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"...Pearson, Naima Brock, Brigid Mae Power) to exhume British Isles folk tunes with a decidedly modern flair. A series..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...Teasdale and Hester Chambers, carry much intrigue from the Isle of Wight. Irresistible pop-sided, Mean Girls-quoting rock track “Chaise..."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Reveals First 2020 Artist List

Music from all over the map … literally

"...Hardwicke Circus (Carlisle, England)..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...with razor-sharp wit that left both sides of the aisle laughing and craving ink in her columns. Raise Hell..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Audience Awards

First Match, All Square lead narratives

"...Headliners: Isle of Dogs (D: Wes Anderson) Screens tonight: Paramount Theatre,..."

March 17, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Food + Wine Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

More events, more celebrity chefs

"...grounds open up Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24. The Grand Taste Tents are filled with some of Austin’s brightest..."

Jan. 20, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...older unmarried sister. In the rearview mirror, the Emerald Isle never looked greener as Eilis emotionally struggles to adapt..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2014 Austin Food & Wine Festival Recap

Only one thing missing from the best fest yet

"...Ray Isle’s class was just as full and they lucked out..."

May 1, 2014 Food Post by Wes Marshall

SXSW Interview: Margaret Brown

We're all connected through the Great Invisible

"...to shut off the camera? When I went to Grand Isle [Louisiana] that first month of the spill, I..."

March 10, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

More Vignettes from 2013 Austin Food & Wine Fest

This year's edition a big improvement over rocky debut last spring.

"...in his recap, we were fortunate to have Ray Isle and Mark Oldman return to share their vast knowledge,..."

April 30, 2013 Food Post by Claudia Alarcón

2013 Austin Food & Wine Festival

Huge improvements over last year, but still a few wrinkles

"...best wine dudes around each did three seminars. Ray Isle, the Executive Wine Editor of Food & Wine is..."

April 29, 2013 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Tour de France 2012: Stage 6

The last sprinter-friendly stage

"...Will Mark Cavendish (Isle of Man) make up for his last couple of..."

July 7, 2012 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

Tour de France 2012: Stage 3

In France, finally

"...points that he can. This is only Morkov's second Grand Tour!..."

July 4, 2012 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

7 & 7 Is

7 & 7 Is

"...teaser for the local quartet's upcoming LP. The sweeping "Grand Isle" and a cover of the Zero Boys' "Civilization's..."

April 15, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...the instrumental "Theme from Black Belt Jones" and the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing." Black-clad and pantsless, Wax Poetics..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

The Sunday Survey, 6/27/10

Dems on holiday, GOP shenanigans, and a monster council session

"...worse, as shown by Kate Messer's coverage of how Grand Isle, La. is dealing with consequences of the BP..."

June 27, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...lattice of bridges that will eventually lead me to Grand Isle. I'm in a small crossroads, Leeville, LA, and..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

BPness: A Line in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 1.

"...heading for I-10 'cause I've got to get to Grand Isle, in hopes of achieving some clarity in this..."

June 25, 2010 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Act loco? You don't have to ask us twice!

"...oppose offshore oil drilling. My trip last weekend to Grand Isle, La., was equal parts infuriation and frustration, just..."

June 25, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

BPness: Louisiana's Beleaguered Coast

A snapshot of life since the spill

"...Grand Isle, La., for years buoyed by the commercial fishing..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

B(itter) P(ill)

Grand Isle, LA's silent protests.

"...Grand Isle, LA, for years buoyed by the commercial fishing..."

June 21, 2010 News Post by Kate X Messer

The Return of Robbie Taylor

"...Lafourche, not far from the notorious Redneck Rivera of Grand Isle, for this little jaunt that includes a solo..."

Jan. 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Renegade

Still mourning the death of Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott 20 years later

"...and Dangerous' roiling "Massacre," for one, is the Temptations' grand "Ball of Confusion," Lizzy's nuclear R&B stretching back well..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...covers: Beatles, Kinks, and, of course, the Austin quartet's grandiloquent cover of the Stones' "Moonlight Mile." – Raoul Hernandez..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

La Chamade (Heartbeat)

Catherine Deneuve. Assez dit, n'est-ce pas?

"...Belle de Jour, Dancer in the Dark. Until the grand frolic of 2002's 8 Women, some had never witnessed..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

Respiro

It's the story of a wife and mother living on a Sicilian island, who is prone to increasingly bizarre behavior, and the family who must cope with her.

"...an unspecified mental aberration, is set on the Sicilian isle of Lampedusa, which sports the blinding sunshine and rocky,..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Texas Amusements

"...of thrills to soak your socks. There's also "Crocodile Isle" for the kids. 21300 I-45 N., Spring. 281/355-3300. www.sixflags.com..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Elizabeth Morgan

Tandoori Junkie

Over the years Austin has absorbed (and discarded) several new Indian restaurants, most in the mode of the classic Americanized Indian dining establishment. But within the past few years, we have been fortunate enough to attract a new class of Indian restaurants. Mick Vann has compiled a guide to them.

"...vaguely Indian, macrobiotic restaurant in Buda called the Jasmine Isle. It was a hippie-run establishment that only hinted at..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Alcina: Mystery Pageant

Local Arts Reviews

"...disguises herself as a man and ventures to the isle of the sorceress Alcina to free her betrothed, Ruggiero,..."

March 3, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants

Whoopee cushions, adjancency in the U.S., woodpeckers on speed, and Lily Tomlin.

"...third is in the middle of Lake Superior between Isle Royale National Park, Michigan and Grand Portage, Minnesota...."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

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