Understanding the Science Behind the Total Solar Eclipse

Front-row seat to a celestial show

"...explains that she’s going to see “a hole in the sky with fire shooting out of it.”..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Everyone's favorite rule-breaking copper ends up lost in the snow

"...In the continuing adventures of Detective Chief Inspector John Luther of..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Documentary about the effort to place children of European Jews during WWII within safe homes in England.

"...Directed by: Mark Jonathan Harris. Harris won the Best Documentary Oscar for 1997's The Long Way Home,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sun June's Regret Pop

The quintet rewrites the classic tapestry of an “Austin sound”

"...which medium Laura Colwell is addressing when she explains Sun June...."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...first semester, I only knew one individual who fit the criteria: Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

In the House

A pleasurably heady thriller from French auteur François Ozon.

"...In the House, from the eclectic French filmmaker François Ozon (Under..."

May 17, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Banker vs. the Prosecutor

As the primary campaign winds to an abrupt close, what do we know about Sanchez and Morales?

"...In mid-February, the Sun City Democrats provided an uncannily symbolic moment for..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

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

Deepak Chopra and the New Psych Revolution

The neuro-expert on how the latest research could change how we think about psychedelics

"...The last frontier of the mind-expanding drug counterculture: taking psilocybin,..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Evan Rodriguez

The Paramount Lights Up Tonight With the Classic Film Series

An Austin tradition returns with Casablanca

"...can't stop tradition, and even though it's been delayed, the Paramount Summer Season is starting tonight in the way..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...This past Friday, I was talking with a fellow theatregoer at the Mexican American Cultural Center about how that..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

The 2006 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

Contest & Festival Facts

"...Sunday, August 27, 2006 at Waterloo Park (12th & Trinity),..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

Enjoying and Making Art at the 2019 West Austin Studio Tour

Artists offer demos, workshops, and experiences to get you in on the creative action

"...to feel differently about yourself, to think differently about others, to change your behavior. One of the most exhilarating..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Meg

This giant shark tale simply lacks bite

"...Hot on the dorsal fin of everybody’s favorite week of the year,..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Opens at the Blanton Museum of Art

By building this structure, the Blanton enabled a major modern artist to realize his masterwork

"...Ellsworth Kelly made plans for a building. And at the time he made them – that would be 1986..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: The End of Single-Family?

Possibly. And look who’s leading the charge.

"...There was a possible game-changer at Mon­day's joint work session..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Cowboy Song

Thin Lizzy's 'Cowboy Song' comes alive in rodeo vet turned Red Dirt ranger Ryan Bingham

"...It's a smoldering summer night in Marfa, the kind that seems to linger all year long. The..."

June 5, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

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

Free Ice Cream from Lick, Fitzhugh Parties Hearty, Bird Bird Biscuit Spawns Anew, SXSE Does That Too, Don’t Forget Woo Woo, and What the Hell Is a Shaketini?

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

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

Oct. 13, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ac/dc, the Poor

"...I was lucky enough to score tickets to see the Police and AC/DC on the same weekend. Because I..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Music Feature

Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again

Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

"...In the mid-Aughts, young Austin Chronicle journo Kate X Messer approached..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Mongolian metal, Doja Cat, Dayglow, & more

"...A sunny Saturday set the scene for a packed day of..."

Oct. 3, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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

The Iron Orchard

Texas wildcatter literary classic is a sometimes too-faithful adaptation

"...In 1966, Edmund Pendleton Van Zandt Jr. published The Iron Orchard, a lightly fictionalized tell-all book about the..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Unbelievable Summers at the Paramount

The most unforgettable moments from this year’s classics of cinema

"...For 42 lazy, hazy, Central Texas summers, the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series has given viewers refuge..."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Chronicle staff

Where the Wild Things Are

This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.

"...Directed by: Spike Jonze. Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Pepita Emmerichs and Steve Mouzakis. “Be..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The B-Boys of Beaumont

First place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...The business ward had lots of tall buildings but they..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Linden Dalecki

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...On any given evening in the 1940s or 1950s, an old man named J. Frank..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

The State of Austin Wine

Somms Under Fire lights up Austin's wine scene this month

"...The diversity of Austin's wine menus is no accident. The..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

Food Truck Trails: The South Austin Trailer Bazaar

The food trailer scene is still in high gear on South Lamar

"...talent, and good story is opening a food trailer these days. Landowners with vacant real estate are jumping like..."

Aug. 14, 2012 Food Post by Rachel Feit

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