Tuesday SXSW 2015 Showcases

"...Valhalla Austin-by-way-of-Ruston-Louisiana's Chicken Ranch Records begins clearing its SX henhouse with Nashville anti-comic Chris Crofton, described by satirical powerhouse..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature

Estate Sale Roundup: January 10-11

Baby, it's cold outside, but your holiday money is burning your pocket.

"...built in 1882 by Charles A. Newning. The Red-Purcell House is packed with 2,930 sq. ft. of antique and..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Design Post by Anne Harris

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...dance music. Trap, defined by loopy, off-kilter melodies, hellish brass, and a devastating payload of bass, turned out to..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Smooth Criminal

Progressive cacophony in 2013

"...– closely, sometimes. Free fall virtuosity bangs heads indiscriminately, brass, banjos, and bombast by design...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...in Miami, where he spent two weeks at the House of Liberty, a World War II barracks site at..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Let Him Entertain You

Why producer Charles Duggan is staging the biggest holiday spectacular Austin's ever seen

"...gospel quintet, a handbell choir, a string quartet, a brass quintet, 20 classical guitarists, and a version of The..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Browner Shade of Black

Blazing trails of Chicano soul

"...and many others. Their sweet blend of reeds and brass, drawn from traditional Mexican genres and tempered with a..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Nukes Are Back!

The Bush administration plans for the next (little) nuclear wars

"...1830 hours. All are in uniform: the military brass, their crew cuts periscoping above their dress whites or..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Fair Grounds Race Course and across New Orleans, Louisiana, May 5 & 6

"...from an interactive game of stop-the-music/audience-"freeze" with New Orlean's brass-hop troop Soul Rebel to a traditional parade with untraditional..."

May 12, 2000 Music Review by Andy Langer

Live at the Lege

The Chronicle counts down to sine die

"...Today, Representative Poncho Nevárez threatened my life on the House floor after I called ICE on several illegal immigrants..."

May 29, 2017 News Post by the News Staff

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...and a keen eye for observation. (Ruta Maya Coffee House, 10pm) -Raoul Hernandez..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Sun Also Rises

Out of tragedy blooms East Cameron Folkcore.

"...Outside a fading yellow house off of Montopolis Drive, the sound of guitars, drums,..."

April 3, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

On the Lege

Instead of businesses, consumers and working stiffs will shoulder much of the property tax cut approved by the Senate.

"...Bowing to brass-knuckle pressure from Gov. Rick Perry and the business lobby,..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

COVID-19 Turns the Texas Lege's Routines Upside Down

The challenge ahead – how to get back to the business of legislating without staging a superspreader event

"...Leading up to opening day on Jan. 12, the House and Senate crafted rules to cover the basics. A..."

Jan. 15, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

What Happens to Us

First Place winner

"...sponsorships without the school, so sometimes we go to houses and sell sponsorships even though we both quit volleyball..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessica Rutland

Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...Take a (virtual) tour of the Texas White House. The Johnson home on the LBJ Ranch outside of..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• City of Austin administrative offices, the Household Hazardous Waste Facility, the Austin Public Library, and all..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...rich, busy, and yes, occasionally turbulent."Go Create Something" Sara's house in deep South Austin is as full of life..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...an irresistible, percussion-laden groove that had the nearly full house whoopin' it up and rockin' in their seats. This..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

The Silence of the Dan

The AG Keeps a Lid on It

"...Act disputes and allegations that one of Morales' top brass may have lied under oath, critics say plenty...."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Everywhere” Big Freedia, Mardi Gras Indian jammers Cha Wa, brass blasters the Soul Rebels, Keith Richards survivor/funk soldier Ivan..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...(Little Fires Everywhere), award-winning essayist Luis Alberto Urrea (The House of Broken Angels), and National Ambassador for Young People’s..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Thu. 16, Hotel Vegas Patio, 10:15pm; Sat. 18, Russian House, 8pm Both a UT educator and veteran of the..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Bill of the Week

Naishtat files bill to protect juvenile medical care

"...House Bill 839..."

May 15, 2015 News Column by Richard Whittaker

Found in the Ground

Mother Falcon takes flight – past Paganini

"...satin, the musicians ease their strings, percussion, reeds, and brass in a drone that quickly funnels into a diaphanous..."

July 30, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...here it is. The Lake­way Commons spaces that formerly housed Expressions Fine Chocolate and the Vino 100 wine bar..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Do Right Woman

Polly Parsons, only child of Gram Parsons, comes full circle in Austin with the Hickory Wind Ranch, sober living for women

"...storm-gray car noses up the driveway to a vacant house with a few stray chairs out front and stops,..."

July 31, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...Taj Mahal sides, while renderings of Leadbelly and Son House are injected with new life. – Thomas Fawcett Ruthie..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...been thrilled to live in a Fehr and Granger house – its original rectangular block left intact by an..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"...arms and block cemeteries," he cracked, but the corporate brass wasn't tickled. Hicks wasn't laughing either; he was on..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

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