Point Austin: Stop Me If You've Heard This One

Can the mayor persuade Austin voters this is a real city?

"...labor of Sisyphus, but as Wells Dunbar points out this week (see "The Single-Member Situation"), each time the citizens..."

Feb. 25, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Five Things to Do Indoors This New Year's Weekend

From unmissable books to housebound horticulture, fill up your indoor Hogmanay

"...Last week we recommended five things you could do..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Color Arc Productions' People of Color Christmas

With her new holiday comedy, theatre artist Christine Hoang makes a safe place for everyone

"...Hoang calls characters in her play People of Color Christmas: The White Elephant in the Room "misfit toys," she..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Randy Willis 15th Annual Pickin' on Christmas and Birthday Party

Dallas Nightclub, Saturday, December 18, 2010

"...is just around the corner, and the war on Christmas is really heating up. Not only is Christmas under..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

'The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!' Saving the season with every Christmas story you've ever heard

The Yellow Tape gang works its high-energy, kitschy, crowd-pleasing magic on the holidays

"...Tape gang has invented another original crowd-pleaser, The Ultimate Christmas Musical: The Musical!..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Customs of Christmas

Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood and food writers Pableaux Johnson, Mick Vann, Wes Marshall, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry, and Barbara Chisholm share their Christmas memories.

"...Then Santa Claus Though my mother never prepared a Christmas dinner on her own until after my grandmother died,..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Mark the Calendar for A John Waters Christmas

The filmmaker and raconteur takes on COVID arguments, sloppy airplane dressing, and how to be rich with class

"...No one wants the same present every Christmas. Yet we all have that relative who will carefully..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Where to See Christmas Classics on the Big Screen in Austin

Here’s your cure for cabin fever and forced family bonding

"...Christmas may be about friends and family, but after a..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Tuna Christmas

After 17 Decembers performing 'A Tuna Christmas' literally thousands of times all over the country, do the folks involved have some holiday tales to tell?

"...Park Tree, the 37th Street lights, and A Tuna Christmas. Every year since 1989, Austin's favorite sons, Joe Sears..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Luv Doc Recommends: Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

Austin Convention Center, Friday, December 21, 2007

"...If you're unable to spend Christmas in Vegas, try not to be pissy about it...."

Dec. 21, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

The Little Books of Christmas

"...The barrage of coffee table books aside, Christmas (and Valentine's Day) is the time for cute little..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

On the 12th Day of Christmas

"...same reason record labels shut down every year at this time. If an album isn't on the shelves in..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Joe Begos Wishes You a Christmas Bloody Christmas

Writer/director talks fusing holiday horror and hangout movies

"...killer military robot turning into an unstoppable slasher at Christmas, dressed as Santa? That's not just a small list,..."

Dec. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...music scene. She's an amazing musician and also began this amazing org out of her own home!..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dear Glutton: Where to Escape Christmas

Hide out for the holidays

"...place in Austin to pretend that it isn't almost Christmas? No music, no decorations, just a peaceful seasonless oasis..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Luv Doc Recommends: Dale Watson's Annual Christmas Show & Dance

Continental Club, Friday, December 25, 2009

"...Ideally by now the manic materialist melee of the Christmas shopping season is behind you. There may be a..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

A Christmas Carol

Zach Theatre's musical version abounds in great voices, but it may drown out Dickens with songs

"...There are two types of people in this world: those who prefer sugar plum fairies leaping about..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

I'll Be Home for Christmas

"...another offers the world a toast and a Merry Christmas. It's a strange and touchy time, and for those..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Theatre Review: Archive Theater’s The Ghosts of Christmas Past

Pioneer Farms-set production presents ghost stories that are light on scares but full of wintry warmth

"...When I was a kid, it wasn’t Christmas until all the winter books came out. Holidays just..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Christmas Apocalypto with Rebecca Havemeyer and Stanley Roy Williamson

December 17, 2012. 11 Photos

"...Rebecca Havemeyer sets the tone for the evening's Christmas Apocalypto! with Cocktail Club!..."

Dec. 17, 2012 Photo Gallery

Christmas With the Q

Revisiting a Christmas jam.

"...special occasions. Last week I discovered they reissued their Christmas Wish EP as a deluxe edition, expanded to 19..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Wow, Strong Support for Christmas!

"...would like to see the stores that are selling Christmas trees do this: One side of the store will..."

Dec. 7, 2005 Postmarks

Christmas Choraling

With Conspirare’s Christmas at the Carillon and Austin Civic Chorus’ Sing It Yourself ‘Messiah’, you’ll get a thrilling dose of that most potent Christmas commodity: song!

"...I knew? When a local radio station began playing Christmas songs on Thanksgiving Day! That's how I knew...."

Dec. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Dancing the Christmas Spirit

An eight-year-old fan of The Nutcracker has her dream come true when she gets to talk to a choreographer and ballerina -- Ballet Austin's Stephen Mills and Gina Patterson -- about the ballet that helps Christmas feel like Christmas.

"...As a Christmas tradition, my family goes to see the ballet of..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Review: Zach Theatre’s A Christmas Carol

Boisterous but shallow jukebox musical of the Dickens classic misses opportunities

"...Theatre has rolled out its yearly production of A Christmas Carol, a jukebox musical stage adaptation of Charles Dickens'..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Arts Feature by Jasmine Lane

The Politics of Slasher Black Christmas

The Canadian classic was about more than gore

"...took to social media to express their disappointment in this perspective, citing countless films from that period that included..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Review: Different Stages' Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge

Christopher Durang's holiday spoof is a kamikaze hayride into a merry miscellany of Christmas entertainments

"...And now for something completely Different Stages. This company drives Christopher Durang's holiday spoof like a kamikaze..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Have Yourself an Animated Christmas

"...Blondie movies (AMC) and the all-day run of A Christmas Story (TNT) right out the window, I choose Christmas..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Cultural Coolness Around Texas This Month

"...To support this new perspective, a variety of media are represented, including..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Bite-Sized News: Christmas Edition

Announcing the new elftastic Buddy’s Park n’ Pizza

"...This weekend is particularly packed with Christmas activities. On Friday,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

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