Does Farm-to-Table Still Matter?

What happens to a trendy movement once the buzz dies down

"...slice of imported fish splayed on a mound of rice. Usually, the Gray Lady peers down on Austin’s dining..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Moontower Comedy Festival Gets Therapy With Dr. Phil Live

First look at the lineup for next year’s comedy fest

"...ATX flair, including Andrew Murphy, Ashley Sharma, Avery Moore, Brett VerVoort, Chris Tellez, Colton Dowling, Danny Goodwin, Doug Mellard,..."

Oct. 24, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Ladyfang, Ladyfang

Austin quartet electrifies Eighties post-punk with buoyant pop sparkle

"...Ladyfang's vampire act, bracing as an Anne Rice villain if Anne Rice villains performed in drag, stars..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

School’s out and June is the beginning of summer fun

"...extensive collection of blues records. Nancy’s red beans & rice and burgers are reason enough to visit...."

June 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...nominee, we were filled with dread of the impact Brett Kavanaugh might have on the highest court. Turns out..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...– radiates brighter than the rest; a slowly matured Brett beer with notes of cedar and cherry and hints..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Spaceflight Records' Nonprofit Clears for Takeoff

An ambitious vision for debt-free record deals attracts notable music industry interest

"...officially a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, a long-sought goal of founder/CEO Brett Orrison. The status allows the label to roll out..."

April 22, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Best Outside-the-Box Barbecue (and Barbecue-Adjacent) Dishes in Austin We Ate This Year

Brisket tacos, nanner pudding, and mutton cooked low and slow

"...one muy buena enchilada, but it turns out the rice and beans are showstoppers, too...."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Rod Machen

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...repeating as Best Limited/Seasonal Beer in 2018 with barrel-aged brett ale, Rosanna. This year, Vista made the first ever..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...anything but. When Byron Brown, Sam Malcolm, Ed Reed, Brett Tribe, and Jon Bolden take the stage, their breakneck..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks' romantic yearnings once again flood our screens

"...Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Brett Rice, Tom Wilkinson, Noree Victoria, Niki Davis and Anna..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Lamb Jam

"...caramel, carrot kimchi purée, pickled black sesame seeds, and rice crisp from Chef Roman Murphy of Bess Bistro..."

Feb. 24, 2015 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...getting laid. Cast: Kip Pardue, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Jordan Lane Price, Paulina Singer (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Foxcatcher

The performances by Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo anchor this drama, which nearly sinks from its weightiness.

"...Redgrave, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall, Guy Boyd and Brett Rice...."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

DVD Watch: My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki's sweet and monstrous classic arrives on Blu-ray

"...mother is in hospital. But there's more than just rice paddies and camphor trees in this green idyll. There..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hope Springs

A sincere, considered, and unembarrassed exploration of mature sexuality that's more drama than comedy.

"...Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Jean Smart, Brett Rice, Becky Ann Baker and Elisabeth Shue...."

Aug. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...DEADHEADS Brett Pierce, Drew Pierce (Writers/Directors)..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...myriad sexual and creative temptations. Cast: Jess Weixler, Justin Rice, Barlow Jacobs, Josh Hamilton, Jane Adams (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...“Noble Things” (USA, 98 min.) Writers/Directors: Dan McMellen, Brett Moses Cast: Brett Moses, Lee Ann Womack, Michael Parks,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Encore, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Brett Favre Is a Jet

"...asked my fiancée to hit the web and check Brett Favre’s status. “Jet Setter” is the headline. "He’s going..."

Aug. 7, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

Biopic of the only person to have ever won golf's grand slam.

"...Caviezel, Claire Forlani, Jeremy Northam, Malcolm McDowell, Connie Ray, Brett Rice and Aidan Quinn. If, like me, all you..."

April 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Disney touts this update of the Edgar Rice Burroughs tale as a fresh account of the classic..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Food-o-File

Travel Advisory

"...wine expert Henry Schmidt, wine reps Mark Mattingly and Brett Tisdale, Basil's owner Marshall Slacter, Chronicle contributor Meredith Phillips,..."

April 16, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Suicide Kings

"...of this motley band of wannabes, but it's Mohr's Brett -- the hotheaded control freak -- who holds all..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

It Was a Drum Machine

"...Brett "El Niño Insurance Adjuster" Barney Escape to Alcatraz..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Column

Future's So Brite

I Love the Scent of Burning Flesh...

"...American Southern Gothic," alongside fellow New Orleans author Anne Rice. How do you feel about being in such illustrious..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Books Feature by Marc Savlov