The Luv Doc: Always Exploring Boundaries

Austin has a long tradition of allowing children into unseemly places

"...Today I was at a brewery with some soccer/drinking friends and we had all been at..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Filmmakers PJ Raval, Andrew Bujalski, Leah Marino Join the Academy

Trio joins as Oscar-awarding body emphasizes diversity

"...Congratulations are in order for three of Austin’s moviemaking mainstays today, as the Academy of Motion Picture..."

July 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Adds Owen Egerton's Latest

Plus sci-fi fest's closing night title, and shorts

"...Other Worlds Austin, the dedicated sci-fi film festival, is coming..."

Nov. 28, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Witching Hour

Chorus Austin unearthed a vast repertoire of music – gorgeous, frightening, and comedic – that speaks to mortality and the dead

"...This year's celebration of the dead seems to have lasted longer than usual, stretching..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Trek Through 29 Independent Bookstores on the Austin Texas Book Trail

Second annual crawl connects Austin’s literary community

"...Austin is a bookish city – it might not be..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Austin Horror Film Festival Announces First Titles

Local filmmakers, familiar faces at celebration of screams

"...Get ready for scary fun. The Austin Horror Film Festival has announced the first attack..."

Sept. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animated Smash RWBY Finds New Home at Viz

Former Rooster Teeth show joins anime and manga giant

"...Fans of Austin-created anime-influenced streaming smash RWBY have reason to rejoice today...."

July 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ben Kweller to Launch the Zev Award at the Chronicle’s Austin Music Awards

New grant for musicians under 18 honors his son, Dorian Zev Kweller

"...Alongside the Austin Music Awards’ annual Hall of Fame inductions, much-loved..."

Feb. 19, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group Cooly Girls. Alongside taking over Manners' longtime..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...an indie filmmaker’s path to finishing a project. For the recipients of the Austin Film Society’s 2023 AFS Grant..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

Legendary Producer Lauren Shuler Donner Heads to Austin Film Festival

Celebration of writers continues in writers strike

"...The Writers Guild of America strike is an effort to..."

Aug. 8, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...An underrated – and understated – decade-plus rap veteran, Blakchyl's Austin roots..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Opinion: More Trains, Buses, and Housing Options Mean a More Affordable Austin for All

Transit Forward's executive director explains why Project Connect is vital to Austin's future

"...Affordability. We hear that word a lot in Austin for good reason. A poll last summer found that..."

March 3, 2023 Column by Bill McCamley

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...The Austin hip-hop scene's collective march toward widespread recognition is..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...Look the girl in the eyes...."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Anti-Lockdown Evangelist Sean Feucht Had No Permit for Saturday’s Concert on Austin Parkland

City "exploring options" to hold organizers accountable

"...at ACL Fest. Saturday’s Let Us Worship concert on the shores of Lady Bird Lake saw hundreds of overwhelmingly..."

Jan. 12, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...Here comes the 23rd annual Austin Museum Day, citizen, that free celebration..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

It’s Easier to Keep Austin Fed With a Kitchen

Local nonprofit fed thousands; needs a more permanent kitchen space

"...Keep Austin Fed has been serving Austinites facing food insecurity since..."

July 27, 2020 Food Post by Selome Hailu

Now Streaming in Austin: Seadrift

True crime documentary streaming on KLRU now

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. What's..."

May 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Arts Happenings Online: A Chronicle Round-up for Your Quarantined Exploration

Live and creative diversions – from your talented friends & neighbors

"...So many Austinites doing live shows (or even something resembling what we’d..."

March 23, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vision 2020: Austin Books We're Looking Forward to in the New Year

Some local writers' books due out in 2020 we're eager to read

"...Austin has about as many writers as it does musicians,..."

Jan. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

AFS Hires Production Veteran to Run Austin Studios

Community media expert Martin Jones to oversee new era

"...Austin Film Society has just announced that production and studio..."

Dec. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trey Edward Shults Returns for Austin Film Festival

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Blair Witch retrospective

"...War crimes, family dramas, and evil in the woods: Austin Film Festival has announced a second wave..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: 2018 Austin Chamber Music Festival

How the Attacca Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and invoke played

"...This year’s Austin Chamber Music Festival features three weeks of what Artistic..."

July 17, 2018 Arts Post by Robi Polgar

NEA Backs Austin Film Festival's On Story

The writer's film festival gets national support

"...On Story, the Austin Film Festival's ongoing project exploring the craft and..."

July 12, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Making of Austin

Curator Carter Foster on Ellsworth Kelly's art building

"...If you want the lowdown on artist Ellsworth Kelly and his final work..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Snapshot: Austin's Large-Scale Public Art

Exploring the big ideas behind big art installations

"..."As an artist, you can never imagine the many different ways people will interpret or interact with..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...The Toronto Film Festival may be the first stop for..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

“Taste of Black Austin” Explores Cultural Foodways

New photography exhibit showcases Austin’s African-American chefs

"...Austin may not have as many black-owned restaurants as Houston..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Austin Film Society Announces 2016 Grants

Program gives much-needed funds to Texas filmmakers

"...Providing some of the financial fuel to the flames of Texas filmmakers' passions,..."

Aug. 29, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

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