Qmmunity: Keep the Census Queer and Get Counted

Plus, Joterías celebrates Latinx Heritage Month with a special show and more queer fun

"...It's that time of the decade. This Wednesday, September 30, is the..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...costs upon reopening. Per a Red River Cultural District recommendation, two resolutions passed last Thursday by the City Council..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Those Who Canelle Don’t Get Bitten

New cinnamon-based spray keeps the mosquitos away

"...Warning: You might be eaten alive this summer – by all the goddamn mosquitos everywhere you go..."

May 15, 2019 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Drink to Me Only With Thine Lies

Those classic club tales tantalize, whether you’re sober or besotted

"...to go to a place where everybody knows your name?..."

July 20, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Will Austin Applicants Get a "Fair Chance"?

Proposed ordinance would require businesses consider job applicants with criminal histories

"...will discuss a handful of labor-related items at today's meeting: In addition to a nondiscrimination ordinance (see "Council," Mar...."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Had Me a Real Good Time

Faces/Small Faces hoot ropes in a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer

"...not one, not two, but three crock pots of downhome cookin’. The parking lot filled up along Webberville Road..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Greyhounds Get on the Grid

Continental Gallery residents grind out ‘Accumulator’

"...My memory’s about as hazy as the club was, but as..."

April 8, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Get Caught in a Webb

Highlights from Marc Webb's keynote address

"...If you're unfamiliar with the name Marc Webb, then why are you here?..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Fetch Me a Beer, Sparky

Yard Bar crossbreeds dog park and human bar

"...friends to parks and to brunch, dress them in costumes for charity parades, and adopt them from shelters at..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

‘The Newsroom’ Made Me Wish Chivalry Was Still Dead

HBO show ends season 2 with a ride on the mansplain train

"...“Election Night, Part II,” carrying over the it-happened-one-night tight timeframe from last week’s Part I. The meatier stuff still..."

Sept. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Obamacare Is Already serving Me Well

"...Dear Editor, Obamacare is already serving me well. For a couple of years now, the elderly..."

Aug. 21, 2013 Postmarks

The Hightower Report: The Class of 2013 Seems to Get It

Civilization is what we make happen

"...Harrell's Hardware, located near my home in Austin, Texas, is the opposite of a big-box..."

June 21, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Get Your Balls in the Air!

And clubs & hoops, as Jugglefest XIX cascades into the ATX.

"...Peterson: Due to crazy kid requests resulting from my encouragement oftheir heckling, what's become an infrequent "bit" is that,..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Previewing the Paramount Summer Classics Film Series

"...best bits of you, and this still-new person sitting mere inches away seems, miraculously, to be taking the bait...."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...ever known. In fact, he once harbored dreams of getting a doctorate in jazz theory so that he could..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Let Me Paint You a Picture

Movies were made to be shared

"...lullabies. Amid the snappy stage dialogue, the reimagining of Romeo and Juliet as Tony and Maria in 1950s Manhattan,..."

May 20, 2011 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Oz Clarke Picks A Few Texas Favorites (Me, Too)

More travels on 'The Wine Roads of Texas'

"...the end of the night, we put our heads together to make some picks...."

Nov. 13, 2010 Food Post by Wes Marshall

SBOE Candidates Get 'A' for Attendance

SBOE debate clarifies candidates' differences in one race, similarities in another

"...for Austin's two State Board of Education seats finally met. After the Republicans ducked a League of Women Voters..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Media Watch: Shiver Me Timbers

Pirate radio station tells FCC to go walk a plank

"...station is still on the air, openly defying the government order...."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Pad Thai Thai Cuisine

Tastes of Thailand in Central Texas

"...newer of the two locations, which is in the mega strip mall in the Muel­ler development, several blocks east..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

'Trust Me, I'm a Senator'

Patrick and Shapiro back abortion-related bills giving state more space in the exam room

"...made moves Thursday to have their colleagues approve two measures that would allow state government new and greater access..."

May 1, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

'Get Your Motor Running …'

"...Dear Editor, "Get your motor running …" is the first thing that..."

Feb. 22, 2009 Postmarks

Get Rid of College Sports

"...Dear Editor, Maybe it's just me, but it seems that our society is losing its..."

June 24, 2008 Postmarks

Wah-Wah Me a River

French blues from a white guy

"...praise upon it to friends, spun it dozens of times in its entirety, and spent more time than I’d..."

June 17, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Get It While You Can

"...Parkinson's disease. He graciously discussed his health problems with me one summer afternoon in 1998 for the Chronicle, at..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Check the Facts and Get the Story Straight

"...apparently without checking into it very deeply [“SOS: The Amendment That Didn't Bark,” News, Feb. 17]. Since I was..."

Feb. 22, 2006 Postmarks

People Get Ready

Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'

"...From Souled American: How Black Music Transformed White Culture by Kevin Phinney...."

Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney

Ventura, I'm Better Educated and Informed Than You, So Why Aren't You Listening to Me!

"...who may vote for him as duped fools, you merely shoot the messenger and demonstrate the fine art of..."

Oct. 11, 2004 Postmarks

Let Me Know the Deal on Touring Bands and Austin

"...say mainstream, but at least well-known bands that have come through here. They play Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio...."

Oct. 1, 2004 Postmarks

I Get to Decide the Rules of National Sovereignty and 'Chronicle' Editor Is Disgusting

"...the incredible "title" you stuck onto my letter: "I Get to Decide the Rules of National Sovereignty and I..."

June 28, 2004 Postmarks

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