The Utter Daveness of Dave!

A farewell tribute to artist and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club Dave Bryant

"...A self-made man, artist, and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club, Dave Bryant is moving to the..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...Falls finally lost its Marble. Sixty years after opening, the Marble Theatre -- a one-screen icon of picture-perfect Main..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

The Year of the Rabbit

The Origin

"...photograph by John Anderson The Chinese word "Nian" in modern Chinese language means "year,"..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring – survival..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Checking In: Gina Chavez Talks to the Moon

Latina dynamo isn’t simply sitting around chillin’

"...Last week, Gina Chavez graced the cover of the Chronicle in a guide to new..."

April 6, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Panels: The Future of Food and Drink

Highlights from the 2017 food track

"...look like an endless stream of celebrity sightings and themed cocktails. But in between the madness, culinary experts are..."

March 12, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...producer Keith Calder took to Twitter to ask, "What's the most recent wide-release, non-platformed horror film that wasn't a..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Road to 10-1: Add One More …

Candidate pilgrimage grows, and a glance at District 4

"...had Newsdesk counted 62 candidates (Mayor and City Council), then somebody else joined the party. And we visited with..."

June 30, 2014 News Post by Michael King

SXSW Eco: Beyond the Burlap Bag

Environmentalists ponder how to mainstream eco-culture

"...Environmentalism faces one key problem: burlap bags. Or rather, as Graceann Bennett, managing partner at Ogilvy & Mather,..."

Oct. 10, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Closer Look at the Paramount Lineup

Spike Lee, Amy Heckerling to present films

"...May we direct your attention to the newly released slate for the Paramount's annual Summer Classic..."

May 15, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Meat Loaf loads into the Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...Monday night, the Austin Film Society screened 1980’s Roadie at the Alamo..."

March 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Doug E. Fresh, and other all-stars in the booth to cut “Self Destruction,” hip-hop’s..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Grape Beyond

From Burgundy to Tuscany, the basics on wines one might soon find in Austin

"...Earlier this month, I had the chance to visit a number of French and Italian..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

A Night at the Opera

Jon Else's Sing Faster, showing this Wednesday as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, shows us opera Like we've never seen it before from the stagehands' perspective.

"...Jon Else's truly hilarious, Emmy- and Sundance-awarded Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle -- Wagner's opera from the stagehands'..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...Throughout history, the economics of creativity have often acted as a barrier..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...In mid-December, before a friendly crowd at the Source for Women, a Houston anti-abortion "pregnancy resource" center,..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...Little dusty towns, hundreds of miles apart from one another cling to the foothills of the mountains. If a..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Some of the Best Food Trucks Austin Has to Offer

Two dozen of the finest moveable feasts in town

"...We’re all about the meals on wheels here in Austin, where you can’t..."

June 11, 2022 Food Post

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, Austin Choirs Seek Community Through Virtual Worship

Music remains an integral part of most religions, so what happens when the choir can't meet?

"...to sing with a group of people all at the same time on Zoom, but it's horrible. It doesn't..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Nataleah Small

New Documentary Shows the Beauty of the Border, and the Perils of a Barrier

The River and the Wall captures a wilderness without divisions

"...The idea of building a border wall between the U.S...."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...Tim League is sitting at the bar, at his bar, the HighBall. Next door at..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Live-Blogging the City Budget Adoption

Continuously updated blog of the budget adoption.

"...here we are – about to start adoption of the final Fiscal Year 2007-08 Budget for the City of..."

Sept. 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Capitol Chronicle: Blame It on the Kids

Gov. Perry has no trouble funding his enormous transportation plan, but can't find insurance money for poor kids.

"...been trying to decide who we can blame for the Great Texas Deficit of 2003. Oh, it's still not..."

Feb. 1, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...40 years under his belt, is widely viewed as the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Art Fights the Power

The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya

"...I Pledge Berkeley, California,1968: The Chicano Movement is born. Cesar Chavez and his newly..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

The Mentality of Politics as War

Scott McClellan on his time in the Bush Administration

"...Chronicle: I imagine it's been a bit crazed for the last week...."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...It was the last of May's thunderstorms, and the rain pounded down..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Rising From the Halloween Flood

Rebuilding the homes – and lives – displaced by the 2013 Onion Creek floods

"...Miller, like most residents of drought-wracked Central Texas, greeted the sounds of a storm with excitement. "I was thanking..."

Dec. 26, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

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.”

"...roads into Austin. Some were from his colleagues at the Austin Fire Department, where Nicks is a battalion chief..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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