We Don't Need No Stinkin' De-Icer

City trumpets response to the great storm of aught-7

"...calls Austin Parks & Recreation Department: PARD coordinated with local service agencies and provided a location for overflow capacity...."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Underpants

To get into The Underpants, as it were, director Don Toner has deployed a reliable ensemble of able actors, who deliver a friendly poke in the ribs about matters a little farther south

"...and what Austin Playhouse serves up in its genial local premiere...."

May 28, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Unexpected Guest

For Different Stages' staging of The Unexpected Guest, director Johanna Whitmore has tried to bring Agatha Christie's 1930s English village mystery into a contemporary setting, but with the text still rooted in the phraseology and linguistic mannerisms of the past, the result is a stilted and, ultimately, wooden production.

"...Few members of the cast make their lines sound natural to the modern ear. Gareth Maguire is..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Una Panthera: Music from the Trecento and Early Renaissance Italy

In Una Panthera: Music from the Trecento and Early Renaissance Italy, a concert of love songs from 14th-century Europe presented as part of the 2002 Mid-Winter Festival of Music, exquisite pain and longing were brought to exquisite life in the enrapturing voices and instruments of Texas Early Music Project singers and musicians.

"...Local early musicians Jan Jackson (recorders), John Walters (vielle and..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Volpone

Welcome the Bedlam Faction, the latest theatre company to be founded by veterans of UT Austin's Shakespeare at Winedale program, and its inaugural effort, Ben Jonson's Volpone, a tale of greed, conniving, status, and, ultimately, morality that Bedlam stages with a seeming insanity that befits its name but which is really quite smart, energetic, creative, and hilarious.

"...point, it might be worth investigating just how many local theatre companies spring forth as offshoots of UT Austin's..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Troilus and Cressida

The iron belly muses production of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida sometimes seems to have little to do with Shakespeare's text, and that's a problem, but director Sharon Sparlin does a fascinating job of "updating" the play, and when it works, it works wonders.

"...At one point, one of the actors used a local shopping chain's "Go Home a Hero" slogan, and I..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

A Name for a Ghost to Mutter

In her new script A Name for a Ghost to Mutter, playwright Cyndi Williams uses the fuel for great drama: colorful writing, focus on relationships, big climax, tidy resolution. But while all the hard parts are accounted for, all the right moves taken, the play stops just short of smoking.

"...Four storylines chronicle four generations of a Southern family. Skillful David..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Full Mental Jacket

While writer-performer Wayne Alan Brenner has a quirky style and indisputable stage presence, his new show Full Mental Jacket is so self-referential that, like an overanalyzed relationship, it talks itself to some semblance of death.

"...this reviewer by name, saying something about how some local critics, "such as The Austin Chronicle's Ada Calhoun," disapprove..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

ACL Fest Food Vendors Prepare to Feed the Music Masses

ACL Eats expands with dessert-focused ACL Sweets

"...that energy at the festival’s true scourge: the food lines...."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Hannah Rossi

We Asked Writers To Review Bands They’d Never Seen Before at Free Week in Austin

First looks at Dregs, Chief Cleopatra, Exotic Fruits, Nuclear Daisies

"...Week 2023 landed the largest in recent memory. Long lines wrapped venues in the Red River Cultural District, whose..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Nayeli Portillo

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Adrian Quesada, Big Boi, and painting the town P!nk

"...Zilker than the day prior. Some fighting expectedly treacherous lines around peak 5pm entry times, the Chronicle writers found..."

Oct. 9, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Watch This: Go Fever Spirals in an Australian Pub for New Video

"NYE15" features kangaroos and barroom disillusionment

"...the animal act of intoxication in the cutting opening lines of raucous latest single “NYE15.”..."

Sept. 7, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Ley Line Soaks in the Healing Wash of We Saw Blue

Local quartet finds global rhythms in twining harmonies

"...world music," proffers Robberson. "We're starting to erase those lines. When you say 'world music,' it's othering, so recognize..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Be Filled With Dredd For Other Worlds

Judge Dredd retrospective plus new hits for SF fest

"...is coming to Other Worlds Film Festival: yes, the local SF festival (running Dec. 1-6) is headed online for..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Guitar Hauler Bill Kirchen Pulls Into the Truck Stop at the End of the World

Long-game guitarist keeps twangin’ and sangin’

"...Butch Hancock, not only can Telecaster tamer and longtime local Bill Kirchen carry a tune, he’s penned as good..."

Aug. 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

This Is Who We Are #13: Pro Arts Collective's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...we don't know when it will return, if ever. Local artists are already adapting to this situation – many..."

June 1, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

This Is Who We Are #11: Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre's blood pudding

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...we don't know when it will return, if ever. Local artists are already adapting to this situation – many..."

May 26, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

This Is Who We Are #6: Miró Quartet's Faces of America: The Light

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...we don't know when it will return, if ever. Local artists are already adapting to this situation – many..."

May 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Janine Barchas’ The Lost Books of Jane Austen

In this nonfiction book, the local scholar provides fresh insight into the ways that Jane Austen became Jane Austen, literary superstar

"...much to spread Austen's popularity across economic and class lines – moreso, in fact, than those exquisite leatherbound versions..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

6 ACL Music Festival Picks for Friday

National, international, and local faves the fest's first day

"...electro-dance productions on April's debut full-length The Cure to Loneliness echo early Aughts nu rave/blog house, alongside the delicate..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Feature

How Has TABC Screwed You Lately?

Tales from the front lines of the Austin entertainment industry

"...alcohol industry? How could they do better? We asked local constituents to speak anonymously about the agency that governs..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Fifth Annual Austin Fermentation Fest Is Sunday

An interview about gut health, Barton Springs Mill, and pickles

"...but fermentation is a hot topic these days. Kombucha lines the aisles of gas station convenience stores, half of..."

Oct. 20, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

SXSW Music Review: Thank You for Sweating

DJ booth elevates international house and techno

"...which included dancing to samples of Melle Mel’s “White Lines.”..."

March 17, 2018 SXSW Post by Christina Garcia

Headlines

"...MetroRail and MetroRapid will both extend service until 2:30am. Local lines will run on Sunday schedules on New Year's..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature

Dick Clark Leaves UT Major Gifts

Late architect funds chair, scholarship at Architecture School

"...the look of Austin through his work for such local landmarks as the South Congress Hotel, 612 West, Fino,..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fishing With the Heron King

Name Sayers take us to river

"...of my van and greet Devin James Fry, the local songwriter who leads Name Sayers gestures to the sky...."

Sept. 11, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Bryce Clifford’s Yuppie Affirmation

Sing it all together now, “I Wanna Buy a Condo Downtown”

"...– or make a video for the song. The local singer/guitarist idled in gridlock one day near the W..."

July 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jimmy LaFave in the Present Tense

Honoring the local musician’s commitment to life

"...true – a paradox worth pondering. A couple of lines later, if you listen real, real close, you can..."

May 12, 2017 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Eating the Fudge

Queering the family with Queer Rock Love author Paige Schilt

"...I can’t help but feel like I’m meeting a local celebrity...."

Nov. 5, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

ACL Review: Jai Malano

Meet Austin’s new “Big Mama” Thornton

"...“Don’t.” Sunday’s noontime set at Zilker Park marked the local’s first outdoor festival performance in the United States...."

Oct. 3, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

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