The Glass Castle

Jeanette Walls' beloved memoir hits the big screen

"...The studios have made a habit of calling promising indie..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Cathe Dailey

Ambitious restaurateur established casual fine dining mecca

"...When Corazon at Castle Hill closes for good after dinner service May 2,..."

May 1, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Corazon at Castle Hill to Close May 2

Seminal Nineties eatery had powerful impact on Austin dining scene

"...In an email newsletter to restaurant customers, Corazon at Castle Hill general manager Phillip Lowrie announced Monday that the..."

March 4, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

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

The Right Impulse

Cafe Caprice joins the Central City casual fine dining lineup.

"...Longtime Barton Creek Country Club chef Paul Constantine left the comfort and security of a corporate chef position last..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Good Eye: Books Are a Slanket for Your Brain

Read your way through those visits with the in-laws

"...I'm having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year. Blame the late Thanksgiving, midterm..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Secret Ingredients

Meet the best chefs you've never heard of.

"...Austin's restaurant scene has undergone an amazing metamorphosis in the past 20 years. In the early Eighties, famous-name chefs..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Jewels of Castle Hill

The Heritage Society of Austin's Spring 2009 historic home tour.

"...Humid and overcast, it was the perfect day for throngs of straw hat and sandal-clad..."

May 3, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Golden Plum Shines On

Mirabelle means inventive and impressive by any name

"..."A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." You said it, Bardo...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Now You, Too, Can Own the House on Haunted Hill!

Ennis House on Haunted Hill for Sale

"...Frank Lloyd Wright's architecturally unique Ennis House and William Castle-style ballyhoo that we are. Fans of Castle's masterpiece House..."

July 30, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: The Larry Fessenden Collection

Horror's underappreciated auteur on existential terror

"...Whale. Castle. Carpenter. Craven. Fulci. The great names of horror. But..."

Oct. 20, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In the Wink of an Eye

An Austin slow-food pioneer celebrates a dozen years in operation

"...behind Whole Earth Provision Co. on North Lamar. Although the site had housed restaurants before – Castle Hill Cafe..."

July 12, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

The Future's Still Bright

Barbara K, the woman who turned down $900,000

"...Barbara K is certifiably insane. That's the conclusion she's guessing you'll draw when you hear what..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...Because this is the day, right?..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Main Treatment Options'

Short Story Contest: First place

"..."Oh, shit, Ramey," was the first thing I said when I walked in the..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Katie F. Perry

King of the Hill

Regal Dining at Reasonable Rates

"...Castle Hill Cafe..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

Off the Record

From Cactusgate to Casual Victim Pile, the year in local music ends with the tragic death of drummer Bill Maddox

"...was in shock when a state trooper arrived on the scene of his near-fatal traffic accident July 2008. The..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Casting the annual ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and paying tribute to poster artist extraordinaire Bill Narum

"...graphic artist and designer, Bill Narum exemplified and embellished the iconic elements of Texas into rock & roll mythology...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

A View From the Cheap Seats

"...Abra Moore had a dream. While attending the Grammys as a disinterested spectator in 1997, she dared..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Spiritual Vanguard

Eliza Gilkyson

"...photograph by Jana Birchum Suddenly, we are there, slicing our boat into silent green pools, unwelcome by..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Fractured Fairytales

The Songwriting Castle

"...Initially, there is everything and nothing to expect. After all, I..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Liquid Assets

Wines by the Glass

"...you don't. Several Austin restaurants are catching on to the fact that many diners would rather just have a..."

June 1, 2001 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Just Mercy Will Close This Year’s Austin Film Festival

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx star in true-life legal drama

"...With the Austin Film Festival mere weeks away, it’s dropping the..."

Oct. 9, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...Demon dolls, bad dads, and Lethal Ladies are on the film forecast...."

Aug. 11, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

World Book Night Doesn't Happen Overnight, You Know

BookPeople hosts planning session this Monday

"...a UK initiative that's now including our side of the pond, isn't happening until April, but it's time to..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Punisher: War Zone

Marvel Comics' Frank Castle again comes to the screen as a one-man vengeance machine in this stylishly violent and gory opus.

"...Benz, Dash Mihok, Colin Salmon and Stephanie Janusauskas. Frank Castle is the Punisher, Marvel Comics' one-man vengeance machine, who..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Once and Future

Castle Hill Cafe, an all-time Austin favorite, is not resting on its laurels

"...Castle Hill Cafe1101 W. Fifth, 476-0728..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

A Cure for Wellness

Gothic mystery is hard to swallow

"...The only cure for this ludicrous exercise in Gothic mystery..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Liquid Assets

Wes Marshall scrutinizes the best wine lists in Austin.

"...wine lists. Several places in town carried bottles in the multi-thousand dollar range for the customers flush with dot-com..."

May 31, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

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