Wayne Alan Brenner's 10 Favorite Arts-Related Things of 2019

Kinetic performances and galleries mounting great show after great show kept the year exciting

"...in) was a spectacle of mind-blowing movement and moist mayhem we can only hope to experience more of...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Barbara Purcell's Top 10 Only-in-Austin Arts Highlights of 2019

The year seen through a lens of the city, upending the expected and lifting up the unusual

"...the ballet into an odd delight of murder and mayhem...."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

"Jesse Narens: Creak, Crack, Creep" at Yard Dog Gallery

This Portland artist's images of nature transmogrified are a perfect antidote to holiday overcheer

"...team become a ravening crowd of ungulates with bloody Kringle-mayhem in mind...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Penfold Theatre's Ghost Quartet

Among the threads of this darkling tapestry are spirits of malice and mayhem and longing and love

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Other Worlds SF Festival Is in The Honeymoon Phase

Project Greenlight title will be closing night film

"...1960s. Boundaries will be crossed, reality will fail, and mayhem will ensue. The family our kids come across, this..."

Oct. 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Queer Compounds For All

Plus mini balls with Austin Black Pride and Chorizo Funk’s Latinx Turn-Up

"...Magik Boiz! Mischief, mayhem, and mad drag from the Boiz of Austin in..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Rambo: Last Blood

Last blood? We can only hope, as Rambo goes full MAGA

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Review: Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Documentary charts the global impact of Hong King action cinema

"...glutted 42nd Street grindhouses with mass produced Kung Fu mayhem. At the same time, the cultish David Carradine-starring television..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

USA/Mexico

"...it to their standard of shambolic minimalism and linear mayhem...."

Aug. 16, 2019 Music Review by Rick Weaver

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 4

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 22-28

"...Ghosts, Murder, and Mayhem Walking Tour Take a stroll into Austin’s past and..."

July 21, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Houston Noir Anthology Explores H-Town Badness

Akashic Books steps into East Texas' unforgiving sprawl

"...innumerable stains of blood, for the bright evidence of mayhem saturating its fabric of reality, is nothing less than..."

July 19, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 3

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 15-21

"...Ghosts, Murder, and Mayhem Walking Tour Take a stroll into Austin’s past and..."

July 15, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DC Announces gen:LOCK, RWBY Comic Details at RTX

Creative teams confirmed, plus first cover image

"...passionately that I had had growing up - magic, mayhem, monsters, and friendship between girls who grapple with real..."

July 5, 2019 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

July Is Crime Month

"...– in print and onscreen. To see all the mayhem we're cooking up, visit austinchronicle.com/crimemonth...."

July 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 1-7

"...Ghosts, Murder, and Mayhem Walking Tour Take a stroll into Austin’s past and..."

July 1, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Alamo Drafthouse Announces Special Stephen King Season

Hail to the King, baby!

"...by King and directed by David Cronenberg; the monster mayhem of The MIst (complete with one of cinema's most..."

June 27, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Austin Terror Fest Crosses Over

Two birthdays and a dark christening

"...Garage, the fiery surf rock spectacle turned into pyrotechnic mayhem while fans acted as human drum risers. Leader "Secret-man"..."

June 14, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Terror Fest Review: Daikaiju, Lightning Bolt

Four-alarm dose of masked mayhem

"...The final 20 minutes of their show proved all-out mayhem...."

June 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

June Pride Events Roundup

Kick off Summer of Pride with nonstop Pride Month parties & more

"...Out Youth at this MaryJae pride bash with music, mayhem, and more!..."

May 30, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Josh Frank Writes Himself Into the History of the Marx Bros.

There ain't no sanity clause

"...Opera shows the heart that was behind all their mayhem and anarchy."..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: SXSW Gets Queer’d

Whether or not you’re carrying a badge, we’ve got the q’d events for you

"...S X SPITE NITE A night of music, mayhem, and drag performances. Sun., March 10, 8pm. Dozen Street,..."

March 8, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Ultimate Queer Guide to SXSW 2019

Often imitated, never duplicated, we’re here to keep it real kweer

"...A night of music, mayhem, and drag performances by Austin’s awesome Zane Zena, Chique..."

March 1, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Austin Opera's Silent Night

This production of the Pulitzer Prize winner powerfully creates the tension of the battlefield and just as powerfully lets it go

"...from the screams of dying men. Only growing louder, mayhem soon engulfs every corner of the stage...."

Feb. 1, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

The True Story of the Somewhat Lost Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger star in this largely forgotten sequel

"...there's more than a little Marx Brothers to the mayhem at hand, all of which, by the way, is..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...and the debut of the Whiskey Shivers' latest video mayhem (also Sat.). "People are used to watching videos on..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Chronicle Recommends: The Best of Austin

Our recommendations of the finest movies from and about the ATX

"...QT’s Death Proof is an unheralded masterpiece of automotive mayhem, pervy psychomania, and avenging feminist ferocity. Pretty maids all..."

Nov. 4, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...150 years, the curse seems to have confined its mayhem to theatre people engaged in productions of the play...."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

November Road

Lou Berney's latest, set around JFK's assassination, is a tightly written crime tale worthy of Raymond Chandler or James M. Cain

"...for a new life in California. The path to mayhem hits delicious stops along the way, such as a..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Qmmunity

Modern-day cultural fads

"...Fright Tropics Louisianna Purchase hosts a night of mayhem and merriment with DJs Rhythmicity and Daddie Dearest. Thu.,..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Fantastic Fest Review: Overlord

J.J. Abrams enters the surprisingly deep zombie Nazi genre

"...Dead Snow and the simply gonzoid indie found footage mayhem of Frankenstein's Army, is borderline inexcusable...."

Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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