Update: Ken Paxton Sues Austin Over New Year's Weekend Dine-In Limitations

Texas A.G. blasts COVID-19 orders as “shameless”

"...Travis County after local officials announced dine-in limitations over New Year’s Eve weekend amidst what Austin-Travis County leadership is..."

Dec. 30, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Ring in the New Year With a Binge Watch

12 streaming shows to get you to midnight and beyond

"...For a lot of us, New Year’s Eve is the last night we want to..."

Dec. 27, 2018 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Entering a New Era

Austin's queer scene enters a new era of great shows, genuine artistry, and good music

"...Out of the chrysalis, into the new era: In order to be beautiful butterflies, we have..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

New TV and Streaming Shows to Catch in February

Plus 2020’s year-end best movies debut on streaming services

"...February brings new shows to add to your media diet, returning shows..."

Feb. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...distancing hardly lends itself to hands-on community volunteerism, but even after the last four years of narcissism and division..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...2020 marks 25 years blowing up Austin rock for brothers..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Best New Year’s Eve Concerts Happening in Austin

Eleven live music options to ring in 2024, from Snail Mail to Gary Clark Jr.

"...rock torch. The songwriter gifts us all with a New Year's in Texas, and brings a belated Christmas gift..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Music Column by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...vocals on tendering soul and acerbic rock, but she never couches the directness of the songs in guitar crunch..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...adventure hadn't been pushed back, then National Champions would never have happened...."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Babies on the Brain

In this week's cover story, new dads Kevin Curtin and Black Angels frontman Alex Maas talk about creativity and fatherhood

"...of his son on social media; he says he never liked people "clogging up my feed" with their cute..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Sweetgreen’s on the Drag, Carne Lenta is Slow Good, Huckleberry Visits Vista, Fowl Mouth Is Making Us Cry

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

"...last week of December, as the virus-riddled shitshow of 2020 comes to a close. Here’s informative tidbits wrangled from..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Travis County District Judge Allows Austin’s Dine-in Limitations

Update: Texas Supreme Court blocks local dine-in orders

"...Court has blocked Austin’s limitations on dine-in services over New Year’s Eve weekend. The highest civil court in the..."

Dec. 31, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Stage Five, Ahoy – but also Curra's takes over Mother's, Buddy’s Has a Burger, Natalie’s on Cakealikes, and Beard Papa’s Will Be Hella Creamy and Puffy

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

"...the first week of January. It’s your weekly food news buffet, wrangled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words..."

Dec. 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

See what 2020 has in store

"...Start the New Year by celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday..."

Dec. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...it's added the world premiere of one of the year's most eagerly anticipated directorial debuts: Monkey Man, the first..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Drunkenness, Affordability, and the Big Lie

"...wobbling to his car and driving away this past New Year's Eve, while the other DWI case was still..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Plenty of fun still to be had in 2019

"...cheer to go around as we make plans for New Year’s Eve...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Austin-Travis County had entered Stage 5 – the highest level of local pandemic restrictions – of APH's COVID-19 Risk-Based..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature

You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory

Departing Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez passes the reigns [sic] to Kevin Curtin with 10 anecdotes from 27 years.

"...the water bucket. Together, we also lit out for every Stones date within a 1,500-mile radius. 2) Johnny Cash..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Entering 2021 in a “State of Emergency”

Bars operating as restaurants are officials' top concern

"...Dr. Mark Escott spelled out Austin's start to the new year in no uncertain terms: "It appears we are..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin Film Festival Is Live

On Story returns on PBS as fest announces live October dates

"...On the eve of the launch of season 11 of On Story,..."

March 31, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...two plotlines, three basic tales, five boilerplate set-ups, or seven narrative archetypes: However many storytelling devices civilization funnels down..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fogo de Chão Reopens This Weekend, Ember Kitchen Is Opening Soon, Ezov Is Opening Later, Batch Is Open Now, and Would You Believe We Have a Sweet Array of NYE Recommendations for You, O Holiday-Harried Citizen?

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

"...numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Dec. 21, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Finding More Eaze in the World of Experimental Pop

Austin composer Mari Maurice details her nonhierarchical obsessions

"...genre hierarchies as a trans musician. Her upcoming record, Never Stop Texting Me, out Feb. 11, continues this effort..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...rockets with not just a few titles for this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Are We Going to Vote?

While the U.S. moves toward voting by mail, Texas digs in its heels

"...Nearly everybody loves voting by mail. While only seven states currently..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Popstar Demi Lovato’s deeply confessional new YouTube series Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil was..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...Paul and the FBI like to keep secrets. With new insights not coming easily, soon it was 2020, and..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Roger Duncan's Night Visions

Austin Energy's GM invites us to wrestle with the conundrum of clean energy

"...ambitious goals, the Climate Protection Plan pledges that by 2020, Austin Energy will get 30% of its power from..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...in horror circles in the threatening ranks of this year's Midnighters, such as Brea Grant (star of the upcoming..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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