Sundance Review: CODA

Bawdy-sweet coming-of-age gem is effervescent and original

"...their deafness, neither is the story. Instead, it's a perfectly communicated story of growing up and knowing that you..."

Feb. 4, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...a musician desperate to get over the sophomore album blues (Lauren Beatty) finds that the influence of super-producer Vaughn..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2020

Big exits, big changes, and the pandemic make for big stories

"...monster-slaying series went on hiatus, but that was the perfect time for our own James Scott to talk to..."

Dec. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Share Some Truth, Justice, and Sustainability With These Civic-Minded Gifts

Keep the holidays real

"...and just plain delicious meats, TerraPurezza delicacies make a perfect holiday dinner centerpiece for your COVID pod. Check out..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Records indicates nothing else changed. The locals still play blues as if the instructions got lost in translation, with..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...on The Odyssey. "I immediately knew that was the perfect container for now, that it could hold all of..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Oysters and Milkshakes and Music and Smoke and – Dip! Dip! Dip!

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

"...Pilsner, a “smooth, light-bodied beer made to be the perfect palate cleanser while enjoying legendary Texas barbecue.” Reckon you’d..."

Sept. 9, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

30 Years of Hot Sauce Festival Creates Many Memories

Reminisce with event staff, judges, and fans during this year’s break from the heat

"...northeast end of Waterloo Park that was the most perfect setting for the stage. Don Walser with Don Walser's..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Food Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

The Hot Sauce Fest, a Love & Lightstream, and more sounds to check

"...zip. In fact, The Texicana Mamas also spins a pitch-perfect pequeños album, closing with a lullaby cover of Linda..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Graphic Designers Tout the Tastiest Beverage Packaging in Town

Local beverage packaging designs quench our thirst for tasty graphics

"...Coco's Cafe and Benevida Health & Wellness Center, is perfectly frank: "Most local labels suck. Hard." But, he admits,..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch Partners with Austin’s Regenerative Ag Experts TerraPurezza

The new farm plans include Texas sunflowers and hungry pigs

"...“They approached us; it was totally out of the blue,” Orion explains. “Willie's wife Annie had apparently been secretly..."

July 21, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Austin Bike Shops Face Uphill Climb

With unprecedented demand for new inventory, parts, and repairs throughout quarantine, local bicycle shops struggle to keep up

"...in many Austin neighborhoods this spring appeared idyllic: sunny blue skies, breezy temperate warmth, and a steady stream of..."

July 10, 2020 Sports Feature by David Sotelo

Motorblade Postering Returns, With a New Owner

Austin’s premier postering service is no longer on the Fritz and is ready to roll & rock with Ricardo

"...he's a founding member of bands Freaks Amor, the Blue Box, Second Culture, Cup, and PetCatMan; working solo but..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Blue Starlite Drive-In, Round Rock, Thu. 11, 8pm, $40 per..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Counter Culture’s Sue Davis: Countering the Coronavirus Blues with Greens

Eastside vegan powerhouse pivots, increases pay, perseveres

"...… and here we are in the midst of..."

May 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Foxtail Supper Club Adds Camaraderie to Your Socially Distanced Dinner Table

Share a meal with friends in separate homes

"...Farms rib-eye, horseradish crème fraîche, and white sturgeon caviar; blue crab salad with charred olive relish, apple gems, and..."

May 22, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Indie Meme Continues Pioneering Virtual Film Festival

Celebration of South Asian cinema heads into weekend two of virtual festival

"...hidden romance in a shopping mall's frisking booth; "Cobalt Blue" gives Burmese cinema a platform as a young boy..."

May 8, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Readers Share What They Love and Miss About Austin

Everything from restaurants to neighbors to long, stress-free walks

"...darkness of the Continental Club for some Sunday afternoon blues. This town has some of the most talented musicians,..."

April 28, 2020 Chronolog Post

Learn to Make a White Tuxedo With a Livestreamed Happy Hour

Roosevelt Room's spirits wizard Matthew Korzelius shows you how

"...reporter wiping a sudden tear of joy-of-humanity from one blue eye.]..."

April 20, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music You Can Enjoy at Home

What we’re spending our time with

"...his latest platter covers under the Lil' G.L. persona, Blue Bananza. Now, Field Recordings offers yet another side to..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...long as you identify somebody, and you can get blue collar, white voters to vote for you on the..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...days changed me. I loved it, you know, Pabst Blue Ribbon and $1 hot dogs – or free hot..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Feted by Fusebash, the Fancy Fundraiser for Fusebox Festival

Ziggurats of Jell-O and inspired night of performances pays for future art

"...Had to have such outrageous decorations, if only to..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program

How can a whole city compost, is it working, and can we reach zero waste by 2040?

"...degrade in a landfill. Even still, that banana is perfect fertilizer, right? Wrong: Because of the lack of oxygen,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...initiative from the city's Economic Development Department, proved the perfect opportunity to give the district name some teeth. The..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits

Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week

"...is Sadie (Caitlin Stasey) who appears out of the blue at the home of her sister Chloe (Thora Birch)..."

Jan. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kinky Friedman

"...the dull crash of cymbals and pruned patches of perfect picking. As big-hearted as Kris Kristofferson, as turn-of-phrase as..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Music Review by Rick Weaver

A Decade in Austin Films

The city’s cinema, from indie visions to Oscar winners and international blockbusters

"...cinema. – Steve Davis Support the Girls(2018, D: Andrew Bujalski) Blue-Collar Dignity..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...an all-black tracksuit with white-gold George Jones hair and blue eyes. But his aura fills the room. And though..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin's Best New Restaurant DipDipDip Tatsu-ya Reinvents Shabu-Shabu

Feel free to double dip

"...to drip excess goodness and cool off. (Eat that perfect rice sparingly though – the goal is not carb-loading.)..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

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