The Undertaker Coming to Wizard World

WWE's greatest phenom to make rare public appearance

"...The Dead Man. The Phenom. The American Badass. WWE superstar,..."

Aug. 4, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Undertaker's Daughter by Sara Blaedel

Denmark's Sara Blaedel brings the mystery Stateside with a Danish woman who must deal with both a funeral home she's inherited in Wisconsin and a local murder

"...Danish mystery author Sara Blaedel, creator of the popular series starring Det. Louise Rick, introduces a new..."

July 20, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Film Festival Adds Nine Days and Welcomes the WWE's Brothers of Destruction

New Winston Duke/Zazie Beets movie as opening night film

"...Austin Film Festival is only a week away, but they've just added nine days - or rather, Nine Days,..."

Oct. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City of the Dead

Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery

"...I see you standing on the other side...."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Bray Wyatt: Follow the Buzzards

WWE superstar on horror, power, and the allure of the ring

"...Bray Wyatt remembers the first time he saw the fireflies. That’s when the..."

Aug. 15, 2016 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Food Issue: When Vegetables Aren't Enough

John Mackey, “Conscious Capitalism,” and the Ideology of Food

"...vegans through sushi savants to connoisseurs of deep-fried turkey. They pursue their gastronomic passions with singular concentration, and it’s..."

June 12, 2013 Food Post by Michael King

The Religion Vision Thing

Romney evokes Kennedy to get round religious criticism, but will he hear "I knew a Boston Catholic, sir"?

"...Like the 800-pound gorilla in the voting booth, former Gov. Mitt..."

Dec. 3, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

WrestleCircus Leads the Pack of Impressive Promotions in Town

"...Dusty Rhodes, the American Dream. Mark Henry, the world's strongest man. The..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Residential Address: Jon Dee Graham and the Snakes of Central Texas

Wednesdays @ Continental Club, 9:30pm-close

"...The mid-tempo beat behind William Harries Graham rolls through the..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe

“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”

"...Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin's famous..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Profitable Undertaker

"...Robert Waltrip is the world's highest-paid undertaker. According to the October 1998 issue..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature

Between the Lines

"...When Christopher Dickey was eight years old, his father, the poet James Dickey, took him aside and told..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Books Review

Segregation in the Hereafter?

"...it is said, all men are equal. If that's the case, then why do the races tend to contract..."

March 28, 1997 News Feature

Shades of the Past

Austin's ghosts, from pioneer times to the present

"...Maybe the souls who lived here in the distant past, even..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...Queer Film Theory 101: Road Trips..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Playback: No Really, How Are You?

Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal

"..."People call it Jeremiah, like Jeremiah from the Bible, but it's not really the frog's name," clarified..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ted Cruz Refuses to Endorse Donald Trump

Texas senator tosses matches (and himself) on RNC dumpster fire

"...refused to endorse GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, it's hard not to..."

July 21, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

One Step Closer for Marquardt?

'The Great' one dominates at UFC Fight Night 22

"...taste for top-tier mixed martial arts. Two, that Nate "The Great" Marquardt is one step closer to a shot..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Industrious Anarchy

Anarchy Championship Wrestling is striving to keep the wrestling tradition alive in Austin

"..."Stone Cold" Steve Austin. The Undertaker. Booker T. Terry and Dory Funk Jr. The..."

July 18, 2008 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shock and Awesomeness

Stephen Romano puts the movies in his mind down on paper in his fake-history coffeetable book, Shock Festival

"...The dream is always the same. It's summer, 1984-ish, and..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Departures

This Oscar-winner for Best Foreign Language Film is a gentle and comedically nuanced exercise in mourning from Japan.

"...and Takashi Sasano. I was steamed, a tad, when the 2008 Academy Award for Foreign Language Film went to..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Girl

"...Culkin. Sunshine on a cloudy day, it ain't. In the lame coming-of-age comedy/drama My Girl, set in 1972, pre-teen..."

Dec. 6, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

For God and Country

"...Regular readers of the Chronicle may have said upon seeing this week's cover,..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Music Feature by Kathy McCarty

Broken Teeth

"...side project, proves no promise is forever. Right off the bat, three of the album's tracks, "She's Gonna Blow,"..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Music Review by Andy Langer

AFF Review: Ale

Pro-wrestling documentary with a micro-focus on personality

"...19-year-old trainee pro-wrestler Ale (Alessandra Goh Bollier outside of the ropes) into the ring as she learns to run..."

Oct. 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

SCI on the Skids

"...May. Service Corporation International has bigger worries. Last Friday, the funeral giant saw its stock price fall yet again..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Myth and Culture Mingle in Annalise Gratovich’s Complex Prints

Review: "Carrying Things From Home" at Flatbed Press

"...on paper and large enough to look you in the eye. Now you’re close to grasping the immense scope..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Speaking Volumes

The secret history of Austin's First Cookbook

"...''Like learning, there is no royal road to cooking. Practical sense and..."

March 6, 2015 Food Feature by MM Pack

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.4 – Grand Finale

Goblins spook life into a long last day of extremes

"...later. “Everybody’s fucking fried.” After a 12-hour siege on the final day of the film and music festival, I’m..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Point Austin: Outside Looking in

Not much comfort – or leadership – on the GOP ballot

"...Yours truly drew the short straw this week and found himself anchoring the..."

May 18, 2012 News Column by Michael King

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