Storing Vintage Wine, Celebrating Italian Style, Cheesing National Queso Day, Tiki-ing Up the Roosevelt, and More

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...."

Sept. 6, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Slice of Weird and Wonderful

Distinguished Screenwriter Awardee Caroline Thompson

"...rarely if ever stick around long enough to catch the closing credits at the movies these days, and few..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...Dressed in yellow T-shirts and carrying clipboards, three UT students approached the house on..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...readers, your wait to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Four Trailblazing Tequilas Reinvigorating the Spirit’s Reputation

When it comes to the tequila renaissance, sip it, don't shoot it

"...renaissance. Always known as an enchanting elixir in Mexico, the rich history and diverse array of nuanced flavors were..."

July 7, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Cabbie Knows

In Portland, Taxi Drivers Are Tuned Into the Food Scene

"...illustration by Lisa Kirkpatrick The shuttle to my hotel had already left the airport..."

May 8, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Queens, Kings, and More Events to Help You Celebrate This Weekend

Movies, theatre, classes, dancing, and more reasons to get out

"...Warm up those limbs with a jaunt through the beauty of Barton Springs. Led by the Austin-area chapter..."

June 14, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

March Toward the Booze, Ye Thirsty Citizens All!

These fine tipples may be precisely the slaking fortress you seek

"...St. Patrick’s Day? Who said booze is all about the Irish, or that the Irish are all about booze?..."

March 14, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SNAP Benefits Amplified, Bacon Day Snoozes Up the Yum, 4th Tap Folds and SXSE Food Co. Moves, Garrison Brothers Release Bourbon Passport, and More

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...."

Aug. 31, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized

Will the city create a path to give bicyclists a little respect?

"...choosing to ride bikes for more than just recreation, and it is becoming very clear that the streets are..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Cornering the Market

With its second location, Wheatsville expands its cooperative mission

"...The exterior may still be under construction, but the long-awaited..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Page Two: Duck Amuck

Cultural touchstones for the gray spaces

"...Ambushed again, despite my best intentions and earnest determination, I am right where I wish I..."

May 23, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...too many think that it is revolutionary to damn the present, to attack the government, to heap scorn on..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

The Master and Margarita

Gaslight Theater is only the second U.S. company to stage Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, as adapted by Richard Helweg and Michael Franco, and while their faithful tribute beguiles in places like the original, it runs a little too long and treats the source a little too reverentially.

"...The Master and Margarita: Pantomime for an Age of Terror..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Black Snow

Tutto Theatre and Bulgakov's satire are a wonderful marriage of zany energy and deep meaning

"...Salvage Vanguard Theater, through July 12..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

A Snowball's Chance

Casey's New Orleans Snowballs, the little family business that could at 51st and Airport, packs a year's worth of fun and flavor into six months, writes the Chronicle's Rae Nadler-Olenick.

"...Near the busy northeast corner of 51st Street and Airport Boulevard,..."

July 5, 2002 Food Feature by Rae Nadler-Olenick

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...Austin property values appreciate exponentially, developers have descended upon the city to capitalize on the hot real estate market...."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

DVDanger: 'Holliston' / 'Knights of Badassdom'

A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies

"...film arrives, a film foretold with ill-augur, that has the dedication, fascination and weirdo subject matter that pushes it..."

April 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File

La Condesa celebrates its VIP opening, and Elizabeth Wins­low and Stephanie Scherzer introduce us to Farmhouse Delivery

"...Austin has achieved critical mass where both steak houses and Mexican restaurants are concerned. We joined about 400 people..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Ice

The first of Vladimir Sorokin's novels to be translated into English; the author will be at BookPeople on Saturday

"...In the space between hate and genocide, it would be a..."

April 27, 2007 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Booze News & Reviews

Seven Things to Know In the World of Spirits

"...Food News Buffet sort of box – not when there’s so much happening in Austin and the rest of..."

April 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Conceding to Concessions

Airport Eateries Surprise the Discerning Palate

"...Airport food has long been the butt of many a bad joke, the kind you'd..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Food Feature

Then There's This: A Farr Vision For Colony Park

Chosen consultant vows to 'plan with the whole person in mind'

"...month as she boiled down her testimony in about the time it takes to brush your teeth...."

July 12, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Food-o-File

Shaken, Not Stirred

"...Now that the swing and cocktail eras are back in vogue, you..."

May 7, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

A Year Later

Galveston marks Ike anniversary with celebrations of recovery and rebirth

"...that 110-mile-per-hour winds took out most of Hyde Park, the Eastside, and the SoCo neighborhood and leveled all new..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Lypsinka: The Boxed Set

Reeling frenetically from song to show-biz anecdote to soap dialogue and back, like Judy Garland on a speed jag, with its star channeling everyone from Bette Davis and Phyllis Diller to Ethel Merman and Joan Crawford, Lypsinka! The Boxed Set is a hoot, a joyride through a neighborhood of tacky mansions haunted by grande dames of outsized egos and overwrought emotions.

"...Lypsinka! The Boxed Set: 'Pity me?! Pity Sara!!'Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Drink Upscale

Post-classic cocktails for the holidays

"...New Year's parties demand good adult beverages, and these days, more folks are..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

115 Comics Walk Into a Bar ...

"...comic Chris Cannon Nothing brings comics crawling out of the woodwork faster than the appearance of HBO network executives..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

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