Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...spring, nemophila flowers count five petals, bell- or cup-shaped, purple and often spotted blue. In Tokyo, their counterpart quintet..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Qmmunity’s (Non-Exhaustive) Guide to Local Queer Austin Biz

For anyone looking to start queering up their ATX experience

"...by women, LGBTQ, and POC authors under the big purple overhang, plus cute t-shirts, cards, and other gifties only..."

March 6, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 3-9

"...is both daring and warm." She adds that its "purple undertone gives it a warmth that sets it apart..."

March 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Hundreds Die-In at Texas Capitol to Demand Movement on Overdose Crisis

Legalizing fentanyl test strips is only step one, advocates say

"...The attending crowd – most wearing purple THRA shirts, some holding signs commemorating lost family members..."

Feb. 20, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 3-9

"...Demon. On the first page, Zoe was facing a purple monster whose body was beastly but whose face looked..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin at Large: Not Fixing What’s Broken

Abbott, Patrick engage in disingenuous property tax politics, while Texas suffers

"...as an example Williamson County, which is really quite purple now but which has lots of the aggrieved GOP..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Qmmunity: Dance, Dance (Queer Austin Remix)

Two queer DJ-centric parties fire up a weekend full of great events

"...Brett Johnson, a groovester who also co-founded MBM, and Purple Matter, a Louisiana transplant who specializes in hoppin' genres...."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Luv Doc: It’s Bad, and It’s Nationwide

Comfort is the turd in which the mushroom of ignorance grows

"...– nor am I likely to now that TCU purple is getting shoved to the back of everyone's drawers..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...in Austin, TX, the extraordinary roosting display of the Purple Martin attracts people of many walks of life to..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Feeding the Ukrainian Resistance With Varenyky and Mutual Aid

To Austin's Ukrainian community, the meaning of food has co-evolved with the war itself

"...Borsch – the reddish-purple beet-and-cabbage soup commonly known by the Ashkenazi Yiddish transliteration..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Food Feature by John Besche

The 13 Best Male Sex Toys in 2023 - Fleshlights, Masturbators, Prostate Massagers & More!

Fleshlights, Tenga Eggs, and Everything In Between

"...I know, give me a Purple Heart already...."

Nov. 14, 2022 Events Post

Hays County Dems Romp as San Marcos Legalizes Weed

Everything's blue (and green)

"...race – can no longer be called anything but purple, which in practice means a sharp divide between the..."

Nov. 11, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Death Watch: Sane Enough to Die?

Schizophrenic prisoner scheduled to die next week

"...represent himself during an absurd trial. Dressed in a purple cowboy outfit, he attempted to call Jesus Christ to..."

Nov. 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Election Ticker: As First Ballots Cast, Is Turnout Surging, Lagging, or Both?

Get your vote on in this week's "Election Ticker"

"...which brought compassion even as a member of the "purple party" (i.e., a little red and a little blue)...."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Five Highlights From the League of Women Voters Mayor Forum

Candidates talk climate, cops, and city employees

"...which brought compassion even as a member of the "purple party" (i.e., a little red and a little blue)...."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements for 2022 Travis County Elections

Our picks for state and local races

"...from a progressive place despite representing one of the purple Council districts west of MoPac, and scoring wins like..."

Oct. 21, 2022 News Feature by the News Staff

Este es (almost) Aquí!

Suerte’s new restaurant brings the ocean’s bounty – starting next week

"...life – highlighting local vegetables, birdhouses for the migratory purple martins, and beehives onsite so bees can pollinate the..."

Sept. 27, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Moody Center Becomes Harry’s House for Styles’ First of Six Nights

A riot of colors and near-constant screaming on historic run

"...the sidewalk like glam tumbleweeds. Pink, green, black, blue, purple, hot pink...."

Sept. 26, 2022 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Hot and Bothered: Austin’s Record-Hot Summer Affects Pepper Harvesting

The hottest peppers are most threatened by increasing temperatures

"...eggplant, okra is a fighter, and the black-eyed and purple hulled peas have been our heat-surviving crops."..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Food Feature by A. Richmond

Hot Sauce Festival FAQs

Everything you need to know about attending

"...pepper salsas, and even a purple sauce!..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Food Feature

Qmmunity: Finding Your Pride

Drip Drop 10 brings urban LGBTQ music to the forefront, plus did you hear it’s Austin Pride this weekend?

"...camp"/good time with DJs Dylan Reece, Cap'n Tits, Ivan, Purple Matter, and Midheaven. Fri., Aug. 19, 8pm. Cheer Up..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Column by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure

"...Purple Martin Watch Party Aug. 13, Houston, houstonaudubon.org/programs/all-age-groups/purple-martins.html..."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Peruvian Restaurant Llama Kid Is an Eastside Oasis

Once a virtual concept, this modern take is really solid

"...The chicha morada is a traditional Peruvian drink, a purple-corn juice flavored with cinnamon and clove; I look forward..."

July 29, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

I Will Be Heard: Mama Duke

Lyricist thriving at the intersection of Black, female, and gay wants Austin to "feel this energy"

"...the nylon fell away, but bathed in green and purple lights and a hint of Auto-Tune, Roy's vulnerability remained...."

July 29, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

What We’re Listening to Right Now

Detox, Mobley, Dropped Out, Holy Wave, Party Van, and Shane Cooley

"...entry for Seattle indie label Suicide Squeeze's Pinks & Purples singles series. Outgrowth of the group's fourth studio LP..."

July 29, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Musical Youth! Summer Stock Austin Previews Its 2022 Shows

New music, In the Heights, and a love letter to MGM

"...Summer Stock alum (and currently appearing as Prince in Purple Reign: The Prince Tribute Show at the Tropicana in..."

July 19, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: The American Disparagement

Of what to us is the Fourth of July? Reading the room and rethinking democracy.

"...more Democratic senators in malapportioned elections in blue or purple states who will vote as instructed by party leadership..."

July 8, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Chronicle’s Complete Guide to the Minions

Your yellow pals, from Despicable Me to Rise of Gru

"...an open bar. When the Minions transmute into crazed purple people eaters as part of a nefarious plot only..."

June 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Kingsbury Blueberry Farm, Caldwell

Family business offers the sweetest pick-your-own berries around

"...harvesters must be judicious in their selection because the purple berries can be tart enough to turn your face..."

June 10, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Artists Project and Playbill Bring Inclusive Austin-Born Musical Showcase to Lincoln Center

Sing Out! goes from local pandemic production to the Big Apple

"...Rodgers and Hammerstein and newer works like The Color Purple and Hadestown...."

June 7, 2022 Arts Post by Isabel Maney

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