A Surprise Gift Boosts Meals on Wheels

MacKenzie Scott offers an $8 million gift

"...Texas feels now, after receiving a generous and unanticipated gift from MacKenzie Scott. The novelist and former wife of..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Don't Forget the Chocolate!

Local bakers and chocolatiers have essential treats

"...For Cupid's sake, don't go into Friday gift-less. Valentine's Day looms, but there is still time to..."

Feb. 12, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Politics Gift Guide

Giving and goading this holiday season

"...Lisa Millman (aka Miss August) is just one of the Austin Fire Department's many fine women in uniform featured..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature

Pimp That Kindle, and Other Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

Gifting books and their accessories

"...Honestly, the rise of e-readers makes our soul hurt, but that..."

Nov. 24, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Politics Gift Guide Part II

More creative shopping suggestions from the Chronicle News staff

"...Too good to be true. Must be a fictional gift idea." No siree; it's as real as the stuff..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

Politics Gift Guide

For the person who has everything but still could use another thing

"...teenager about sexuality and safe sex? Worry no more! The answer is simple: Don't talk to them at all...."

Dec. 2, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Video Game Gift Guide

Downloadable edition

"...Downloadable video games get short shrift during the holidays. Sure, there's cyber Monday, but it's tough to..."

Dec. 2, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Night We Never Met

"...Directed by: Warren Leight. Starring: Matthew Broderick, Annabella Sciorra, Kevin Anderson, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Justine..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Gift Guide: Tabletop Gaming From Austin

Rolling the dice on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is just one way to kill some time over the holidays

"...One of the things they don't tell you about adulthood is that..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Matthew Monagle

Counter Culture Is Closing and Rents Are Rising, Brunch Is Opening at Asti and Maie Day and Side Eye and Pretty Much Everywhere In Town, Gift Guides Are Clamoring For Your Hard-Earned Spondulics, and OMG What Is This Armadillo Rangoon?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Dec. 7, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...has wrangled it from numerous PR releases, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Family & Kids' Activities in the Time of Coronavirus

Get creative and cure cabin fever

"...home, and you’re probably looking for ways to keep the kids occupied. Most of the places they could usually..."

March 16, 2020 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

How to Help the San Marcos Fire Victims

From donating to attending concerts, here's what you can do

"...Last Friday, a fire broke out at the Iconic Village Apartments, which has killed five people who..."

July 25, 2018 Emergency Post by Eilish O'Sullivan

Blue Genie Art Bazaar: The Movening

Blue Genie Art Bazaar shifts its longtime holiday gift emporium to a new space across from ACC Highland

"...As I write these words, the interior of Blue Genie's new Art Bazaar..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Night Before

Three guys look for fun on a Christmas Eve that turns into one crazy night

"...If your Santa wish list includes yet another “James Franco swings secretly gay” gag, then Christmas has..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fluffy Movie

Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias performs in this comedy concert film.

"...The Fluffy Movie is mostly a comedy performance film, although..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Hang the Holidays

Help is on the way

"...packages – in every color, for every day of the week – right here...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

The Visitor

The writer/director of The Station Agent is back with another interpersonal drama that is strangely both predictable and unpredictable.

"...Danai Jekesai Gurira, Hiam Abbass and Marian Seldes. McCarthy, the writer/director of 2003's The Station Agent, is back with..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Ultimate Gift

In this inspirational film, a deceased tycoon's will decrees that his grandson perform a series of tasks to determine if the young man is worthy of inheriting the fortune.

"...Drew Fuller, James Garner, Ali Hillis, Abigail Breslin, Lee Meriwether, Brian Dennehy and Bill Cobbs. This oversentimental bit of..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

2006 Political Procrastinators' Holiday Gift Guide

Some of these ideas might even be real

"...Brewster's Barometer Shifting political winds? Storm clouds gathering over City Hall? No matter the forecast, Austin power..."

Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature

Re: Gift

When a PS3 just isn't in the cards

"...Jimmy Hopkins, sent to Bullworth Academy by an unpleasant mother and arrogant stepfather. Before you have time to contemplate..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by Ed Baker

Bargains in the Mist

Where to find the missing link

"...Paul Frank Wallet – Leather, yellow, and white striped w/ monkey – $32..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Features Feature

The Good Son

"...David Morse, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Jacqueline Brookes. Like Stepfather, like Son. Well, sort of. In the latest chapter..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

"...Directed by: John Bailey. Starring: Lily Tomlin. There's so much to life. So much uncertainty, so much..."

May 21, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...tell a huge story in a little book. If the subject has real heft – say, a collection that..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck shines in this heartfelt drama

"...C.J. Wilson, Gretchen Mol, Kara Hayward, Anna Baryshnikov and Heather Burns...."

Dec. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Idol

The true story Mohammad Assaf, the Palestinian winner of Arab Idol

"...Mohammad Assaf, the Palestinian winner of the second season of Arab Idol,..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Bedside Manner: The Never-Ending Battle

Fighting for truth, justice, and fewer books beside the bed

"...me locked in my own never-ending battle: to reduce the stack of reading matter that's perpetually replenishing itself in..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Chronicle had..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Antone: Our Gift From the Coast

"...has a Clifford Antone story. I call Clifford Antone "the gift from our Texas coast." His musical grace and..."

June 19, 2006 Postmarks

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