Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Highs and lows from Austin’s stages in their first real post-pandemic year

"...of Carnage, staged by Beyond August Productions. When the gloves of civility come off, all niceties and restraint are..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2023

"...dinner fights over Todd Haynes' is-it-camp? instant classic. I love it...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

The Top 10 Films of 2023

May December, Past Lives tied in the affections of the Chronicle’s critics

"...May December and Past Lives, Celine Song's story of love found and lost across decades and continents...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Local Comedy Stories of 2023

New venues, new faces, new experiments

"...show where his performance was entirely in Hindi. "Comedians love to play Austin because the audiences are informed, smart,..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Opinion: Everything’s Bigger in Texas ... Until You Look at Supportive LGBTQ+ Public Policies

"I should feel safe, secure, and confident in myself to be a gay Texan student"

"...The heart is huge among friendly neighborhoods and our love for football knows no bounds, but what about the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by Guilleremo Gudino

Austin’s Best Wheat-Free Joints in 2023

Top 10 gluten-free glimmers

"...We love a one-bowl meal, and I'm flat-out amazed at how..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2023

"...Joaquin Phoenix engages in magnificent battle scenes and ridiculous love scenes...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2023

"...A sly take on a tabloid story about forbidden love turned inside out years later...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Screens Feature

Glasshealer’s Face-Peeling “Brace Yourself” and Five More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Pelvis Wrestley, 8BIT WIZRD, Magna Carda, and more

"...as she grapples with the complexity of tumultuous young love. Alongside bloody punches like "Frankly Speaking (I'm Done)," Hale's..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Chronicle’s Favorite Austin Albums of 2023

Ten music writers reflect on the records they loved this year

"...standout Austin electronic producers, churns and whistles eerily in lovely acid. Lucía Beyond's sophomore release introduces deep house and..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Verde Report: Top 10 Reasons for Austin FC Optimism in 2024

In a league as fickle as MLS, a club’s fortunes are never more than one offseason away from pulling a full 180

"...Year Award ... and rightfully so. Any club would love to have a homegrown player showing that much promise...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

JuiceLand Expands, Wax Myrtle’s Prepares to Close, the Museum of Ice Cream Goes Pink, Oseyo Debuts a Fantastic Brunch, Garbo’s Welcomes Santa Claus, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...and ask yourself: If you’re not doing something for love, what are you doing it for?..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator

Behind the camera of Gareth Edward's revolutionary sci fi blockbuster

"...it's hard to say no when you've got “this lovely, sweet Englishman” asking no more of his crew than..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote's childhood reminiscences are a poignant present

"...is a tender recounting of youthful holidays spent with beloved elderly Cousin Sook (perfectly encapsulated in the description “shy..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Jack & Aiden

Queer musical gets to the intimate, sexy heart of a relationship

"...these two characters go from casual bed-sharers to puppy love to hasty engagement to a long estranged but slowly..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by James Scott

Despite Cancer, Florence Ponziano’s Selfless Caregiving Continues This Christmas

This year’s holiday party is at her house

"...Florence, 80 years old yet seemingly indefatigable, is once..."

Dec. 11, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Maestro

Truly moving biopic of musical leviathan Leonard Bernstein

"...his conducting; between his appetite for men and his love for the woman he eventually marries, Felicia Montealegre (Mulligan);..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 8-14

"...and there's no guarantee your souls will continue to love being interwoven. If disappointment creeps into your alliance, it's..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Qmmunity: Stop, Drop, and Shop

Qmmunity advises on what local places are best for gay gift shopping this year

"...Gifts: I love them. Gifts are the ultimate excuse to shop all..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by James Scott

Review: “The Dog Show”

Hiromi Stringer curates a fictitious, dog-obsessed museum in her current solo show

"...to a foreign land. She also presents an elaborate love letter to dogs...."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

From Revolution to Entertainment in We Are Fugazi From Washington, D.C.

Chronicle writer Joe Gross goes documentarian for the hardcore pioneers

"...Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival. "Something that I love about this movie – and I don't mean this..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Screens Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

"...(Vancouver CANADA) This Is Lorelei (New York NY) THUS LOVE (Brattleboro VT) The Tiarras (Austin TX) Tokyo Syoki Syodo..."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Blues Musicians Rally to Save Singer-Guitarist Sarah Barlow’s Finger

Dec. 10 Antone’s benefit show follows serious dog attack injury

"...perform or not, but everyone suggested that they would love to see me perform.”..."

Dec. 4, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville Still Reigns, Reimagined, at the Moody Theater

Try “Fuck and Run” as “Make Love and Stick Around”

"...I kept standing 6-feet-1/ Instead of 5-feet-2/ And I loved my life/ And I hated you.”..."

Dec. 2, 2023 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Fallen Leaves

Finland's master of understated absurdity shakes off retirement

"...breakout success, Leningrad Cowboys Go America. Stories filled with love and loneliness, revenge and despair. Stories that blend Buster..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 1-7

"...ARIES (March 21-April 19): As a child, I loved to go to a meadow and whirl around in..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Dogs love to stick their heads out car windows because their..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Qmmunity: Red Ribbon Revelries

Local Austin health orgs celebrate World AIDS Day 35 with fun and educational events

"...Women Alliance will be honored, and performances by Theo Love and Ebony Stewart. Find more info on tickets, locations,..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

In an iLL Manner: How Jamal McKinney Sells Out Rap Shows at Antone’s

Inside the promoter’s euphoric, elegant vision for hip-hop booking

"...fights or none of that going on. It's all love and support for the local artists there."..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

"...Prada store in the middle of the desert. "I love shooting outside, because there's so much natural production value,"..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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