We Have an Issue: 100 Summery Things on the Horizon

Pick up this week's issue for The Austin Chronicle's summer events guide

"...If you want to get technical about it, the June solstice marks the official start of summer. But..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin Psych Fest Turns Back the Clock: Toro Y Moi, Cuco, and Levitation Favorites Headline Spring Gathering

Yves Tumor, Mdou Moctar, Melody’s Echo Chamber also psychin'

"...Austin Psych Fest turns back the clock this spring, reviving..."

Jan. 26, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Little Ola’s Biscuits Free for a Year, Baldinucci’s Pizza for Lunch and Dinner, the Nido Is Open for Real, Dali’s Naked Feast for Surrealism’s Sake, Plenty of Booze for Toasting, and More

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

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from numerous PR..."

Oct. 19, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...The first day of ACL Fest in two years, though..."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...Beauty and the Beat was mixed, mastered, and finished. All of the..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Austin at Large: People, Read the Zoom!

Don't make me leave the house to deliver some sense to y'all in times like these

"...Striking the right tone in a column like this under..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...Like clockwork, the season of gifting is once again upon us, and..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas House: The Travis Delegation

Can Ana Jordan put a Democrat back in the HD 47 seat?

"...There's only one Republican state representative in Travis County, and..."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...You have a keen eye for detail and a mind for unraveling mysteries. Or maybe you just need to..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

The Gay Place: It's Aliiive!

You can't keep a Gay Place down; just ask Sarah Marloff

"...Gay Place! Yes, this is quite awkward, but we're back. Well, it's back. Had I any idea that my..."

Jan. 20, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Year in Food

The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about

"...1) MACARONS, LAV Whether in rainbow hues and flavors as they were at..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Davis Shines While Linking TEF Scandal to Abbott in Debate

Davis takes off the gloves in second, final guv debate

"...While the first gubernatorial debate featured a seemingly rehearsed – some..."

Oct. 1, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Music & Movies Edition

Dancin', jammin', or watchin' – this weekend is a queer smorgasbord

"...Stargayzer and aGLIFF in the same weekend! It’s a cross between heavenly queerness..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Sweet Queerafter: What's in a Word?

Shall we stash the powder keg in a flameproof closet or light the fuse?

"...Once a playground slur and epithet that would doom those to whom it stuck, a..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Getting Hotter Than Hell at the Stateside

Catherine D'Lish and the Jigglewatts bring burlesque to a grand stage

"...As the saying goes, drop yer linen and start yer grinning...."

July 27, 2013 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best Part of Breaking Up

Retro pop sixpiece the Carrots calls it quits with debut LP

"...Good news/bad news for fans of bubblegum popsters the Carrots: the local sextet called it quits last week..."

July 1, 2013 Music Post by Andy Bianculli

The Lucky One

Taylor Swift’s Erwin Center circus proves her worth

"...With the music industry moving further and further into carbonated, diva-rave..."

May 22, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

The Great Gatsby

A great American novel does not always a great movie make, but Baz Lurhmann, a director of delirious excess, certainly seems an apt fit for the Roaring Twenties.

"...Directed by: Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Amitabh..."

May 10, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Review: 'In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye’

Storied fashion mag has a big birthday and a little hindsight

"...The fashion editor is celebrated tonight in HBO's In Vogue:..."

Dec. 6, 2012 Screens Post by Anne Harris

Show Them the Need

The great GOP wave breaks on the realities of the actual cost of government

"...The Texas Legislature did not return (or rather, did not..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The 'Obamacare' Scare

GOP employs national playbook in Travis County House races

"...Did anyone mention to the Republican Party of Texas that President Barack Obama isn't..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chisum Trail to the Speaker's Chair?

Pampa GOPer to challenge Straus for House leadership

"...This just in from the "Have you read your own resume?" files:..."

Oct. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Parsing the Cactus Proposals

What exactly is on the table for the legendary venue?

"...With only three weeks before the Texas Union Board is briefed on the potential future..."

April 11, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Who's the Daddy?

House Republican Caucus Chair compares Democrats to "whiny kids"

"...Republican Caucus Leader Larry Taylor is not, repeat not, calling Democrats "kidnappers and terrorists." He is, however, quite happy..."

May 26, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

I Want My 'Weekend' Back

In defense of Funny Farm

"...I've already resorted to numbering. Bad sign...."

Oct. 13, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Latino Groups Sue Texas Democratic Party

Suit charges that Dems' dual primary/caucus system discriminates against Hispanics

"...Eight plaintiffs, including the Texas branch of the League of United..."

May 10, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

The Offshoring of Local News; and Come On, Democrats, Shape Up!

"...THE OFFSHORING OF LOCAL NEWS Here in Austin, a TV..."

June 1, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Posse Convenes

In Houston, Texas Democrats unite behind one cause: dumping Bush

"...The state Democratic Party convention in Houston last week was..."

June 25, 2004 News Column by Michael King

The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

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

"...needed some advice. Anyone could see that he was seething with anger. Lots of people get involved when he..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

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