Meet the Feebles

"...by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Mark Hadlow, Donna Akersten and the voice of Stuart Devenie. Imagine Kermit the Frog had..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ghosts Rise Again for Flood of Spirits

Rebecca Maag brings back her supernatural historical play

"...The past is not a thing we can readily put..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

An Austin Music Poll FAQ: Attempting Answers on the 43-Year Tradition

Winner announcements move to print; the party moves to Antone’s

"...It's been 43 years. Just a few months after the launch of The Austin Chronicle as a brand-new baby..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

There’s something in the water: The Baker Hotel rises again

"...The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells was once one of..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...very, very tired) music team, Friday was filled with the Chronicle’s wild day party at Hotel Vegas and witnessing..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...“Pull up like skaters, alligators on my boots at the show/ That joint ain’t funny, sweet like honey, my..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Faster Than Sound: The Drama Behind the Cactus Cafe Negotiations

Accusations of unprofessional behavior and an HR complaint leave the historic venue in limbo

"...10-year agreement with UT-Austin to manage on-campus music venue the Cactus Cafe expired. By May, sources confirmed to the..."

July 16, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Festival No. 1 – is raring to go, and the proof is in the lineup. As of today, the..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series

Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic

"...illuminates a flick past those first few weeks in theatres and keeps it lighting up screens and imaginations for..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...was born here. Maybe it's because so much of the best of my work life has originated from this..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

The Party

Sally Potter's dinner party theatre is a delicious dish.

"...holding a gun in a quivering hand while pointing the weapon at the unseen visitor arriving on her stoop..."

March 2, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age

Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance

"...The following is my acceptance speech for an award I..."

March 2, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: David Yow Meets the Jazzus Lizard

David Yow fronts the Jazzus Lizard, Cherubs knock off 22 years of rust, Preston Hubbard dies, and Blind Lemon Jefferson gets kicked off Texas license plates

"...The official rock & roll handbook states: "A famous frontman..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The First Monday in May

The Met's annual ball thrown by its Costume Institute gets its close-up

"...The basement placement of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume..."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Richard Gere joins in the fun at this revived hotel for seniors.

"...The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is proof, if any..."

March 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Late-Night Lovin' on Austin: The Sequel

'The Daily Show' tapes in our town, nearly proposes

"...According to Jon Stewart at the taping of his second episode from Austin this week,..."

Oct. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Your Shortcut to FXX’s ‘The Simpsons’ Marathon

Who has time for 552 episodes? Here’s 11 to watch.

"...an historic TV marathon, airing all 25 seasons of The Simpsons back to back to back. But since most..."

Aug. 20, 2014 Screens Post

The Wine Enthusiast

June Rodil's passion for wine has shaped her career and the way Austin drinks

"...birthday and she's spending part of it cloistered in the Napol­e­on Room at Jeffrey's, taking a break from receiving,..."

June 27, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Keeping the Faith

Women lawmakers endure – and defy – the anti-choice wrath of the Catholic Church

"...Dawnna Dukes' great-grandmother was a French Creole. She came to Austin from..."

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...Every time Townes Van Zandt played the Cactus Cafe in the late 1990s, my roommate went...."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Learning the ones and twos with the Dub Academy and Phranchyze

"...On the Grind..."

June 18, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Get Him to the Greek

Jonah Hill and Russell Brand make a well-matched odd couple, and their path to Hollywood is littered with the excesses of drugs and rock & roll.

"...Colm Meaney. Director Stoller and producer Judd Apatow of the 2008 Jason Segel-penned comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall have taken..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Timeline

"...5, 1959: Grand opening of Municipal Auditorium, designed by the Austin firm Jessen, Jessen, Millhouse & Greeven. Credit for..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...fewer star in this year's constellation of fall events. The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, the experimental festival lauded..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Page Two: All in the Family

Debunking the hippie Mafia theory, and starting to say goodbye to Rollo Banks

"...stop yourself from counting mile markers, you suddenly hit the moment when you are on the stretch of road..."

April 20, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Joan Plowright stars in this bittersweet yet predictable story about an aging widow's new friendships.

"...Lang, Marcia Warren and Georgina Hale. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont attempts a character study full of bittersweet hope..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The fourth Potter emphasizes the emotional over the gothic

"...Don’t fear the trembling of the skeptics: Newell has not ruined the..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Hours

"...Miranda Richardson, Stephen Dillane, Jeff Daniels and Jack Rovello. There's a mesmerizing, almost hypnotic rhythm to The Hours, the..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin --..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Wind Will Carry Us

"...and Farzad Sohrabi. As he arrives at his modest guest quarters in Siah Dareh, a village nestled like a..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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