Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...their lives – mostly from hypothermia. Two years later, another 174,000 homes in Travis County went black as ice-caked..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin at Large: City Hall’s Game of Threes

Spencer Cronk quizzes the Council to win a new land use code!

"...was away from my desk here at the Chronicle (for about 12 years), I learned that smart negotiators bracket..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Comes in Threes

R.I.P. Stephen, Bud, and Poodie

"...Austin Sun on 15th Street. What he was there for, I don’t remember. What I do remember is how..."

May 11, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Metal, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

BodyRock ATX, Escuela Grind, Grace Bowers, and more

"...Before showcasing at ever-bustling festival South by Southwest, Austin’s EXOTIC..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

FronteraFest Short Fringe: Best of Week One

Improv, Butoh, cabaret, and one of those commanding performance moments that make FronteraFest made up the Short Fringe 2006 Best of Week One

"...wearing a powerfully red T-shirt that says "Make Love Not War," yelling into a microphone at an absent George..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

They Won't Leave You Hanging

The High Five triumvirate? Prints among men!

"...Good things come in threes...."

May 17, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Restaurants Revealed in New Film Series

Christian Remde’s Re-Open series highlights pandemic response

"...First of all, the man’s not messing around...."

Aug. 10, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

LAME LEWD AND DEPRESSED

A new art exhibition takes over the space at Congress & Eighth

"...keep to their filthy ghettos of *fnord* creation and not invade spaces meant for the leveraging of corporate synergy..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recommended Arts Events in Austin This Weekend

Benthos, People’s Gallery, porn, dance, and homely weirdness

"...this thing off with a Thursday reco, yes. Because, for the majority of workaday toilers, the weekend can never..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

UT Basketball: Bring the Tape Measure

Texas faces their toughest challenge in No.3 North Carolina

"...wish they could save a few of those points for this Saturday...."

Dec. 10, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

The Road to 10-1: NAAO Forum, or …

How do you fit three dozen candidates into two hours?

"...Network of Asian American Organizations is to be congratulated for trying. The NAAO hosted 28 City Council candidates Saturday..."

July 26, 2014 News Post by Michael King

News/Print

Headlines and updates from the written world

"...events tonight, plus two poetry contests and two awards for Texas Monthly. Man, we thought good things all came..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Cuisine From Spain, Salt From Iceland, Whiskey From Scotland

This past week, the best things came in a sequence of three

"...There were three things of note that were also riddled with interior threes, this past..."

Oct. 31, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moontower 2014, Day 2: Dennis Miller

Whatever his politics, the man's still a comedy treasure

"...And now for something a little different from the front line of..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Thomas and Dentmon Lead Toros to 2-1 Start

The first in a weekly series of Toros reports

"...Toros fans, our NBA D-League team from Austin is unfortunately not going to go undefeated this season (break it..."

Dec. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

The Hardest Hit

Texecutioners take Baltimore's Charm City to the wire

"...getting around it: This has been a tough season for the Texas Rollergirls travel team the Texecutioners, and Sunday's..."

June 29, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Importing a 'Low Winter Sun'

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

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

Aug. 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

‘Downton’ or Bust

Financial ruin and a wedding in peril kick off season 3

"...– although, on the subject of the latter, I’m not sure how worried we need to be that the..."

Jan. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Toros: Season Three Preview (First Less-Than-Successful Attempt)

"...comments on the NBA I feel I should make before I get down to business with the Austin Toros...."

Nov. 25, 2007 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Toros Tryouts: Day One, Part One

"...have gyms in Iraq, Iran, and Syria, which I’m not sure they do. This past weekend the Austin Toros..."

Oct. 19, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Live Shots

"...(absent from this set) from their far stronger sophomore effort, Throwing Copper, "Rattlesnake," with its chorus of "it's a..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Feature

Teaching the Teacher

Rosemary Vines has been shaking her booty with her three-year-old students at St. George’s Episcopal for 30 years.

"...back on the shelf? Some hip-shaking boogie, of course. Not just a cute little song and dance to calm..."

June 23, 2000 Features Feature by David Garza

Live Music Worth Seeing This Weekend

Joey Bada$$, Clint Black, Oliver Rajamani, and more!

"...from the Katy-reared Texan, Killin’ Time, set the bar for Nashville’s new sound, and Black remained true to his..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Practice, Practice, Practice

Repetition isn't always good or funny, but in this show, it can change your point of view

"...Repetition is not necessarily a good thing. Or funny. That's worth noting..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

Mark Cuban has transformed the once-pathetic Dallas Mavericks into an elite NBA squad -- but they're not quite there yet.

"...Many of the seats are Internet-connected -- why, I'm not sure. Even high, high up on the seventh-level press..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...about a dozen feet up in the air. It's not really doing anything else, just kind of hanging out..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Totally Quorate Totally Awesome Auschron Newscast

Getting educated on public schools, sonograms and Limp Bizkit

"...Council may not be meeting in twos and threes any more, but..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

808 Heartbreaks

Kanye West's latest is lukewarm

"...It’s been a tough year for Kanye West. The Chicago producer/rapper lost his mother, the..."

Dec. 4, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

I Love You Too

Reggae scion’s call and response

"...with its author adopting his father Bob Marley’s I Threes concept – feminine refrain to the preacher’s call –..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Coach's Corner

Coach can't hit a wedge shot, or make a putt, but he's trying.

"...bastard stepchild of golf called a scramble. These are not intimate affairs. Long, winding lines of white and green..."

June 2, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

1   2   3     NEXT ›    3 »