2011 Heritage Society of Austin Homes Tour: The Bold and the Beautiful

Fire up the nav system on Saturday for the Heritage Society's Homes Tour

"...We've spent some fascinating afternoons with the Heritage Society of Austin over the years, but the..."

April 5, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Bold and the Beautiful

Young chef / owner Tyson Cole has Uchi right where he -- and probably everyone else -- wants it.

"...restaurants have been sprouting around Austin like mushrooms after the rain. While there are some high-quality sushi restaurants, it..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him

"...Helmut Newton would have despised the idea of a documentary of his life. "Most photographers..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Lady and the Duke

"...Starring: Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Francois Marthouret, Leonard Cobiant and Caroline Morin. Of particular interest to Rohmer fans only,..."

June 28, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Racing junkies would be better off browsing the many online drifting videos in which the camera doesn't cut and the people don't speak.

"...Justin Lin. Starring: Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang and Bow Wow. The third installment in this flashy, wildly..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Review: The Stage Austin's Hedwig and the Angry Inch

An audacious but underwhelming walk on the wild side

"...In mainstream musicals about musicians, like Jersey Boys (The Four Seasons), Beautiful (Carole King), and On Your Feet..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...Each member of Explosions in the Sky is branded with the same emblem: the black..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...It's Friday, and you're going to get tanked in sophisticated company. You..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...An empty space is where it always begins, the empty space of a sheet of paper or parchment,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zen and the Art of Entree Experimentation

photograph by John Anderson Kyoto

"...The art of the Japaneserock garden is to isolate individual..."

July 2, 1999 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Nonprofits and the City's Quest for Affordable Housing

Helping usher Austin out of a quagmire of inequality

"...In April, as part of its effort to combat the deepening housing shortage, the city of Austin adopted its..."

July 14, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

The AggreGAYtor: April 29

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Marriage gets heard, bathrooms get used, and Grindr gets publicity, as your AggreGAYtor slips into a..."

April 29, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Heathers, the Musical

Doctuh Mistuh's staging of the Eighties cult film is ridiculous in the best possible way

"...case, parents cramping your style, pointless homework assignments. Maybe the best thing anyone got out of the whole experience..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...Austin's character is made by its people, objects, and places. Combined, they form our city's personality, its genius..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The People's Gallery at City Hall Shows Women With Disabilities in a New Light

The Bold Beauty Project of Texas exhibits portraits of courageous women from across the state

"..."Sometimes I hear mothers with young children telling their kids not to stare..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Laura Jones

The Namesake

Mira Nair's complex meditation on family, relationships, and identity traces the saga of two generations of an Indian-American family, as outlined in Jhumpa Lahiri's bestselling novel.

"...Nair. Starring: Kal Penn, Tabu, Irfan Khan, Zuleikha Robinson and Jacinda Barrett. With her latest effort, director Nair (Vanity..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Playhouse's Tiny Beautiful Things

There's excellent work in Austin Playhouse's production about Cheryl Strayed writing an advice column, but where's the humility?

"...Most grief experiences involve a period of terrible isolation. Then, after a time – days, months, years – we..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

"Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite"

Images from a decade of building Black identity and community say it loud

"...Every photographer wants to get the moment: that split second when every aspect of a..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Celebrate the Riotous 'Rite of Spring'

Stravinsky's work goes modern for 100th anniversary

"...that it'd still feel like spring mere days before the start of June, I'd have laughed in your face...."

May 29, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...Time for a blur of information. SXSW unleashed their phenomenal list of Midnighters and Midnight Shorts today, but..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...So, wait, the actress playing the fat-girl role isn't fat enough? Seriously?..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Graphic Designers Tout the Tastiest Beverage Packaging in Town

Local beverage packaging designs quench our thirst for tasty graphics

"...You're gulping down the Drinks Issue of The Austin Chronicle, but it's no..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Four Pillars of Austin Food During SXSW

We get by with tacos, pizza, barbecue, and burgers

"...The live music capital of the world and third coast..."

March 9, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Producer

Austinite Robert Rodriguez has, of course, been a maverick from the get-go, but it's wife and producer Elizabeth Avellán who often seems the cogent heart and soul behind her husband's outrageously entertaining productions.

"...Sergio Leone's epic masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West and Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The More You Learn About God, the Further Away from Him You Move

mewithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss likes a good question, but finds some answers easier than others

"...Aaron Weiss is a man of God. Not because the mewithoutYou frontman sings about Judeo-Christian matters throughout the Philadelphia..."

June 15, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

And Then Some

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

"......"

June 25, 1999 Books Feature

Robert Faires' Top 10 Joys in Dance and Classical in 2019

It was a year in which the bold and the beautiful made strong impressions in dance and music

"...1) SILENT NIGHT (Austin Opera) This rich staging of the Puts/Campbell Pulitzer winner about a Xmas Eve truce on..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Support the Girls

Andrew Bujalski sets a feminist comedy in a sexy sports bar? Bold move.

"...setting a feminist comedy in a sexy sports bar? Bold move. Titling it with a bra joke? Bolder. But..."

March 10, 2018 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Fun in the Sun: Fixes for Your July Meltdown

Beat the heat this summer with these hot-weather rescues

"...we all know, Austin summers are a little on the warm and sunny side. Yes, the sun is glorious..."

June 27, 2012 Design Post by Laura Walters

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