Five Science-Fiction Authors to Scan Darkly

ST 37 captain Scott Telles pulls five notables off the SF bookshelf.

"...from Joy Division ("The Atrocity Exhibition") to Steven Spielberg (Empire of the Sun). Primarily concerned with inner landscapes of..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by S.L. Telles

First Look: Cockti

East MLK fried chicken sensation sparks near-immediate success

"...always liked fried chicken,” says Nick Lowell, the owner of Cockti Juicy Fried Chicken at 2701 E. Martin Luther..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

King Gizz, Jesus & Mary Chain, Osees, W.I.T.C.H., and L7 Emerge on Levitation 2022 Lineup

Halloween week concert curation comes into focus

"...set to be packed with cult favorite bands, trippy light shows, and music-minded travelers as Levitation again descends into..."

June 29, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mexico City/Austin Trio Demons My Friends and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus the debut of Radio Coffee’s new location and Natalie Jane Hill’s Texas return

"...the paper every Thursday. And for our complete listings of upcoming live music events around town, head to Chron..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Other Worlds Film Fest Returns For Ninth and Final Festival

Sci-fi festival releases first wave of films

"...Austin’s Other Worlds Film Festival’s newly announced lineup of feature films will shine brighter than ever in December..."

Oct. 13, 2022 Screens Post by Leila Saidane

Five Ways to Celebrate Science Fiction's Biggest Holiday

Different ways of looking at the cosmos for May the Fourth

"...more that resonates bright and skiffy beyond what that Light & Magic Lucas dreamed up back in the last..."

April 29, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things to Experience at Fusebox Festival

Defeat your FOMO with these top picks from the free and fantastic arts festival

"...to get reservations for? This weekend's like a sort of Texas Death Match between FOMO and the tyranny of..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Falling Into Levitation

With a new autumn time slot, Levitation finds footing as a Downtown “gaggle of bands,” Angel Olsen chimes in on new album All Mirrors, and more music events

"...Speaking on next week's lineup of some 35 separate shows, Levitation organizer Johnny Sarkis makes..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

First Look: The Peached Tortilla

Cult food truck goes brick-and-mortar

"..."Fusion" may have been the industry buzzword of the Eighties, but while other food trends have come..."

Jan. 21, 2015 Food Post by Adrienne White

You've Come a Long Way, Baby

East Side King has gone from a backyard trailer to street-food empire in five short years

"...Folks are often asked, when confronted with concerns about their future, what..."

April 11, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Seasoning's Greetings

A look at the savory and the tweet of Hilah Cooking

"...sad, lonely person," says Chris Sharpe, the directing half of the operation. "So I'd email her stuff and be..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Reefer Madness: Green Alert

"These people are armed; they're dangerous ... violent criminal terrorists," says drug czar John Walters.

"...According to drug czar John Walters, head of the White House Office of the National Drug Control..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The woolly mammoth has entered the chat...."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Quin NFN Returns With Second to None

Austin’s most-streamed rapper rebounds from health scare

"...In terms of commercial performance, Quin NFN has sat atop Austin hip-hop..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...Road House, but now it's added the world premiere of one of the year's most eagerly anticipated directorial debuts:..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond

The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time

"...The James Beard Award-winning chef, owner and co-founder of the Hai Hospitality culinary group and its many restaurants..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Cinema Queerte

Salute the sweaty sirens of the screen with these queer mega-muscle movie events

"...for your next filmic outing? After a Pride Month of terrific trans repertory screenings, Elizabeth Purchell returns to her..."

July 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

Stubborn With My Goals: Impassioned MC J Soulja Stays Focused on Creating Opportunities in Austin Rap

"There ain't no trophies for that kind of shit"

"...Quit all this shit. I've dealt with a lot of just mental shit."..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

The Concourse Project Brings the Raver Spirit Back to Austin

High-capacity event space looks to diversify their sound

"...Handed the limp remains of a party mecca, Kelly Gray and Andrew Parsons handed..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...Mad gods, spurting space barbarians and a head full of metal. Yes, Fantastic Fest has announced its first wave..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

AGLIFF Going Online, Holding Weekend Teaser Festival

House of Cardin and more streaming free for Pride Weekend

"...Queer cinema enters the virtual zone, as the organizers of All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announced..."

June 11, 2020 Screens Post by James Scott

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

"...Some of you have had this experience: You walk into a..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Playback: Priced Out?

Soon, Austin’s golden geese – musicians – will be priced out of the live music capital

"...burdened with a cultural conundrum: A largely impoverished class of musicians earns the city a hip reputation, in turn..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...THURSDAY PICKS CAFE TACVBA / MOLOTOV / BAJOFONDO / JOVANOTTI..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...and otherwise. What it takes to make something out of nothing is what improvisers have in abundance. What it..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record

Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains

"...Alejandro Escovedo is nothing if not a man of perpetual perspective. "I've played a gig with Ian Hunter,..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...Twelve years after the end of the First Iraq War, George H. W. Bush was..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Fine China

The latest Austin Film Society free series examines the cinema of China's Fifth Generation filmmakers.

"...reopened Beijing Film Academy took in 153 students, children of the turbulent Cultural Revolution that had led to the..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Live Shots

"...And the winner of the Oasis vs. Blur sweepstakes is . . ...."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Feature

Council Blocks Bloch

Council Rejects Cancer Park to Preserve Greenbelt

"...ago, and though she has overcome it, the grandmother of six still faces a consuming fear that continues to..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    13 »