Yoga Drama

For a year, Austin will be practicing daily public acts of creative expression through the national festival 365 Days/365 Plays

"...and I travel a lot. So I wanted to create a practice that I would actually do when I..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Hestervision

A new short film by Austin comic Tom Hester screens at the big Just for Laughs international comedy festival in Montreal

"...Local comic Tom Hester is back in Montreal this week..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

We celebrate Texas Wine Month and anniversaries all around, check out some new ventures by some old friends, and ask for St. Elias' forgiveness

"...arranged, and performed by Gerardo Ramirez, followed by a seated four-course luncheon paired with award-winning wines. Cost is $35,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Don't leave the table till you clean your plate of local food news; while you're at it, Eat, Drink, Watch Movies

"...chef at a special Rolling Roadshow presentation of our Eat, Drink, Watch Movies series on Sunday evening, Sept. 19,..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Short Cuts

Movin' on up: MoveOn.org, Steve Bilich, Bennie Klain, and Kyle Henry.

"...went this year, and why she's not allowed to eat the curdling Filipino flan in the icebox. So maybe..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...say it is not true at all. I would greatly appreciate any info you may be able to provide..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...boasting few onscreen credits. There are writers who have great reputations, who have been brought in to polish the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood gives you all the gravy on new restaurants and old mansions becoming new restaurants.

"...it seems I get e-mail from another one every week. Victor Ometu wrote to announce his new Afia Cafe..."

May 16, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two

Next Tuesday's Creating a Liveable 6th and Lamar: Community Forum, meant to address the proposed Borders store at Sixth and Lamar, raises the complexity of issues involving economic choices, and the lack of a clear right or wrong.

"...but part of the idea is to plug the Creating a Liveable 6th and Lamar: Community Forum, which I..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood breaks out.

"...Sustainable Food Center (236-0074, www.sustainablefoodcenter.org) has been working to create an Austin Farmers' Market in Downtown. On Oct. 21,..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood's on her way to the Southern Foodways Alliance symposium in Oxford, Miss., but she still finds time to take you out to dinner and a movie in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...Eat, Drink, Watch Movies..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Beyond City Limits

"..."Let 'Em Eat Plastic": Since his predecessor liked to be known as..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...proposal, then let naysayers and skeptics criticize it to death. Meanwhile, the agency gains asscover, so 20 years from..."

June 14, 2002 Column

After a Fashion

Celebrity sightings … and slightings. Bitchy, bitchy, biiiiitcheeeeee …

"...My bevy of spygirls and boys says that a week ago last Saturday, Pink was at Emo's playing pool..."

May 24, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Pastaman Vibrations

What Chronicle Cuisines writer MM Pack found unobtrusively nestled in a South Austin strip center was the cutest little pasta manufactory imaginable. Here's her interview with Bottega della Pasta owner Rino Lanzillotti.

"...hand-rolled, red-and-white heart-shaped ravioli was available for purchase, Valentine's week only. As I'm a sucker for both ravioli and..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Food Review by MM Pack

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...in the show but who was actually just a local drunk nodded off onstage. Medlyn and his friends Michelle..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Dancing About Architecture

Ken rants about moving under the Congress Ave. bridge.

"...well. I'm not alone, it seems. My rant last week about the hell I was going through finding a..."

May 5, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...minimalist punk guitar riffs unfettered by feedback and distortion. Local veterans Bo Bud Greene follow with a unique take..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Just Call Him "Coach"

Westlake senior Eli Kooris profiles the Westlake Chaparral football's legendary head coach, Ron Schroeder.

"...football stadium, a baseball field, and a fine arts theatre with acoustics on par with that of Carnegie Hall...."

Nov. 19, 1999 Sports Feature by Eli Kooris

Dancing About Architecture

"..."Life-changing, career-changing -- the best week of my life" is how Kacy Crowley calmly describes..."

June 4, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

"...load it with the best people and the best features, like Paul Harvey, Dan Rather, Charles Osgood, Martha Stewart,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Column

Postmarks

No More Apologies

"...dog-walking (and doggie-poo) in Shoal Creek, tax increases to treat leaking inner-city septic tanks, and inspections on all those..."

May 22, 1998 Column

Postscripts

Curioser and Curioser

"...of Horus, published by Avon in spring 1999. The local writer, former UT journalism professor, and Lloyd Doggett speechwriter..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Picking Apples

The Art and Commerce of Product Placement

"...go into that thinking. Once we choose a particular feature, we work with them to provide the product. This..."

May 16, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Food-O-File

"...her roam among the other tables while they finished eating. Though I eavesdropped on a private family outing, their..."

May 2, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Postmarks

Illbient for Spooky

"...dumb industrial bands. On running through the thing this week, though, I saw a review of the Stereolab show..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Column

In With the New

So Long, Seis Salsas and Green & White's Groceries

"...on the east side of IH-35. With the current local boom in restaurants and specialty foods, it gets harder..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events

The weekend in arts and culture

"...your live performance viewing? Leaf it to the Vortex Theatre – purveyors of “urgent, unashamed art to create action..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

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

"...Yes, it’s your Food News Buffet for the first week of April, that cruellest month, here in the increasingly..."

March 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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