Food-o-file

"...Agriculture Work Group Convention in Griffin, Georgia to find snow falling on their East Austin farm. Farmers, employees, and..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Thanksgiving Is Coming, Gourdough’s Is Closed, Gourmand’s Is CTD, We’re Forking Cancer, Another Uchiba Is On Its Way, and More

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

"...big ol’ birds are a bit hard to come by this year. Still, there are some places around town..."

Nov. 8, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Into the Woods With Gretel & Hansel Director Osgood Perkins

How the retelling of the classic fairytale remained true to its roots

"...a fresh version of the German folktale made famous by the Brothers Grimm that takes the story back to..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Betting on Cloud Juice

Richard's Rainwater keeps its eye in the sky

"...it up, and milk-colored deposits start stirring like a snow globe. Calcium, magnesium, dichloroacetic acid, and total trihalomethanes. "A..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Food Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Grading the City's New Website: Incomplete

The city launches its new website, trailing bells, whistles, and bugs

"...parts. On the main website, users will be streamed by their interest, with separate portals for business and residential..."

Feb. 10, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Dune Shack Summer'

An Austin artist's residency in a Cape Cod dune shack yields an art show and a book

"...of the Cape Cod National Seashore. The shacks were built in the Twenties, Thirties, and Forties, often with lumber..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Strategy and Strategery

Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel on Darkon and the real-world implications of role players at war

"...to happily married managers with no shame about their hobby. Contrary to the stereotype, it's not just a boy's..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I'll Sleep When I Figure Out Why I Can't

Analyzing Alan Berliner's most personal documentary yet

"...But beneath the by-now signature style – a buoyant, warmly told first-person narrative,..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Looks Aren't Everything

The retro chic of the South Congress Cafe is but one ingredient at the Trudy's offshoot

"...to be absolutely identical in any locale: Your Chili's Baby Back Ribs in Indiana should be the equivalent to..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Seeking Levity

A writer best known for goofball comedies, Ed Solomon tapped his darker side for his directorial debut.

"...far cry from the goofball humor on which he built his career. Although it boasts a cast to write..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Letters at 3AM

Let's Get Drunk and Read Poetry

"...of Gore's concession speech ("Our disappointment must be overcome by our love of country"), the night of George W...."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

After a Fashion

Fashion correspondent Tom Palmer reports from Iceland's Futurice fashion week.

"...now you've got images of poofy fur parkas and snow boots on the tundra, and before I touched down..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Find a December adventure

"...Aline Carter felt the same way. That’s why she built the Chapel on the Dunes. Aline spent childhood summers..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Mother’s Day Events and More in This Week’s Community Events

Lots to celebrate this week around Austin

"...enough dykes. Such is the wisdom of drag performer Bobby Pudrido’s birthday party title. A thousand dykes packed into..."

May 10, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...and artist Brian Deneke was run over and killed by 17-year-old Dustin Camp, driving a 1983 Cadillac during a..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...inside the theatre hashing out every single technical detail. By the time Mark Snow's spooky theme signaled that Mulder..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Later this week, we'll be running a full review by the Chronicle's own Jessi Cape, so check back for..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Cowboy Song

Thin Lizzy's 'Cowboy Song' comes alive in rodeo vet turned Red Dirt ranger Ryan Bingham

"...Butch Hancock, Robert Earl Keen, and Allen compatriot David Byrne. Bingham hauls in a small PA system he brought..."

June 5, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Carousel

TexARTS' staging of Carousel found the humanity in this unusually dark musical, bringing us close to even the cruelest characters and taking them to a place of comfort and light

"...rest of humanity. Billy isn't merely a brute driven by rancor and rage. He's a haunted man, craving a..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...As evidenced by the overflow crowd at his memorial service at St...."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Citizen McCall

Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he snorted back in 1978. More than two decades later, he's still getting things mixed up. Chronicle writer Sidney Moody investigates why he puts his friend John McCall, the multimillionaire shampoo magnate and owner of the beauty supply firm Armstrong McCall, in his new detective novel Steppin' on a Rainbow without even bothering to change his name.

"...dreamt, and experienced. The documentary The Shampoo King (2000) by UT associate professor Ellen Spiro is perhaps the best..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...anticipated The Great Pumpkin as I did the first snow, turkey and stuffing, cranberry sauce from a can, homemade..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Gotta Dance!

Kevin Archambault came late to dance, but his love of it and commitment to it have brought the young dancer and choreographer a long way in a short time.

"...of accountants and scientists, Kevin was not exactly surrounded by the arts. He discovered, on his own, the happiness..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Lindsey Schwartz

Record Reviews

"...album will sneak up on you and pass you by, through no fault of its own. Damon and Naomi..."

May 22, 1998 Music Review

The Most Memorable Moments of Sunday’s ACL Fest

Spoon, Buffalo Nichols, and Paramore’s devotional nostalgia

"...last time in the set anything felt unfamiliar, as by second song "Brick by Boring Brick" Williams was fully..."

Oct. 10, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Dispatches From a New Decade of SXSW

Our favorite musical moments from the fest

"...The first South by Southwest to transpire this decade felt less like the..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest Review: Teddy

French werewolf comedy has a tragic bite

"...the bleaker Bloodthirsty and dark comedy The Wolf of Snow Hollow) to screen/stream at this year's virtual Celebration of..."

Sept. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: You Go Where You Have to Go

Welcome to the new year ... same as the old year?

"...I learn by going where I have to go,..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Paggi House

Paggi House is the tastiest example of old Austin co-existing with new Austin

"...Paggi House has weathered much history since it was built in the 1840s as a family home. It became..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Food Review by MM Pack

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Stites, who was murdered in 1996 and found dumped by the side of a road near Bastrop. Bastrop resident..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

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