Son of the Circus

Twistin' in the Wind

"...through a mental check-list of everything he's done since the April release of his 14th album, Twistin' in the..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator

Behind the camera of Gareth Edward's revolutionary sci fi blockbuster

"...One of the closest relationships on a film set is between the..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hole in the Ground

Something evil in the Irish countryside

"...The myth of the changeling – of the child taken..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The New Brunch Bunch

12 new reasons why everybody's working for the weekend

"...In 2014, the Chronicle Food team set forth on an adventure. Fueled..."

March 11, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

They Went to the Woods

Hide and Seek: The utopian rebellion will be improvised

"...young people tramp out into a rural wilderness, set themselves up in an isolated, probably abandoned old house, then..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Outlaw

Alex Cox, still shooting film, and the finger, after all these years

"...Alex Cox is dispatching from deep in the Oregon woods, hunkered away from the light and the..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Fun for the Whole Family

Traversing the Texas Book Festival

"..."They fuck you up, your mum and dad," Philip Larkin..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Where the Wild Things Roamed: Visiting "The Misfits" Shooting Set

Savlov visits the set of John Huston's "The Misfits"

"...bone-brown brush and tufts of spiny desert thistle dot the landscape, which rises in slow-building slopes before descending down..."

June 28, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

The Radical Context

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center's Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941

"...It's tough to be an experimental filmmaker these days. Not only do you have to find a..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Tastes of Taste

Two books that dissect the palate -- one metaphorically, the other scientifically

"...The Devil's Larder Jim Crace's most recent collection of short..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing With These Texas Road Trips

Houston and other Texas sites celebrate the golden anniversary of the first lunar landing

"...Nobody really knew if we could get there. Well, get there safely. And if we did manage..."

May 17, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...a passionate birder is likely to be interrupted by the birds nearby. Jane Tillman, a master naturalist and one..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...peas, roasted red peppers, cornmeal, tofu, and cookbooks through the merchant's pavilion, past the barbecue stands, and into the..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

The True Story

Grandfather fought in the Philippines -- after that, things get kinda blurry …

"...Father's father was a buffalo soldier...."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...myself saying to people that it is astounding how the school board is held accountable for what happens to..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Search Through the Skies

The new musical Jouét represents a journey not only for the title character, a pop star in search of a home, but one for Austin composer Allen Robertson and for the city's Zachary Scott Theatre Center, which is producing its first original musical.

"...and as he guides his RAV 4 away from the curb, he punches a button on the CD player...."

April 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs

The Death of Indie Labels: Reports Have Been Exaggerated

"...illustration by John Keen It's everybody's favorite number these days -- 28,000 -- which is the staggeringly absurd..."

May 2, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...spent staring at screens, it's time to change with the leaves. Music festivals in and around Austin fill up..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Love Parade

Star-cross'd love, superhero-style

"..."I know you said that the X-Men movies constitute 'art,' but would you really put..."

July 8, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Behold a Pale Horse: the White Horse Turns Ten with No Signs of an Apocalypse

A look back at the early days of the “black sheep” of Austin honky-tonks

"...record and Merle Haggard never sang a ballad about the challenges of finishing a masters degree...."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

Fantastic Fest Interview: Playing With the Tracking With Tim Robbins on VHYes

It's a father-son deal in this home movie insanity

"...You're never too old to be a supportive parent. Just ask Tim Robbins,..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...Adler is pushing hard for his Thumbs-Up solution to the standoff with Uber and Lyft. And I must say,..."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Change for the Better

How one West Texas family brought the cows to town

"...When it comes down to it, those opposed to the rapidly developing landscape of Austin are usually afraid we're..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

A Gilded Eternity: The Return of Loop

Seminal UK outfit returns to U.S. expressly for Psych Fest

"...a smoke-obscured, atmospheric monster that all but abandoned traditional songsmithery for tuneful stasis. A Gilded Eternity, the band’s 1990..."

May 1, 2014 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Place to Taste

How Austin Eastciders and Argus Cidery hope on-site tasting rooms will bring the cider community together

"..."The cider and the banter is always free-flowing and often..."

March 29, 2013 Food Feature by Margaret Shugart

The 'Tease That Binds

The Texas Burlesque Festival builds community among those who are hip to the strip

"...a hook – that little something unique that snags the audience. It can be a shake or a shimmy..."

April 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Chronicle had..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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