Year of the Squirrel

Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist

"...On a dreary Wednesday night in October, there are four people inside the Parlor on North Loop,..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Austin @ Large: The Job Description

Why sane people don't run for City Council

"...that sane people never run for City Council. Clearly they do, and usually they win. I can say without..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas

'Til death do us party

"...George wanted was some peace and quiet. In 2013, the 41-year-old former Texas General Land Office agent and his..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

The Ruta Java

Where to Go for a Cup of Joe

"...could be found inside its multitude of coffeehouses. Although the closest thing to a coffeehouse I'd experienced back then..."

March 14, 1997 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Animal Kingdom

An Australian family that commits crimes together avoids time together in this brutal look at the human survival instinct.

"...“Crooks always come undone, always, one way or another,” says J (Frecheville) during the opening moments of Animal..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: Pumpkin Spice Homoscopes

The seasons are changing, so find a new queer event to enjoy!

"...Season change alert! Maybe the heat's still on outside, but inside we're all feeling..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Column by James Scott

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola spins a unique tale about a yearning, indelible love-affair-that-isn’t between characters played by Bill Murray and this season's It Girl Scarlett Johansson.

"...friend of a friend – who was waiting for the subway in New York when suddenly Bill Murray stole..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Checking In: Seela Side Hustles

“I’m known as the South Austin Bread Fairy”

"...About Cool, the sixth full-length by three-decade Austin song medium Seela (Misra),..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes

Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes

"...Time to turn and face the strange: We're in a season of change. Icons of..."

July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Spirits of Sobriety

Austin's queer community offers intentional alcohol-free events for the sober and sober curious

"...Stay dry this July. Post-Pride Month, we're easing off the gas to merge into the lane of sober socializing...."

July 7, 2023 Column by James Scott

Page Two: Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget: Reveling in the communal greatness that is Austin, without getting too specific

"...Onward Through the Fog: Sometime in the mid-Seventies, I ended up sharing..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Exhibitionism

Little Shop of Horrors: All The Fine Young Cannibal Plants

"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre, through March 15..."

March 13, 1998 Arts Review

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition "The Door by the Garden," it will also bring to..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...In Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning going on. Big visions..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Coach's Corner

Coach ventures forth to a pre-dawn World Cup-watching party.

"...room with an iced beverage of one sort or another. I suppose this is an understandable, mainstream view, perpetrated..."

July 5, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Our music writers recommend the best day parties and unofficial bonanzas for one-stop concert..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Wendy

J.M. Barrie’s classic flies on new, grimier wings

"...words open J.M. Barrie’s beloved children’s book Peter Pan. The question it implicitly asks of the reader is whether..."

March 6, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Deliver Us From Evil

A police officer and a priest team battle supernatural forces in this horror thriller from the director of Sinister.

"...and Mike Houston. A baby tossed into a lion’s den by his mother. A mummified cat nailed to a..."

July 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Burlesque

Burlesque bumps and grinds. And then grinds and grinds and grinds.

"...Gallagher and Alan Cumming. Burlesque bumps and grinds. And then it continues to grind and grind and grind. This..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Step Up 3D

Not as exciting as the two previous installments, this new dance film is overwhelmed by the 3-D.

"...Stephen Boss, Facundo Lombard and Joe Slaughter. Why are the Step Up movies so white? Consider the evidence: Six..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Fall TV is dead; long live fall TV!

"...All right, I've cast my verdict. There is no reason to watch TV this fall. After..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Random Hearts

"...Coyote, Ariana Thomas, Dylan Baker, Richard Jenkins, Sydney Pollack, Dennis Haysbert, Bonnie Hunt, Charles S. Dutton, Kristin Scott Thomas..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Wars: Special Edition

"...and Alec Guinness. No synopsis necessary, I’ll presume. On the eve of commencing work on the new triumvirate that..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ridicule

An earnest visionary devoted to improving dire conditions back home must play games of wit with the court of Versailles in order to win backing for his drainage project.

"...Judith Godreche and Bernard Giraudeau. Ridicule is set in the court of Versailles in 1783, six years before the..."

Dec. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Radioland Murders

"...who grew up on it say radio was magic. The first medium to bring adventure, comedy, and romance into..."

Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

My Life's in Turnaround

"...Casey Siemaszko, Phoebe Cates and Martha Plimpton. “Turnaround” is the industry term used to describe the vague and frustrating..."

Aug. 29, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

MOJO Recommends

'MOJO' Editor-in-Chief Phil Alexander spotlights the best new british talent at sxsw

"...Five years ago, the idea of a genuine singer-songwriter getting signed in the..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

National Closeup Alert: Dwell Spotlights Austin Architects

Dwell magazine focuses on local architects.

"...you're going to be featured in a home-design magazine these days, you couldn't ask for a better kingmaker than..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

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