'Best of Times'

Sara Hickman rounds up a few pals to help raise funds for Theatre Action Project

"...simple question – "How can I use the title of Official State Musician of Texas to make a difference..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: The Best of Times …

Remaining optimistic in a world spinning into darkness

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it..."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

A look back at Texas A&M and Missouri's first season in the SEC

"...Johnny Manziel bolstered his Heisman Trophy candidacy (and encouraged profligate use of his nickname TM) with another solid performance...."

Nov. 27, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

Point Austin: The Best of Times

Cutting a city budget easier said than done

"...proposed city budget, a process that takes the rest of the summer and will culminate in a final vote..."

May 9, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Best of Enemies

The 1968 debates between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal are legend

"...there were only three television networks, and gavel-to-gavel coverage of the quadrennial conventions held by the Republican and Democratic..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Made Up Mind: The Best of 2013, Vol. 2

Some final song highlights from last year

"...up being an unexpectedly fertile year for roots rock. Proof can be found on the mix herein, one last..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

10 Pounds of Blue Horseshoes in an 8-Pound Game, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'the Best of You'

"...A fist full of blood thinners, a gallon of bluegrass bourbon, and a..."

Feb. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Best of SXSW: Best Stage Banter, Best Show, Best Repeats

… and other observations from Kevin Curtin’s notebook

"...long noted a drastic change in handwriting as evidence of Multiple Personality Disorder. Looking at the back page of..."

March 19, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Page Two: It Is the Worst of Times, It Is the Worst of Times

It is the age of little wisdom, it is the age of foolishness

"...We are living in strange times, the most exaggerated and distorted of my life. Much..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Column by Louis Black

What’s New With This Year’s Best of Austin Poll

When to vote, how to campaign, and more questions answered

"...Here’s something we could all use more of: Good news. Positive energy. That’s why I get so..."

March 28, 2025 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: Time to Cast Your Vote in the The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Readers Poll

Shout-out the people and places that make Austin so special

"...The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Awards are back! Longtime readers already know..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

"Best of" Scooter Outrage

We asked our readers what they think about scooters. They had words.

"...In our annual “Best of Austin” issue, the now-ubiquitous dockless scooters were singled..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Chronolog Post by Kimberley Jones

Problems With 'Best of' Issue

"...relevant. Yet I no longer clamor to read the “Best of Austin” issue [Sept. 3] as I did in..."

Sept. 26, 2010 Postmarks

Five Best of Austin Originals

Winners from our first BOA issue, 33 years ago, that are still kicking today

"...September 28, 1990: The very first Austin Chronicle Best of Austin issue. Time has swallowed so many of..."

June 16, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Best of Austin – Saturday

BOA all day, erryday

"...festies! Come enjoy local spots featured in our annual "Best of Austin" issue – voted best by our readers..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...into my brain -- not so much the ones of horror, of heinous atrocity, but the ones of the..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...1995. It wasn't the best year in book publishing: Martin Amis - genius or..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

The Best of Food in 2007

10 Best Surprises of 2007

"...good; it is archetypal. It is the very essence of what salsa verde is meant to be: mild yet..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Luv Doc Recommends: FronteraFest Short Fringe Best of Show

Hyde Park Theatre, Saturday, January 24, 2004

"...here’s Austin’s dirty little secret: There are a lot of bad musicians in this town. No, really – a..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

The Best of Food in 2007

Best Bites of 2007

"...delicacies were a real revelation – the perfect burst of Hill Country summer flavor on the tongue...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Best of the Rest The Summer of '95, Part 2

"...embedded in the human psyche. In Providence: The Story of a Fifty-Year Vision Quest by Daniel Quinn (Bantam, $19.95..."

June 9, 1995 Books Feature

Best of the Film Fest

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"...jumping-on point for first-timers to D&D since the release of the 2nd edition in 1989. Don't know what that..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature

Farmhouse Delivery Brings the Best of Local Restaurants to Your Home

Take part in Project Takeout

"...And now here we are after a full year of a paradigm-shifting pandemic – a year in which Scherzer's..."

March 19, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

My Best Fiend

"...pair made five films together -- Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, and Nosferatu are the best remembered of..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Hide the lasagna: The fat, lazy cat – and his doppelgänger – is back.

"...Hewitt, Billy Connolly and Ian Abercrombie. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

End of Days

"...when I die, 'cause I've already been to End of Days. The first of this season's apocalyptic horror shows..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tops and Bottoms of 2013

Ringing in the new year with a celebration of all things queer

"...It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it's..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Page Two: Dream of Life

SXSW celebrates the best of what I am and what I believe

"...Without hesitation, I can say that the 10 days of the event are my favorite time of the year...."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Mayor's State of the City Is … Mixed

Adler touts city initiatives, decries “shadow” of state backlash

"...Steve Adler delivered a mixed but certainly subdued “State of the City” address Wednesday night at City Hall. It’s..."

April 18, 2019 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: Daughters of the Sexual Revolution

Muddled bio of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ leader

"...go-go boots. All originate with Suzanne Mitchell, director and sometimes controversial “den mother” of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders from..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Beth Sullivan

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