Day Trips & Beyond: December Travel Roundup

Central Texas holiday lights, digital Dealey Plaza, and more

"...President John F. Kennedy in Dallas. In recognition of that sad day, the Sixth Floor Museum released a new..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin Historic Site

Original Texas capital returns through new museum

"...Felipe de Austin State Historic Site resurrects the town that was once the center of colonial Texas civilization with..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Report From the Toronto International Film Festival

Pass the popcorn (and the awards)

"...Netflix saga about intertwined racial relations in midcentury America that's sure to have a theatrical release for awards consideration..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

The second annual Austin International Drag Fest returns this weekend

"...And all that Drag! That's right, the second annual Austin International Drag..."

April 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Dana Falconberry & Medicine Bow

"...Leelanau sounded like the last day of summer camp, follow-up From the Forest Came the Fire arrives as a..."

April 8, 2016 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Moontower 5: First Wave of Comics Announced

Martin Short and Kevin Smith lead the laugh makers for 2016

"...beyond the ranks of standard stand-up to comedy acts that will earn it that "… & Oddity" in its..."

Nov. 17, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Mighty 300

Authors for Fest 20 include Lethem, Lemony, Pitts, Diggs, Hart

"...Evans will open up about Mixed Me!, the new follow-up to their 2011 hit Chocolate Me! And Austin's own..."

Sept. 4, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Alley Cat Project

MASS leaves artistic surprises in a dozen East Austin backyard byways

"...The kinds of felines that are branded "alley cats" tend to resemble the byways..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Knit Scarves, Not Art

"...art.” Needless to say, I was dismayed to find that knitting enthusiasts had covered Carl Trominski's blue signs on..."

May 4, 2010 Postmarks

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...the public benefits we expect from the private interests that shape our city. What's new: No developer dared ask..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Developing Stories

Lessons Learned

"...the public benefits we expect from the private interests that shape our city. What's new: No developer dared ask..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Off the Record

Remembering blues drummer 'Uncle' John Turner, tracking the devil and Daniel Johnston, on-air with Seattle's KEXP, Abandoned Love Records, and more

"...Following the success of Jeff Feuerzeig's documentary The Devil and..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two

Have a 'Chronicle' epiphany

"...symbol of hope and rebirth – and a message that it is still possible to imagine a future when..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column by Nick Barbaro

The Defiant Deviant

The Austin Film Society and Alamo Drafthouse gang up for Bloodbath and Beyond: The Extreme Cinema of Takashi Miike and more

"...into the Miike oeuvre. Dissimilar from his other works that explode out of the gate, Audition is a slow-motion..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Wells Dunbar

Boo-ya!

Let the Summer Games Begin …

"...cement bunkers and hidden in the thick hedgerows beyond that crisscross and divide the Normandy landscape. On the beach,..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature by Matt Pyle

Day Trips

"...The Port Aransas Birding Center takes advantage of the coastal wetland's attraction to..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Real Roxy Hours

Local queer comic and jill-of-all-trades Roxy Castillo talks her performance style and history ahead of her run on the Moontower Just for Laughs Fest

"...prestigious festival," she says. "So many comedians and performers that I admire have come through Just for Laughs, and..."

April 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...years of state parks is a gift to Texans that we should all enjoy. What’re your top three favorite..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Find fall foliage in Texas and stop and smell the roses

"...Immerse yourself in a new interactive art exhibit that combines modern design with timeless play mixed with sensory..."

Oct. 3, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Agon and The Firebird

Ballet Austin put the moves on Stravinsky with this double feature

"...Agon and The FirebirdDell Hall at Long Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 27..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Paggi House Closed; Garrido's Sold

Two popular eateries close for good this weekend

"...being swallowed by a condo development on two sides. That construction begins soon. Rather than carry on with no..."

May 24, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

24 and Counting

A plethora of foodie events at the 24th annual Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...of Barrels Across Texas, a fundraiser featuring wine barrels that were distributed to various local artists willing to donate..."

April 17, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Say Uncle

Reeling in the years at Threadgill's

"...slab of blues and country with a soulful backbeat that draws heavily from a sound that hasn’t been all..."

April 8, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

SXSW Showcases

Saturday

"...run out by tonight, take the sprouts to Lady Bird Lake to see local PBS stars the Biscuit Brothers,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

In Print

'Oscar Night: 75 Years of Hollywood Parties'

"...essential to the photo's charm. Suffice it to say that the Vanity Fair editors selected a perfect photo to..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth With the Peregrine Falcon

A naturalist on the varied, extreme track of the 'wandering foreigner'

"...Among migratory birds, none is so extreme in its habits as the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Books Review by John Freeman

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...media market. On March 3 Luci Baines Johnson announced that mother Lady Bird and the family of the late..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature

WWJD?

Jesse Sublett's insider guide to Bouchercon.

"...author signing of Measures of Poison (3-4pm), an anthology that collects mostly new works by McMillan's authors. Novelists included..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Austin Stories

"...lawyer Richard Suttle of Armbrust & Brown, the firm that has served as Stratus' general counsel; Alan Glen, Stratus'..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature

Boo-ya!

Let the Summer Games Begin …

"...The temptation among makers of NBA games is to follow the NBA Jam school of cartoon idolatry or to..."

June 8, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

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