Fun for the Whole Family

Featured films and other recommended films at the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival

"...There may be more movies at the 14th Annual Austin..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

The Bold & the Bountiful: HAAM's Corporate Battle of the Bands Rocks for a Cause

Fifteen years in, HAAM's Corporate BOTB is bolder than ever

"...The takeaway from this year’s Corporate Battle of the Bands:..."

June 9, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

From the Vaults: When Shirley Clarke Met Roger Corman

Shirley Clarke was to direct "Crazy Mama"

"...I wrote a piece this week in the Chronicle about filmmaker Shirley Clarke and her 1985 movie..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...– a baffled Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King of the Hill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...know you're in for a long, hot summer when the weather has hit 100 degrees before the beginning of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

The Top 10 Austin Albums of 2024

From art rock to hip-hop, these are the records I kept on repeat

"...established act victory laps, Austin artists produced a wealth of music in 2024. I was delighted to discover new..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Maxo Kream's journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

A World in Which All Worlds Fit

"...Don Walser at the granddaddy of South Austin live music venues, the Broken..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...Johnny Winter on the outdoor stage at Stubb's Saturday, March 21 photograph by..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Blame It on the Bossa Nova

"...Brazil has one of the richest and most varied pop music scenes in..."

July 2, 1999 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

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

"...Interviewed by phone Feb. 19 in London on the occasion of a keynote appearance at the subsequently canceled..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Top 10 Games of 1999

"...-- Racer (LucasArts).This beautifully executed, high-octane contribution set a whole new standard for the racing genre, creating a low-orbit..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

The Information Junkie

"...photograph by Terry Lorant A one-time caterer, former librarian, software designer, and online researcher, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Aubergine..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Trump’s Twitter Library, a Ferris Wheel of Cheese, and More From the Wide, Weird World of SXSW

Festival-adjacent events abound!

"...to films, concerts, and conference panels. It also opens the door to a lot of crazy shit. Here are..."

March 8, 2019 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...How many musicians can say they played the Hole in the Wall and headlined Carnegie..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Is the Net Neutrality Repeal Another Blow to Tex-Mex Musicians and Broadcasters?

Bidi bidi bom bom

"...Last December, the Federal Communications Commission, led by President Donald Trump's chairman..."

July 6, 2018 Music Feature by César E. López Linares

After a Fashion

Stephen goes to SOCO!

"...SALES FactoryPeople's summer sale has been going on for the past week: 25-50% off everything! And now pieces are..."

July 30, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Postmarks

"...If I hear another crybaby whine about SH130 creating more traffic, I think..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Column

'Guy Town by Gaslight'

New book digs up the dirt on Austin's scandalous 'hood of old

"...Why does no one talk about the Hookers' Balls?..."

July 16, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Between mid May and Labor Day, there are only 15 weekends - the weekends that define..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with Leo Fitzpatrick, Justin Pierce, Chloe Sevigny. For once, the hype is right on the money. Kids is an..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Texas Platters

"...While taken as a whole Long Walk Back is somewhat unsatisfying, there are some..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Review

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...call from Jerry Wexler: Gerald Wexler, born 1917 in the Bronx to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Public Notice

Gather 'round the Yule log and the figgy pudding, get out a paper and pen, and jot down some of these items form our Annual Holiday Wish List 2000. Local organizations need you!

"...very butch, very babe pal (who shall remain, for the sake of this column and her anonymity, nameless, despite..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...Oh hell, it's the holidays...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

After a Fashion

Chronicle style avatar Stephen goes to some parties. So you weren't invited; shut up and come along anyway …

"...THE PARTY CIRCUIT Summer 2002 in Austin ushers in a..."

June 21, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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