The Art of Eating Well

Aquarelle brings to the Austin dining scene a studied elegance and a decidedly Old World taste for unrestrained luxury, Chronicle Cuisines writer Rachel Feit writes. But it is still a young restaurant.

"...why not? After all, food is an essential unit of all cultures. We are not only its biological dependent,..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

"Fire"-man Arthur Brown The God of Hellfire

"...For better or worse, when The Crazy World of Arthur Brown released "Fire" in 1968 it immediately made..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Music Feature

Trial of APD Officer Will Be One of the Most Consequential in Austin History

Here’s what it could mean for our city and for how law enforcement is held accountable

"...One of the most consequential trials in Austin history began this..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...A welcome sign at the end of Beau Reichert's driveway greets visitors to Sekrit Theater. Down..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...fans salivating on title alone. In its last reveal of the 2011 fest lineup, SXSW announced Hobo as one..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...Huxley, Brave New World2178: An Obstron Odyssey A bead of sweat trickled down Max's forehead. His trixoral levels rose..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining musical moment,..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...England. Though it didn't originate there, it took hold of and thrived in the taverns and music halls of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

House of Cards

Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.

"...the book, or so legislators were told. The days of shoveling public subsidies into questionable developments were over, out..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Status of the Original

"...in 1984, and four years later, with the help of two business partners in Massachusetts, opened BookLab, a much..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Writes of Spring

Off the Bookshelf

"...in theNew Yorker magazine in 1996, "The Fourth State of Matter" is the ballast of essayist Jo Ann Beard's..."

April 3, 1998 Books Review

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...as much the direct catalyst for the recent flood of punk books as for the equivalent avalanche of archival..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

In Defense of Paul McCartney

Milquetoast Balladeer or Songwriting Stud?

"...feeling that way because his death was a hell of a tragedy." -- Paul McCartney, 10/29/95..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Opinion: Wildflower Center Fails Its Conservation Mission by Lighting Up Its Landscape

Field of Light exhibit glamorizes outdoor landscape lighting and ignores light pollution's harmful effects on wildlife, plants, and human health

"...leadership role in educating Central Texans about the harm light pollution does to our view of the sky and..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Column by Soll Sussman

Mein Krieg

"...You're fascinated but you're unable to get a clear field of vision because the physical restrictions of the keyhole..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

1900

"...Dominique Sanda, Alida Valli and Stefania Sandrelli. By virtue of its very size (5 hours and 11 minutes), there..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Sneakers

"...David Strathairn, River Phoenix, Ben Kingsley, Mary Mcdonnell, Timothy Busfield and Steven Tobolowsky. In its awareness of where we've..."

Sept. 11, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...He's just another one of the boys of summer. Between games of dominoes at..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...seems to be everywhere all at once. In the field of crime literature, Westlake has few peers, a legion..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Mighty Joe Young

"...and Bill Paxton. Like Gus Van Sant's recent remake of Psycho, this Disney retread of the classic 1949 fantasy..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Framing the Guilty?

Houston police thought they had their man – so the evidence was no problem

"...26, 1988, when a man flagged down two police officers near a Fuddruckers restaurant in far West Houston. The..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Is APD Making Austin Less Safe?

D.A., C.A. claim they’re being scapegoated by anti-reform cops

"...Updated 8-4 5:15pm In an explosive pair of letters sent to City Manager Spencer Cronk, Travis County..."

Aug. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Silent Sky at Austin Playhouse

This luminous staging of Lauren Gunderson's play brings wonder to the universe and makes it at once vast and intimate

"...A bright speck in a field of darkness. It can be hard to judge how..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

ClickBeetleMania

Bug-nut Wayne Alan Brenner goes coo-coo for click beetles!

"...It's click beetle season here in the great state of Texas, and the creepy little buggers are everywhere: scrabbling..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced its first wave..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...play than meets the eye, and that innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program is..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...finally visited there last summer. The area is one of our nation's great natural wonders and is sacred ground..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court Justice, and..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Curatorial Reportage

The Blanton Museum's ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up- to-the-minute views of what's happening in contemporary art

"...therein. There is no place, no context, except that of Art. There is no time, only eternity. The white..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

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