Red Ink on Second Street: Default or Confusion?

Something's fishy Downtown, and local retailers say it stinks

"...With its smart stores, mixed-use design, and wide sidewalks, the 2nd Street District –..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Holiday Wish Lists 2006

Give 'til it helps: Part 2

"...a great way, not only to enjoy an end-of-the-year tax-write-off, but to give back to our community in a..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Features Feature

Friday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...badasses. Quatropaw abandoned their acoustic guitars for a volatile mixture of Sunset Strip sleaze; last year's eponymous debut has..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Short Cuts

Nude models, big awards, big movies, dead rock stars. Just another week in Austin film.

"...X All This and Dead Rockers, Too, Dept.: The hits..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...BROBDINGNAGIAN BARDS: Among the most whimsical acts of SXSW 2002, the Austin-based Bards are masters of traditional folk...."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Swordfish

"...the aid of Stanley, a washed-up hacker (played by X-Men's goofily rogueish Jackman, who apparently is looking to singlehandedly..."

June 13, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...big. Bigger than Tom Waits at the Paramount last SXSW. Patti Smith, the mother of punk rock, playing for..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...released two albums. The first, Chamber Works, shows Bozzio flexing his composition muscle in orchestrated pieces focused on the..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Funky, renovated barn where VORTEX Repertory Company artistic director Bonnie Cullum recently crowed that..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Rock and a Hard Place

Twenty Dollar Vibe

"...frustration of their shaky Austin/Atlanta/Austin transition, it's nonetheless a project Larson deserves to be hopeful about...."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...As we age, we may be drawn to musicals complex of form or dark in tone, or may stop..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...front of the stage, Tito and his crew of six tore into one screaming blues-rock scorcher after another. The..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Sleeping With the Television On

Teething Problems at the Austin Music Network

"...Forget death and taxes. You want universal certainties? Ziggy won't be funny, any..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...heels of a dispute over what he calls "an extreme case of over-zealous copy-editing" of one of his stories,..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature

Austin's Comic Strippers: Part of the Big Picture

Divya Srinivasan

"...been Room 101, but since "they took all the fixtures," including the number, she can't remember. "You'd think for..."

May 12, 1995 Books Feature

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...Country Music Festival with a stacked lineup anchored by Texas stars. Koe Wetzel leads Friday with his country and..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...in the killing of Moroccan immigrant Adil Dghoughi. The next day, a Caldwell County jury gave Turner a 10-year..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...the festival (running March 11-20) has unveiled a whole extra slate of new speakers, panels, sessions, and podcast recordings...."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Rebel Pizza Bar

Neighborhood concept still needs some rising

"...a school reward system set since elementary, but I fixate on pizza more than any other food. Until recently,..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...a mainstream pop romp, though it's hard to blame Texas artists who did. The veteran choir director dealt with..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Get Your Shovels Out

How a local crew of diggers built the baddest Downtown dirt jumps in the country at the Ninth Street BMX Trails

"...first rode his shovel down to the Ninth Street BMX trails. This was early 1992, and Lein wanted motocross..."

June 6, 2014 Sports Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...good these superheroes do all year long. – Kate X Messer ..."

Dec. 17, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Wish List

Here's your chance to give back to the areas of our community that need it the most

"...to ensure that $250,000-plus incomes will continue to be taxed at disproportionately low and laughable levels: Redistribution of hoarded..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Women's Health Care in Political Jeopardy ... Again

Senator wants to reinvent the wheel on women's health care

"...If Sen. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, has his way, Texas' Planned Parenthood clinics won't be allowed to contract with..."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wonder Stories: Artists in Space and Unstuck in Time

Austin artists and arts leaders reveal which work of science fiction affected them the most

"...reminds me of the Baron Harkonnen. Star Trek: The Next Generation was also a lifeline of Americana when my..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature

Defenseless: TFDP Sues Williamson Co.

Is Williamson County dispensing with defense?

"...On June 12, the Austin-based Texas Fair Defense Project filed a class-action lawsuit against several..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...moved on to bigger, badder words such as "lycanthrope," "exsanguinate," and the ever-popular crib mantra "the horror, the horror,"..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...to have a sense of the material in his next project, the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of Mac Wellman's..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice

"Public Notice" is the sassy yet totally sincere public service column of the Austin Chronicle. This week is Part One of a list of community groups that need YOU!

"...CAUTION: The utterance of the letters "S," "W," and "X" in the following order -- SXSW -- is strictly..."

March 24, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

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