Home on the Ranch

Life at Marbridge Ranch defies rehab and assisted living clichés.

"...where, in one afternoon, one can learn the intricacies of 10-pin bowling, meet bona fide Olympians, and become the..."

April 20, 2001 Features Feature by Stuart Prestidge

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...his father, too." This is Sergio, a fiftysomething owner of a small construction company who, like most every other..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE DERAILERS: Bakersfield by way of Austin. The Derailers' new CD, Full Western Dress, finds..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...the last Chronicle before the Austin Music Awards kicks off the whole shebang. For badgeholders, it's time to think..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...story in The Austin Chronicle by Kevin Fullerton ["House of Cards," Oct. 22] was -- at best -- a..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Under-Stated

"...The Texas I saw in the darkened rooms of my youth..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holy Smoke!

The Barbecue! Bible

"...is no slouch in the U.S. either. Eighty-four percent of Americans own grills, and last year they fired them..."

June 25, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Off The Bookshelf

I Know This Much Is True

"...called I Know This Much Is True. The seal of Oprah's Book Club on the cover promises a plethora..."

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Book Reviews

My Grandfather's Finger

"...by Edward Swift University of Georgia Press, $24.95 hard..."

May 21, 1999 Books Review

Rock This Way

The Semi-Annual, Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Rock & Roll Books Section

"...be in the Louvre; if she had been one of Matisse's paintings or a white marble sculpture by Michaelangelo,..."

March 20, 1998 Books Feature

Music Reviews

"...angry. In that case, you fall into that category of men who bother Jo Carol Pierce even more than..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Music Review

West Campus Wear

21st and San Jacinto

"...the houses in West Campus fall down? Informed observers of the West Campus real-estate scene agree that this is..."

May 5, 1995 News Feature

Blink-182 Bring the Banter to “Austin Titty Limits” and More From ACL Fest’s Friday Kickoff

Chris Stapleton twangs and bangs, Leon Bridges grooves

"...bilingual indie pop outfit The Marías. Here are some of the Chronicle crew’s standouts from day one...."

Oct. 5, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Culture, Arts, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Don't let the heat get you down

"...and Javier Ungo interview two trans wordsmiths who call Texas home: KB Brookins and SG Huerta. Catch this convo..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art, Movies, Sober Partying, and a Majestic Ball in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Get out and get arty

"...presenting three artists for two weeks each. Kicking it off are Jan Pomeroy, Denise Elliott Jones, and Kristy Battani...."

June 21, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Silvana Estrada, Rochelle & the Sidewinders, Loteria, Chili Cold Blood, Shemekia Copeland, and more live shows

"...delicate, chiming music largely drawing percussion from the feet of dancers, but this is no dance LP. Marchita also..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...malevolent sorcerers, strange cults, dangerous women, and elder gods of fragile sanity. Created by Wimberley singer/blacksmith Jason Tarpey essentially..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...When an artist dies, those of us left behind reassure ourselves that the departed's spirit..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...rock opera based on Dante's Inferno. A pensive cover of "Shit on Me" highlighted last year's Dicks tribute, The..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

New films from Charlie Kaufman and Owen Egerton join fest

"...new, yet familiar faces fill out the final list of announced titles for Fantastic Fest 2015. Today's list adds..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Saturday’s a Boldly Bookish Thing

Immerse yourself in local stories of print and voice

"...player vibrating the air with an old Caedmon recording of Sylvia Plath reading her poems, some medium-roast Jamaican Blue..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...on Nov. 10 to make sure the scheduled opening of the long-awaited $12 million animal shelter on Levan­der Loop..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Record

The 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival draws to a close, as does Emo's outside on Sixth Street

"...Opening on a massive scissor lift in the middle of the audience, the rapper literally rose to the occasion..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

After A Fashion

Your Style Avatar repents for earlier anti-Renée Zellwegging, peanut butter, chocolate, and pee-pee

"...Thursday night as the Austin Film Society presented its unofficial opening to the South by Southwest Film Conference, the..."

March 18, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Off the Record

Austin City Limits Music Festival 2010: No rain, no dust, no problem

"...Long Road Out of Eden..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

FronteraFest Schedule

"...The foundation of FronteraFest is the Short Fringe, five weeks of performances..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Arts Feature

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...the snakelike bellows expanding and contracting. The wild mane of hair, once black as jet, is now shot with..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

On the Lege

Tired arguments and middle-aged men set anti-woman agenda

"...In the world of family-planning and reproductive rights, it's been business as usual..."

April 20, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Letters @ 3AM

These Lubbock friends of mine were always writing books – thick notebooks of drawings and words

"...I'd just moved back to the Texas panhandle when the documentary Lubbock Lights screened in a..."

March 16, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

SXSW Showcase Picks

Spend the evening with your favorite record label.

"...Club de Ville In response to the blockbuster mindset of major labels, former Warner Bros. Vice President David Katznelson..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

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