The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Katrina Through the Eyes of an EMT

Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT, drove to New Orleans and spent 24 hours working with a local police department as an EMT.

"...Last Sunday, Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT,..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Philipp Meyer

The Soul of the Scent

Perfume and pleasure in Alyssa Harad's 'Coming to My Senses'

"...Alyssa Harad’s memoir Coming To My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride (Viking) before I..."

July 11, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Blue Lapis Light's Edge of Grace

Blue Lapis Light leaves its epic aerial work for an intimate and uniquely compelling dance on scaffolding

"...There isn't a building in sight. Which feels a bit..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

In the House of (Kate) Bush

Puff Puff and the Receivers' trauma-rock revival

"...Listening to Come to Me Now, the latest from Austin’s Puff Puff and the Receivers (the..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Music Post by Jonanna Widner

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Like this country's forefathers, it came from England. Though it didn't originate there,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letting Go, With 'Peace'

Champion for new plays Suzan Zeder closes her career at UT with a new drama of her own

"...Peace of a kind will soon be coming to the..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pleasure With the Payne

38th annual local theatre awards ceremony tonight

"...If show folk across Austin are pulling out their spiffiest duds and stocking up on cash for the..."

Nov. 5, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Glass Shield

In this often overlooked film by Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, To Sleep With Anger), a black cop in an all-white police station confronts racism from his colleagues and incredulity from his family and community

"...Ironside, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Gregory and Bernie Casey. The movie starts off with bright, full-frame cartoon images: car..."

June 23, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Word

A young writer has to pen a woman's obituary before she dies

"...away from playing difficult and somewhat unlikable women onscreen. The pinnacle of the archetype is her portrayal of Aurora..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Medicate as Needed

Nothing takes the edge off dealing with edgy people like a blissful buzz

"...Every year we are invited to my mother-in-law's house for Thanksgiving (in Dallas) and even though we..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...Nobody could have imagined that seven days of intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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

25 Questions You May or May Not Be Wondering Before the 'Breaking Bad' Finale

And if you weren't before, you are now

"...In case the title didn't give it away: Spoilers ahoy!..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Original of the Species

U2 3D

"...Pure visuals, the kind once ruined by “talkies,” never met the Edge...."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Ashes of Time

Smoke 'em while you still got 'em at Rolling Roadshow's The Maltese Falcon

"...in 1941 he sent out a memo declaring that the practice should be kept to a minimum in all..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

A Guide to the Works

"...by 11pm. Works are being performed in a variety of spaces around the Winship Drama Building, 23rd and San..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature

The Ramblin' Soul of Songwriter Melissa Carper

Following the critically acclaimed Daddy's Country Gold, the spotlight-averse artist is primed for broader attention

"..."Watch out, there's a bird's nest in the outhouse," Melissa Carper warns..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

Denny Laine Saves the World

British Invasion pioneer played it, sang it, saw it all

"...weeks ago, Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Hines) entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody..."

April 26, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

The Cutting Edge

A champion ice-skating beauty has trouble finding a male partner who can keep pace with her.

"...Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn and Dwier Brown. Just like the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge

Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond

"...Gould had traveled from Tampa, Florida, to Iquitos, Peru, then up the Amazon by boat to this tiny settlement,..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Whole Universe Rocks

The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "Make It New" explores how modernism changed everything.

"...lost its tonic anchor and harmonic charm. Poetry jumped the fence of meter and rhyme. To read a "good"..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...The crowd starts lining up across from Cheer Up Charlies,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sticking it to the Fat, Lazy Americans

International Acts at SXSW

"...Death Metal Symphony in Deep C. It's just what the name implies - a full metal symphony - and..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Chronicle's 2018 Primary Election Coverage

Tracking the returns for the county, courthouse, and state

"...Election results should continue to trickle in through the evening, but Team Chronicle is going to bed. Long..."

March 6, 2018 News Post by the News Staff

The Deep Dig: Longhorns Offensive Line

Digging deep on NFL and Longhorn football subjects

"...Now Is the Time for David Ash..."

May 22, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Sometimes the Bride

Greezy Wheels vocal point Lissa Hattersley steps out

"...Outside Mother's Cafe in Hyde Park on a soft May morning,..."

June 12, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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