A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...that is. Tear down the house with host Riot Girl, cast members Titty Androgynous & Venus Rising, and DJ..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Announces Midnighters and Shorts

Henry Rollins, Jeremy Sisto join horror lineup

"...Screenwriters: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi While attending a dinner party at his former home, a man thinks his ex-wife..."

Feb. 10, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...thing people keep to themselves. At a recent dinner party, the following memories, most from his recent book tour..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...are keeping mum about their planned opening date. The party line still insists that Titanic is opening this summer,..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"..."Baby Mary" Director: Kris Swanberg An eight-year-old girl living on the west side of Chicago finds a..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction

'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie

"...while Steve, a perpetually stoned high school senior, pursues girls and schemes to get into the yearbook by forming..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...brings a dreamy quality to the fivepiece. A nearly all-girl group, Charades' experimental pop songs are laced with Old..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...up on a chair with a bigass dog. The girl we stay with makes us coffee and spaghetti, which..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

A Family Affair

Those Canadians are too damn happy. Must be the the donuts.

"...Up aren't as mature, the quartet of sisters, brothers' ex-girlfriends, and co-workers raunches it up. Younger still, Vancouver newcomers..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...over the Northeast. One day their baritone sax player's girlfriend told me that they wanted me to play bass..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...and the world premiere of Austin Chick’s revenge thriller Girls Against Boys. Of the Midnighters selections, programmer Jarod Neece..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Reflections

"...of one woman's descent into temporary madness at a party -- blame it on a malfunctioning toilet...."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

1995 Austin Critics' Table Nominations

"...Dreamgirls, Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

May 12, 1995 Arts Feature

Qmmunity: 50 Years Queer History

Everything you need to know to make the best of Pride Weekend

"...ATX Trans Pride Holy hotness. GirlFriend and yer babelicious hosts p1nkstar & Y2K are bringing..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...into infectious Jamaican pop. YouTube enthusiasts: 2016 single "Island Girl" (not Elton John's 1976 hit), an erotically catchy collision..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

In the Room

First-place winner

"...purpose. Rainey nods. I begin, "It's called 'Museum.' See, girl wanders through a modern art museum in ... Amsterdam."..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Raul Garza

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...1930s Tennessee hermit who plans his own rollicking funeral party... while still alive. Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the Chronicle covered the scandalous -- a dildo-carrying, topless girl ["Gay Prude Parade," June 7]. You ignored the positive..."

June 21, 2002 Column

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain

One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.

"..."I got thrown out of a party once for playing [the B-52s'] Wild Planet on 8-track!"..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Book Reviews

"...Girl Walking Backwards by Bett Williams St. Martin's Griffin, $12.95..."

March 26, 1999 Books Review

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...against a backdrop of choice Partridge Family tunes, the girls get the guys, the guys get the guys, and..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...feed Wisconsin, but adding his trademark warble and the girls' tentative harmonies to the mix produced such a surreal..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...KMFDM, and the Lollapalooza bassist slot for Elastica. This girl's all about drama, Rocky Horror Picture Show drama, the..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive

A quintessential coming-of-age soundtrack to score the next spiral

"...because they're all chicks doesn't mean they're just some "girl band," instead denoting themselves a band that plays from..."

June 10, 2022 Music Feature by Mars Salazar

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Good ol Girl D: Sarah Brennan Kolb Good ol Girl is a..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...column-versary has arrived! Who knew, when this simple country girl came to the Chronicle a few years ago, that..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Psycho Beach Party

The humor in Psycho Beach Party might seem as mindless as the targets, but with Naughty Austin's production the fun of guys in wigs, dancing hunks, and screaming chicks yanks you in

"...Psycho Beach Party..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Page Two

The price of Republican domination and the pleasures of repeated listening

"...Republicans are not accepting dissent in their own party: They are forcing all their legislators to march in..."

May 20, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...was the beginning of a lifelong romance between a girl and her instrument...."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Further Reflections

SXSW Film Festival

"...continues into her imprisonment as Raymond further exploits the girl as a means to his redemption and Tanya's shiftless..."

March 21, 1997 Screens Feature

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