Let's All Go to the Movies

Skip the multiplex: Austin has a better idea

"...historic settings, with starry special guests, or just under the stars...."

March 3, 2017 Screens Post

Much Heat, Some Light at Eastside Forum on APD Shooting

APD's Art Acevedo faced sharp questions Thursday night

"...Feelings were high in a packed house at the Carver Museum, as Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo faced..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 19th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Daily Hustle: 9/30/10

Council in East Austin, by way of Dominican Republic

"...So what’s the big news out of the City Council meeting at..."

Sept. 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but the Back Room definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...When the lights come up, we're face to face with a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...100 years, readers of literate nonfiction have gravitated to the brand names, the household names, of the historical profession..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

Another Classic Summer of Films at the Paramount

Casablanca and Breathless open the season May 22

"...tycoons, and great big sharks are all coming to the Paramount as the Grand Dame of Congress has announced..."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spray Paint, Heavy Meddo, Why Bonnie, Gypsy Mitchell, Black Midi, and more recommended live shows

"...shows, estimates lone local member George Dishner. "5ish," texts the film production veteran. Co-frontman Cory Plump lives in Kingston,..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Cummings Hunts The Wolf of Snow Hollow

The actor and director talks bloody myths and drive-in premieres

"...Talk about a shocking transformation: As the bumbling and heartbroken hero of indie smash Thunder Road,..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

“Rehab El Sadek: The Memory Palace” at Big Medium

The exhibit is a personal chamber about the artist’s past wherein she recovers memories but also reveals their fragility

"...The material impressed upon the open book pages is embossed..."

June 28, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The 12 Bars of Christmas

Holiday drinks specials are way better than geese a-laying

"...our loyal readers, with a grown up advent calendar: the 12 Bars of Christmas!..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

The Realistic Joneses at Hyde Park Theatre

With Will Eno's comic drama, HPT brings a funny kind of fear to the 'burbs

"...The backyard of a suburban home, complete with fence and..."

March 18, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Fun Platform

Helen Knode's new murder mystery finds her leaving noir and stepping into the light

"...elegant tech mogul or a grown-up version of those slight, reluctant action heroines of late – the ones with..."

April 27, 2012 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Page Two: When I Write the Book

On luck, anarchy, and the narrative vagaries of life

"...Back in the old days, Austin's airport was not only at Mueller..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Hammer of the Gods

The rise, fall, and rebuilding of Austin stickman Thor.

"...mythology, Thor was a scion of Asgard, land of the immortals, son of the Allfather himself, Odin. Possessed of..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Agency of Light

Tripping the Neon Lights Fantastic

"...Neon brightens Pato's Tacos photograph by Kenny Braun The fiery red of the Pontiac chief's head is still..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again

Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

"...In the mid-Aughts, young Austin Chronicle journo Kate X Messer approached..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Austin Food & Wine Festival Returns!

Annual celebration of succulence and slaking will fête you this fall

"...Gourmands, rejoice! The Austin Food & Wine Festival will return for its..."

Aug. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Expat Taqueros Bring Regional Fare to the Capital City

Austin tacos not from Austin

"...with boutique ingredients and sold at boutique prices. At the same time, there are also hundreds of humble handcrafted..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

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

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Argentine Favorites From Buenos Aires Café

Gnocchi, empanadas, and Patagonia style lamb

"...Mother-daughter co-owners Chef Reina Morris and Paola Guerrero-Smith of Buenos..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Food Post

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...where we are. Do you?" asked my seatmate on the ACL Fest shuttle bus last fall just after we'd..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin at the Blanton Museum

"...The Blanton Museum of Art has completed and opened to..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Photo Gallery

Page Two: After the Flood

When everything is gone, there is love, and the memory of love

"...– "After the Gold Rush," Neil Young..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Keeping the Lights on at Casa de Luz

The iconic Austin eating-and-meeting place dearly wants to continue pursuing its macrobiotic mission – but can't quite seem to comply with public safety codes

"...Austin almost 24 years ago, he believed food was the answer. He doesn't think that anymore...."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Pride of the Eastside

The movers and shakers behind El Gallo want you to rethink how movies get made

"...Wherever you look, change is in the air, flitting across countries and cultures, morphing the masses..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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