Dog Toys and Puppy Sports Lead Our Recommended Community Events

Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights

"...other “random Chronicle things.” Posters, handbills, and fliers. The press kit from the Austin Aztex national championship season. Forty-year-old..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Kat McNevins

SXSW Record Reviews

Built to Spill

"...Ooh Wah Ooh Wah!-ing could fit right on their poppy debut, while showstoppers like "Yoo Hoo" and "Lipstick" plant..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Hotrod Golgotha

In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool

"...thrilling speeds. But I am a child of car culture's heyday. I was there for drive-in burger joints and..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Way We Ate

'Historic Austin Restaurants': an excerpt

"...caffeinated, there was Captain Quackenbush's Intergalactic Dessert Company and Espresso Cafe...."

Nov. 1, 2013 Food Feature

Letters at 3AM

"Mediocrity is never passive; it avenges itself for its deprivation." -- Nelson Algren

"...owe them, Nelson," I said aloud. This is a culture where professors teach that literary theory is more important..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

An Immense World of Delight

It used to be a commonplace of moralists that man was the only creature in the animal kingdom to slaughter his own kind. But as Chronicle writer Roger Gathman points out, kind is slaughtered by kind routinely among ants, salamanders, and, as any child can tell you, guppies. The golden rule, in nature, is not "do unto others" -- it is "why waste the protein?"

"...MIT Press, 344 pp., $26.95..."

June 30, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...Fribourg in Switzerland, where he charmed the girls and impressed the locals with his comprehensive knowledge of Bob Dylan..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Get It While You Can

"...more than to please her parents and siblings. That's impressive considering the worst of the lot was a cheapie..."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...of the huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...of the huge impact the theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Egg Hunts, Trans Visibility, and More Community Events

Meet your fellow Austinites as these goings-on

"...and ballroom, Renaissance was Beyoncé’s ode to Black queer culture. Long-awaited Act II, officially titled Cowboy Carter, changes course..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...level. On Tuesday, she joined foundation heads for a press conference announcing new college scholarships and the "Learning the..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...following day's storm. Very little in this cradle of culture and government suggested that one of music's greatest figures..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...CSP were simply overmatched in reviving much of the pop-music legacy that was trashed when Pol Pot erased the..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

New Report Highlights Austin Film Society’s Economic Impact

Study shows value of the creative industries in Austin

"...film industry brings good-paying jobs, it supports mom and pop businesses, and in a unique way it gives us..."

Nov. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eight April Music Festivals In and Around Austin

From Rancho Alegre to Austin Blues, April offers ample opportunities

"...Tanya Tucker, Wynonna Judd, and Mavis Staples. Further, the press release also promises "country inspired sets from Diplo, T-Pain..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...new hazy IPA all in the name of free press and informed election coverage." In a lot of ways,..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Faster Than Sound: Unearthing Daniel Johnston’s If

Producer Brian Beattie has an unreleased Daniel Johnston album ready, but can’t make amends with the late cult singer’s management

"...too high to recoup expenses. Beattie also wanted to press a vinyl version with another label...."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Break Out the Sharpies (or the Sharp Knives)

If CodeNEXT staff want community input, they need to be more transparent

"...from 6-8pm on Saturday, Nov. 14. Or contribute at www.turntexasgreen.wordpress.com. (Remember, the more zeros after the first number the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

South of Heaven

Metal has a new home in Austin, and a new sponsor.

"...You move to Austin in 2002 when pop and indie rock rule the day, even as your..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Music Feature by Dan Solomon

Sunshine (State) on My Shoulder, Part 1

A deeper look at the work of Florida's ragtag art collective, The Highwaymen.

"...become much more invested in the parts of Florida culture that were disappearing in the glut of progress and..."

Dec. 17, 2007 Design Post by Kate X Messer

Life Is a Rhythm

Ground zero for Austin hip-hop: University Hills' 2-3

"...it that a local rap group could be so popular within its specific neck of the woods – enough..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Electric Ladyland: Women and Rock Culture

Gift guide

"...Electric Ladyland: Women and Rock Culture..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Agency of Light

Tripping the Neon Lights Fantastic

"...funny phosphene op-art patterns, the kind generated when you press on your eyelids too hard for too long. It..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...In the post-modern Nineties literature swims the stream of popular consciousness more slowly than ever, lapped by the aggressive..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

A Free Show, Holiday Hootenanny, and More Crucial Concerts

Gary Clark Jr., Geto Gala, Robert Earl Keen, and more recommended shows

"...others, which is to say REK and friends will populate the set with tracks from these movies. There is..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Temple of Angels, a DJ Chicken George benefit, a Soap Creek Saloon reunion, and more recommended shows

"...Not Dead Yet – Temple of Angels embraces Cure-ish pop anthems and windswept, powerhouse delivery from vocalist Bre Morell..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

What Chronicle Music Writers Are Reading This Summer

Recent musical reads on Lucinda Williams, Sinéad O'Connor, and more

"...means, how it works, the ways he innovates creative expression. He tackles other subjects – travel, spiritual studies, the..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Part I, in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. The first three..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Five Things to Do Indoors This New Year's Weekend

From unmissable books to housebound horticulture, fill up your indoor Hogmanay

"...do in the streets and urban wilderness of our culture-riddled environs. Now here's that listicle's mirror twin: five diversions..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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