Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

We're wondering if anyone will call the ASPCA if we leave these animated rodents chipwrecked far from civilization.

"...stalking mice that were seeking warmer shelter now that the weather has taken a decided turn toward winter. I..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tribeca Film Review: Let the Canary Sing

Cyndi Lauper doc travels the long path to becoming herself

"...There's an alternate world in which Cyndi Lauper was the..."

July 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill Leissner: I Shot the Eighties

Event to fund photographer's book showing the decade in Austin

"...With so much recycling of the Eighties going on – Stranger Things, Ready Player One,..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Waterloo Brewing Company & American Grill

"...The Waterloo Brewing Company & American Grill is a neighborhood..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature

You Must Never Break the Chain

Aussie on Aussie: Wolfmother vs. the Grates

"...Harrison crouch down for a better look upstairs on the Stubb’s VIP deck, while Wolfmother, Friday night’s Aussie Afro..."

Nov. 3, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Play's the Thing

Nine local directors on the secrets of season selection

"...So says the book of Ecclesiastes (and the Byrds), "To every thing..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

UPDATE: Beer-to-Go Passes House but the Battle Will Rage On in the Senate

What actually happened, and what happens next

"...The Beer-to-Go bill passed the House after it came within..."

April 26, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Texas on the Brink of Enjoying Beer Like Every Other State in America

Beer-to-Go passes Texas Senate as TABC Sunset Bill amendment

"...“What is dead may never die,” as they say in Westeros and apparently in the war room..."

May 23, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Comfort Food Views, Inn Cahoots Debuts, Fresh Tequila Cues, Dosas On the Loose, and More as Our Long Hot Summer Continues

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

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

July 19, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vacation

Live Shot: Go-Go's tour finale at the Paramount.

"...A well-documented timelessness laminates the Go-Go’s 1981 debut Beauty and the Beat. The onetime..."

Aug. 29, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lust to Love

Kathy Valentine/Go-Go's Q&A outtakes

"...Beauty and the Beat's “Lust to Love” haunts me. With it, Go-Go's..."

Aug. 18, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

I Call B.S.

Playback hates on Grizzly Bear

"...piece of forgotten birthday cake, so I bit off the top and threw the rest into the yard. An..."

April 15, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mayor's Book Club Says: "Read Local"

The 2020 choice? Three dozen books, all by Austin authors

"...what we wear, where we go, how we interact, the expected has given way to the unexpected, the way..."

July 2, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs

Sheet Music

"...Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and..."

May 31, 2002 Music Review by Crispin Sartwell

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Playback: Shark Attack!

American Sharks, the future of Austin rock

"...local rock & roll ruffians American Sharks announced that they'd finally capitalized on their long-building underground momentum and netted..."

June 7, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Prophet for Our Times

For 10 years, Lisa Crystal Carver has been writing about sex and doing sex-drenched performance pieces under the name Suckdog. But her lifestyle is born of a profound quest for an uncompromised life, a search for truth and adventure that makes her a prophet for our time.

"...and doing sex-drenched performance pieces she calls "operas" under the troupe/band name Suckdog. Carver writes like she talks. Adventure..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Joe Strummer: 'Punk Rock Warlord'

"...We were 16 years old, hunched over in the balcony of some century-old firetrap in San Francisco. We..."

May 15, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

How radical! A station that plays several different kinds of music!

"...to put its stamp on its Austin stations, dumped the classic-hits format on KEYI-FM for a format dubbed BOB-FM,..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Austin Restaurateurs Stake Their Claim in Lockhart

Deep in the heart of barbecue city

"...to not ruin Lockhart, but it must be told, the capital of Texas barbecue has the makings of a..."

June 24, 2022 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...Mike Watt & the Secondmen 8pm, the Main II Minutemen/Firehose/Stooges bassist Mike Watt..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...Kathleen Hanna took a swing at Courtney Love on the Seattle stop of Lollapalooza, and Reject All American strikes..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...Kathleen Hanna took a swing at Courtney Love on the Seattle stop of Lollapalooza, and Reject All American strikes..."

July 19, 1996 Music Review

Pop Rocks

The World of Miss Universe

"...Rule is standing in her kitchen, one hand on the stove and the other wrapped around a microphone. Her..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Music Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Lights! Camera! Gilmore!

"...Dale Gilmore is in no rush to get into the studio or on the road right now. Manager Mike..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Column

Books, Books, Books

The Summer of '95

"...its lazy days this way, it's difficult to resist the urge to follow its traditional beck and call. So..."

June 2, 1995 Books Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Have You Read the 'Chronicle' Before?..."

June 27, 2003 Column

Happenings

Oct. 11-17

"...Dougherty, Catellus Development, Wells Fargo, Chase, Applied Materials, and others. www.peoplefund.org/events/2007/OpenHouse.php...."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature

Any Given Wednesday

One man, 10 years, some seriously sublime weirdness

"...film-going in Austin remains stalwart in its embrace of the good, the bad, and the weird. You can thank..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov