A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Wizard World in the ATX

Austin gets on the comics convention circuit

"...Best new comics day ever! First the big-screen adaptation of Kick-Ass is booked..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Down the Rabbit Hole With Something in the Dirt

Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson explain their favorite conspiracies

"...There's a fine line between being intrigued and being fixated..."

Nov. 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Midnight Sun

Ill met by daylight in this photosensitive romance.

"...Directed by: Scott Speer. Starring: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Rob Riggle, Quinn Shephard, Ken..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Bid the sun farewell and enjoy a fall fair this October

"...We’ve got news about the October annular eclipse and lots of fun events during..."

Oct. 5, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...South by Southwest brought in the big guns for its third wave of showcasing..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

News and events from Corpus Christi to Fort Davis

"...There's plenty to do to celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander..."

May 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...In those days, 5:30pm was a sacred time – and..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...a legend silk-screened on a trucker cap. I walk into a packed Chelsea gallery and before I can untangle..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

A Walk Through the Wildflower Center's Field of Light

Acclaimed artist Bruce Munro basks in the evening glow with his new installation

"...A rare blossom is flowering at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. It is..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again

Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

"...In the mid-Aughts, young Austin Chronicle journo Kate X Messer..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: The Gay Outdoors

Get out and touch grass at Tawa Threads’ outdoorsy art exhibit. Plus: Austin drag takes a bite outta the Big Apple!

"...Boy, who doesn't love the outdoors? I'll admit I'm a little bit of an..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Homoscopes for the Holidays

Find the queer New Year’s event that’s best for your sign

"...Oh, boy: 2023 has one foot out the door, and 2024 is already knocking. If you're like..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Column

Five Dark Events to Beat the Heat

Nighttime distractions that flip off the sun

"...When even native Austinites are complaining about the heat, you know something's..."

July 21, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Season of the Homoscopes

Change is the name of the game this week in Austin’s queer event horoscopes

"...Big changes are ahead in an astrological sense: As Saturn leaves retrograde in Pisces,..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by James Scott

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...206 W. Second, Taylor, 512/352-6206 Mon-Thu, 9am-8pm; Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 9am-'til they run outta food...."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: May Travel Roundup

Flowers, birds, and more to spy on spring road trips

"...May flowers are lining the highways and the number of fun events are..."

May 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Pink Floyd fanatics be warned: This document contains NO music...."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be

"...such a simple song. It said such a simple thing: "I want to hold your hand." An impulse basic..."

July 3, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...When I was a freshman at Sonoma State University in 2006, I received an assignment..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Qmmunity: Brrr, It’s Cold in Here

Shake off the icicles and step out on the gay Austin streets with these queer events

"...Hello to all the girls, gays, and theys out there who've braved last..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Column by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure

"...Stay cool in August at the Marfa Lights, a spelunking adventure in..."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Meanwhile Brewing’s National Beer Day at Loro; C-C-Cake Club Congregates; Fojtasek Everywhere You Look, So Very Very Much Sushi, and How About That Sweet Live Fire Action, Hoss?

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 numerous..."

April 6, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Northern-Southern Gallery's "Left in Leaves"

This group exhibition frees artwork from lockdown and sends quarantined viewers in search of it

"...We know the art is out there. We just can't get to..."

May 22, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...Abby Solomon dropped out of college, she picked up the hobby of so many meandering Austinites in their early..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, More…

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..."

Aug. 30, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...1982 “diecinueve ochenta y dos”..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Sink Your Teeth Into World Dracula Day

The Glass Coffin shows some undying love to our fave vampire

"...have crabs to thank for one of pop culture’s great icons. The Irish author, best known for penning the..."

May 22, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...Every time Townes Van Zandt played the Cactus Cafe in the late 1990s, my roommate went...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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