Eat to the Beat

Gotta break eggs to make a musician omelet

"...for R&B street rockers the Bad Lovers, Sabbath-inspired stonemasons Sweat Lodge, Lone Star psych gang the Wolf, and modest..."

June 14, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Chinese New Year in Austin: A Sort of Parallax View

Leng Wong and Cindy Soo tell it like it is

"...Leng Wong's going to attend the festivities? I'd recently interviewed her about Lucky Chaos Theater and their production of..."

Feb. 18, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Endgame

Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned

"...the first cold day of December, he seems to have enough nervous energy to keep himself warm. In a..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Playback

Austin's version of 'Bad Santa' at a bar near you

"...so he moves to Texas with his trusty elf Swervin Irven. Disenfranchised by the Lone Star State's Jesus-loving youth..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Home's A Brewin': Do You Hear the People Drink?

Local breweries unite in effort to reform restrictive brewpub legislation

"...pick up bottles at the grocery store from brewpubs west in Oregon (Deschutes) to east in Delaware (Dogfish Head)..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Column by Ivy Le

What's Up with Matt "Rubber Repertory" Hislope, Lately?

Esther's Follies, mostly, but let's not forget that other thing

"...Last time we checked in with Rubber Repertory's Matt Hislope, the frequency..."

Sept. 11, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'The Butcher's Hands'

Short Story Contest second-place winner

"...the last customer, until Cornelia finished rinsing, wiping and sweeping the bar. Only when she lingered by the door..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Dana De Greff

Speak No Ale: Beer Men Sue for Free Speech

Texas' arcane beer laws may be busted by a First Amendment lawsuit

"...the same may not apply to Texas ales. Lawmakers have struggled for years to reform Texas' misshapen beer market,..."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake)

At times the play's quirky elements get in the way of its touching study of grief

"...Platonic ideal – a reminder, after time and events have eroded our lives, of what used to be. A..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

SBOE: Reading, Writing, and Fighting Socialism

SBOE passes new education standards along party lines

"...of the SBOE's hard-right faction, and news media from well beyond Texas' borders flocked to Austin last week to..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Plays With Expectations

Jake Silverstein mixes fact and fiction, funny and bleak, to dramatize one journalist's coming-of-age

"...my tape recorder. He tells me that the restaurant we're sitting at, the Eastside taqueria Mi Madre's, is where..."

April 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Headlines

"...• City Council cools its jets this week, returning next week full of vim and vigor to..."

March 19, 2010 News Feature

What Would John Galt Do ... About Global Warming? Deny It.

Is John Mackey's 'John Galt' complex putting Whole Foods' bottom line on the line?

"...Eve, Mackey described the move as essentially symbolic. "I have held the Chairman title since Whole Foods Mar­ket's beginning..."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...tragic fables of rock & roll, assuming almost Orson Welles proportions in terms of vast creative loss. Both Welles..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Radney's Revival

Q&A with Radney Foster

"...I last interviewed Radney Foster in May of 1999. It hardly seems..."

Sept. 3, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

'Dialogues of the Carmelites'

Soprano Virginia Zeani recalls working with Francis Poulenc as a beautiful dream

"...Center Saturday night, the Austin Lyric Opera production will have just one degree of separation from the very first..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

It's been a difficult year for the Austin food community

"...of writing these things down and sharing them will have the desired cathartic effect, and I can proceed into..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Ignore 'Chronicle' Reasoning; Believe Innuendo and Smears

"...money generators [“'Chronicle' Endorsements,” News, Oct. 17]. You’d be well advised to vote the exact opposite of the Chronicle's..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Postmarks

Against Affirmative Action, in Favor of Government Aid

"...that wants to pass more referendums. I would rather have free health care and assistance for all citizens, not..."

Sept. 23, 2008 Postmarks

Wounded Writers

Austin soldiers have discovered unexpected benefits of blogging

"...The history of war is the history of separation and reintegration. It's a hard process – to fit..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Perps Walk

FISA, Congress, and the rule of law

"...law. Everybody has to follow the rules. ... Anytime we act as if we don't really mean that, we..."

July 18, 2008 News Column by Michael King

TV EYE

'TV Eye' has lost its love for Lost

"...With the season finale of ABC's Lost this week, I imagine there will be viewing parties all over..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Cool Austin, Cool Planet

This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress

"...In silence, a key one-year milestone goal came and went for the council resolution that called for a communitywide..."

April 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: The Business of America

Solutions to the made-up immigration 'problem' would be an expansive and burdensome assault on both companies and individuals

"...widespread belief that it isn't? Unfortunately, the problem is We the People. Currently, the Goldwater dictum dominates political discussion:..."

April 4, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Love and Creation

An approach to the SXSW Film Festival

"...which kicks off the 10 days of South by Southwest 08. It's too late to stop now. My helmet..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Sister Bobbie

'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family

"...her fingers glide in effortless recall of songs that have made music history...."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

God Is My Co-Producer

AFS Documentary Tour presents Audience of One

"...the lips of none other than J.C. himself, and, well, now we're thinking Hell House, another doc about faith-obsessed,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Point Austin: God Knows

Two recent Texas lessons about the relation between religion and freedom

"...Today's homily might as well begin with a borrowing from the Rev. Mitt Romney,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Lady Bird Johnson cared for all that is beautiful..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...This is the 15th year that local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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