The Watermelon Woman

An African-American lesbian filmmaker struggles entertainingly to find antecedents.

"...lesbian filmmaker struggling to find antecedents or self-reflections in the history and artifacts of cinema's first century, you'll come..."

July 18, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Amorada Tequila and the Woman Behind Its Success

We chat with Austin-based tequila maker Terray Glasman

"...Amorada Tequila, is co-owned by Terray Glasman, one of the few female tequila makers in the world. The colorful..."

July 24, 2018 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Luv Doc: A Total Bitch

Orange is not the new black. It’s the shittiest shade of gray.

"...of specialty, but here goes: I work with a woman who is a total bitch to everyone in the..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight

Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF

"...you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's more fresh meat for the watching mere weeks away...."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Dark Horses

The redistricted Centex Democrats bravely into battle go

"...The sun is just coming up over the East Texas..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

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

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...ends. It starts in August 1972, my dad sealing the deal on a used two-tone cobalt/sky blue Cutlass while..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Dig Until You Hit the Floor

At Fun Fun Fun, you just rub some dirt on it

"...to stage. However, it also helps to have a pioneer-woman strategy, like some other folks we know. Some highlights..."

Nov. 9, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...If Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Where Have All the Cowgirls Gone?

Austin's Female Country Singers

"...her that night, all of us spread out over the echoing dance hall like a few roadies at sound..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

The Luv Doc: In Through the Out Hole

Like singing and dancing, everyone is a self-appointed expert when it comes to anal sex

"...you have here, Peggy is an excellent example of the conflict that can arise between the theoretical and the..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Counter Culture’s Sue Davis: Countering the Coronavirus Blues with Greens

Eastside vegan powerhouse pivots, increases pay, perseveres

"...There, the restaurant earned even more popular and critical hosannas..."

May 29, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside – my mother is mad and sweeping..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

My Baby's Daddy

Three players learn how to be good fathers and real men amid lots of stereotypes and tastelessness.

"...and lifelong bachelors go from boys to men when they become fathers – and undermines that message at every..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gay Place

Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer

"...means summer kicks off at approximately ... now. And the city is ripe with late-night parties – like Friday..."

May 26, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Indoor Queers Club: History’s No Mystery!

Qmmunity recommends readable & watchable media about queer history

"...Temperatures have come down a hair or two, but there’s never a bad time to sit back in your..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

aGLIFF 25: Just a Tease

Kyle Henry's 'Fourplay,' Justin Vivian Bond, and more

"...four American cities,” but Austin’s first chance to spy the whole film is coming soon: It's been selected as..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Paramount Summer Classics Are Back!

Celebration of classic cinema with Brando, Hitchcock, and 1971

"...Where were you in 1971? Failing that, 1996? The Paramount Summers Classic Film Series is welcoming you back..."

May 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Drops Lineup

September film fest is back with something for everyone

"...The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival offers audiences..."

July 27, 2016 Screens Post by Dan Gray

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Between mid May and Labor Day, there are only 15 weekends - the weekends that define..."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jenny Nulf's Top 10 Films in 2020

"2020 didn't take away my love for cinema"

"...At the beginning of 2020 I went to a Hyperreal Film..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...The secret is the smile...."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

2008 Texas Filmmakers' Production Fund Recipients

Where $103,500 in cash, services, and stock went

"...The Austin Film Society announced last weekend recipients of the..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature

ACL Review: Annabelle Chairlegs

Austin’s Joplin-esque Lindsey Mackin cuts like a knife

"...2015 bubble-gummy debut Watermelon Summer still their sole recording, townie rockers Annabelle Chairlegs..."

Oct. 14, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Everybody's Talkin' aGLIFF

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest returns

"...At 29 years in, aGLIFF is one of the longest-running film festivals in Austin, and its dialogue-sparking films..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Film News

Dallas continues to dominate the Texas Motion Picture Alliance

"...The Texas film industry may be united through the Texas..."

July 18, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Short Cuts

"...Because I can... In the Top Ten grid all the critics were permitted one..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Denying Marisol

Third Place

"...Marisol caught light like a mirror; bounced it off the jars of her hair, bent it in wells of..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Nancy Moser

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