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Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
"...– improv troupe founded last year by Mike D'Alonzo (festival co-producer, Austin Theatresports, Gravy, Catch 24) and Craig Kotfas..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature

TCB
Arclight Records, an ailing Octopus, ACL leaks, and indie-rock hits the beach
"...me it was the perfect way to end the festival for them, which meant a lot. Then I drove..."

April 29, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...to L.A. after spending three days at the ACL Festival with my two girlfriends. The bands were gnarly! People..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column

Thanks Austin!
"...to L.A. after spending three days at the ACL Festival with my two girlfriends. The bands were gnarly! People..."

Oct. 11, 2004 Postmarks

Cinematexas Games Without Borders
Games Without Borders, indeed: Katie Salen defies the rules of digital design.
"...them. While jiggling visions of Dead or Alive: Extreme Beach Volleyball may not be dancing nostalgically in her head,..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Articulations
Esther's veteran Joel McKean passes away, and during a rare Broadway strike Austin playwright John Walch is honored by the American Theatre Critics Association.
"...time of his death, McKean was living in Venice Beach and was active in the theatre scene. His friends..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture
SXSW needs venues, and the TABC keeps shutting 'em down. Public Enemy would be proud.
"..."in the range of 46-50 stages" during the music festival this year (2001 had an even 50 venues), with..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Give Him Enough Rope
John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.
"...day, when playwright John Walch was wandering on the beach in Mexico, he happened upon a rope that was..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers
"...sports one of the better names of this year's festival, indeed inspired by the running Welcome Back Kotter gag..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Day Trips
Baseball, bats, obits, no buts, and environmental action figure into this year-end wrap-up.
"...the hottest weekends of the year, the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, moved to the first weekend of..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
"...the 13th Annual Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival is commencing at exactly the same time, running from..."

June 30, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

TV Eye
After federal agents stormed the Gonzalez house last Saturday, it was all Elián, all the time on cable television : but doesn't it feel more like a movie of the week than breaking news? Also, upcoming May television events, and networks announce series renewals.
"...May 10-21: The 53rd Annual Cannes International Film Festival. The Independent Film Channel will carry key events live...."

April 28, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Peter Matthiessen
"...fact that E. J. Watson died on a Florida beach in October of 1910, killed by gunfire from at..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Books Feature by Bruce McCandless

Reissues
Los Zafiros
"...free of fatuous guitar wank-a-thons. Classic should've-been-hits like "Rockaway Beach," "Teenage Lobotomy," and "Blitzkrieg Bop" abound in heroic, K-Tel..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture
G-L-O-R-I-Aftermath
"...and fortysomethings (some were calling the whole thing a "Beach reunion") doing much damage to the beloved Lunch, although..."

July 30, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Page Two
"...though, at the Cannes turn-off; heading down to the beach where the film festival was happening became a long..."

June 11, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Day Trips
"...King Penguins play on what looks like the rocky beaches of South Georgia Island and then slip under the..."

May 28, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture
"...of South by Southwest. The income from the music festival is in turn expected to keep the club going..."

Jan. 29, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

1998 Austin Theatrical Movie Openings
"...3/6/98 DARK CITY 2.5 (M.S.) 2/27/98 DAY AT THE BEACH 1.5 (M.S.) 6/26/98 DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS 1.0 (M.S.)..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Day Trips
"...down the slick spillway. The dam serves as a beach across the river. The water is deep enough for..."

May 8, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Oh, Lady, You're Good!
Dee Dee Bridgewater
"...In 1997, the inaugural year of Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Festival, women ruled the rock & roll roost. Shawn, Eryka,..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Winter Classic
South by Southwest 1998
"...that tangent, Phillips went electric, taking it to the beach with "Girl Curl," which may just well be the..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

day trips
"...Designated areas at the dam include a beach and a fishing pier. There also is an observation..."

May 23, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Police Blotter
"...with his "Best of Texas" and Bob Marley music festivals a few of years back. He's apparently up to..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Music Column

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...top Gr and Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993 and also having a cult repu tation..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...ooooo-eeeee-ooooo sound. Brian Wilson used it, too, in the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." The instrument is a device containing..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...ooooo-eeeee-ooooo sound. Brian Wilson used it, too, in the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." The instrument is a device containing..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts
From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see
"...to convince you of every name’s merits, but all festival veterans know – there’s just too much to see...."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Austin Chronic: A Holiday Shopping List for the Weed Lover in Your Life
From CBD sleep gummies to a gold gilded grinder: a cannabis gift guide
"...and whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or the Pagan festival of Yule, you might have to buy a gift..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts
Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations
"...to close out 2024 with his latest, the lush, festival-ready Afro-house single “Forever,” with French house/EDM maven HUGEL, featuring..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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