Comedy Wham's Top Five Moontower Just for Laughs Big Names

The Austin comedy podcast's Five for Laughs: Headliners Edition

"...10 years and a new partnership with Canada's Just for Laughs. The festival brings big headliner names, the best..."

April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Life in Prison for Hemp

José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.

"...It was the kind of favor Peña often did for friends and family, no matter how distant the relation..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...you have tunes to keep the energy high on your journey. Here are a few recommendable records to help..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

Life Support

The complicated system that is the Austin-Travis Co. EMS is nationally recognized for saving lives. As Austin continues to grow, can the system save itself?

"...Seconds before, the 68-year-old was riding his bicycle – and was,..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Gift for Every Gamer

Put yourself in the shoes of your gaming giftee and answer the following questions on your path to the perfect purchase.

"...Yes Yes Yes No No No reset What is your virtual prey of choice? People People People Animals Animals..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Magic Carpet Ride

Johnny Depp brings his passion project to the Austin Film Festival

"...Mitchell and the ever-droll Depp, Robinson was in fine form:..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Qmmunity: Grateful for You, Grateful for Queers

Plus, Jenny Hoyston’s new tunes and the world premiere of Austin’s all-trans revue

"...I know these days can leave us all looking for a comfortable – loving – space to spend it...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"..."I'm proselytizing for Doug Sahm," proclaims Texas music sophisticate and first-time filmmaker..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

School for Scripts

Why Get an MFA in Playwriting? Here's Why

"...desk. Without the playwright, there would be no action for the director, no setting for the designers, and no..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Christian Life

Billy Joe Shaver's Victory

"...big man, an imposing presence. His hand wraps around yours when you shake it even though he's missing two..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

Ruby Jane's no longer the innocent

"...good. A night busking might only net you enough for a carton of milk and a can of processed..."

June 29, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

“It’s Like a Family Business, Except Rock Stars”: The Kindred Bond of We Don’t Ride Llamas

Afro rock sibling band is defiantly unconventional on new EP The Oracle

"...For most zoomers and younger millennials, the entrance of the..."

April 29, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Pre-Form (Holodeck Records)..."

April 16, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Who Says Igor Kenk Stole Your Bike?

Hell, you don't even live in Canada

"...retarded, he would insist, would say that Kenk stole your bike. Because Kenk's clean, basically. Kenk's a fucking pro-green,..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Harry Dean Stanton's Long Ride in the Whirlwind

The character actor moves front and center in SXSW doc

"...from films like Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Monte Hellman's Ride in the Whirlwind, Paris, Texas (scripted by Sam Shepard,..."

March 6, 2013 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

This week's recommended shows include mini-fests celebrating rockin' girls, Latinx talent, and Christmas shopping

"...then we determined it wasn't time yet to have performances inside," recalls talent procurer Nancy Coplin. "To keep everyone..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Carson McHone: Still Life, Still Alive

Potent Austin songwriter, now married and living in Canada, explores themes of attachment and longing, uncertainty and loss on new album

"...Maybe you were at a restaurant, now shuttered, enjoying your last indoor dining experience for months or even years...."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...& the Family Stone cover sets the Greyhounds' fifth formal full-length swiftly afoot. Co-composed with onetime T-Bird & the..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chris Cubas: King for a Month

How comedian Chris Cubas talked his way into being one of the wealthiest people in Austin – temporarily

"...9 or 10 o'clock, put on coffee, then went for a swim in my giant pool while I waited..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

A Life of His Own

Diving right in with Tab Hunter

"...like he meant it. He looked equally at home astride a stallion or riding the wild surf, firing an..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...the same fate, but even worse: It was nostalgia for a time I was only gazing at from afar...."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Smooth Ride

When Lana Dieterich is acting, nothing seems calculated or forced, no step is false. Her performances are smooth as glass, as silk, as a ride on the bike that she pedals regularly around her Hyde Park neighborhood.

"...Pilkinton brought her one-act to the stage in 1993 for the very first FronteraFest, she had the good fortune..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM: 'Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?'

"Route 66" spoke to the sense of change afoot in America

"...streets and people – looking a little like a foreign country, quaint, almost primitive. We see Brackenridge Hospital; a..."

June 1, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Tulia's Freedom Ride

Activists travel to Tulia for "Never Again!" rally against drug war.

"...For James Ray Barrow, the strangers who poured off the..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Wild Ride

Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt made "405" with a digital camera, off-the-desktop software, and a desktop computer. The action / comedy has now become the most popular short film on the Web.

"...offer an equally hellish version of terra firma transport. Forget the trains; the planes and the automobiles are screwing..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate family its frequently recurring characters)..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Exhorder, Lera Lynn, Sobbrs, a Tom Waits tribute, and more shows worth seeing

"...Exhorder Performs Slaughter in the Vatican..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...For all the mythos of Marfa as hipster cowboy art..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Pledge Your Allegiance

Austin Film Society lets two iconic filmmakers square off in its new series

"...of the French New Wave – there were no look-into-your-heart hard decisions to be made. That line in the..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Bittersweet Life

Folksinging, an education

"...Jon Konrad Wert, known for his fiery fiddle, banjo, and guitar playing as well..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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