Love Me Back

Merritt's Tierce's novel isn't for the faint of heart, but it tells of a young woman's survival with boldness and power

"...Love Me Backby Merritt Tierce Doubleday, 224pp., $23.95..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

A Lesson in Gender Fluidity: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

SXSW selection finds new life courtesy of Amazon Prime

"...York City’s underground nightclub scene. A trans woman, she performed across Manhattan's cabarets and glossed the pages of NYC..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Sing Me Back Home

Merel Haggard at the Paramount

"...You might think a Merle Haggard show at the Paramount Theatre would be a..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Sing Me Back Home

The Return of Libbi Bosworth

"...There comes a time in all our lives when we face..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Unconventional Love Stories

1, 2, 3, 4, tell me that you love me more

"...There's more to love than the beginnings of a grade-school valentine. Love is..."

March 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Love Bath

SXSW 2010 keynote speaker Smokey Robinson originally wanted to be a cowboy, but they didn't have any horses in his hood

"...into Smokey Robinson's enormous green eyes compares to nothing. Immediate and innate is the understanding that you're in the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Back to the Tree House

Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time

"...I sipped on a beer, sloshed some on my shirt. "I'm a mess," I declared. "Maybe..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Eric Kohn

Love Nest

First Comes Love...

"...any ever sucked into a hypodermic needle? The normally laid-back population of the Texas capital slips in summer into..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Marion Winik

The Very Ecstasy of Love

"...month in low-grade agony, without the thrill of constant argumentation and online contentiousness that made July bearable, without the..."

Aug. 18, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...put a sign over the stage door that reads "Love Shack." Because the theatre is one of those places..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who Do You Love?

Jennifer Weiner returns with what might be her best love story yet

"...Weiner just released her 12th book, Who Do You Love. The sure-to-be smash is a classic love story, told..."

Aug. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

'A Lie of the Mind'/'Love's Labour's Lost'

Seeing two plays she did 23 years ago prompts flashbacks for a local actor

"...Summer 1988: My then-boyfriend Ken Webster directed me in Sam..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

'Forgive Me: A Novel'

An excerpt

"...Nadine met Maxim on her first day in the Nutthall Road..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Tim O'Brien's Love Letter to His Sons

In Dad's Maybe Book, the author of Going After Cacciato is going after fatherhood

"...grainy snapshot of a French resort that, in this American family's estimation, fits like a stranger's overpriced suit. Two..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Luv Doc: Love Him Tender

Nobody wants to end up an accidental necrophiliac

"...Be Cruel” or “Viva Las Vegas,” or his favorite, “Love Me Tender.” I used to think it was cute..."

April 19, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Back to School With Queer Austinites

Queer Austin artists and icons give their two cents on surviving ATX

"...In this week’s Back to School issue of the Chronicle, several Austin queer..."

Aug. 18, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Continental Love Songs by Liv Mueller

Thursdays in the Gallery she marries punk/country/schmaltz

"...Mathis, Connie Francis – very emotive, orchestral, cinematic, over-the-top love songs.” As a result, her Thursday, 8:30pm, shows in..."

May 29, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Page Two: Love and Creation

An approach to the SXSW Film Festival

"...Southwest 08. It's too late to stop now. My helmet is on; I'm bundled in and ready to go...."

March 7, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Love Liza

"...anything but textbook. And here’s where viewers might disagree. Some, like me, will find Wilson’s emotional descent into the..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Looking Back on 15 Years of the Townes Van Zandt Documentary

Producer/Director Margaret Brown revisits her movie

"...Early in Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt, Margaret Brown's..."

June 14, 2019 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Take Me Home: Kelley Mickwee

Trishas singer steps out front

"...After spending years singing as a duo with Jed Zimmerman and finding success with the currently on-hiatus Trishas, Mickwee..."

July 22, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The Whole Love

Reviewing Wilco's new ‘The Whole Love’

"...opens an unexpected third chapter today with The Whole Love, released through the beloved Chicago sextet’s new dBpm Records...."

Sept. 27, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lust to Love

Kathy Valentine/Go-Go's Q&A outtakes

"...Beauty and the Beat's “Lust to Love” haunts me. With it, Go-Go's guitarists Charlotte Caffey and..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Love in the Time of Cholera

Funny when it’s supposed to be serious and awkward when it’s supposed to be romantic, every twist in this Gabriel García Márquez adaptation is a near miss, except for the performance of Javier Bardem.

"...Directed by: Mike Newell. Starring: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, John Leguizamo, Hector Elizondo, Fernanda Montenegro, Liev Schreiber, Catalina..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

My Summer of Love

This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.

"...rides a motorbike without a motor. Tamsin (Blunt) initially comes into view on the back of a horse. It's..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

"...fresh auteur on the guilty pleasure/psychotronic/cult film block. A one-time actor turned budding director and writer, Hershman successfully borrows..."

Aug. 27, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Marry Me

She’s a pop sensation! He’s a math teacher! Crazy!

"...Do you, Sarah Jane, take Marry Me as your lawfully wedded … look, I don’t know..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Take Me to the River

Memphis and Stax Records music artists from an earlier era mentor a younger generation in this ambient documentary.

"...Everybody gets caught up in the lovefest Take Me to the River, the scruffy documentary about..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Let Me See That Sissy Bounce

Big Freedia holds court

"...gender-bending is the norm - Big Freedia and friends came up in the bounce scene, performing mainly at straight..."

March 12, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Me, Ange, and the Interlocking Shadows of Trees

Why do I love Naruto? Because I love my daughter.

"...My daughter hands me a comic book. That's how it starts...."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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