2016 Austin Festival of Dance

The second round of Kathy Dunn Hamrick's streamlined contemporary dance festival is as carefully curated as the first

"...audience base for her own 17-year-old company, to streamline the contemporary dance festival into a one-day, gem-studded event. Tickets..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Breaking the Chains

Slavery may be illegal, but it's not eradicated

"...prison for transporting two girls from Mexico to Down­town Austin, where, instead of working in a restaurant for a..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

"Angelbert Metoyer: Life Machine" at the Canopy

For this Co-Lab Projects exhibit, a gallery at Canopy becomes a tomblike space for exploring religion

"...Co-Lab is back – sort of. The Eastside gallery has been struggling to..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

The Next Steps

Ballet Austin seeks out tomorrow's Balanchines with a new and unique choreographic showcase

"...They're out there already, working out their fresh moves, developing..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art City Austin 2014

Art Alliance Austin's annual spring art fair brings art to the streets around City Hall

"...The birds are out, the weather isn't yet scorching, and..."

April 11, 2014 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

A Shortlist of the City’s Most Memorable Museums

Gaze upon objets from the weird to the sublime

"...Austin isn’t necessarily known for its world-class museums. But we..."

June 16, 2016 Columns Post by Mary Cantrell

Man With the Light Touch

Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire

"...If all the term "symphony conductor" calls to mind is that cartoon..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Best of Austin Originals

Winners from our first BOA issue, 33 years ago, that are still kicking today

"...September 28, 1990: The very first Austin Chronicle Best of Austin issue. Time..."

June 16, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

The Floating Chair

'The Floating Chair,' an exhibit at Design Within Reach, shows how the area's finest industrial designers bring so much to the table

"...The Chisel Table is square: four corners, four legs. Only..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Other Worlds Interview: Around the Sun

How writer Jonathan Kiefer turned a science text into a romance

"...Location, they say, is everything. The slightest change has consequences, and..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Documentary Cowboys Shows That Some Are Still Out on the Range

If you thought cross-country cattle drives were the stuff of legend, this Austin Film Festival showing will make you think again

"...Hollywood has long eulogized the death of the cowboy as the death of a..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Panel: Covering POTUS: A Conversation With the Failing NYT

Editor Dean Baquet defends NYT's “honorable pursuit of the truth”

"...A couple thousand SXSW’ers defied the Daylight Saving daze this morning to hear New York..."

March 12, 2017 SXSW Post by Michael King

The Past Casts a Long Shadow

History is now at this year's Austin Polish Film Festival

"...If there's an upside to Poland's tumultuous past and singularly unlucky..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...The Killer Bs must be proud of A-Town. The shades..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...peas, roasted red peppers, cornmeal, tofu, and cookbooks through the merchant's pavilion, past the barbecue stands, and into the..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It

An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy

"...There is no shortage of theatre traditionalists who think that..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

8 Austin Education Opportunities for Adult Learners

Get your GED, find your passion, take a class, or just nerd out for a night

"...It’s officially back-to-school season – and not just for the Gen Zers and Millennials of the world. All of..."

Aug. 24, 2019 News Post by Alexandra Currie-Buckner

Unglue Your Kids From the TV for These Family-Friendly Summer Activities

Ten things to see and do around Austin, no screens required

"...If you can't remember the last time your Netflix queue was anything but cartoons,..."

May 18, 2018 Features Feature by Mae Hamilton

Point Austin: Welcome to Media World!

"Alternative" invasion conjures thoughts of contemporary journalism

"...This week, the Chronicle is hosting the annual Association of Alternative News­media..."

July 8, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Austin Film Festival: Sympathy For the Devil

The true story of rich people playing Satanist

"...What is the Process? After 100 minutes of Sympathy For the Devil:..."

Nov. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Journalism and Memory

What we fail to remember, we will tragically repeat

"...Hearing Seymour Hersh (see "'There To Tell the Truth'") is simultaneously exhilarating and depressing...."

March 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Visiting Austin on a Budget

See the city and still afford your flight home

"...Traveling can be expensive, but there’s plenty to do in Austin where you can make..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Chronolog Post by Cody Song

Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s

Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history Satanic Panic revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria Kier-La Janisse and Paul Corupe's superb history revives the Eighties in all its fearful hysteria

"...There are any number of things about the Eighties that..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Savlov

Girls in the Hood

Girls Like Us: The Texas Documentary Tour

"...boys. Anna's parents forbid her from even walking through the halls with the opposite sex, and Raelene has dropped..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

The Year in Books

What New Book Brought You the Most Enjoyment in 1997 and Why?

"...1. The passing of Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs...."

Jan. 9, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

Tarek Atoui's 'The Whisperers'

The composer's sonic art anchors Free Week at The Contemporary Austin

"...person who enjoys experiencing new things, especially gambits of aesthetic expression...."

Aug. 3, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austen, Say Hello to Austin

Three local authors toast Jane Austen at BookPeople today

"...but she's still got us in her grips. Three Austin authors gather at BookPeople today for afternoon tea and..."

May 19, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

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