Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...law-abiding immigrants who were detained. A report in The Texas Tribune suggests the same dynamic is underway now. The..."

June 6, 2025 News Feature

Hot Luck, Vibe Vault, No Idea, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

A smattering of sound suggestions

"...“I recently played in Austin, Texas. It was in conjunction with a food festival, because..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...musicals to burger competitions, all under our hot ol’ Texas sun, so you can secure a super sweet next..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Recommended Events for This Week’s Cooling Temps

Fairies, succulents, and lowriders in this weekend’s suggested happenings

"...the drive-in – a spooky open-air setting where a tornado could come and blow you away at any moment...."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...as they transition. The fest will also feature the Texas premiere of The Wild Robot, the new feature from..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...shivering under blankets, pipes bursting in our walls. When Texas’ electric grid failed in 2021, 4 million homes and..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...Founded in Minneapolis in 1999 as a place for..."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Fund-Raising Hell

This month’s edition of Austin International Drag Foundation’s drag competition fundraiser digs into Halloween nostalgia for its theme

"...performer in Miss Good's Sinister Cabaret and recent Mx. Tornado Alley Monster Xtreme...."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

School’s out and June is the beginning of summer fun

"...Taste your way through Texas and beyond this summer, sampling Cajun cuisine, Southern specialties,..."

June 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Singing Ringing Tree, Abilene

Soundless sculpture still impresses

"...long. It looks like a windblown tree, or a tornado, or maybe a stack of pipes frozen in midfall...."

May 19, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Restaurants of 626 Lamar Reflect a Changing Austin

From Toddle House No. 2 and G/M Steakhouse to Counter Cafe and Garbo's, what's old is new again

"...exemplifies the changes that have taken place like a tornado all around it, and even to the place itself...."

May 19, 2023 Food Feature by Rod Machen

Day Trips: Top 10 Events in 2022

Cap’n Day Trips reflects on a year of adventure

"...September. It is one of two national parks in Texas...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...The Boston Red Vax: The Texas Department of State Health Services website removed wording that..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...election held under the new Republican voting law, The Texas Tribune reported. Of the roughly 24,000 rejected ballots, about..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Jumping to Conclusions: Texas foster care monitors say there is strong evidence that..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature

Spamarama’s Happening, Kombucha Is A-Tappening, Texas Wine Auction’s Got the Deals, the Roosevelt Room’s on Wheels, and Nolan Ryan Outpitches Those Damned Tornados …

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

"...here in the increasingly money-frenzied environs of the metastasizing Texas capital...."

March 30, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sound the Alarms: Does Central Texas Need a Storm Alert System?

Austinites struck by surprise when tornadoes swept the I-35 corridor on Monday

"...As at least five tornadoes swept through the greater Austin area late Monday afternoon,..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Paxton Strikes Again: Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton directed his ire at..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature

Tornado Damage in Round Rock

"...Severe storms and tornadoes ripped through Central Texas on Monday, March 21. Areas..."

March 22, 2022 Photo Gallery

Austin at Large: The Things That Slip Our Mind

One man, one gun, and the harrowing results of our leaders' moral and policy failures

"...Xavier Rodriguez used to sit on the Texas Supreme Court. He was abruptly unseated by GOP primary..."

Feb. 11, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Review: Jason Boland & the Stragglers

The Light Saw Me (Proud Souls)

"...immediately obvious. Ostensibly, the story follows a 19th century Texas cowboy abducted by aliens and transported to the late..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

ACL Fest Music Recommendations From Close-to-Home

Fresh sounds that emanate from the Lone Star State

"...after Baylor grad Forrest Frank discovered the SoundCloud of Texas A&M student Colin Padalecki, and the guitarists/vocalists began recording..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

"If These Walls Could Talk" at Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery

The artists in this Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery exhibition get the walls not only to talk but to spin some fantastic tales

"...of hers). The vibe is very postapocalyptic, like the Texas power grid that failed in February never came back..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Wasn't Just ERCOT: Task Force Slams City's Freeze Response

Winter Storm Review Task Force finds fault in city's Uri response

"...pointed to ERCOT – the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state's independent electric grid and power..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...Day Trips column about the lack of monuments in Texas to women. In one fell swoop, “#IfThenSheCan – The..."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, Alto

Mystery mounds of the Caddo

"...Native American society that occupied the forests of East Texas...."

Nov. 27, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam: Jan Reid

Remembering the legendary author and Texas Monthly writer

"...magazines with many of the most memorable stories for Texas Monthly – then he'd follow from the right with..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...he growls into the mic at the storm-plagued 1982 Tornado Jam in Lubbock. As Grenon is upstage of him,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Tons of Texas travel news for the dog days of summer

"...a day and ride in the cab of the Texas State Railroad between the engineer and conductor. Participants help..."

Aug. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...As the second-oldest hotel in Texas – only the Menger Hotel in San Antonio is..."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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