into man's inner rage monster.

"...luck here, though. This Straw Dogs is nearly all bark, with the occasional, predictable bite that frankly fails to..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romance & Cigarettes

John Turturro directs this oddball musical in which the stars (the eclectic cast of James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Aida Turturro, and Mandy Moore) lip-sync and dance to popular songs.

"...pulp novels, but this poetry-writing construction worker is all bark, no bite. Caught between wife Kitty (Sarandon), who maybe..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Thank You for Smoking

This snarkily playful little comedy gets so wrapped up in its own barbed witticisms that it fails to land even the lightest sucker-punches on the institutions it aims to skewer.

"...behavior – sex, drugs, rock & roll – its bark is much worse than its bite. (See austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2006-03-31/screens_feature.html for..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jurassic Park III

"...Instead, the film is a straight-ahead matinee actioner, all bark and bite but little soul. The script, by Peter..."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ghost and the Darkness

"...mired in bad philosophizing and too-beautiful killing fields, neither bark nor bite mean much here...."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mulholland Falls

"...should be noted) is a classic sophomore slump, all bark and very little bite...."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Race the Sun

"...underdog may not win, but always gets the last bark. You might hope for more from scriptwriter Barry Morrow,..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Jerky Boys

"...Their overall tone approaches something like the abrasive vocal bark of Click and Clack from NPR's Car Talk tempered..."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mad Dog and Glory

"...ironically named “Mad Dog” is a lonely soul, small bark and even less bite -- suspension of disbelief is..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Candyman

Based on a short story by Clive Barker, this tale about an urban legend come to life is set in Chicago's infamous Cabrini-Green.

"...based on a very solid short story by Clive Barker, Britain's more literate answer to Stephen King, Candyman is..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

You Know Nothing of Their Work

Don Graham and the many minds of Texas

"...going to be a smart, intelligent, upscale drama,' Mr. Bark said. 'There's sort of a built-in subtraction of I.Q...."

Jan. 28, 2011 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Microbrew Renaissance

It's a good time to drink beer in Texas

"...Oak (Austin)www.liveoakbrewing.com Flagship beer: Pilz Drink this instead: Big Bark Amber Lager..."

July 4, 2008 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

Carlos Cortés continues the family tradition of making beautiful art out of concrete structures that appear to be made of wood

"...the intricacies of sculpting cement into the texture of bark from his father who once worked with the Southwestern..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

New Menus, New Bourbon, New Yoga Retreat

And Bahama Bucks (finally) moves into town

"...December 13, 6-8pm, Shake Shack will be hosting a BARK Austin launch party at their Domain location to celebrate..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

How to Help After Harvey

Donate, send goods, foster a dog, do your part

"...Zilker Bark: Austinite Alex Hopes, the founder and photographer behind one..."

Aug. 30, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Bitter and the Sweet

How Delysia Chocolatier built their brand

"...is flourishing as the holiday season approaches. The truffles, barks, molded chocolates, and drink mixes in the Delysia line..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Tradition Continues With Schmidt Family Barbecue

Bee Cave gets good 'cue

"...get smothered by the clouds of oak. But the bark gets nice and caramelized and the smokiness is definitely..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Rising Stars of Chocolate Bars

Meet Austin's newest chocolate artisans, Crave Artisan Chocolate and the Chocolate Makers Studio

"...addition to producing her own signature line of truffles, barks, and molded chocolates in a rented commercial kitchen in..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Where to Feed the Guy Who Wrote the Book on Meat

Visiting author Bruce Aidells goes to Stiles Switch Barbecue

"...before and impressed me again: it has a thick bark enclosing unctuous tender beef that melts in the mouth...."

Oct. 30, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

Mail-Order Gifts

Send those out-of-towners a little taste of Austin for the holidays

"...Bark for Peace (www.barkforpeace.com) offers an array of organic, vegan..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature

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