Swell!

Surf Texas: It's not a question, it's an invitation. Just ask Kenny Braun.

"...about surf. I wanted to capture the sense of place – impressionistic, like a documentary. Nobody else had treated..."

May 16, 2014 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

A Guide to Finding Beer Outside of Austin’s City Limits

Drinking outside of the box

"...breweries and brewpubs as the city proper. From Tex-Mex lagers and Belgian wits to American ales and German kölsch,..."

May 19, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Thursday Picks

"...since his opening agit-folk cri de coeur "A New England," lovesick balladeer Billy Bragg's risen to "national treasure" status..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Austin Restaurant Weeks Raises Money for Central Texas Food Bank

For the next few weeks, eat your way around town for a good cause

"...to try out the wide array of set menus available at 85 (!!) restaurants across the Austin area. So,..."

Aug. 14, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Day Party Crawl

"...Mala RodriguezSESAC Day Stage, Austin Convention Center, Wednesday, March 12..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Food-o-File

Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals some recent sandwich finds and shares the latest culinary news.

"...menu. I've developed quite a taste for the Mediterranean-inspired La Niçoise, the tangy Feta & Arugula on Ciabatta, and..."

July 6, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Writer/Translator Liliana Valenzuela

"...Neither Cider Nor Lemonade by Abel Salas..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Books Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...drumkit, while the second, Drawing the Circle, records Bozzio playing tongue-on-the-floor tom rolls, cymbal splashes, and snare snaps over..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Ciné-Varda

AFS Essential Cinema: Agnes on Agnès

"...the desire to see." That's French filmmaker Agnès Varda explaining her methods during an interview given in the Sixties...."

Dec. 31, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Next Wave

A comprehensive look at the emerging Rock en Español movement in the United States

"...It's a Monday evening at La Zona Rosa, and Gabriel Fernandez Capello -- Gabby," lead..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

Cine Las Americas

The slate through Sunday

"...The ninth Cine Las Americas opened Wednesday, April 19 and runs through Sunday,..."

April 21, 2006 Screens Feature

More Pachanga Preview

Blurbing Pachanga Fest

"...The buoyancy of primer party starter A La Deriva, the multilingual follow-up to 2012 EP Aguardiente, paid..."

May 9, 2014 Music Feature

Voices

In this mixed-dance program weighted with angst, skill and innovation were lacking

"...programs, the presiding mood was angst, and the most popular position was the backbend. Also, there was hair, volumes..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...Artisan Bistro, Patisserie & Boulangerie..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine

Support local business while maintaining your social distance

"...[Editor's Note: As of Tuesday, March 17, 12pm, Austin..."

March 16, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

'Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz'

The debut novel from Chronicle staff writer Belinda Acosta: an excerpt

"...longtime "TV Eye" columnist, was contracted to write the flagship novel in Grand Central Publishing's A Quinceñera Club series,..."

July 31, 2009 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

Our picks from the usual onslaught of live music options

"...From hardcore to softcore, hip-hop to Latin ska, this weekend's musical highlights are numerous and varied...."

July 6, 2018 Chron Events Post by The Music Staff

Everywhere Is War

A beginner's discography to Rock en Español

"...a rifle. A burst of machine gun fire. In Latin America, take your pick -- slit throat, perhaps. Car..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...more than 50,000 in the desert night, stole a glance at one another, and uttered a single syllable: "Damn!"..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada

Texas platters

"...Mercedes Benz that chugs french-fry grease, Martin Perna of Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra hit a snag when his eco-luxury vehicle..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...announced, NYC rap heroes Mobb Deep, Primus frontman Les Claypool, hardcore supergroup Off!, sissy bounce queen Big Freedia, and..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

'Art Should Be Convulsive'

The Austin Film Society and SXSW celebrate the films of Mexican cinema giant Arturo Ripstein.

"...de Morir (A Time to Die), a Western whose screenplay was written by Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez...."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Operatic Success

La Traviata, a new Italian Trattoria in downton Austin, is a smashing new eatery which hopefully has many years of innovation and success ahead.

"...La Traviata314 Congress, 479-8131..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

La Pâtisserie

Get your Francophile fix on Annie Street

"...La Pâtisserie602 W. Annie, 912-0033 www.lpaustin.com Tuesday-Friday, 8am-4pm; Saturday-Sunday, 9am-5pm..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Latin Beat

Latin beat

"...GVSB: niñas vs. niños, beginning with the Latin león of Judah, Santana. Columbia/ Legacy's Legacy Edition of..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

'The Territory' Schedule

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"..."Ni Aqui, Ni Alla (Neither Here, Nor There)," Nora I. Cadena, Texas, 25..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Column

Halfway Home

The Los Angeles County of Art's exhibition "The Road to Aztlan, Art From a Mythic Homeland" includes a wondrous survey of pre-conquest Mesoamerican art, but when it comes to contemporary Chicano works, the "road" doesn't take us all the way home.

"...Like Atlantis, Camelot, Eden, the Ark of the Covenant, or Excalibur,..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

The Real Obscenity

"...been silent regarding the Cinema West debacle, but the latest update in your paper ["Naked City," Vol. 18, No...."

April 30, 1999 Column

Hungry at Trib Fest? Here Are 14 of Our Favorite Restaurants.

A sampling of interior Mexican cuisine to dim sum in Downtown Austin

"...political movers and shakers to enjoy some local Austin flavor within walking distance of the Capitol. We keep it..."

Sept. 13, 2018 Chron Events Post

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...General Manager James Minor confirmed that this is the last large list and to expect, from here on out,..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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