Press Forward

Two exhibitions capture printmaking's experimental drive

"...in a laboratory outside of time where bustling among the beakers and Bunsen burners and computers and microscopes are..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TIFF Notes

What I took away from the Toronto International Film Festival

"...Instead of searching for the themes, commonalities, and distinctions among the 300-plus films screening..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...because who do you know that's NOT going to the Austin City Limits Music Festival? In just its third..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle -- Finish the Story -- and Unionize!..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Surreal Science

Looking at three books -- Plague Time, Cancer: The Evolutionary Legacy, and The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine, Roger Gathman observes that for every advance in technology, nature counterbalances with new opportunities for disease.

"...Time: How Stealth Infections Cause Cancers, Heart Disease, and Other Deadly Ailments..."

March 2, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation

Reviews of recent and ongoing exhibitions and performances around Austin

"...The Rocky Horror Show: Spaced Out on Sensation..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Further Reflections

"...Elizabeth Hurley at the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

Chronicle arts reviews

"...Two things are immediately apparent with James Johnson's paintings: They are executed by a man with exceptional talent as..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Arts Review

Record Reviews

"...A strongly opinionated feminist, she deals with subjects including the injustice of polygamy, the dearth of farmers in her..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Music Review

Letters @ 3AM

When your novel crawls along at about a paragraph per night and your apartment is tired of your company, then hooray for Hollywood and trans-fat popcorn: A summary of the movies seen by Ventura in 2006.

"...of your company and wishes some time to itself, then hooray for Hollywood and trans-fat popcorn. I've seen lots..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Beauty and the Beast

Second Youth Family Theatre's Beauty and the Beast is no less magical than other versions of the tale, but its real enchantment comes from the way it show us its fairy tale characters discovering each other's hearts.

"...'Beauty and the Beast': True EnchantmentDougherty Arts Center, through Oct. 12..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Lyricist Mike Melinoe Takes His Soul to Therapy

Contemplative artist peels back his psyche in "Floss"

"...A gripping, declarative opening line sets the tone for a song. "I don't trust a soul,..."

July 22, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...September 1988 Austin: The town slows down. The next couple of years will..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

BY MICHAEL VENTURA You'd think a town

"...would hesitate to call itself "The Gateway to Death" -- okay, it's "The Gateway to..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Column

You'll Need More Than a Sharpie for This Pandemic

customized flu masks

"...Apparently Texas Tea and the Colorado River have nothing on Style for finding the..."

May 1, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Gay Place: Sisters Doin' IT

You will see red if the Austin Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have their way

"...BRIGHT NOW BEYOND The Chronicle's own theatre daddy, Robert Faires joins Jomama..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...When the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...Metalhead news 'n' views never read as informative as they do in the hands of the smartass souls at..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Happy Times ... in Moderation

City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending

"...That was the more or less contradictory message transmitted last Thursday by..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Let There Be Light

After a $14 million facelift, UT's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is letting the light in, literally, through new windows across the front of the structure, and philosophically, through a new mission to give the public more opportunities to see and enjoy its astonishing accumulation of cultural treasures.

"...The new front corners of the Ransom Center exterior are..."

May 16, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deerhoof

"...In the absence of a Venn diagram, let's agree that Deerhoof..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

"Sarah Fox: Bruisers" at grayDUCK Gallery

In this solo show, boys will be boys, sometimes, and sometimes also horses

"..."'Bruisers' is an exhibition about the nature of little boys and the men that they..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spotlight: MF Doom

1:15am, Emo's Main

"...Doom conceptualizes comic book crescendos of rap. Loosely adopting the persona of Marvel's classic villain Victor Von Doom, the..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Have Car, Will Travel for Film

Texas Frightmare Weekend

"...It's been 20 years since the Burkittsville Three disappeared in the Maryland Black Hills, and..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Then There's This: Sex on Campus

In lawsuit, Kearney says UT administrators unfairly singled her out while ignoring others' indiscretions

"...Anyone who follows the trials and triumphs of UT Athletics knows by now..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Headlines

"...can we miss you if you won't go away? The second special session of the 83rd Legislature ended July..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar discovers Voxtrot

"...ridiculously busy spring, and it's hardly begun. Back in the fall, it was so flattering to be invited to..."

April 6, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Qmmunity: Fear, but Make It Queer

Abbott revives attack on trans kids, Netflix brings queer Fear Street party to Austin, and more news

"...Ya know the feelin': Pride Month is officially over, and Austin Pride's..."

July 9, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Entering 2021 in a “State of Emergency”

Bars operating as restaurants are officials' top concern

"...Authority Dr. Mark Escott spelled out Austin's start to the new year in no uncertain terms: "It appears we..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...an impassioned email from a would-be customer. She accused the veteran vinyl seller of ruining her trip from Dallas..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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