No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...Toby Keith. A Phil Collins song was covered by the members of Little Big Town and Sugarland. Keith Urban..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Moody Center Becomes Harry’s House for Styles’ First of Six Nights

A riot of colors and near-constant screaming on historic run

"...Feathers led the way...."

Sept. 26, 2022 Music Post by Abby Johnston

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

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

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

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

Siete's New Mercado, Desert Door's Twisted Cocktails, Indie Brewing's Song Contest, ZaZa's Springtime Pizzazz, and More

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...wrangled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings..."

March 16, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stay Gold Goes Long, Hard Luck Turns Sunny, Sway Is Hopped, Spread & Co. Gets Woodsy, TFM Celebrates Blackness, and – Oooh, Free Cheese?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...wrangled from numerous PR releases, official posts, words on the digital street, and even the occasional (verified) IRL eavesdroppings...."

Feb. 3, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...croons ol' Charley Crockett to start his album of the same greeting. Washtub bass, rain drop keys, and an..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

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

Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America

The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see

"...The artist spreads the paint deliberately but quickly, filling in..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music 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

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

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

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

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...Austin property values appreciate exponentially, developers have descended upon the city to capitalize on the hot real estate market...."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

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 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

Eat. Drink. Empower Dinner Benefits SafePlace

Female chefs supporting their colleagues and women in the community

"...is hosting Eat.Drink.Empower at Max’s Wine Dive. It’s a gathering with two worthwhile purposes built around one main theme:..."

Aug. 19, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

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

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

'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

Top Chef Texas, Week 9: Things You Don't Say

The cheftestants are smoking. Literally.

"...Previously on Top Chef: Heather is eliminated. No one is sad. Later, in their..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

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

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

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

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