Paper Chairs' Plano

Paper Chairs' production gets inside the heads of three sisters over a decade that races by in a breakneck 90 minutes

"...All of us have wondered from time to time what..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

June Pride Events Roundup

Kick off Summer of Pride with nonstop Pride Month parties & more

"...Pride in Austin is a little bit different than everywhere else. Across the country, most major cities celebrate Pride..."

May 30, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Q&A Hole: Which Restaurant for the Rest of Your Life?

With Ben Snakepit, Regina Allen, Patty Leidy, Miracle Jones, and more.

"...old Q&A Hole was getting a mite heavy of late, wasn’t it? So we decided to skew a bit..."

Nov. 1, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Grace Potter Lives to Perform

Vermont wailer strikes out on her own with firmly-rooted pop

"...(b. 2002) to make her first solo album, Midnight. Saturday, the Vermont rocker with a platinum wail debuts her..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Dream of a New Circus

In the two decades it has taken for Cirque du Soleil to reach Austin for the first time, this Montreal-based troupe has not only reinvented circus as performance art but grown into one of the most unexpected and unlikely of entertainment empires.

"...on a street corner in Quebec and now it literally spans the planet, amazing audiences worldwide with its ability..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael Point

A Honky-Tonk Song

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

"...What good would it do me,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Hard Water

Second Place

"...I climb up on the old wooden Coke crate and imagine walking the plank. Lightning flashes in the..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Sharon L. Dutton

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...Chronicle for contributing to the ongoing dialogue regarding the death of affordable single- and multi-family housing in Austin ["The..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Post Marks

Muddying the Waters

"...member of Northwest Travis County MUD No.1, I sincerely appreciate Kayte VanScoy's attention to the issue of annexation and..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column

Slum, Sweet Slum?

An Annual Look at My Own Backyard

"...illustration by Doug Potter It's birthday time again. "Corner to..."

Oct. 24, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Michael Pollan Preaches It

Author is a fantastic evangelist for better ways of dealing with food

"...Michael Pollan on the page is engaging, informative, and persuasive. Michael Pollan in person is all of..."

May 29, 2014 Food Post by Rod Machen

Into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

Everybody's working for your weekend

"...It's funny, really, how much planning this thing takes. Look: The OOB..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...understand why you wouldn't want to compete on a state level, especially when that state is Texas." – a..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Never Say Goodbye

Past and present mash up at the 2008-09 Austin Music Awards

"...Hissing and crackling on the tape immediately reveals its age, an artifact from a forgotten time...."

March 13, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

International Man of Independents

The wide world of producer Anish Savjani

"...be tracking him down, since he seems to be everywhere at once while always on the go. The next..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop Into the Unwired Place

Take a deep breath and unplug

"...I've always been fascinated by the left-field ascent of a trend, a movement,..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'What Is Justice?'

A state program that enables offenders and their victims meet face-to-face has helped Andrew Papke take full responsibility for the drunken driving-related deaths of Beth Early and Daniel London.

"...of her sits a well-worn binder bursting with colorful stationery and letters full of memories of Beth; she brought..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

Livin' Lavaca Loca

In the early Eighties, back when Jay Leno was still funny, he and a number of now-big name comics told jokes at a little place on Lavaca called the Comedy Workshop. Being there changed the life of one person, who recalls what it was like.

"...Eighties? David Letterman had recently found a home in late night on NBC, and Leno was a frequent guest...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Angela Davis

Faster Than Sound: Cutting Up on Tuesday

Queer nightlife gets a new clubhouse, SIMS Foundation faces spiked membership, Spoon’s greatest hits, and more

"...One fateful night during South by Southwest, local DJ Gavin Garcia..."

June 28, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

I Hate Christmas

Strange Brew song swap ain’t for suckers

"...I’m on the phone with my father, Jon Dee Graham, while he’s hesitantly driving through snow..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Page Two: Aww, Canada ...

At last, a magical confluence of ice hockey, Neil Young, and SXSW 2006

"...Late afternoon: Michael and I were swimming in the cold..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Insider: Beatle Bob

Brief Interviews With Important People

"...Who: Beatle Bob..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Hightower Lowdown

Treasury Sec. Paul O'Neill pitches Bush tax breaks, Newt Gingrich is a business consultant, Congressional fundraising among freshman is out of control

"...Problem "We must leave no one behind," is the compassionate-conservative mantra of George W. But in his first chance..."

March 2, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Endorsements

"...These are all the transportation bond packages -- $130 million for Austin,..."

Oct. 20, 2000 News Feature

Rats From a Sinking Ship

Letters at 3 AM

"...illustration by Jason Stout When Titanic did its bit to..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Knnc X-mas/reverend Horton Heat, Meices

"...Liberty Lunch, Friday 22/Saturday 23 There's music 365 days a year in Austin..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Feature

Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound

No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first

"...spontaneously leaped onto a speaker and broke into a vacillating solo of yowling riffs, reluctant to end their fan-favorite..."

July 28, 2023 Music Feature by Wayne Lim

Ain't Messin 'Round

Gary Clark Jr. kisses the sky

"...As an 18-year-old recent graduate of Austin High, blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. played..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Of a Lifetime

Gregg Rolie, the voice of classic rock, and originally, Journey

"...trawled its opening GTO through many an unassuming suburb nationwide during the 1970s. Aerosmith's "Sweet Emotion" shook every single..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...rap with South by Southwest booker and hustler extraordinaire Matt Sonzala about all things hip-hop. If an MC is..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

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