Austin Film Festival Review: Holding Patterns

A great ensemble supports this tale of twentysomething ennui

"...manager of the local movie theatre. His life demands little from him – or he from it. Then, his..."

Oct. 16, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...a week, we've decided to give our readers a little bite of something extra...."

Aug. 21, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File: Monday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news: Cinco de Mayo edition

"...a week, we've decided to give our readers a little bite of something extra...."

May 4, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...a week, we've decided to give our readers a little bite of something extra...."

Feb. 14, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Chicken & Waffles! YUM!

Chicken and waffles? Hell yes.

"...comfort food palace that is holding steady despite our city's best efforts to squeeze out li'l homegrown places like..."

March 8, 2008 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant

P. Kellach Waddle, the River City's 'educated hillbilly,' composes himself a life

"...someplace that was obscure enough that there was no city waterline to their part of the county until 1970...."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the giant cracks in the contract are relegated to too-little-too-late emergency-room care. Who worries about a few missed meals..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...going to be a completely different organization." He gulps coffee, wipes his nascent mustache. "We're gonna be a lot..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The 2002 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll

Readers Poll

"...Blue Bell Ice Cream, Dolce Vita Gelato & Espresso BarCoffeeStarbuck's..."

May 24, 2002 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...audience to imagine needing a military permit to drink coffee at Little City. Will the Chronicle invoke its readers..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

Second Helpings: Coffeehouses

Where to get coffee that is "really more like Al Green than coffee" and other mysteries of Austin coffeehouses.

Oct. 6, 2000 Food Column

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...And isn't it great to wander onto the heat-vapor city streets and feel relief from the oppression within?..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Tillie Walden: Talking Comics

"If it was torture, I’d’ve given up by now.”

"...Angeles? Tokyo? Berlin? The new Central Library in this city’s own Downtown?..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Project ATX6

The city’s unofficial music ambassador program turns 4 thanks to the sweat equity of founder Chris Brecht

"...you have to learn to live with fear a little," he muses. "You have to be an escape artist..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Playback: SXSW Survey a Snooze

City's post-SXSW survey succumbs to poor planning

"...Good thing they served coffee at the city's South by Southwest evaluation meeting last..."

June 6, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...fresh food? Was she aware that right now, the city was working on a master plan for 208 acres..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Pols Just Keep on Coming

Your Guide to Candidates for the New 10-1 Universe

"...catalog of potential November candidates for Austin Mayor and City Council. Here's our current master list of the entire..."

Feb. 3, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Robert Nathan Allen Wants You to Eat Some Bugs

And you could, too – especially this Saturday in Zilker Park

"...Robert Nathan Allen of Little Herds, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing edible insects to..."

June 26, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food and a Movie

Strategic local restaurant suggestions to enhance your SXSW Film Festival schedule

"...appetites and tight budgets, you can't go wrong with Little City (916 Congress), a favorite caffeine shop serving fresh,..."

March 11, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Los Angeles, I'm Yours

Thom Andersen sets the story straight on the city he loves in 'Los Angeles Plays Itself'

"...rousing big-band sound, hyping a sumptuous panorama of the city of Los Angeles at night, lights twinkling across its..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal

Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29

"...made money playing it, while I just cried a little bit as I stood over my toilet pouring hydrogen..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Double Bliss

A day in the life of 'Austin City Limits' at 30

"...Austin City Limits is a survivor. No other televised music program..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Andy Langer

In the Mood for Love

Alex Holdridge and 'Sexless'

"...scruffy and uncompromising twentysomethings of Austin -- working at coffee shops and record stores, terrified of selling out, shunning..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

An Inside Look at Austin’s Biggest Used Bookstore

Half Price Books, N. Lamar: “We tend more toward the unusual.”

"...Elsewhere in the Chronicle, we told you a little bit about the rare books room in the back..."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

In the latest chapter of this sci-fi spoof's success story: an international tour and Broadway!

"...the summer of 1996 in the late, lamented Downtown coffee shop Little City – has been getting the enthusiastic..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Res Publica

Citizen's calendar, April 9-16

"...out what resources are available to help you. Noon-2pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second. www.cityofaustin.org/acpp. Saturday11..."

April 10, 2009 News Feature

Food-o-File

Off with my head, etc.

"...Strawberry Vanilla "Twinkie" minicakes and loved them all. These little jewels can be ordered via the website or purchased..."

June 22, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...in tiaras, fourth-graders blowing kisses, a jeep full of little kids spilling out over a hand-painted Leer es Poder..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Forget the little boxes -- it's the big boxes we need to knock down

"...to have to do something else to save our city...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...Public Domain, Catmull met me for a cup of coffee at Little City and we began what has amounted..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

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