'Dream City' or Neighborhood Threat?

A proposed church development has some residents losing sleep

"...neighborhood, for example, and it was heavily featured in Friday Night Lights. Like his father, the younger Phillips also..."

March 25, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Culture Flash!

Free tips on auditioning for musicals, and animals are artists, too

"...auction – look for contributions by the pets of Friday Night Lights star Angela Rawna and L Style G..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Los Angeles, I'm Yours

Thom Andersen sets the story straight on the city he loves in 'Los Angeles Plays Itself'

"...sumptuous panorama of the city of Los Angeles at night, lights twinkling across its huge urban sprawl. Cut to..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Twist of Cain

Danzig comes alive

"...undulates the city and surrounding Bay Area - last Friday - Danzig jolts Market Streeet’s Warfield Theatre in the..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austintatious

Tapestry Dance Company's new paean to our fair city, Austintatious, made clear this company's innovative spirit and amalgamation of serious talent; we're lucky this sterling organization calls Austin home.

"...if it's a moving dance event, I don't care. Friday night I found myself in one of the lovely..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Stories from the Midway

Wriggling Nightmare

"...I managed to ask Jennifer to meet me one Friday night in early September at the Fair. It was..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Dan Hardick

Crimes of Passion and Prose

With Quills, Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) has made another film about the startling fusion between literature and sex.

"...Kaufman's offices are a five-minute walk from the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco's North Beach, the neighborhood with..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

"..."Night Lights on the Desert," tours of Frank Lloyd Wright's..."

May 14, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Fiddles, Not Violins

The Secret to Ray Price and San Antonio Rose

"...Wills tribute, San Antonio Rose, and the similar vintage Nightlife album. Anal-retentive-to-the-extreme German reissue house Bear Family has also..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

It’s time for chili cook-offs, festivals, and all sorts of November fun

"...hit by not one, but two floods. On Halloween Night 2013 the visitors center and museum was inundated with..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...Friday 20, Alienated Majesty Books..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Golden Girls on Stage, Xmas Parties Galore, Satangeddon, and More Events

Your recommended arts events for the weekend

"...Film Club and go gently into that good December night, with hordes of Victorian puppets constantly dancing before your..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

TCB

Lubbock or leave it, with Buddy Holly, the Flatlanders, and some dude who says he's James Dean's bastard son

"...celebrated on the recent release of the Stay All Night: Buddy Holly's Country Roots CD. There's also the fact..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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.

"...seamlessly, there's a flawless dress rehearsal, and then opening night. When it works, says set designer Kristin Abhalter, "Everyone's..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...of 1998’s “Inside Out” soundtrack overly dramatic poetry and late-night ruminations. No matter the introduction, the Californian space rockers’..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...Many nights I've made this climb. Eight stories up on two..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...no test of SXSW stamina quite like a closing night warehouse party. This year’s rager happens in the shadow..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Shannon & the Clams, Lola Kirke, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week ahead

"...Friday 28, Elephant Room..."

March 28, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Uncle Lucius, Norman BA$E, and More Holiday-Adjacent Live Shows

Crucial concerts for the week to keep you out and about

"...Friday 20, Monks Jazz..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Playback: Don't Fence Me In

The Fun Fun Fun Fest schedule arrives, Flesh Lights return from touring with the Hives, and Tim O'Connor lives to fight another day

"...as notable as mine. I came home late that night to find my front yard destroyed. The doghouse was..."

July 13, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...world. I have a social life. Yet every Tuesday night I set my VCR for Buffy the Vampire Slayer...."

March 15, 2002 Column

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...Friday 22, Come and Take It Live..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: You Might Find Your New Favorite Artist at Hot Summer Nights – Here Are 10 Contenders

Picks to reset quarantine listening habits, free today through Sunday

"...new and beautifully unfamiliar. Luckily, locally sourced Hot Summer Nights, after a year off, provides the perfect opportunity to..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Happy holidays to everyone and happy daytrippin’ to all!

"...access to camping at Camp Ben McCulloch and the late-night jams...."

Dec. 2, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

After a Fashion

Black Fridays are holiday hell in a handbasket! What's next – Chihuahuas in the manger?

"...This Black Friday business is insanity. Physical and verbal abuse, guns, knives,..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Save the Night Sky..."

March 22, 2002 Column

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...took to the giant outdoor stage at Stubb's Wednesday night, the first night of South by Southwest. Toxic was..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

General Lee and Me

My life and dirty times as a Jam & Jelly Girl with Dino Lee & the White Trash Revue

"...It's nearly 1am on a sweltering summer night in 1985. I'm lying on my back on the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...local woman refuses to leave her house alone at night anymore; how another, who used to enjoy jogging around..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

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