Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds

Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself

"...Set in a bleak future where citizens, residing in vertical..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Moisés Chiullán

You Be the Judge

Sex, lies, and politics in the 331st District Court

"...He ended up winning the race by six points. [inset-1-right]..."

March 2, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: Twelve Weeks After Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas

"Port A is open for business," says chamber of commerce

"...his office in a temporary trailer behind the storm-damaged visitor center where he usually hangs his hat, Jeffrey Hentz,..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Eldorado Cafe

Finding the gold in an Allandale strip mall

"...dining options, I was somewhat vexed that my first visit to Joel and Joanna Fried's new neighborhood spot entailed..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Moontower Comedy 2018:
First Headliners Announced

"Weird Al," Birbiglia, and Haddish inked for joke jamboree

"...Complete Recordings of “Weird Al” Yankovic, a Legacy Recordings set of all 14 of his studio albums plus a..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Row My Boat Ashore

Louis Black bids farewell in his final “Page Two” column

"...amazing how long two people can misunderstand one another." [inset-1-right]..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Review: Native Bar & Kitchen

Cool isn't enough for hostel diner

"...aren't looking at, say, rust-colored velvet with a fresh set of eyes...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...(in-Kind): 35mm exhibition print A terminally ill young man visits his hometown in Texas and struggles to disclose his..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Haunted Bookshelf

Heavens, this series of reprints of vintage ghost stories may unsettle the composure of the steadiest reader

"...and shaken my nerves was nothing more than a set of books – and small books at that! Little..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate

Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic

"...the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside. For more information, visit www.austinopera.org. Upstaging the Pols..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jennifer Sherburn's Riverside

With her new site-specific dance Riverside, choreographer Jennifer Sherburn says, "Come on in, the water's fine!"

"...2011 Blue Lapis Light work Devotion, a site-specific spectacular set at the intake building of the power plant on..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wes Anderson vs. Texas' Wild Birds

Woodcut artist Lisa Brawn explains "Quién Es Más Macho?"

"...see it." I sent them all down, and Randy set them all up, and they’re just seamless here all..."

July 11, 2016 Arts Post by Mary Cantrell

More to the Story

Advocates work to change the conversation around human trafficking

"...somewhat cleaned up in anticipation of a parole officer's visit that a customer, appalled by her treatment, ran her..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...that inspired it, "Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place" allows visitors from all over Austin to experience in one location..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...publisher of La Gaceta in Tampa, Florida, who has visited Cuba several times, “What should I bring?”..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Magdalena Jarkowiec's Us Kids Are Alone in the House

The Austin-based choreographer is home alone with her soft-sculpture mutants

"...in a structured world. She's sewing the Eighties-era television set and some teacups, objects with "an aura of authority,"..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Welcome to Night Vale The Novel

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor move the strange little desert town of their wildly popular podcast to the printed page

"...2016 they will inaugurate a new podcast, one not set in Night Vale...."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Falsely accused of sexual assault as a teen, Michael Arena is free but not exonerated

"...and therefore lead to Michael's exoneration. He said he's visited LaVonna twice at her home in Iowa and "we're..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...woman wearing more of a Mommie Dearest silk pajama set than anything nefarious. She was barefoot. Her back was..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Welcome Back, Neighbor

SNL-starry Good Neighbor to headline Austin Sketch Fest

"...Austin, though if you caught them on that initial visit, you're among an elite few. It was the same..."

Jan. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Open Edition

PrintAustin enters its second year with startling growth in scale and scope

"...you wrote your Ph.D. thesis on the evolution of offset lithography or your only experience with art is the..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

News Roundup: Endings and Beginnings

Out with the old City Council, in with the new

"...Chronicle will provide live coverage of tomorrow's election results. Visit our Elections page, follow us on Twitter @ACNewsdesk, and..."

Dec. 15, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Touring the Tour

A very meta experience, guided by Heather Pesanti, senior curator of the Contemporary Austin

"...large selection of artists. Thomas created a "dinning room set" for the show, complete with a life-sized, jewel-covered panther..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Always Be Chloe-sing

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

"...Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and the sitcom Veronica's Closet (where her character was also named Chloe)...."

Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Filthy and Respectable!

Legendary transgressive film director and author John Waters comes to Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...straight man for 15 minutes. Every question becomes a setup for one deadly one-liner after another. It's not a..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Best Year of Her Life

After her hellish 2012, comedian Tig Notaro is feeling great

"...Those personal hardships became ingredients for the iconic set she delivered fresh off her cancer diagnosis at Los..."

Oct. 14, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...and consequential, they're given scant attention here. From the outset – remember that opening allusion to a bruising bull..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

POP Start

Sculpture heralds the first POP Austin international art show

"...The event is called POP Austin and is set for Oct. 17-19 at Fair Market, the new events..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Anatomy of an Understanding

How an unfortunate fitting room encounter brought Petticoat Fair to a session called 'Trans 101'

"...She knew exactly where she wanted to go. She'd visited this place in the past with a friend and..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Black Eastsiders: Powers a Friend

Will the next UT president continue Powers' work repairing the relationship between UT and East Austin?

"...up here, young people are often told not to visit UT because of campus racism. Lifelong East Austin resident..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

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