Norm of the North

Animated bear protects his Arctic home

"...Kung Fu Panda 3 comes out in a couple of weeks, and in dire need of an animated bear..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Specialties of the House

Recent Publications From Our Contributors

"...& Soul, by Pableaux JohnsonHow New Orleanians Eat For the average resident of New Orleans, food is more than..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Food Feature

Starving the Beast

Doc exposes big money on campus

"...”Whither higher education in America,” asks Steve Mims’ latest foray..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Guide to Finding Beer Outside of Austin’s City Limits

Drinking outside of the box

"...urban brewery scene, easy access to a wide variety of local cans, and a full hat rack of logo..."

May 19, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Worlds of Flavor

As a food writer with a special passion for the foods of Southeast Asia, I was excited about the 2000 Worlds of Flavor International Conference and Festival, Mick Vann writes. My pulse quickened and I salivated uncontrollably every time the possibility of attending crossed my mind. I would love to go, but my financial picture was in its usual bleak and blurry mode. Then came the call from my editor. I had gotten a surprise, last-minute press pass.

"...As a food writer with a special passion for the foods of Southeast Asia, I was excited about the..."

March 23, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

All the Hill Country's a Stage

No matter where you are in the Hill Country, you're never too far from a theatre. From Boerne to Kerrville, Marble Falls to Uvalde, community theatres are enthusiastically serving up choruses of "76 Trombones" and Odd Couples with a Lone Star twang, as well as some theatrical surprises.

"...In the Hill Country, just as you're never too far from..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

6 things to do in Austin for the 4th of July

Events in Austin this 4th of July

"...Still figuring out how to celebrate this 4th of July? We've got a quick list of events that..."

June 30, 2014 Events Post by Tamar Price

Facing the South

The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa

"...If you want to get from one end of the 25th Congressional District to the other without actually..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: 12 Years of Peligrosa Drives ¡Eso Es!

Local DJ collective sets a mood at Margin Walker’s new fiesta-val of all Latinx talent

"...Local DJ Orión García grew up around the world. Born in Panama and raised in Germany, he..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Verde Report: Coach Wolff Candidly Assesses Austin FC’s First Season

“We're going to be better in the second year for everything that we've gone through in this first year”

"...Josh Wolff talk about soccer – anything related to the sport – and you’ll know within minutes that, for..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass

Alice's tea party was never as mad as the Lege this session

"...You can't make these things up. Kicking off his gender purification campaign Monday..."

March 10, 2017 News Column by Michael King

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...a trend – or, perhaps, starting a new one. The Downtown real estate broker and his wife have been..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...it, and I bet I know why. She's jealous of the neighbor's pup, Laura, also known as Half-Pint. Nellie..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Guns, Property, and Public Nuisances: A North Austin Showdown

Gun rights activists up in arms over shutdown of gun show

"...More than 200 people gathered at Austin Police Department headquarters Jan. 25 to protest..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hitting the Pavement

Building SH 130 is still being considered in terms of costs, routes, and whether it will be a toll road.

"...days before Christmas 1986? If you were a member of the Texas Transportation Commission, you were busy issuing Minute..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Dropout Problem

Not students, but teachers – AISD struggles to retain qualified educators

"...Two weeks before the first day of school in the Austin Independent School..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Trials and Success of Tom Laughlin's 'Billy Jack'

Politics and pacifism on the East Coast

"...bigger news than it was, but time does affect the stature of cultural archetypes. Laughlin had played Billy Jack..."

Jan. 2, 2014 Screens Post by Louis Black

'The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater

The beginning of a beautiful friendship

"...Film Society Artistic Director Richard Linklater has been on the cover of The Austin Chronicle. This is not even..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The New Nuclear Family

What Was Once Inconceivable

"...The scene is not exactly a Norman Rockwell painting, but..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Ted Cruz: You, Sir, Are No Jesse Helms

Texas senator praises the grand obstructionist and bigot

"...to moral authority, namechecking Jesse Helms – arguably one of the US Senate's most racially-divisive figures – may not..."

Sept. 12, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Weekend Wine

Faustino’s Crianza, a bright red Rioja wine

"...One of the most common questions I hear at events involves..."

June 15, 2019 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Know Your Culinary Matriarchs

Meet some of the women who helped shape Austin's culinary consciousness

"...Modern-day Austin boasts a small but impressive roster of female chefs and restaurateurs, and, thanks to this country's..."

July 11, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...Most forms of artistic expression have a brass ring of sorts --..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Importing a 'Low Winter Sun'

Lennie James and Mark Strong on being British actors in a US show

"...Englishmen walk into a American police station. That's not the setup to a joke, it's the casting of Low..."

Aug. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Word Is Your Bond

Travis County moves toward broader pretrial release of the accused, but commercial bondsmen say it will never work

"...into a cinder-block-walled courtroom tucked into a basement corner of the Travis County Jail. This is the magistrate court,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...The young, tall black man careens through the dance floor,..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives: in..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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