Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...photograph by Jason Kaplan Divorce. The dissolution of a relationship. Personal or professional, when the mission burns..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Happy F---ing New Year

"...I don't suppose I expected anything out of the holidays except what I ended up getting; a..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Column

Coach's Corner

"...male chicken castrated when young to improve the quality of its flesh for food."..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dixie City Delights

Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, Filé Gumbo

"...on James Lee Burke. Somebody gave me a copy of Dixie City Jam this summer and I became so..."

Oct. 20, 1995 Arts Feature

Kids' Books Grow up Teach Your Children Well

"...If you're a parent of an elementary school child, then you can probably already..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

Music Recommended

The Austin Chronicle's 14th Anniversary

"...here like to recall, Chronicle anniversaries used to consist of a few joints passed around the back of Liberty..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...There’s nothing quite like the myth of the Old West. Cowgirl lore is one of those..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: More Pride, Less Prejudice

In a way, we're all gay Darcys looking for our gay Elizabeths in the thrush of Pride parties

"...a truth universally known that a person in possession of queer Pride must be in want of places to..."

June 9, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...Seaholm to Rainey, Fifth and Lavaca stalled. Almost all of the establishments on the corner, including Rebel's Saloon and..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...Armed with an extensive list of South by Southwest 2019 must-see acts, I suddenly recall..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Great Artdoors

Summer's here, and the time is right for outdoor performances all over Central Texas

"...little sweat with their culture, and there's a wealth of theatre, dance, and classical music being offered under the..."

May 17, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Book of Grace

Tension runs through this lean domestic drama like a taut steel cord

"...The Book of Grace..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Seeking refuge at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater before the return of Joe 'King' Carrasco & the Crowns

"...Funk Capital of the World..."

June 24, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Capricorn Jesus

Sometimes outlaws walk on water

"...Kris Kristofferson won't let you worship him no matter how hard..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Feature by Melinda Hasting Wheatley

Film News

The martini shot

"...Again: A Rock 'n' Roll Gothic, improbably blends the tales of his rock career at the helm of the..."

July 31, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Off the Record

The best things in life are free, at least on Red River for the first week of January

"...provided all the context necessary for the 2009 installment of Free Week. For the first time, local promotion enterprise..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters

"This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." That wisdom is at the heart of this collection.

"...Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Charactersby Gene Fowler University of Texas Press, 158..."

March 21, 2008 Books Review by Richard Whittaker

Sports Top 10s for 2007

"...In a year that was full of loss and disappointment (the tragic deaths of Mike Coolbaugh..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Sports Post

Film News

Festival huzzahs

"...The first tangible signs of the writers' strike in Austin? How about a demontration..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

John Graves, Writer

Thoreau, like many of the modern-day nature writers, had a cause. Graves sees himself as a writer who chooses a subject.

"...University of Texas Press, 266 pp., $34.95 I didn't discover Goodbye..."

May 25, 2007 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Friday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...damned thing anymore," he says. "I used to trip off of the food [for thought] a group like Public..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Foreword

Previewing the 2006 Texas Book Festival

"...The Uses of Enchantment..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...definitely had balls; in the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, it adopted a simple enough name: "The..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I don't think we have racial bias..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

A slow summer news week means we get to take some well-deserved potshots.

"...and the time is right for ... slapping some of the usual suspects upside the head. Too easy, you..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Danziger and Ochoa: Why Did Freedom Take So Long?

"...nearly $200 million in damages, circle a basic set of questions: What did law enforcement officers know, and when..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

"Austin City Limits" Festival Picks & Sleepers

"...SATURDAY SLEEPERS PAULINE REESE: Reese is one of the many up-and-comers in the "Young Texas" crowd. Like..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Music Feature

Childhood's End

A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland has been buzzing Austin quite a bit this spring, and here are some thoughts on why Peter Pan is so much in the air these days.

"...March, he flew into the Paramount via a production of Peter Pan by the New York company TheatreWorks/USA. He..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...AREAOLA 51: This unruly Sangre De Toro spinoff features Max Brody, Brett Bradford, and Jeff Pinkus. Yes,..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

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