East Austin's Rocheli Patisserie Brings Haute Couture to French Pastry

The Garcia family weathers multiple storms to open their paean to luxury

"...lavishly French than spinning the sugary aesthetics of Marie Antoinette into the understated chic of Coco Chanel to create..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Devenyns

Dead Dogs Don't Lie

If your pet escapes, pray for Animal Control

"...adopted Butter, an American Bully puppy, they raised him to be good-natured and obedient. (The American Bully is a..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Familiar Features at Dallas International Film Festival

Revisit some favorites that hit Austin already

"...The Dallas International Film Festival kicks off today in our I-35 neighbor to the north, and you..."

April 4, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

SXSW 2013 Film Awards

Jury awards for this year's Festival announced

"...Congratulations to all the winners. Stay tuned for the audience awards...."

March 12, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Reviews: 'We Always Lie to Strangers'

The double life of one small town in Missouri

"...We Always Lie to StrangersDocumentary Feature Competition, World Premiere D:..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...mother's second marriage is the lights in my eyes. We were traveling through the dark cornfields of Kansas in..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

The Luv Doc: A Black Lexus

Racing to close the gates of hell

"...I truly love my girlfriend. She's smart, funny, fun to be with, and always up for just about anything...."

April 13, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...normal array of talent and titles Now it's time to get dark, experimental, and immersive with today's wave of..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Editor:..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Letters at 3AM

Where will you be on New Year's Eve and why?

"...Year's Eve 1999 as an act of the imagination. We are doing that through the question everyone is having..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

A Cuppa Hot Joe

On a comedy club stage, News Radio star Joe Rogan exudes a mad joy for life in all its insanity, depravity, and delicious dirt; if Henry Miller had done stand-up, it would have come out like Joe Rogan's act.

"...Joe Rogan is a ranter. Throw out any topic, from the origin of the pyramids in Egypt to..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...Interviewed by phone Feb. 19 in London on the occasion..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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Third-place winner

"...Its bright green baseball diamond shines an artificial contrast to the brick building it adorns, to the unlit alley..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Andy Steinberg

Postmarks

Waring Responds

"...Editor:..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column

Letters at 3AM

Reflections on how Western civilization lost its moral authority.

"...night, bound for New York City, where I hoped to see three of my younger siblings (living in a..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

You can't always be who you want, but if you try sometime you just might find you can be who you need.

"...was sometime in the late 1950s. She remembered him well: a small dapper man of precise habits who preferred..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

163 Questions

Honorable mention, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...4. When I was fourteen my father said to me, "No way are you leaving the house dressed..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Rebecca Beegle

Record Reviews

"...are albums by artists playing the 1997 South by Southwest music conference. Each review is tagged with the day,..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...They might as well put a sign over the stage door that reads..."

Feb. 9, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...“Over a decade in Austin, [tonal producer] Tara Bhattacharya invited performance and sound artists from..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What the Heart Wants

Healthy eating isn't always happy eating

"...imperiously announced that I would rather die than continue to eat like this. It probably was not the sort..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Page Two: Sugar or Salt?

Severed heads, barbecue, and SXSW

"..."The love that loves to love the loves to love the love that love..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

"...Aleshire ["Page Two," Vol. 17, No. 51] are akin to a heat-treated or irradiated sapphire or ruby. If we..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column

Leon and Stella Alesi: Love Conjures All

Leon and Stella Alesi provide ocular proof of a life in the arts

"...How any couple, married or otherwise, stays together for more than a few years is a mystery..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM: Jesus Walking the Panhandle

The Christian cross is a question mark

"...We lived in a caboose and a trailer near the..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Gay Place's Top 10 Queer Doin's 2008

Gay Place recounts 2008: the year of hope and impact

"...1) Top Momentum Little did Amy Balliet know how viral her..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Ash Bell

Pages for Presents

Helpful and Not-So-Helpful Book Ideas

"...To hell with checking lists twice -- isn't making them..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Roam Sweet Home

Filmmaker Ellen Spiro and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...photograph by Shannon McIntyre When I telephoned filmmaker Ellen Spiro..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...11am on Aug. 13, 2004, when the SUVs began to arrive. They'd made their way down the park road,..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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