Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"...and Ron White and Mitch Hedberg and George Lopez back in the day. The place that has more recently..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fast & Furious

This third franchise sequel doesn't have as much smarts as speed, but it's still an uncomplicated, undemanding lark.

"...Gal Gadot, Jack Conley, Shea Whigham and Liza Lapira. Back in 2001, when we first met renegade street racer..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

South by So Real

Hustling SXSW hip-hop with Matt Sonzala.

"...about hip-hop in Palestine, and another movie called I Love Hip Hop in Morocco. After that there’s going to..."

Feb. 12, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Saturday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...best jazz and hip-hop acts and isn't afraid to bring his trumpet to rock shows and jump onstage. –..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...When I buy my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spotlight: Ike Turner

Ike Turner is about to be 70 and still a mack.

"...I was only eight. That was the beginning of my thing with music."..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"..."I'll shoot myself with this one: I think the magnet program is..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Scary Movie

Keenen Ivory Wayans' broad spoof of the horror/comedy Scream series.

"...tiny glimmer of possibility that's kept me rooted in my seat, squirming like a fresh lepidopterist's specimen, yes, but..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Live Shots

Beastie Boys, Rancid, Asiandubfoundation

"...while blowing up the double-size air mattress. Can't feel my hands or feet while setting up camp...."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature

Tycoon Cowgirl

Terri Hendrix

"...but with an upcoming release that will no doubt bring with it a lot of hype, plus some criticism..."

May 8, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Muralist Mila Sketch Celebrates a Decade of Creativity in Austin

Innovative immigrant artist on her approach, future, and love affair with the city

"...diversity, and openness gave me the space to push my art further than I ever imagined. We feel privileged..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by Julie Royce

Short and Sweet: “Neuro”

Austin-made psychotropic short explores the mutability of memory

"...about how his family history informed the story, his love of head trip cinema, and the film's unexpected connection..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing

"...Audiovisual artist Masch brings his site-specific light installation controlled by a drum set..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...power was still out for much of Central Texas. Back at his home in Giddings, two generations of Nicks'..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 23-29

"...whatever great power might be listening, "Thank you for my problems, and I send my love everywhere." She's sincere...."

July 23, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...pumping enough gas to make it home. "I'm quittin' my job, just to get a new job," sings Maxwell..."

June 4, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...just story blueprints with which to organize play with my older brother's hand-me-down action figures...."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)

The return of Twin Peaks is cause for celebration

"...I’ve always considered myself a cinephile, once joking with my therapist that I’d..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Post by Mark Fagan

The Future of Tegan & Sara

Digital age Intervention

"...pair would have found collaborating on eighth studio album Love You to Death far more difficult without the internet...."

Sept. 13, 2016 Music Post by Sarah Marloff

Meet J Wagner

‘Californication’ fan: ‘Keep writing, keep touring, be thankful’

"...Isakov’s songwriting partner. He joins a family gathering, with my father Jon Dee Graham, Matt the Electrician, and myself..."

Dec. 23, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

15 Minutes With Kasey Chambers

Aussie songstress promises to leave the lights on

"...Chambers and Austin music fans have enjoyed a passionate love affair. Safe to say the songbird is just as..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Local Gaming News

New Releases, LeetUps, networking, and more

"...Game On Austin event, a primer on the tech-industry love connection, and Kevin Pereira's LeetUp event coming to the..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Austin Chronicle: What’s your religious background?..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Yardbird's Blues

How the bone-out chicken-fried chicken breast is destroying American menus

"..."By my reckoning, fried chicken must have a bone ... the..."

June 29, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin area for almost four months now. I consider myself socially and fiscally conservative, but I am probably more..."

June 13, 2003 Column

TV Eye

The cure to the summer rerun doldrums? HBO's Sex and the City and Six Feet Under.

"...for getting network previews -- except for PBS, God love them, they treat me right -- I miss a..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Not-So-Primal Therapy

"...felt coaxed into having on the albums. Due to [my] lack of courage and strength in those days, I..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Revenge, Deferred in Stephen Mills' Hamlet

Post-pandemic, Stephen Mills brings his career-defining Hamlet back to Ballet Austin

"...classical music. But there's an undeniable daring velocity in bringing together Shakespeare's text sans prose and the angular, jagged..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jason Eisener on Kids vs. Aliens

The director of the teen-friendly horror discusses his influences

"..."kids," and at the center is Jason Eisener. "I love that," the director of Fantastic Fest selection Kids vs...."

Sept. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Love Jones brings queer black romance to the stage

"...The love stories of black queer men are rarely told. On..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

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