Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Column

Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage

The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins

"...the conversation shifts toward actually achieving it, Rudy Ramirez believes a lot is left unsaid. "People don't tend to..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Including a handful of weekend-two exclusives

"...drive of "Al Fondo de Mí" gradually builds with Oldfield bells, stiff disco guitar strums, and a pitch-shifted choir. –..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Music Feature

12 Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival

Key Zilker Park sets for Saturday weekend one

"...Diamante Eléctrico11:45am, T-Mobile stage (weekend one); 1:15pm, Vrbo stage (weekend two)..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

Pachanga!

Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más

"...a lengthy multipart series, individual portraits presented a more compelling picture (see "Sonidos del Barrio," May 1, and "Tres..."

May 29, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Art:

"...twist, a show of representational paintings and drawings by eleven emerging and veteran Texas artists. 201 W. Main St.,..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut

Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat

"...Amassing revelers out of thin air in patented ATX fashion –..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Opinion: Where Is the Support for Minority Faculty to Succeed at UT?

A retired professor reflects on how little has changed at Texas' flagship university since he first started teaching nearly 50 years ago

"...poor Mexican kids, who was born and raised in El Paso during the 1950s and 1960s and had the..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Column by Dan Acosta

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Domingos and drummer Ran Wilson, the local power trio delivers bare-boned riffage and sneering social commentary on debut long-player..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin Film Festival Revs Up With Ford v Ferrari

Honey Boy, Motherless Brooklyn in feature lineup

"...story of the friendship of American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and British driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale)..."

Sept. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...by glittery synths and Sebastián Narváez's muffled vox. – Isabella Castro-Cota Ace Tee..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...the new Latin coastal seafood kitchen from Carlos Rivero's El Chile Restaurant Group is now open. The new concept..."

April 17, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Gay Place: BUSTIN' OUT ALL OVER

January's bustin' out all over

"...That quiet holiday lull? Yeah, definitely over. We're doin' our dandiest to keep up with..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Chefs' Night Out

Some top local chefs talk about where they go when they eat out

"...website or local blogger's culinary tastes are. You can rely on the Chronicle's Food listings and reviews, and you..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Viva la Vida

The 26th annual Día de los Muertos celebration has a new twist this year

"...at the forefront of local Día de los Muertos celebrations, staging Austin's largest and longest-running Day of the Dead..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...racial bias in Texas any more. … I simply believe you should be able to read, write, and speak..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

To Be Seen and Heard

"...machinations of the entertainment industry in general and the television industry in particular. Actually, that's not completely accurate. Most..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Pretty in Pink: A Gabriela Bucio Story

The millennial Midas brings reggaeton and Mexican regional to Sixth Street and beyond

"...In the queendom of Gabriela Bucio, she reigns with a millennial Midas touch. Her..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...the Bones, and if you're holding it at waist level before slipping it onto the turntable, the disc appears..."

April 30, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...for SXSW Film 2020 (March 13-21), starting with the welcome local arrival of Bull, the latest from UT RTF..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trey Gutierrez's Top 10 Moments That Left Audiences Speechless in 2019

The year celebrated through moments when performers stunned their audiences into silence

"...I. VALLES IN BALA.FRUTA./BULLET.FRUIT. (FuturX) Valles' pained musings on El Paso's Walmart massacre echoed FuturX's overarching message: Shut up..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...to making art thrive here. Whether they've created art themselves or created opportunities for others to create art by..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music No. 5

Hurray for the Riff Raff, Naomi Achu, Cakes da Killa, and 171 more added

"...Ian Moore has been added alongside rapper Kydd Jones, Delta Spirit frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez, synth explorers Casual Strangers,..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...McGuire Moorman Hospitality Group, has been named a master sommelier by the Court of Master Sommeliers Americas after successfully..."

May 22, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

A New Comfort Zone

Kristine Kittrell's culinary juggling act

"...Chef Kristine Kittrell is on a roll. At 42, she's juggling two..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Grocery Store Heaven

Central Market celebrates 20 years with events, cookbook launch

"...branches in all the state's major cities, Central Market celebrates its birthday with two weeks of events starting on..."

Sept. 4, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Gayplace: Join Our Krewe

Joy Division, Madame X, John Cameron Mitchell, Erasure, Christeene, Dan Savage, and Diana Ross make this a star-studded week in gay.

"...DFW #TeamTakeOver presents Down for Whatever. Hip-hop hell-yeah with Yella Stud, DJ LaDiDa, and friends. Thursdays, 10pm...."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...to these talented gentlemen, however, at the time they helped develop that musical survey of the 20th century's first..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Becoming Herself

What role the 'Universe of Texas' played in the life and art of Marcia Gay Harden

"...On the eve of her return to UT to deliver the 2010 commencement address, Marcia Gay Harden shared memories..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top Cocktails of 2009

Claudia Alarcón's quest for unique signature drinks

"...To the delight of those of us who are always on the..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

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