In a Global Crisis, Luck Presents Writes a New Concert Promotions Standard

With a little luck, Ellee Fletcher Durniak and Matt Bizer thrive at improvising impossible situations

"...A week out from the fifth anniversary of the Luck Reunion, Matt Bizer and Ellee Fletcher Durniak still anticipated..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

John Oates, Tyler Childers, Zella Day Top Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion Lineup

Single-day fest returns to Willie’s ranch March 14

"...The 2024 lineup for Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion just dropped. John Oates, Tyler Childers, Zella Day,..."

Feb. 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Faster Than Sound: Falling Hard for Sasha & the Valentines

The Massachusetts transplants debut their dream-pop LP, Daniel Johnston's NFT dustup, and more music news

"...Overseen by the Johnston family and estate, the single piece – titled "Daniel Johnston..."

April 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...to endorse a check from the sale of the family home in Rob Roy...."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

All My Love

C-Side Records' family values

"...corner of the South Congress coffeehouse resembles the band's family reunion, as brothers, sisters, and wives congregate with, among..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Residence = Difference

A Stay at ArtPace in San Antonio Can Change an Artist

"...casting envious eyes toward San Antonio where the ArtPace Foundation for Contemporary Art has been making good on its..."

June 13, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Recent letters to the Chronicle, regarding the SIMS Foundation's inquiry response time, indirectly asks the question: "Is the..."

April 19, 2002 Column

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...are usually those you stumble onto by sheer, dumb luck, and when they leave your mouth hanging open, they're..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Food-o-file

What's cooking in the Central Texas food scene

"...years, Sara's delicious unpasteurized cheese was known only to family and friends until her friend Marianne Simmons began selling..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...house owned by Claire which he shares with her family he describes as self-hating? And Bloom displays her sensitivity..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...1857. What the slaves built for Sneed and his family was a six-room limestone estate, a rather severe edifice..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...own peril." – Kelly Shackelford of the Free Market Foundation, on his group's plans to translate the success of..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate family its frequently recurring characters) has manifested a discography whose..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Articulations

Georgetown High's annual musical needs your help, Ballet Austin's foundation passes the cool million mark, and there's new art at the convention center

"...passing the $1 million mark in its Ballet Austin Foundation fund. A recent donation from the Sarah and Ernest..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...and Flying Cauldron Tavern. May 10-11 Fair Market Hot Luck Food Festival..."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...most of the past 10 or so years, my family won't get a holiday visit or even gifts in..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Column

Roll 'Em

March

"...of losing a child and its effect on the family. (Mar. 12)..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...not all, unfortunately, to his benefit or to his family, friends, and fans. But Garcia was almost a larger-than-life..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Richard Luckett..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...In more serious news, we wish Betty Dunkerley continued luck in physical therapy as she recovers from knee-replacement surgery...."

July 7, 2006 News Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION: More a consortium of activists than a band, ADF..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...but then when we're doing children's rooms on the family show, we're able to get a little more creative,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...at SXSW Music.” New Orleans Takeover Sat 18, noon, Luck Ranch $75+..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Russian House Becomes Just 'The House'; Cowboy Breakfast Brings the Free Noms; Tatsu-Ya Takes Over Former Contigo Space; This Month Is All About the Women Everywhere; and More

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

"...2013 when the dish was born during a shift family meal. I’ve always wanted to pursue the idea of..."

March 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...Alongside Summer Film Series constants like the ongoing family festival and the celebration of foreign cinema, there are..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...up in Houston, money was tight for Tiffany Vo's family. The now 21-year-old's mother was the family's breadwinner, and..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...up in Houston, money was tight for Tiffany Vo's family. The now 21-year-old's mother was the family's breadwinner, and..."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...-- and her career -- has been one of luck, some of it tough...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Man on a Mission

Professor, Collector, Leader Gil Cárdenas

"...projects. Until Christina Cuevas recently moved from the Ford Foundation in New York to serve as executive director, Cárdenas..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...as a member of local string trio the Carper Family, Beth Chrisman steps into the spotlight as a solo..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

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