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 Supreme Court..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...in a room with a crew of collaborators who share your mission: to find clues and solve a series..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

First Look: The Wheel

Bike-themed bar doesn't soft pedal quality

"...The most distinguishing feature of new bar the Wheel may..."

March 13, 2015 Food Post by Andrew Thomas

When Dewhurst Goes Back to Senate

How Cruz and Campbell's run-off wins rewrite the Legislature

"...So amongst all the national crowing and boo-hooing about Ted Cruz defeating Lt...."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...There was a time not so long ago when Austin's..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Longhorns Face the Horror of Leach-less Tech

In search of …

"...The windswept Panhandle stretched before us like the beginning of..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Letting the Freak Brothers Flag Fly

Gilbert Shelton on his iconic comic's long, strange trip to the screen

"...If it's fair to posit that the Austin Music Scene, referred to so reverentially it practically..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...– a baffled Hank Hill to son, Bobby, in the series finale of King of the Hill..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Flight of the Conchords

Listening while laughing til you cry

"...Hard to remember the last concert – or any concert, for that matter..."

May 8, 2009 Music Post by Belinda Acosta

Such Stuff as Screams Are Made On

Austin punk gets the museum treatment, but does the scene come off as dead or alive?

"...The sound is what hits you first: guitars in full..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Turns Out the Winners Do Write History: Late 'Chronicle' Comeback Stuns BookPeople, Clinches Series

"...Gazing intimately into the eyes of death as it gave them a come-hither..."

Aug. 13, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

'Magic' Game Day at the Dragon's Lair

"...call it a sport," Brian Melcher (events coordinator at the Dragon's Lair) told me Saturday, July 14, when I..."

July 16, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: The Usual Suspects

On trying my best to be scandalized by the Comptroller's report on the CTRMA

"...So now it's the Carole and Terry and Mike and Brewster Show...."

March 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...annual festival of independent film -- and so was the glitz factor. This meant that not only were more..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...for it. That you'll get to -- someday. And then let's say your neighbor has big plans for a..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Years of the Dead

The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.

"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...One of the nice things about freelancing as opposed to being on..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

The Great Roots-Rock Scare of '96

The Americana Chart, Alternative Country, and Austin

"...illustration by Roy Tompkins The alternative country panel at 1996's year's South by Southwest..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Feature

The Soul of ConjuntoI

Flaco Jimenez and the Conjunto Dream Team

"...says Flaco Jimenez, reclining against a picnic table under the afternoon shade in a Southside San Antonio back yard...."

July 5, 1996 Music Feature by Abel Salas

What’s New at the 42nd Annual Austin Music Awards?

The Zev Award launches, Antone’s hosts, and winners are out of the bag

"...Though the details wiggle around annually, the meat-and-potatoes mission of the..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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 approached..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

Public Notice: The Housing Game

Council goes in search of the “lose-lose” solution

"...I truly believe that City Council members share a genuine concern about housing and want to help..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Opinion: Texas' Anti-LGBTQIA Bills Are Cruelty Aimed at My Transgender Patients

A physician caring for transgender patients and the sister of a transgender man explains how discriminatory policies impact lifelong health

"...from your family? Have you been able to get the care you need?" I ask these questions making sure..."

April 30, 2021 Column by Aliza Norwood

Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age

Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance

"...The following is my acceptance speech for an award I..."

March 2, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Hyde Park Theatre's The Wolves

This fun, honest, real production of Sarah DeLappe’s play zeroes in on the best part of playing a sport: being on a team

"...Traditionally, athletes and theatre geeks are oil and water, but I have a..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

DVDanger: Beyond the Gates

Throwback horror resurrects the VHS board-game phenomenon

"...that nobody has invented a specific term to describe the ever-growing library of modern horror films that deliberately evoke..."

May 21, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

First Plates Extra Helpings: Hit the Road & Eat Like a Local

Five cafes a conversation away from Austin

"...Find out which Austin restaurants made the critics' list of top picks this Thursday when our..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Food Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Housecore Horror Reunites The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Austin hosts the official gathering of the original Lone Star terror

"...The wait is over: The Housecore Horror Film Festival has..."

May 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...jail after spending nearly 10 years behind bars for the 1991 murders of four girls at a North Austin..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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