Sweet Spirit: Masters of Puppets

Heavy pop locals premiere “Baby When I Close My Eyes”

"...Love perseveres in these tragic times, enduring racial injustice, hate crimes, and the..."

Jan. 11, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sweet Spirit Tour Diary

On the road with Spoon

"...Sweet Spirit, the high-energy pop group led by Giant Dog members..."

May 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sotol: The New White Lightning

Three military vets find purpose, identity, and craft in Desert Door distillery

"...From the outside, the Desert Door sotol distillery and tasting room..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Austin Filmmakers Have That Independent Spirit

Several local directors earned nominations for Spirit Awards

"...filmmakers were honored yesterday by nominations for 2014 Independent Spirit Awards...."

Nov. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

The Jane Austen Book Club

Though it’s as estrogenic as dong quai, this amiable film about six friends and their book club is thoughtfully rendered with a certain universality of spirit.

"...Karen Joy Fowler’s eponymous bestseller about six friends and their book club is thoughtfully rendered with a certain universality..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

More Than Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibition on Davy Crockett features a short stage show with the hero of the Alamo appearing live and in person. The two Austin actors who alternate in the show describe how they bring that King of the Wild Frontier to life day in and day out.

"...my ticket to see Davy Crockett in Texas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, the register spits..."

June 14, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spirit of Orgain Music Festival Blames Cancellation on “Their Financier”

After an earlier City of Hutto statement cited a “headliner issue”

"...Update, Dec. 5, 7pm: Despite the City of Hutto’s press release citing a “headliner issue”..."

Dec. 5, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Checking In: Sweet Spirit Alights to Trinidad

Austin glam rockers’ third LP casts a deep digi/Tropi spell

"...“Instead of doing interviews from the road, we get to do them from the comfort..."

May 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Secret of Roan Inish

"...Byrne. Water moving, in ripples, in waves. It is the first image in this film, and from it we..."

June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Grace Park & the Deer’s Indomitable Spirit

Dream-pop quartet dishes its sophomore collaboration tonight

"...The Deer celebrates it sophomore album this week. On the..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Singing a Musical Fairytale in Teen Spirit

Filmmakers Max Minghella and Jamie Bell show fame's light & shadow

"...competition peddles a fairytale ending: sing well enough, and the world will make you the princess you were always..."

April 18, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Shack

The spiritual journey of a tortured soul

"...in riddles,” our hero Mack (Worthington) cries out to the earthly personification of God (Spencer) during one of their..."

March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Sol Makes Its Home Debut in the American Ultimate Disc League

"...The sport of ultimate (aka ultimate Frisbee) officially got its..."

April 8, 2016 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

The Djinn

The dangers of a wish coming true in this childhood horror

"...does evil come from? Supernatural horror films often bury themselves in cosmological exposition. For The Djinn, filmmaking duo David..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Nun

The Conjuring franchise heads to Romania

"...First off: The Nun is quite likely the best entry in the..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Big Short

The financial meltdown of 2008 is treated with terrific comic spin

"...The director of the sublimely silly comedies Anchorman: The Legend..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Spirits of Texas

Texas spirits to keep your spirits up

"...Bert Butler "Tito" Beveridge II started the modern Texas liquor business with Tito's Handmade Vodka ($19),..."

July 29, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

A Revolution of Spirit

Ritual jazz theatre pioneer Sharon Bridgforth premieres a new work, her last in Austin

"...Deltas are those places where rivers pour into the ocean. Light blurs, birds congregate, and things change. The..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young

The Pearl King

Formed through irritation, time, and friction, yet gorgeous, imperfect, and universally valued: Oliver Rajamani

"..."My dad would rather me sing in a Johnny Cash band," declares Oliver..."

May 4, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

Perhaps Despair Is the Proper Response

"...read your piece "Light and Darkness" [“Page Two”] in the Aug. 18 edition of the Chronicle. Well spoken! You..."

Aug. 22, 2006 Postmarks

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

All the World SA Stage

The Debut of the International Theater Festival at San Antonio

"...The audition notice calls for an actress to play a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Once Upon a Time in the West

"...a classic Western tale about railroads, land grabs, and the entrepreneurial spirit. Ennio Morricone’s haunting score befits the movie’s..."

Aug. 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...My worst quality, other than making up voices for other people's pets and..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: Peelander-Z Commander (Yellow) Champions Austin Spirit

Japanese punk-n-painter power source beams in

"...moved back to Japan, where Purple currently visits – the Kobe native, painter/muralist, and punk conceptualist pulses quasar positivity...."

Sept. 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The AggreGAYtor: October 19

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Boo Boo continues to delight. Today’s AggreGAYtor is doing the purp walk...."

Oct. 19, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The Sitter

Jonah Hill plays the world's most irresponsible babysitter in this new movie from David Gordon Green.

"...J.B. Smoove and Kylie Bunbury. I hate to join the chorus of nags, but come on, Gordon Green: Stop..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

True Spirit

Q&A with FFFF rapper BLACKIE

"...The email came hours after we spoke. I'd ended by..."

Nov. 1, 2011 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Austin's Indie Spirit

Anish Savjani and Bryan Poyser score noms

"...Austin filmmakers Bryan Poyser and Anish Savjani score 2011 Spirit Award nominations...."

Nov. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim classic shows just how dull violent retribution can be when it's all someone ever talks (or, in this case, sings) about.

"...Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly and Jayne Wisener. There are a few reasons why you'd probably want to..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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