Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives: in the frequently complex, sometimes substance-enhanced,..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Let Me Show You Something You May Have Missed

Sean Perry's photographs offer to show you familiar settings in a whole new light

"...Memorial Stadium? You might not think so. After all, we've seen it so many times in print, on television,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

True Today

Randy 'Biscuit' Turner's final interview

"...assume I'd known Randy "Biscuit" Turner for years, that we'd been friends since Austin's punk rock heyday. I'd caught..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...Hearts Club Band? (A) J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek; (B) Katherine Anne Porter and William..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Old Man River

Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz

"...a verse to match the chorus: "I'm just sitting here, wishing I could do the same to you/you're the..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Screamlines

"...The notion of extend-ing "Scanlines" for Halloween seemed like a good one before it turned into..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Screens Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...Peter Friedman, James LeGros, Mary Carver, Susan Norman, Kate McGregor Stewart. Carol's life is killing her, or so it..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...icon Matthew McConaughey and New York Times bestseller Malcolm Gladwell. Tickets for each of their sessions cost $35 and..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...and punch lines out of thin air as they go. They are adepts of spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...All showcases subject to change WEDNESDAY PICKS Dale Watson..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Left Behind

The Omnibeast – and a sect of video-art zealots at UT – is hungry

"...say to the leader, War Elephant, when I'm finally allowed to sit down. I'm engulfed in a darkness almost..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...It was one of those days when Dagoberto Gilb was about to start a scandal, and he..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Snow Queen

In Second Youth's 10th anniversary production of The Snow Queen, the ending can be sensed from the beginning, but it's the journey that counts, and this journey is full of wonderful surprises and theatrical magic.

"...The Snow Queen: Pure and Good..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...correct homes, animals, and clothes. Children participating in the week-long camps dress in 19th-century working clothes before embarking on..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Play on Worlds

Now Playing

"...Austin Powers: Operation Trivia Berkeley Systems/Macintosh & PC..."

July 2, 1999 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...On February 4th, 1998, Bill Gates got hit by a cream pie in Brussels. The offender,..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Jason Neulander Experimental drama. Now, there's a term to conjure dread in the heart of..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Film at Wit's End

An Interview With Stan Brakhage

"...Stan Brakhage, the de facto Godfather of American experimental cinema, is the most influential filmmaker..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Baby's First Birthday

Corner to Corner: One Year Old

"...birthday - "Corner to Corner" first appeared a year ago this week - and I feel in a valedictory..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the teenaged Lothario Telly adrift in his favorite pastime: deflowering young girls. After the shockingly on-target coitus during which..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Exploring the Potential in Psychedelics at Texas Book Festival

Eugenia Bone and Ernesto Londoño chat about transformative experiences

"...heard of this? It’s a rare form of muscle weakness that can occur after eating certain species of magic..."

Nov. 15, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Rooster Teeth Goes Big With the Extra Life Fundraiser

Streaming event for children's hospitals goes 24 hours this weekend

"...But, hey, it’s all for a good cause...."

Nov. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Making the Flowers Bloom in Encanto

Austinite Jay Jackson talks about Disney's latest animated blossom

"...In Encanto, the latest animated musical from Disney, flowers bloom everywhere Isabela, the oldest and most perfect daughter..."

Nov. 24, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 21-27

"...GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here's a public service announcement for you Geminis from the..."

May 21, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...after the ashes of the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, spread out over the Cali­fornia shore. Ubiquitous CD in..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

'Another Long Stretch of Continuous Soft Rock'

The third-place story

"...Mid-chew: "Tony, I'm pretty sure we're stuck in a time loop."..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Josh Justice

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream

An Arabian Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't do justice to Shakespeare's comedy, but the goodwill, visual splendor, and flashes of magic in Tongue and Groove Theatre's show can transport you halfway 'round the world

"...world translate handily to the land of djinnis and magic lamps. All of which is to say that if..."

July 28, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...that deals, as so many operas do, with death. Were it a wooden scaffold, with steps the prisoner could..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Back in the days when I was a columnist, there was a rule that everyone got one shot. I..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...We've been thinking about you. We loved your dad too...."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

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