Crossroads, Crafts, and Close Encounters in Our Recommended Events

The workweek is chockablock with do-able things

"...adults in “the philosophy and basic structure of Japanese flower arrangement art.” Ikebana traces its roots back to sixth-century..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Austin Blues Festival and Austin Psych Fest braved spring showers and humidity when they returned to the Moody Amphitheater..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...recreate the sensation of continuing onward despite assured misfortune. We’re all operating from that point a little these days,..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...compulsively unorganized. Both my headspace and my terrestrial surroundings are forever cluttered with debris from creative projects, remnants of..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Powell St. John Brought Us the Message, 1940-2021

Psychedelic visionary and Janis Joplin bandmate – a "man for the ages"

"...Powell St. John, the songwriter, musician, storyteller, and visionary artist..."

Aug. 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth

What we’re spending time with

"..."Though one or two young people did not submit video entries because they really..."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Denise M. Fulton and Sam Yeates: A Shared Vision" at Davis Gallery

We got your signs and signifiers right here, mon ami – and that's just lagniappe

"...any gallery anywhere, can't you? Of course, some artworks are more subtle in their metaphorical depths and others are..."

March 29, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

How to Handle Your (Very Nice) Family This Holiday Season

Where, oh where, have all the hideouts gone?

"...to a close, my wife and I have realized we are in dire need of a good "alone time"..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda

The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda of MondoCon

Star Wars, Marvel near misses from the Mondo archive

"...collectibles to sink a battleship and break your bank forever. But not every design makes it through unscathed. At..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beware the "Givertaker"

New Austin short launches the Dead Kids Club

"...Are you a member of the Dead Kids Club? Watch..."

Oct. 12, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sending Postcards From the Great Divide

UT RTF chair Paul Stekler on election year for PBS

"...He said, "Anyone that tells you that short films are easier to do than longer films, tell them they..."

July 10, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Grace Potter Lives to Perform

Vermont wailer strikes out on her own with firmly-rooted pop

"...record, I thought, “Look, I’ve been doing solo stuff forever, with Kenny Chesney or Flaming Lips or Love for..."

Jan. 27, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Old Settler's Music Festival Interviews

Talking bluegrass with five OSMF headliners and a Dripping Springs dweller

"...for his instructional material and serves as connective tissue between bygone legends and young upstarts. Before his genre-bustin' quintet..."

April 17, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Q&A: Best Coast

Southern California nights for the masses

"...“I’m well aware that Best Coast won’t last forever,” says the..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Big Sweet Life

An intimate interrogation of Jon Dee Graham

"...produces over 6,440,000 hits in one second, but there are still things you can only find out if you..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Julia Child Centennial Celebrations

August 15 is the 100th anniversary of the cook's birth

"...Tributes and celebrations are planned all over the country. The Smithsonian has re-opened..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

Joe Cocker killed it at the Backyard Sunday

"...Sunday, we encored Wimberley's Blue Hole by buzzing over to Bee..."

July 24, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback

'Good Day Austin' anchor Joe Bickett says adios, the Scottish Rite Theater, Good Music Club, and Spider House say hello again, and Emo's owner Frank Hendrix goes cable

"...state capital. He's a friend to local music as well, always showing interest in the bands featured on the..."

May 25, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Killin' It

'Black Pond'

"...new form of cinematic storytelling. Call it the nouvelle weird...."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Black Pond' Directors Kingsley and Sharpe Speak!

An interview with 'Black Pond's directors

"...new form of cinematic storytelling. Call it the nouvelle weird...."

March 15, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Austin Toros Trimester Essay

On a winning streak, but what next?

"...cut-throat teeter-totter of Developmental League dominance. And as bonds are broken, triumphs become more controversial, and our local chapter..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

Imaginary Television

A conversation with Graham Parker

"...1970s, Graham Parker emerged as one of the "angry young men" of British rock, often pigeonholed with Elvis Costello..."

May 5, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Losing Old Austin

"...Dear Editor, We all know the tragic stories of old Austin disappearing,..."

Oct. 9, 2008 Postmarks

Page Two: In This World

The all-consuming genius of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth

"...Baumgarten, Marc Savlov, and the rest of the Chronicle reviewers; Elvis Mitchell; Pauline Kael). The New Yorker's Anthony Lane,..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Column by Louis Black

'Pig Skinny': OU/UT Wrap

"...go eight-for-16 on third down, the Skinny would have declared a certain victory for the Sooners based on early..."

Oct. 9, 2006 Sports Post by Taylor Holland

Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom

UT composer Dan Welcher commemorates JFK: The Voice of Peace 40 years after the President's scheduled visit to Austin.

"...More than 5,000 Austinites were waiting to welcome the president of the United States..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Antone's Anniversary off to a bumpy start, and the same goes for local CD outlets.

"...to start off your anniversary, but that's how it went for Antone's last weekend. R.L. Burnside had been blacking..."

July 13, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Public Notice

Our weekly calendar of activist and volunteer events and fundraisers.

"...Well, little ones, did you miss us? Yes, we were..."

July 28, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

The Wild Bunch

"...Bunch was. A frontal assault to established cinematic sensibilities, we had never seen anything like it. Yes, there were..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Charles Ramirez Berg

This Old House

"...tape starts rolling. Since the Chronicle's tribute to the West Second Street institution was conceived as a wide variety..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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