Festival Flood

A brief guide to the 13 – count 'em, 13 – arts fests coming your way in April and May

"...Now that SXSW is behind us, the festivals can begin...."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Unfinished Business

The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...By all rights, that ought to be the opening to the shaggiest of shaggy dog stories, one..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DIY, and So Can I

KLRU's 'Arts in Context' mirrors the the collaboration and can-do of the artists it profiles

"...Mario Troncoso is in the Sky Candy studio, tucked behind the H-E-B on East..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Page Two: Up, Up, and Away

Do Obama's sky-high approval ratings and unprecedented support indicate unrealistic expectations?

"...Once again, the electoral system as described in the U.S. Constitution has..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...The plane flew low over the desert mountains, so close..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

Finding Forrester

"...Van Sant was consistently making art that defied convention: thematically challenging films with astructural narratives and moments of dazzling..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...Kerrville, Robert Earl Keen's Rosetta Ranch spreads serenely across the West Texas landscape. There's little movement or activity on..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Looking Over His Shoulder

‘Alex Katz: Small Paintings’ brings you unexpectedly close to the artist

"...an interesting subject for a representational painter active in the late 20th century, and not one I usually associate..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

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

Miss Bala

Drug cartel action gets an unexpectedly glamorous makeover

"...Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke. Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Cristina Rodlo, Ismael Cruz Cordova,..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White

"Radiant: A Group Show" at Davis Gallery

In this group show, artists' odes to the sun, and brilliance in general, provide a sense of life and a lot to think about

"...I like the sun. Not just the sun but its heat, those..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

A Valentine's Day mix for KOOP

"...Today marks 19 years for me at the Chronicle, my hire date Feb. 14, 1993. When Matthew..."

Feb. 14, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

"Low Down: New Works on Paper by Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz"

How the strange visions in this solo show relate to one another is difficult to say, but they're all both ancient and immediate

"...In Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz's Underneath the flowers p. 1, three creatures/men have emerged onto a..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Fall On Me

Three fall Austin music perennials.

"...a local department store on Long Island, and in the mall at record chain Sam Goody, drooling over the..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Faster Than Sound – Relocations & Precautions: Austin Recording Studios During COVID-19

Big Orange and Cacophony engineers relocate as recording industry tiptoes back into the studio.

"...Alongside national outcry over the survival of music venues during the COVID-19 pandemic, another..."

July 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mortal Engines

Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character

"...For the past 26 years, special effects artist Christian Rivers has..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Savannah Welch a Year Later

After losing her leg, the Trishas singer revisits the accident and her blessings

"...in person and as a performer, she's always in the moment...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Music Feature by William Harries Graham

Lazer Team

The first feature film from Austin's Rooster Teeth gang is a hoot

"...Austin’s Rooster Teeth Productions, best known as the creators of the long-running Red vs. Blue series, which..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...There's a moment in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre that..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Last Train to Clarksville

The Monkees go ape at the Long Center

"...Five numbers into the Monkees’ 30-song, two-hour set at the Long Center Wednesday,..."

Aug. 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

So Much Beginning Where Sixth Street Ends

The arts-heavy complex at 507 Calles defines creative synergy

"...Look: There's a large, varicolored group of long glass blades that,..."

July 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kon-Tiki

Real-life adventurer Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 trip across the Pacific on a raft is re-created in this beautifully lensed film.

"...The color blue dominates the filmmakers’ palette in Kon-Tiki: the..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Tour de France 2012: Stage 5

Germany's Andre Greipel wins the stage

"...Stage 5 begins where yesterday's stage left off, in the town of Rouen. It will finish in Saint-Quentin for..."

July 6, 2012 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

Texas by Georgia

How O'Keeffe Adopted the Lone Star State

"...Maple Trunk- Yellow Leaves, 1928 When she lived in the Texas Panhandle, Georgia O'Keeffe stared across the vast empty..."

March 20, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Girl 6

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington, Spike Lee, Debi Mazar, Jennifer Lewis,..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Have an Issue: Stages and Phases

In this week’s issue, a closer look at what the reopening of Texas entails

"...guidelines" to help Austinites better understand current conditions, from the greener pastures of Stage 1 to the fire-engine red..."

May 22, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Blue Starlite Lights Up in Buda

Mini urban drive-in adding overnight camping at new location

"...Time to take the urban out of the Blue Starlite Mini Urban Drive-In...."

Dec. 20, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mo' Music: Top 5 Albums of 2013

Here are our music mo's five fave records of the year

"...These are my picks for the best LPs of the..."

Jan. 8, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition "The Door by the Garden," it will also bring to..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nick Cave Returns to Austin

Pre-sale begins Tuesday for Aussie icon’s Moody show

"...Here comes the devil. On July 14, 2014, Nick Cave materializes inside..."

Nov. 18, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

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