A Change of Location but the Same Spirit at South Congress Books

After more than a decade the store finds a new home on Kerbey Lane

"...A small storefront housing thousands of vintage and used books on South Congress Avenue represented the realization of Sheri..."

Feb. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Joelle DiPaolo

goop MRKT Austin Pops Up on South Congress

Gwyneth Paltrow's home goods, vibrators available through April

"...From Friday, March 1 (just in time for the South By Southwest wave) through Sunday, April 28, goop MRKT..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Design Post by Sarah Marloff

Half Price Books: Where Rare Is Well Done

Does the rare books room at Austin’s North Lamar location owe its success to alchemy?

"...writers tend to work in metaphors. Writers often write books, too, and books (along with vinyl records, magazines, and..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

10 Must-Visit Independent Austin Bookstores

For those still enamored by the written word

"...what the people there are reading. What kind of books are they surrounding themselves with? Where do they go..."

June 29, 2019 Arts Post by Sam Russek

Faster Than Sound: Select Live Music Reemerges

ACL Live reintroduces in-person audiences, alongside steady outdoor calendars at the Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush on South Congress.

"...Steady bookings at expansive South Austin venues the Sagebrush and the Far Out Lounge..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

An Inside Look at Austin’s Biggest Used Bookstore

Half Price Books, N. Lamar: “We tend more toward the unusual.”

"...we told you a little bit about the rare books room in the back of Half Price Books at..."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Eye Wide Open on Lance Letscher

With two major solo shows and a new documentary about him, the Austin collage artist readies to be seen in a new way

"...Secret Life of Lance Letscher, having its premiere at South by Southwest this month, as well as contemporaneous solo..."

March 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

SoCo Gets a Bookstore

Official grand opening takes place July 9

"...South Congress Books (1608 S. Congress) soft launched three weeks..."

July 8, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: A Song of Ice and Fire

Recovering from last week's ice storm, and rocking out to Urban Heat

"...you hear? Urban Heat will play the Chronicle's annual South by Southwest day party, Hair of the 3-Legged Dog..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

"Ex Libris" at Recspec Gallery

This collection of new and vintage bookplates papers up a visual library of odd beauty

"...more to the point here, artists' zines and vintage books ... since Recspec is all about hand-printed matter and..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

Elitist Vision of South Austin

"...Regarding the ban of core South Austin businesses on South First and the proposed light..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Column

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

"...and the fast-emerging Far Out Lounge & Stage on South Congress Avenue in deep South Austin...."

May 13, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Party on the Patio

Live review of ZZ Top's 1st Annual La Grange Fest.

"...had to outmaneuver the star-crossed midnight mob at the South Congress speakeasy. Rather the real scene proved an unlikely..."

Oct. 24, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...church chapel, a SoCo sidewalk, a dance studio, a bookstore, a warehouse, or a writer's residence for a performance..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Room With a View

Steve Wertheimer prepares to open a second Continental Club -- in Houston.

"...goes according to plan, will bring a touch of South Congress to the nation's fourth-largest city. With 50-foot ceilings,..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of Tasers rise again, as a man died in South Austin about an hour after being Tased by police..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature

Guadalupe Gets a Makeover

Heritage neighbors give mixed reviews to redevelopment north of the Drag

"...on Guadalupe. Earlier this year, neighborhood fixture Half Price Books vacated its longtime location at 3110 Guadalupe, on the..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"...in love with Austin immediately. We were down on South Congress at Hotel San Jose, which was way more..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Stephen gives you 10 good reasons to love our culture. Oh wait, those aren't good reasons.

"...in school ... and we can't wait for your books to come out in a couple of decades (I..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Downtown's New Year

"...COMMERCIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION1. Congress at Fourth..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...2002 Here's another big dream that's been on the books for ages. Now Riata is pressing ahead on the..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

Postmarks

First, the good news ...

"...morning, carrying in his backpack not just the first books, but also dreams of an education to open doors..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...But District Two member Rudy Montoya, who represents Southeast Austin, voted with the rest of the board, saying..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature

The Making of an Endorsement

"...a zoning change to redevelop the Stoneridge Apartments on South Lamar into a 300-unit mixed-use development. The developer agreed..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Public Notice: The 30% Solution

Capital Metro slow-rolls out the next draft of the rail plan

"...The basic design hasn't changed much – the north-south Orange Line goes up Lavaca, Guadalupe, and Lamar and..."

April 29, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Art

Art Openings

"...at the Laguna Gloria location as well as the Congress Avenue location. Through Apr 3, 3809 W. 35th and..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Agency of Light

Tripping the Neon Lights Fantastic

"...think about our family's move from New England to South Florida in 1966 when I was four years old...."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

The Austin Music Atlas

A primer for the musically inclined

"...along that same stretch. The nearby Elephant Room (315 Congress), a basement venue devoted to jazz music, also has..."

June 14, 2016 Columns Post by Emily Gibson

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the effect of the recent Republican gerrymandering of U.S. congressional districts. Lloyd Doggett has been my representative until now,..."

March 19, 2004 Column

Texas Treasures

Moody Anderson and His Western Warehouse

"...boxes, the knotting plainly evident, tower overhead. Magazines, ledgers, books, advertisements for products and schemes that went belly-up decades..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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