My Life as a Zucchini

A poignant stop-motion coming-of-age tale

"...My Life as a Zucchini arrives in town with a..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Life Without Me

Unusual film about dying young avoids sentimentality.

"...bathos, and doomed youth ends up playing more like life’s grace note, with characters who are suddenly wise beyond..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...the man who showed me how to live. When my older brother Bob and I found out one fall..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

A House of My Own: Stories From My Life

In this collection of essays, letters, lectures, and more, Sandra Cisneros opens wide the doors to the house of her life

"...A House of My Own: Stories From My Lifeby Sandra Cisneros Knopf, 400..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

This Is My Life

LZ Love's reveal: dance music!

"...slender fingers rests a copy of her new CD, Mysterious...."

June 4, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...upon us, and that's important: important for quality of life, and more significantly, its impact on the economy and..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Fantastic Fest 2014: My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Scenes from a marriage

"...book description, while not inaccurate, skates over what makes My Life Directed By... so fascinating – the title's first..."

Sept. 21, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...to be called a complete-ist. Yes, as a teenager my bedroom was plastered with posters of Duran Duran. Yes,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

Vinyl Saved My Life Tonight: Record Stores Deliver in a Crisis

Local media emporiums maintain online shipping during C-19 lockdown

"...local schools shut down suddenly on Friday, March 13, my wife swiftly descended on H.E.B. – along with half..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Chamber Music Center’s My Life

This concert of works by Brahms, Smetana, and Fujiwara contrasted autobiographical stories told within music by young composers and mature ones

"...powers, creating works that have been honed by a lifetime of making music...."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

My Life on Apps

The convenience and economics of living through your phone

"...The jerk who hit my car last month didn't bother to leave a note...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

In which we send an aerialist to talk to a stuntman. Whoa.

"...Wallenda – (yes, of those Wallendas) about his daredevil life and about his Stunt Spectacular show at Schlitterbahn…..."

May 19, 2011 Arts Post by Raven Hinojosa

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...magic and malfunctioning of the place. Whether you're a lifer or just passing through, the Chronicle has left its..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Good Life

Justin Townes Earle takes his namesake in stride.

"...think that was me trying to live up to my name. That’s just ridiculous. If I spent my life..."

March 5, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

'The Sporting Life': … or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving to Lose

"...the King of the Shuffleboard Table, has been in my nightmares, waking me up in the middle of the..."

Oct. 25, 2006 Sports Post by John Razook

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...cup: "You know," she calls after him, only half-kiddingly, "it's making me nervous that that coffee you're serving me..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Hope and Hard Truth: A Life in Texas Politics

Life beyond the governor's office with Ann Richards' chief aide

"...emphasizes. Her broader subjects are "historical trends that shaped my life and the lives of other women of my..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Michael King

SXSW Film Review: It's Only Life After All

Indie folk legends Indigo Girls as warm and humble rock stars

"...In the SXSW documentary It’s Only Life After All, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray of indie..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Katherine McNevins

My dictionary defines

"...pound, esp. with abnormal force or rapidity." Exactly what my heart was doing...."

Feb. 16, 1996 Column

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back to my fourth day in Texas: Fourth of July, 1992. Crossing..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...singer-songwriters went out right about the time of George Strait's first Top 10 hit. By the time I got..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...Sims was at a loss for words about his life, why he was so depressed. Friends he had, friends..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Page Two: 'Life,' the Universe, Everything

The devastating illumination of Terrence Malick's new film

"...The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's new film, was shown at an Austin..."

June 3, 2011 Column by Louis Black

Life Is.....

"...I title this Life is because the so many things that get in..."

Oct. 30, 2007 Promotions Post

My Country, My Country

Using the Iraqi democratic elections in early 2005 as its focal point, this powerful documentary is the sad lament of Iraqis who truly want the best for their homeland, despite seemingly overwhelming odds.

"...neoconservatives might find this intimate and nuanced documentary about life in occupied Iraq difficult to shake – all politics..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Fighting With My Family

Wrestling biopic of breakthrough WWE superstar Paige

"...It seems off to say, but Fighting With My Family – the biopic of trailblazing WWE superstar Paige..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...in the room that night, in recognition of a lifetime's accomplishments and a special occasion: Smitty, now 66 years..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Unraveling Shakespeare's Life

Dr. James Shapiro tackles the Bard one slice at a time

"...those plays, you can probably concede that writing his life story is a challenge all its own. But Columbia..."

March 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Dream of Life

SXSW celebrates the best of what I am and what I believe

"...say that the 10 days of the event are my favorite time of the year. SXSW celebrates everything our..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Life Changing!

"...and yea. I went to sleep, but I set my six alarms on my cell. Yea I slept to..."

Oct. 23, 2007 Promotions Post

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