Mardi Gras 2015: Mardi Gai

A traipse around the South on the trail of LGBTQrewes

"...with a side of bafflement sprinkled with bitterness and devil-may-care. It's also a little elusive...."

Jan. 21, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Point Austin: Solid State

Leffingwell takes pride in his hometown ... and looks toward one final vote

"..."In its 174-year history, the state of our city has never, ever been stronger..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Column by Michael King

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Mother Texas

Welcome to Texas, y'all. Meet Ray Wylie Hubbard, 'The Grifter's Hymnal,' and 'Mother Blues.'

"...The song opens, riffing righteously on Tony Joe White's "Polk..."

March 16, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

A Slice of Weird and Wonderful

Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee Caroline Thompson

"...rarely if ever stick around long enough to catch the closing credits at the movies these days, and few..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

A new six-part IFC documentary cracks the code on that wonderful crackpot Monty Python troupe

"...I so wish you could hear Sonia Jones sing the title music to the new, very, very serious documentary..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...The dream is always the same. It's summer, 1984-ish, and..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thursday Sleepers

"...Lavere caused quite a stir with her second effort, the Jim Dickinson-produced Anchors & Anvils (Archer). The upright-bass-playing Memphis..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"...The hidden lives of flight attendants. And artists. And actors..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

It was 20 years ago today, Ed Lowry taught the gang to play.

"...Working on the third story of a building with huge glass windows..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Please, don't ask my son if we are related

"...it, whenever he can my son encourages and nurtures the illusion that we're not related. Some of this is..."

July 1, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

A few modest school-finance proposals

"...social and human services, Perry stands as Horatio at the bridge, battling back the statewide demand for an income..."

April 23, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood will get back to the restaurant news and advisories next week; for now, she just has to tell you about Timothy Taylor's debut novel, which has quite the culinary theme its own self.

"...Next week, we'll start out the new Chronicle year and school semester with plenty of..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

TV Eye

Not only does reality television keep on trucking, it's getting better and better.

"...The reality show has established itself as a viable TV..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Articulations

Another Austin theatre company suffers a mid-performance disaster and responds to it with resourcefulness and pluck, and the Austin Community College Drama Department marks Shakespeare's 437th birth with an all-star "Billy Bash."

"...The Show Must ......"

April 20, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

Well, the bad guys won the Super Bowl -- led by genuine bad guy Ray Lewis -- but Jennifer Capriati made her own good news down in Australia.

"...-- "Sympathy for the Devil"..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director. His award-winning 1993..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO AUSTIN: A faith-filled congregation of some..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Live Shots

"...Conrad Keely ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead at Liberty Lunch, January 23 photograph..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature

Parental Guidance Suggested

The Adults

"...an adult is total, absolute freedom to "do whatever the hell you want to." My parents, true to form,..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...The Marfa Tapes (Sony Music Nashville)..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Trumpet Constant Ephraim Owens Won’t Be Rushed

New Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee substitutes kindness and ubiquity for a back catalog

"...The first thing you note about Austin trumpeter Ephraim Owens,..."

April 7, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Money, It's a Gas

Economics, schmeconomics: Chronicle reviewer Roger Gathman compiles the latest books about the (almost) first commodity, money.

"...The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Hold My End Up

Delta Spirit frontman Matt Vasquez returns to his roots: Austin

"...Sitting at the kitchen table of his modest Lake Austin home, discussing..."

June 5, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

"...Joe York on the set of Ruthless! The upstairs at Caswell House is..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Recipes to Reimagine Your Holiday Feast

It’s time to revamp your end-of-year celebration menus

"...'Tis the season for good company and great eats. Before preparing..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

News Boss

"...Reading the Austin American-Statesman used to be such a painful experience...."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...Main Minneapolis-based hip-hop powerhouse Rhymesayers has been racking up the accolades in bunches these past couple of years. Their..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Vinyl Ashes

A gray vinyl 7-inch with your exit songs?

"...led with a URL (www.andvinyly.com) and punch line: "Now the question – what song would it be?" Your cremated..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Tailgating Teasips

Mick Vann makes a foray into the curious and often elaborate rite of University of Texas fandom known as "tailgating" and discovers some intriguing practices.

"...There exists a strange and bizarre subculture of football fanatics..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

King Kirk

illustration by Doug Potter

"...TOP NINE SIGNS THAT MAYOR KIRK WATSON IS THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Column

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