Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial

To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State

"...Leslie Moody Castro's mission was to put the "Texas" back in the Texas Biennial...."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Panels: Woke Food

SXSW food track navigates contemporary food systems

"...How Technology Is Making Meals More Communal Monday, March..."

March 14, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Gay Place

Let's make this the greatest, gayest, most glittery Pride yet

"...boi/ys, and LHB. See website for full lineup of events. Through Aug. 20. Various locations; price varies per event...."

Aug. 19, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...imminent terror of the Iran-Iraq War. Neece said, "The backdrop of the film is cool and inventive, a good..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: AHOY, SWABBIES

The week before SXSW: The calm before the storm of more queers than we know what do with ... Oh, we'll think of something

"...sailing right into South by Southwestlandia, with each year bringing a flotilla of new gays, et al., to our..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Polari’s Audience Award Becomes a Legend

aGLIFF founder Scott Dinger on 25 years of queer cinema

"...here in Austin is the stuff of legend. Flash back to 1987, before Ellen ever had a talk show..."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

Playback

Fun Fun Fun Fest reels off some greatest hits and more

"...night, confirming its success and rising national popularity by bringing back some of its own greatest hits. Most obvious..."

July 12, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...beauty: Austin Calendar 2007, featuring more than 200 Austin events and a dozen gorgeous pics of classic Austin landmarks...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

A Bigger, Better Convention Center

"...million attendees, including nearly a million conventioneers, attending 1,500 events, including 321 conventions. (Conventions are the big prize, of..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Elevation

Taking stock of music DVDs

"...on sale here in the states weeks after the events of 9/11. Following stopovers in Houston and Dallas on..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...the band slides into Slim Harpo's loping "Scratch My Back."..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Something to Live For

"...golden-throated, steeped in harmony, these quartets sang with minimal backing, often with no backing at all. Most famous were..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Dancing About Architecture

A Modest Proposition

"...bigger draw" to the area. And that's not even bringing up the fact that the garage will almost certainly..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Rehabilitative Power of Art in Sing Sing

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo teams with Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar in a story of transformation behind prison walls

"...For Kwedar, this all comes back to the idea of transformation. “You hear the words..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"...GMC stunt truck (although Gosling almost lurched out the back when he didn’t realize it was about to start..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Consultants Given Lucrative City Contracts Without Council Approval

City paid friends of City Hall top brass $300,000 through subcontracting scheme

"...second and third floors of that building were brought back into the fold during a tumultuous time for the..."

Sept. 15, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Bigger View With Blindspotting

How Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs on making the small screen bigger

"...The new series, currently screening on Starz, spins out..."

July 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sushi Bar Stays, the Field Guide Festival’s Foretold, Meanwhile Gets Dough Boys, and Who’s Gonna Win Free Breakfast For a Year?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...In other good news, the festivals are returning! Which..."

July 14, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Monica Ceniceros and those atxGALS

The Cathedral? Creative Box Studios? All that art? This is them.

"...… who rented her first studio at Pump Project back in the day … is the force-of-nature head honcho..."

March 9, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...The community's firm pushback on the public safety status quo, fueled by protest..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...In filmmaker Bob Ray's 1999 16 mm dark comedy..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Trump’s Twitter Library, a Ferris Wheel of Cheese, and More From the Wide, Weird World of SXSW

Festival-adjacent events abound!

"...Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Trevor Noah is bringing its award-winning presidential Twitter library to SXSW, featuring visual..."

March 8, 2019 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

GayCL 2018 Is Queerer and More Diverse Than Ever

Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows you’re queer

"...of the many reasons why Edwards originally conceived GayCL back in 2010. “There are so many festivals that have..."

Oct. 10, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Gay Place

Drink ’til it helps

"...the Chronicle's Drinks Issue, we've rounded up some boozy events that either give back to queers or queer events..."

July 13, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Tempering Fire

Boring down into a quote from Michael King's "Firestarter" column

"...posted, "Yeah. I got that. Still not funny. Still bringing back years of trauma around exclusion and banishment from..."

March 27, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...Two other pieces of the Special Events puzzle are especially exciting: SXSW is celebrating the 40th..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...last year, declining to raise property taxes to the "rollback" rate (the highest increase allowed without a special election)...."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Roller Derby Update 1/16/11

Local leagues prep for big seasons

"...regular-season bouts on Saturdays. Also note, to make the events more accessible to families, Sunday bouts will be doors..."

Jan. 16, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Goes Classical

This week of musical events expanded our sense of what classical guitar can be

"...week in Austin Goes Classical – the series of events put together by the Austin Classical Guitar Society for..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film events with some major and rising names in cinema...."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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