Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...is only an hour away. Hence Guantanamo Baywatch, a feral trio that plays blown-out surf-punk with the tremolo riptide..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Way of the 'Food Forest'

Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture

"...As green initiatives increase in popularity, the city of Austin maintains a complex relationship with urban agriculture. Many urban..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Anna Toon

Playback: The King of Hip-Hop

MLK Day, ready-made for hip-hop, plus Fun Fun Fun Fest lands back at Auditorium Shores, and RIP Will Indian

"...diverse modern profile, hip-hop continues to evidence MLK's legacy. Austin's hip-hop community toasts the slain civil rights leader with..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Deep in the Heart of Seacrest

Watching dreams live and die at Austin's 'American Idol' tryouts

"...At 7am last Wednesday, while most of Austin's musicians were still in bed, thousands of hopeful young..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Bomb together or bomb separately: It's Queerbomb weekend

"...FILTH Get to the core of queercore with Elvis, Feral Future, the Atomic Tanlines, and Clitfit. Thu., May 30,..."

May 31, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Thursday Picks and Sleepers

"...and frenetic dance moves. In his maiden voyage to Austin last fall for the ACL Music Fest, the bearded..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Playback: They Only Came To Kick Some Ass

Both Jack Black the actor and Jack Black the rocker rule Austin

"...Jack Black last Thursday from the stage of the Austin Music Hall. "They tore it down because we rocked..."

July 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Storm (Thorgerson), Chaos (in Tejas), and gender dysphoria: Welcome to summer music!

"...Staring at a Gun." The zany counterpoint to ECF's feral crow was White Ghost Shivers, featuring Whiskey Business' fiddler..."

June 1, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hilton Full? Stay at Scooter's Place!

Keeping Austin weird, or committing fraud?

"...a dancing man on skates whose efforts to "Keep Austin Weird" include outlaw hosteling...."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Adam Wasch

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...Shores By the time the Cult stalked off the Austin Music Hall stage in 1995 and broke up weeks..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Fun Fun Fun Lists

"...Austin City Limits by Austin Powell..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

The 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival draws to a close, as does Emo's outside on Sixth Street

"...rapper literally rose to the occasion of headlining the Austin City Limits Music Festival, setting a new benchmark for..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Don't bother cleaning up after Chaos in Tejas; OBN III's strike again this weekend

"...pits kicking up more collective dust than the 2005 Austin City Limits Music Festival. Before reuniting with his NYC..."

June 10, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

SXSW Wednesday Interviews

"...Trey Reimer sums up the feral appeal of Dikes of Holland in just one word...."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

On the Funding Front

Eleven area artists and cultural organizations earn support for 2011 projects

"...• Two Austin visual-arts projects won grants this year from the Idea..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...8pm, Austin Music Hall If you still haven't heard the name,..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...the overdrive pedal to raise the sparks of February's Feral Fire. The Tennessee rockers may give Justin Townes Earle..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Politics Gift Guide

Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year

"...from the mushrooming influx of chic scenesters peopling East Austin, not a moment too soon. The third installment of..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Animal Farm

Sebastien Bonneu and Countryside Farm

"...Deep in the woods between Austin and Bastrop, Sebastien Bonneu of Countryside Farm raises animals..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

ACL Music Fest Saturday Interviews

New Orleans' blind saint of barrelhouse piano

"...what," pauses Henry Butler for a moment. "I've played Austin more times after Katrina than I've ever played it..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Man, a Plan, and Some Bees

Bee Season, Central Texas style

"...established as teaching aids for bee classes at the Austin Nature & Science Center...."

June 12, 2009 Food Feature by MM Pack

Lights, Camera, Latin!

The 12th annual Cine las Americas International Film Festival

"...entrance ("Hightower populist revelation and redemption") and an appealingly feral courtyard...."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Local Pork Producers

"...The Austin area is blessed to have several dedicated suppliers of..."

April 10, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...Dear Austin,..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Local Agencies Still Responding to Ike

Red Cross tries to replenish coffers that were drained in 2008

"...housing. Now, as cleanup on the coast kicks in, Austin contemplates its response and its future commitments. Austin Independent..."

Oct. 31, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...When it's summer in Austin, you can count on at least two things: It'll..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Farmer and The Grill: A Guide to Grilling, Barbecuing and Spit-Roasting Grassfed Meat and for Saving the Planet One Bite at a Time

Farmer Shannon Hayes shares grass-fed knowledge, and all your local meat is here

"...grass-fed meats from Central Texas purveyors that service the Austin area. I can't wait to try the Lamb Ribs..."

July 4, 2008 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Canyon Creek Rebels Target MUD Lawsuit

Municipal utility district board members resist suggestion they withdraw federal suit

"...Creek. As we reported a few weeks ago ("Point Austin: MUD in Your Eye," Nov. 9), the municipal utility..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Gimme (Animal) Shelter

Swirling city politics, site selection, and – oh yes – animal welfare

"...even think about moving it?" asks Ryan Clinton of FixAustin.org...."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Animal Shelters Should Be 'No-Kill'

"...to address one of the biggest "closet" issues in Austin. Ms. Proctor May's two articles in that edition were..."

March 28, 2007 Postmarks

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