Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...other music industry hopefuls at Austin's annual spring break megaconference...."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Wrestler Rises Again in You Cannot Kill David Arquette

The actor’s return to the ring in search of wrestling respect

"...wasn’t fair. On April 6, 2000, actor David Arquette became World Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion and, in doing..."

Aug. 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life

A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?

"...a cat from the attic, when her water broke. Meanwhile, I’m way up and out, crammed amongst the roof’s..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Get Me to the Funny: Chortle Portal

Weekly comedy showcase at UT keeps the students coming back for more

"...way to get to a hip and cool stand­up comedy night? Taxi? Bicycle? How about a Chortle Portal? That’s..."

March 9, 2016 Arts Post by Spencer Beghtol

When You Pause the Heart of an Eagle and Can Feel Its Fear

Steve Moore's smartphone thriller for Fusebox comes to an end.

"...I’ve been getting text messages from the FBI since April of this year...."

Oct. 22, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Yes, You Could Totally Meet Grumpy Cat at SXSW

And here's an interview with the people behind the varmint

"...Yeah, I met Grumpy Cat...."

March 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Everybody's Talking at You

Austin's reading series scene is booking good

"...the usual boys and girls who cry wolf every time a leaf drops, then there's a fierce plethora of..."

July 30, 2010 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Never Coming to a Theatre Near You

Stephen Romano's continuing adventures in fake movies

"...the films they represent. They are the tease, the come-on, the promise of cinematic bliss/adventure/thrills to come. By definition,..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...Next month, when the Census 2000 form hits your mailbox, remember these numbers: 35,000. Forty million. Twenty-two out..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Oh, Lady, You're Good!

Dee Dee Bridgewater

"...1997, the inaugural year of Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Festival, women ruled the rock & roll roost. Shawn, Eryka, even..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Shatara Michelle Ford Wants to Make You Uncomfortable

The Test Pattern writer / director explains how microaggressions from white Austinites taught them how to write about trauma

"...many of us hold onto our favorite movie theatre memories in hopes that they'll become a safe space again..."

April 16, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

Bunny Michael’s Higher Self Will See You Now

Instagram’s spiritual meme-maker comes to Contrast Film Festival

"...If Dr. Phil is the baby boomer generation's archetypal life-advice guru, then Bunny Michael is the..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

Yoga With Adriene Brings the Yoga Studio to You

Local YouTube star offers poses for the people

"...every week, for free, in one of the least meditative places imaginable, the internet. With 2.4 million YouTube channel..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Meet Me There Meets Horror Halfway

Dustin Runnels leaps from the wrestling ring to the movie set in Meet Me There

"...Beneath the makeup, he's Austin's own Dustin Runnels, and now he's making his first ventures into cinema. "I've had..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Don't Fence Me In

The Fun Fun Fun Fest schedule arrives, Flesh Lights return from touring with the Hives, and Tim O'Connor lives to fight another day

"...Hope your Fourth of July wasn't quite as notable as mine...."

July 13, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

See Reverse Side for Title: Part I

If English first-wavers had trouble getting ahold of American roots music, Americans themselves weren't much better off, piecemealing together the foundations of today's national scene

"...as the Blues Project's Danny Kalb? The question may now seem ludicrous, but not in the mid-1960s, when it..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Let Me See That Sissy Bounce

Big Freedia holds court

"...gender-bending is the norm - Big Freedia and friends came up in the bounce scene, performing mainly at straight..."

March 12, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Things Are What You Make of Them

The deliciously cracked comedies of Bob Byington

"..."Hello, baby, hello/Open up your heart and let your feelings flow" – Elton John's..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Me, Ange, and the Interlocking Shadows of Trees

Why do I love Naruto? Because I love my daughter.

"...My daughter hands me a comic book. That's how it starts...."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ain't Nobody Real but Me

Chamillionaire's flow: Houston and beyond

"...attention to the late DJ Screw and what had formerly been a fringe movement. Capping this unprecedented, citywide success..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...and No Place to Go," Dick Price claims that America was made for guys like him:..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Do You Remember Rock & Roll Radio?

The 100 Tunes of Oldies Rock Radio

"..."Do you remember Murray the K, Alan Freed, and high energy?...Do..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Music Feature

Sing Me Back Home

The Return of Libbi Bosworth

"...There comes a time in all our lives when we face..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

The Things You Leave Behind

"...wanted more. One woman stuffed the trunk of her Mercedes with the collected treasures and wrote a check for..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

I Hope You Bought It for the Article...

All the Nudes That Fit

"...The Chronicle, Elle, Self, Seventeen, GQ... While all this seems enough to impress the person asking, invariably it is..."

May 12, 1995 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...dancers, and blockheads of 999 Eyes say this ain't your grandfather's sideshow, they're not kidding. Their version of the..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Adaptation of Judy Blume's classic is just as perfectly poignant as the book

"...Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. is not the first..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Matteo Lane: "I’m Joking, Can You Imagine?"

How is a comedy festival like Six Flags? Ask comedy's rising star.

"...of his voice – to hit success in the comedy industry...."

April 20, 2022 Arts Post by Dina Barrish

Public Notice: What Doesn't Kill You ...

Maybe Omicron is a good thing?

"...are spiking" as a result of the Omicron variant. (See more on that here.) The Chronicle office is still..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sarah Cook Invites Diners to "Be Here Now" at Kyoten Sushiko

An unlikely artist at Mueller's satellite iteration of Otto Phan's omakase restaurant

"...earning her spot despite injury and industry prejudice. Her mentor, Phan, on a confident and unabashed mission toward a..."

June 28, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

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