Public Notice: The Housing Game

Council goes in search of the “lose-lose” solution

"...more of it. It would be really helpful if they weren't so belligerent about it, and if the entire..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Lege Lines: Straus vs. the Extremists

Railroad Commission spat highlights the divide between right-wingers and House leadership

"...Desperate to ensure that anti-LGBTQ legislation passes in the Texas House, right-wing lawmakers recently sabotaged floor debate during..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...move forward on a plan to expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin Convention Center, along with additional..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Things Not To Fear: 1) The Reaper, 2) The World Horror Convention in Austin

An Interview with Convention co-chairs Nate Southard and Lee Thomas

"...here's that interview with Nate Southard and Lee Thomas, the co-chairs of the annual World Horror Convention that's invading..."

April 27, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: A Pat on the Head

The perfect personality type for becoming an expert at bird dogging your erogenous zones

"...I have talked about this with my friends and they think he might be having an affair, but that..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Sam and Max Eggers Open the Door to The Front Room

Looney Tunes meets Baby Jane in psychodrama

"...Any dream home can become a nightmare with the wrong guest. That's the twisted moral of The Front..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Verde Report: It’s Finally Time to Take #WolffOut Seriously

Winless streak hits new club milestone

"...Over the weekend, Austin FC collected a hideous club milestone that..."

Sept. 20, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

MLS Boss to Matthew McConaughey: We Want Austin FC at the “Front Porch” for the League

Commissioner, ATXFC co-owner outline the future of soccer

"...expressed unbridled optimism for Austin FC’s future ahead of the club’s first season. Then again, it’s difficult not to..."

March 19, 2021 SXSW Post by Eric Goodman

SXSW Interview: Jacob Gentry Runs the Tape on Broadcast Signal Intrusion

Director talks the influences on his period techno-horror

"...Before there was hacking, there were broadcast signal intrusions: strange incidents..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Did a Weeks-Old Justice Advocacy Group Catch the Ear of Police?

Longtime criminal justice advocates wonder why Austin police are so keen to work with the nascent JUST America

"...Brian Manley to announce a suite of policy reforms the two entities had agreed to, the reaction from most..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Rape Survivor Story, Minus the Sensationalism

Stephanie Beatriz comes home to Texas with potent drama The Light of the Moon

"...sitcom wherein most problems are introduced and resolved in the space of a half-hour episode. Fans of her TV..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

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

"...government agents. It's where fictional character Cecil Palmer reads the news on the Community Radio station and a glowing..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

The Walk In Closet: It's Time

Silvia Sandoval is fundraising for San Marcos' first gay bar

"...San Marcos has been without an LGBTQ gathering space for too long. What is a city without..."

Nov. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

The Man Who Would Be Swing

A new play gives Ray Benson the chance finally to chat with the King, Bob Wills

"...a republic well before it was a state, and the independent, hearty spirit that sets Texans apart is as..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Don Diego Trio Sends Greetings From Austin

Vittorio Bongiorno follows a rockabilly band from Italy to Texas

"...There are few more American musical genres than rockabilly, the..."

April 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...inexplicable symptoms. As it happened, a relative visiting at the time was a doctor of physical therapy, and he..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Rolling the Dice

Behind the scenes of The Adventure Zone with Griffin McElroy

"...There weren’t particularly grand aspirations when the pilot for The..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Summoning The Neon Demon

Nicolas Winding Refn, Cliff Martinez on horror and fashion

"...Repulsion and obsession are the opposing and attracting poles of the magnetic force of..."

June 24, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Return to the Hipster Alamo

More Marc Maron: The comedian on WTF, SXSW, and the ATX

"...20-date Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival, one name in the pantheon of elite comics stood out as the proverbial..."

Sept. 18, 2014 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...“I want somebody to tell my mother and go down yonder in Georgia and tell my..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Bending the Rules

Getting arts funding from the City of Austin is a long, complicated game, and Austin Chronicle writers Robi Polgar, John Walch, and Mary Jane Garza have been following some of the players around the game board this year. In the final part of their four-part series, they critique the city arts funding process.

"...Nothing is more grueling than the final stage of a Monopoly game. Long hours have..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Aimee Mann & Ted Leo: The Both

Likely/unlikely collaboration might even yield a musical

"...a deep friendship – one that manifests itself in their musical partnership, the Both. After touring together, the two..."

Aug. 13, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Luv Doc: A Very Uninteresting Robot

What doesn't take two thumbs, both eyes, and the lives of innocents?

"...– and here's why: I can't get her off the phone! Or rather, I can't end a conversation with..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Think of the word "biology."..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

DVDanger: From the Dark

Star and director talk monsters, mud, and New Kids on the Block

"...When writer/director Conor McMahon created new vampire flick From the Dark, he deliberately stripped its down to the barest..."

April 11, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

HIV/AIDS: Pushing Past the Plateau

Local agency fights stigma with new PSA campaign

"...age chronicled by Facebook posts and six-second Vine videos, the persistent threat of HIV/AIDS barely registers. Even in LGBT..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Long Journey Home

The Houston Kid comes full circle

"..."It was the hippie Shangri-La, it truly was. I lived on Enfield..."

April 18, 2014 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The War on Talking About the Drug War

Border Patrol agent loses job after stating the obvious

"...Patrol Agent Bryan Gonzalez was working a stretch of the Mexican border near Deming, N.M. It was a relatively..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Column by Jordan Smith

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