Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Spray Paint, Heavy Meddo, Why Bonnie, Gypsy Mitchell, Black Midi, and more recommended live shows

"...shows, estimates lone local member George Dishner. "5ish," texts the film production veteran. Co-frontman Cory Plump lives in Kingston,..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

What Will Local Shows Look Like in the Future?

What will shows look like in the live music capital? That's all local club owners can think about.

"...Austin's global identity as a live music capital, for the first time in its known history stage concerts remain..."

May 22, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Craft Brewers vs. COVID-19: (512) Brewing and The Brewtorium

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 4)

"...I mean, hasn’t this weather been just fantastic? There is platinum-grade beer drinking weather..."

April 14, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

The Take-Out: Responsibility in Food Writing

How to talk more respectfully about global cuisine

"...food does carry significant responsibility – not only to the men and women who make their livelihood off of..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

Ruby Jane's no longer the innocent

"...if you've made it to 31, you're still beating the fin de siècle curve...."

June 29, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

The (Re-)Rise of Start-Up Culture

Are we closing in on a sustainable model?

"...Remember the Nineties? That was when all you needed for a..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

All the fun fun fun that fits

"...Bring the Noise..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: The Ways Sisyphus Had It Easy

Consequences of perception

"...I don't have the strength..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM: Jesus Walking the Panhandle

The Christian cross is a question mark

"...We lived in a caboose and a trailer near the cliff of a quarry by the Salt Fork of..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

A coin toss to determine the future of the Cactus Cafe

"...Forsaking the Song, Part 4..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Big Break

An interview with producer David Zito

"...History is rarely noticed while it's in the process of being made, but, in 1984, independent film..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Meet the New Boss

Slaid Cleaves, road warrior, conqueror

"...It's said that the key to success is hard work and an unshakable..."

July 16, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Little Fleshlets, On the Run

"...In my back-pocket black notebook I wrote the date numerically without punctuation: 111999..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Tales from the Valley

Author David Rice Interviewed

"...a Mexican-American author," David Rice said to me on the phone Friday night, "You should do it at a..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Interviewed by phone Feb. 19 in London on the occasion of a keynote appearance at the subsequently canceled..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...imagined that seven days of intense public debate over the city's proposed new noise ordinance would end in five..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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

Only the Beginning

Wednesday Night SXSW "Sleepers"

"...Last year, as the Austin Music Awards were kicking off South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...form indigenous to America. It was born here, and the world's best players have been and are Americans. As..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...Vile, humid Houston heat permeates Fitzgeralds' cramped backstage. In the wings, Charlie Sexton's nine guitars stand sweltering at attention...."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Mike Wallace Is Here

The 60 Minutes newsman's legacy makes headlines of its own

"...Are the sins of modern TV news all to be laid..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Line Dancin', Terminatin', and Writin' in This Week's Recommended Events

Lots to do, and it's not even the weekend

"...centers around memory and home – concepts apt for the seasonal change to cooler weather. This exhibit, “Echoes of..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and titles Now it's time..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Weathering With You

A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog

"...Your Wave and his mermaid musical eco-comedy Lu Over the Wall. But being an island nation also inevitably means..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in 2014

A few reasons to greet the year with a gay ol' smile

"...great many fronts — legal, civic, and cultural strides. The world keeps on getting queerer and queerer. This year,..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

Inaugural Austin Theatre Critics Awards Drop 2024-2025 Nominees

Delicious drama of awards anticipation

"...Time to believe in miracles. Behold, the resurrection of the erstwhile Austin Critics Table, slightly revamped..."

May 21, 2025 Arts Post by Cat McCarrey

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...in his lifetime, but he got a ton from the B. Iden Payne Awards Council Monday. When the theatre..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place

So much queer fun this week

"...Turn your gaydar on this week cuz there's lots of queer fun to be had, aside from..."

July 14, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Papi Chulo

A heartwarming story of the messiness of friendship between the unlikeliest of pals

"...On a break from his job as a TV weatherman for an on-air meltdown and dumped by his boyfriend,..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

People Like Us

More Ordinary People Like Us than anything terribly original, this drama starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, and Michelle Pfeiffer still scores some good points along the way.

"...some obscure Sally Fields Oscar in-joke: "People like us, they really like us." But no, that's not it at..."

June 29, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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