Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...one. That’s right, Chronicle reader: We’ve listed all kinds of summer events from musicals to burger competitions, all under..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 3-9

"...21): Who would have guessed that elephants can play the drums really well? On a trip to Thailand, Scorpio..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Qmmunity: The Puzzle of Pride

Putting together all the pieces of queer history with Pride Month events

"...triumph in equal measures. Miss one particular piece and the big gay picture becomes distorted. Pride Month asks us..."

June 2, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Big-Boy-Sized

Your Qmmunity editor is under the weather, so enjoy an extra-large queer listings section this week.

"...my weakened state, I spent my weekend sleeping, sipping the matzo ball soup my mom sent me (thank you,..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Column by James Scott

Austin at Large: Neither Slumber Nor Sleep

We will be othered, threatened, vilified, even fired upon. We must not let it stop us.

"...In the 1941 Berlin telephone directory, my grandfather, a doctor, is..."

May 27, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...Levitation's three-day bacchanal honoring sounds and philosophies wrought at the Vulcan Gas Company, Congress Avenue's patchouli-soaked den of all..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Lovers, Sinners, and Saints

New AFS series shines a light on Maurice Pialat

"...Although known in the States to film scholars and Francophiles, director Maurice Pialat..."

July 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc

Wherein the Luv Doc describes an act of deep, unsettling perversion

"...go to a concert in San Antonio with me. The day before the concert, she said some friends of..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Column

"William Gaynor: Walking Down the Road Feeling Really Fucking Bad"

Artist William Gaynor illuminates a curious spiritualism in an unlikely location

"...after work, drive over to Chicon and Fifth. Ignore the temporary dead-end signs, rain damage, and mud, and go..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...That's Hobo With a Shotgun, to be exact – the Rutger Hauer-starring exploitation pic that set cult-movie fans salivating..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

South for the Marijuana

The gringo travels to Mexico in search of weed and wisdom.

"...After you cross the international bridge you turn right and follow the railroad..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Saturday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Dead Man Blues

7-CD box set contains all anyone could ever want to know about Charley Patton.

"...The Jinx The blues is you're 43 and dead. The..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

After a Fashion

This week, After a Fashion goes south -- South Congress, that is, to visit with old friends and discover new faces.

"...a private atelier and fashion laboratory. A sizable portion of IDoL's stable of local designers, including Judy Masliyah, Bonnie..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...flat, but it looks that way, as open to the sky as if it were set on the edge..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...is Preston Hubbard. From 1984-94, I played bass for the platinum-selling, multi-Grammy award-nominated Fabulous Thunderbirds. Besides recording five albums..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...One of the best things about summer is that our city's..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

A League of Their Own

"...Bud Shrake photograph by Todd V. Wolfson Nowadays there's so much filmmaking happening in Austin that it's more..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...It's no secret that he has a lot of money. In 1992, Forbes magazine hailed Leininger as one..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...South by Southwest is a game of numbers: approximately 845 showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

The Food Chain: Great Taste, Less Filling

"...Hyde Park Theatre, through March 28 Running Time: 2 hrs, 15 min..."

March 20, 1998 Arts Review

Postmarks

Brown Right To Fight

"...I played basketball on many occasions against Bick Brown. There is no more intense competition than Bick. The Bick..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

Road Shows

"...FRI 12 Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Empire of Shit, Electric Lounge..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Road Shows

"...SAT 6 Rage Against the Machine, Atari Teenage Riot, Southpark Meadows..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Music Feature

Recommended

"...It's a Labor Day weekend coup bigger than the one that almost rode Newt out of D.C. on..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Feature

Scanlines

Invasion USA

"...barstools in mid-afternoon and listening to dire news about the Commies on a newfangled television device, when a mysterious..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Texas Platters

"...I Hate These Songs (HighTone)..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Public Notice

Not PHASE Away

"...Project PHASE, the program which effectively addresses problems faced by the university..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Potpourri for $100, Please...

Totally Unrelated Book Reviews

"...Little has generated more hype of late than the Internet. Entrepreneurs and corporations, in a..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Books Feature

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