Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Baby Buc-ee's, a bonfire ban, and bluebonnet planting top our fall news

"...America. Seminole Canyon State Park shelters a particularly spectacular collection of rock art that is accessible to the public...."

Nov. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Schweitzer Bell, Brian Bell Amassing the world’s largest puzzle collection is a labor of love for one inseparable couple...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Secret Origins: Austin’s Comic Creators

For Free Comic Book Day, we head into the studios and writing rooms of our local sequential art talents

"...Where to grab your collection on sequential art’s biggest day..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Laura Evans. From director James Byrkit (Coherence) comes a collection of stories from the other side of consciousness. A..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...conversational recommendations; back to exposure. No one capital city collection reigned (especially as Black Pumas remain on hiatus, though..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Machines makes visible the invisible process of personal data collection and targeted marketing (Texas Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...the Prime Video Presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection, will run for 10 days, starting April 27 on..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...of the Brush D: Sutu Step into a wild collection of colorful fables created in virtual reality from the..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...Sweet Sweet Kink: A Collection of BDSM Stories D: Maggie M. Bailey "Sweet Sweet..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford

Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert

"...Short of Popular, the 1996 post-breakup collection of odds-and-ends from noise punk weirdos Cherubs, debuts on..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Holiday Gift Guide: Film Fan

From up on the screen to under the tree

"...at last that not all coffeetable books are overpriced collections of cute baby animal photos. – Marc Savlov..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"...in Houston this October, weaves its narrative through a collection of his hits...."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...The Collection D: Adam Roffman Two friends stumble upon the mother..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Death Race 2050

Plus jungle Sacrifice! and street punk Parasites

"...That's not necessarily a good thing. After all, the..."

Feb. 4, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Krypol Haze Watches His Back

Austin rapper’s video premiere keeps its guard up

"...boasts a nasally, staccato flow that anchored strong 2016 collection Chips and Salsa: The Side Order. He keeps pace..."

Jan. 23, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

DVDanger: Arrow to the Brain

Three titles from the American Genre Film Archive's new partner

"...Hellraiser: Evolutions help put that into context, but this collection is loaded with seven levels of extras...."

Jan. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Fantastic Fest 2015 Revisited

With the 2016 lineup here, time for VOD and DVD reruns

"...So while this collection may not have the name recognition of the earlier..."

Aug. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stomped Out

As Sheffield's case awaits trial, he still wonders why CLEAT took such drastic action against him

"...The files Burpo referenced were part of a collection of documents Sheffield deleted from his work computer the..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Following the Fantastic Owen Egerton

Local Renaissance man premieres his feature debut

"...of the World) and his mind-blowingly unique short story collection How Best to Avoid Dying, two stories of which..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.

"...The traveling collection is curated by the Grammy Museum and Fab Four..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

See Hear Yoko

Yoko Ono in pictures

"...Moved, Ono then urged the collaborators to publish their collection. Her handwritten thank-you note opens the hardcover, whose first..."

May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...the aesthetic and gruesome trap house vibe of The Collection, and The Black Spot, the Doctor Who episode in..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: SXSW News and Sightings

Polaroids, print, and dance funk – can they survive SXSW?

"...Day release since Nimrod. An exhibition of his Polaroid collection currently hangs at Bearded Lady Screen Printing (3504 E...."

March 20, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe

A little extra Austin food news

"...Heineken of Tank Town. We both got our rainwater collection systems from Richard. Harley would come by our house..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

A Sense of Place

For two decades, Stephen L. Clark's gallery has made a home for photographers of the region

"...Peter Brown and Elliott Erwitt – in short, a collection of premier regional talents and some of the greats..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...in the Attic) Adriana Pacheco (The Pedro and Margarita Collection of Bilingual Children’s Books) ** Melinda Palacio (Ocotillo Dreams)..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: This Monkee Went to Heaven

The death of the Monkees' Davy Jones butts up against the local In Passing list at next week's Austin Music Awards

"...a quarter – and filed it in my growing collection. Years later in Austin, Stephen thumbed through the albums...."

March 9, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...SMALL AND CREEPY FILMS A collection of short films, curated by Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee Caroline..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...“Bustin’ Brown,” the fourth installment of the CHRISTEENE Video Collection, CHRISTEENE confronts the ever-present bastardization of anal sex from..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...The National Parks Project (Canada) A stunning collection of short films that represents the breadth of Canada's..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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