The New Bubbaville

"...yard sales operating on their front lawns. It's the stuff of South Austin legend. The only catch is, more..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Earth Day, Record Store Day, and More Recommended Events

Go green in a number of ways this week

"...Farm to Plate chow-down this weekend to sample some of our city’s new and improved cuisine, prepared by chefs..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Ties That Bind in Things Will Be Different

Michael Felker’s temporal noir is all about friends and family

"...Things Will Be Different, he’ll point to a multitude of genres. It’s a thriller, a temporal mechanics sci-fi drama,..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: The Queer-ster Bunny

A springtime showing of Austin's queer haps, like a new leather bar, pre-show parties, and the academic achievement by a young Black trans scholar.

"...Big news for the leather lovers of Bat City: The Austin Eagle has their soft opening..."

April 7, 2023 Column by James Scott

R.I.P., John Mueller; Farewell to Contigo; Garbo’s Lobsters On; Trudy’s Says Howdy to Seafood; the Garrison Brothers Are Convivial Steak Holders

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Dec. 21, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Flatlanders Create a Defining Album During Their Pandemic Pause

West Texas trio unearths a Treasure of Love

"...catch up onscreen, running through the speculative current whereabouts of various folks as lifelong friends do...."

July 9, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

This Is Who We Are #9: Mary Moody Northern Theatre's bobrauschenbergamerica

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...art online – which speaks to Austin's driving spirit of creativity. In tribute to that spirit, this series recalls..."

May 18, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Brawl in Cell Block 99

Vince Vaughn and Udo Kier on being the heavy

"...That may be why Vince Vaughn, all six-foot five of him, looks like he's squeezing himself into the corner..."

Oct. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Chronicle Recommends: Baseball Films

Four picks step up to bat for your attention

"...month, the Chronicle’s film critics select a theme and offer movie recommendations. To celebrate the return of America’s pastime,..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Inside OUTsider

Queer filmmaking panel highlights Texas talent

"...which runs Feb. 17-21, will host a stunning panel of filmmakers whose works run the aesthetic, budgetary, and thematic..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

DVDanger: I Am Thor

Director Ryan Wise and the adventures of a metal strongman

"...in B-movies like Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare), and feats of strength like bending iron bars and blowing up hot..."

Jan. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mamrie Hart Deserves a Drink

YouTube star/author spills the beans about Beanz and John Mayer's bed

"...She’s the raunchy Lucille Ball of YouTube. Her show, You Deserve a Drink, is packed..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Alexa Harrington

Hey Beautiful

Hot Club of Cowtown fiddler Elana James calls the tune on her second solo disc

"...James and her band. Since they're celebrating the release of her new CD, Black Beauty, a folk album in..."

April 24, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Respectable Enemy: Curtis McMurtry

Lone star scion on Nashville, mom/dad/granddad, and Otto von Bismarck

"...we sat down with Curtis McMurtry on the eve of his graduation from Sarah Lawrence College and his relocation..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Old Settler's Music Festival Wrap

Increased ticket sales, musical diversity, and buzz bands

"...Escaping Austin’s orbit to relax in the grassy fields of Driftwood for the Old Settler’s Music Festival remains a..."

April 14, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Housecore Horror Headliners: Goblin

Italian soundtrackers rise from the dead to terrorize

"...Of course eerie synth-rock pioneers Goblin became synonymous with Italian..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

It's About You

A photographer's portrait of the thinking man's Mellencamp

"...Serving as the opening act is an edited version of a fascinating film about the roots rocker’s 2009 tour..."

March 31, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Better Git It in Your Soul

Why listen to jazz's greatest bassist Charles Mingus today? The Creative Opportunity Orchestra's monthlong Mingus Among Us series has answers.

"...thing he assembled an amazingly rich and varied body of work in a career that lasted from roughly 1940..."

June 16, 2006 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Bleeding Kansas

One-string gas-tank basses and the people who play them.

"...college basketball dynasties, missile silos, Dorothy and Toto, and of course that awful Seventies band, you might not think..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Page Two

Rather than legislating by principal and vision, the influences on Bush are special interests, short-term voter response, and accident.

"..."The governor wasn't in favor of bad air," [state Senator Warren] Chisum said, "But he..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Louis Black

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...the freaks, musicians, clowns, hoochie coochie dancers, and blockheads of 999 Eyes say this ain't your grandfather's sideshow, they're..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...the Shell With Shoes On. "The two total ends of the spectrum on stop-motion offerings," he said...."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...the world. From the top risers, a bird's eye of bands and fans buzzing below gives way to a..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...Like clockwork, the season of gifting is once again upon us, and once again..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Faster Than Sound: 523 Thompson Sticks Around

DIY venue co-runners recap a year ahead of Vans event, Rev. Merrill Wade ends the Soul of a Musician Series, and Hi, How Are You Project announces Daniel Johnston tribute

"...Store, carefully cross Thompson Lane – a side street off the construction hell part of 183 to the airport..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu

Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton

"...to Austin, the Houston native is riding the release of fifth LP Texas Piano Man, which re-casts his notoriously..."

May 24, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Ben Dickey on Being Blaze

Inspiration, fear, and the guiding hand of Vincent D'Onofrio

"...Blaze Foley had all the makings of a musical legend – charisma, talent, a remarkable songwriting..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Affordability & Economic Segregation

(Plus some fun stuff at the end)

"...The city's "Code Talk" series of public meetings – each focused on a key topic..."

May 5, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Trumpet Constant Ephraim Owens Won’t Be Rushed

New Austin Music Hall of Fame inductee substitutes kindness and ubiquity for a back catalog

"...who was voted into the Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame last month at the Moody Theater during South..."

April 7, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Page Two – BFI: Blaze Foley Inside

11 verses in search of a song

"...even able to remember the last time I went off in a rage, racing toward the horizon ready to..."

Oct. 14, 2016 Column by Louis Black

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