Hot Luck Fest Returns, Top BBQ Joints Revealed, Bordeaux Women Honored, Prep ATX Launches, Mangia Dies a Lizardly Death, and Somebody’s Gerrymandering Pizza

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Pies. Chop Chop. Bearded Baking Company. SimpliThai. Taste of Home Dumplings. And, yes, more. And, if you’ve got some..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hiring More Police Is Not a Great Way to Prevent Murders

A closer look at Austin's growing number of homicides

"...America's safest big cities. In 2020, of the nation's 30 largest cities, Austin ranked No. 27 in violent crimes..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 15-21

"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): "We must never be afraid to go too..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...Trend Tracker: The “AC Power Rankings Trend” move from..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Verde Report: Tough Decisions After Latest Damning Loss

The fans show up even when the team doesn't

"...the presence of cheering, singing fans at matches both home and away has been the one constant of Austin..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Super Coffee Invades, Still Austin Celebrates, Trudy's Brings the THC, Bird Bird Almost, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Nuts to you, Big Apple. Seems that the #3 bottled coffee brand in the U.S. (behind Starbucks and..."

Sept. 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans Student-Athlete Bill Revived, Again

Plus, San Marcos Pride Festival and more queer events

"...represents you under Austin's pink dome, find out at wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home. As the Transgender Education Network of Texas pointed out..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

All in the Family

Bonded for life

"...The borders between "work" and "home" have always been blurred at the Chronicle. The hours..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...Our reporting has taken us everywhere from the Supreme..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment

Every student counts

"...year, she's spent time reaching out to families, doing home visits, delivering iPads to students without devices to use..."

Aug. 13, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Faster Than Sound: Alexalone, All Together

Soft-spoken guitarist details world-building Polyvinyl debut – with help from bandmates

"...Driving south on I-35 during the precise onset of flash flooding and rush..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How Did Legendary DJ and Londoner Paul Oakenfold Land in Bastrop?

The Londoner finds his way to a Texas ranch

"...Again, this singular music figure is determined to homestead on a giant, still-developing ranch in Bastrop. As soon..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Police Funding Restored; Is It Too Much, or Not Enough?

The 2020 city budget finds itself coming full circle

"...City Manager Spencer Cronk proposes a $133 million year-over-year increase in APD funding in his fiscal..."

July 30, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...At the camp's community center, a manufactured home on the western side of the state-owned property, Max..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Live and Recorded Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Black Pistol Fire, BLXPLTN, Jazz for a cause, and more

"...Black Pistol Fire..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...But with the arrival of spring – and widespread..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...Sure, you can get hyped about seeing your hometown represented on the small screen in distant luxury dumpster..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Live Vinyl Spins With Paul Oakenfold..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Verde Report: A Reflective Alex Ring Puts That Red Card in the Rear View

"...to SKC. They have not scored a goal, let alone won a match, since...."

June 4, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Beili Liu's Sculpture Cloud Pavilion Shimmers at Seaholm

How this glistening steel sculpture by the Austin-based artist became a permanent fixture of an evolving Downtown

"...the property of Austin Energy's District Cooling Plant No. 3, a highly innovative piece of environmentally friendly engineering that..."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

Black Pumas Backline Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller Maintain 20 Feet From Stardom – On Purpose

Respect and admiration remains the key to their success as co-frontwomen and backup singers

"...During the 2013 press blitz for Academy Award-winning documentary 20 Feet From..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Community First! Expansion to Create 1,400 Additional Homes for Austin's Formerly Homeless Neighbors

A neighborhood to call home

"...most significant expansion yet to house Austin's formerly chronically homeless neighbors...."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"..."It's simple, it's a number, and gets us in..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Scenes From Saturday’s Stop Asian Hate Rally and Vigil

Asian American communities gather together and refuse to be silenced

"...can do something about it and that they're not alone."..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Lilli Hime

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Future Museums..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: White Horse and Sagebrush Regular Jordan Matthew Young Rises on The Voice

"You're just cool, man." – Nick Jonas

"...myriad honky-tonk locals muted by the gig fallout, the 35-year-old bandleader and side player returned home to Utah to..."

April 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...is great. Long COVID appears to hit at least 30% of those infected with the virus, experts say, and..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

SXSW Online Offered Lots to Look Forward To

Virtual festival forecasts incoming local debuts and tentative fall touring.

"...That's how I felt Tuesday through Saturday last week..."

March 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

AISD’s Special Education System Struggles to Keep Up

School system tries to keep up with its workload and comply with legal mandates

"...I thought about how, virtually or [with] him at home, how can we [address] any of his accommodations, I..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...has been separate from the national grids since the 1930s, and because it doesn't cross state lines (it does..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    34 »