Staging Human Resources: The Musical Despite the Pandemic

Mallory Schlossberg knew she'd face challenges staging her new musical now, but she decided to just do it and figure it out

"...Back in the day, all you needed to stage a musical was..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Arts Feature

What Is the Livestreamed, Interactive, Cross-Country, Music-Fueled, Comedy of Natatorium?

American Berserk Theatre + Density512 really pools the talent

"...How far would you go to live The Good Life? Would you rip-off the hardwon possessions –..."

April 7, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: The Drama Behind the Cactus Cafe Negotiations

Accusations of unprofessional behavior and an HR complaint leave the historic venue in limbo

"...10-year agreement with UT-Austin to manage on-campus music venue the Cactus Cafe expired. By May, sources confirmed to the..."

July 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...Anikulapo-Kuti's funeral procession to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Playback: The Beautiful Old

Gabriel Rhodes makes Grammy bait

"...When I first glimpsed a copy of The Beautiful Old: Turn-of-the-Century Songs with its elegant album art..."

May 24, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...says African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary

Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU

"...Actually, Sesame Street as well, but that’s way beside the point. It’s fitting that PBS’s local channel, KLRU, will..."

June 16, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Don't Forget the Children

AISD races and bond proposals

"...Before Superintendent Pat Forgione retires next year, another longstanding figure in Austin Independent School District will step..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The New Sobriety

SXSW Interactive Conference photos and panel reviews

"...Ah, the new media boom. Fast money! Business plan? Schmizness plan!..."

March 22, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Mind the Bullock

"...Re: Robert Bryce's article about Bob Bullock ["The Last Don," Vol. 16, No. 22]...."

March 28, 1997 Column

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...at a real concert," offers Jason McNeely, leaning against the red brick exterior of his new Seventh Street venue...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

WALL-E

By turns sad, hilarious, exciting, and ultimately, hopeful, this is a film of Great Truths masquerading as child's play.

"...Isaac Asimov – have made of Pixar's WALL-E? It's the story of the last functioning robot (a "Waste Allocation..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...San Francisco Beat: Talking With the Poets edited by David Meltzer City Lights Books, 370..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I'm just now getting around to accessing the Chron via the Internet in the Balkans, where I've..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...or government surveillance. But that’s what’s so great about the dystopia genre: Set a story 200 years in the..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Vision and Focus

In the 'Undertow' with director David Gordon Green and first-time screenwriter Joe Conway

"...his very first script, Undertow, has been directed by the hot young director David Gordon Green (George Washington, All..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...You can divide the world between those who listen to radio (not only..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Sonic Highwayman Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters frontman documents ATX culture and tradition

"...Foo Fighters tape their second Austin City Limits appearance tonight at ACL Live..."

Nov. 20, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Council Watch

Council moves out of City Hall annex, addresses the needs of poor, examines csc's record on hiring minority contractors, approves neighborhood proposal for the chamption tract, names a designer of the Mexican American Culture Center.

"...Did you know that in German towns they call their city hall the "rathaus"? If this reporter..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Letters at 3AM

Michael Ventura weighs in with his Top 5 list of 2001's best film and television moments.

"...dumb after all. Scholars now believe that lists were the earliest form of writing -- in fact, some think..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...Wyatt Roberts is telling other people how to live when, as an admitted virgin,..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...Ellison. Not Pariah's album, which had not turned out the way anyone in the band wanted and shoulda been..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The Austin Chronicle's endorsements for the Commissioners Court should leave..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...Back in the day -- to be precise, back in 1994 when..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ecstatic Improvisation

St. Cecilia's Jazz Festival

"...and blues, folk, country and bluegrass - all of these musical forms have deep cultural ties to the gospel,..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...The teeth marks of attack dogs and the pepper-sprayed faces..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

Do Shepherds Dream of Digital Sheep?

2178: A digital-music dystopia

"...His trixoral levels rose in anticipation as he felt the Obstron homing in on his thoughts. This evening's installment..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Gay Place

The Flash Collective calls on the queer community to help create public art

"...We can't sing the praises of queer art – and a greater need..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

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