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"...There is no such thing as an ugly tree. But..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column

Limbo

"...film Limbo is half a great movie -- specifically, the first half. It is here that we find Sayles..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place

Austin's Pride celebration is happening this Saturday!

"...in an attempt to salvage Austin's Pride celebration. With the parade departing a month late and three weeks before..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...1, 2016, and April 30, 2017, and now, for the 25th time, members of the Austin Critics Table have..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place: That's Where I Wanna Be: Lenny!

This week's week of nuts is kicked off with OUTsider's first outing: MayDayGayDay

"...Dandy), "Outside of Society" (Screens) to read all about the new OUTsider Fest and what's new at aGLIFF/Polari (see..."

May 2, 2014 Column

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...The SXSW Film Festival announced today its 2012 feature film..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...been up with comedy, and a quick skim of the just-released feature lineup shows the fest continuing the trend,..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Safety in Words

If there is drama in Laura Furman's stories, Robin Bradford writes, it is not usually the life and death kind. It is the daily, wearing, ineffable drama of living as a human island among others who invariably seem more attractive, more connected, or simply more "normal."

"...I walk the dog at twilight so I can glance in strangers'..."

April 20, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Saturday Night at the Bookstore

The Dicks' Gary Floyd 20 years after Austin's first Punk Prom at the ArmadilloWorld Headquarters

"...It was the height of spring, mid-May, and already hot. The old..."

May 12, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Further Reflections

"...Elizabeth Hurley at the EDtv premiere at the Paramount Theatre. photograph by John..."

March 26, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Jared Harris, Karl Geary, Elina Lowensohn, David Lynch. From the director of the bizarre cult hit Twister comes this..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...But, maybe it's just her new couch. That's how the problem first became noticeable. As portrayed by Julianne Moore,..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Nov. 4 General Election

Early Voting Oct. 20-31

"...at any early-voting location, as long as it's in the county in which you are registered. On Election Day,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 News Feature

Weathering the Storm

The Austin Lightning look to gain a foothold in Austin as soccer is primed for the national spotlight

"...A soccer ball slices through the steamy June sky at Bohls Park near downtown Pflugerville...."

June 22, 2007 Sports Feature by Joe O'Connell

Critics Poll

"...Best Local ShowGreg Beets: Almost There Records' tribute to Neil Young, Stubb's..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...The first day of ACL Fest in two years, though..."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Get ready for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Tweetfully Yours

The City Council considers food, names, and form-based code

"...infestation shuts down council chambers, cancels meeting. Just joking, they're about to start. (I should be so lucky.)"..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

History Reheats Itself

Twenty-year timeline of 'The Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

"...1991: First year of The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, we challenge San Antonio,..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature

Qmmunity: Holigay Movie Review

Three LGBTQ holiday movies to throw on, plus one bad queer movie challenge

"...Happiest Season (Hulu) – Writer/director Clea DuVall (But I'm a Cheerleader) may have..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column

Qmmunity: Top Five Scene Shakers

Qmmunity counts five major queer scene shake-ups in 2023

"...From January to this very December, Austin's queer community weathered good, bad, and neutral shifts to the status quo...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Celebrate Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Valentine’s, and more in Texas

"...Welcome aboard. Every year, the Official Tall Ship of Texas must go through her..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...Chris Hrasky wishes there was a better backstory to Big Bend (An Original..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look

New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun

"...The grass is always greener, right? Circumstance is subjective. In..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Tigers Be Still

Distractions aside, this Hyde Park production's heart and funny bone are in sync with the play's

"...Tigers Be StillHyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd, 479-7529 www.hydeparktheatre.org Through Aug. 11..."

July 27, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...The wall is blank, but not for long. This happens..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Hold the phone. (And the e-mails, and the visits to City..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...of El Paso, but it's not exactly by choice. The former city council candidate and environmental activist will teach..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature

Council Watch

Rollin' Out the Welcome Wagon

"...Monday. And maybe, too, responsibility was just elusive in the heady, anticipatory crescendo leading up to last Saturday's failed..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Column

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