Austin Music Sucks, the Mad Lib

Fill in the blanks to one of our more ... antagonistic music columns

"...April 25, 1986 issue of the Chronicle, was so inflammatory that it was accompanied by an editor's note reading,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Corcoran (Mad Libbed by Kevin Curtin)

Fresh Takes on Gilbert & Sullivan

The company's series of unconventional spins on the comic operas actually do the duo a service

"...Ah yes, that's "Fair moon, to thee I sing" from HMS Pinafore, a number sung..."

July 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stay Gold Goes Long, Hard Luck Turns Sunny, Sway Is Hopped, Spread & Co. Gets Woodsy, TFM Celebrates Blackness, and – Oooh, Free Cheese?

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

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene during this first week..."

Feb. 3, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

RT Extra Life Lives!

Tune in for the Rooster Teeth fundraiser for Dell Children's

"...children's health charity Extra Life, and coronavirus isn't going to change that...."

Nov. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: I've Got Issues

Steve Collins' melancholic comedy comes home to VOD

"...hurt and heal. That mantra, repeated by the unseen narrator voiced by Jim Gaffigan in I’ve Got Issues, was..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pueblo Viejo's New Location, Bishop Cidercade's Austin Debut, Pinballz Japanese Whiskey, and More

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

"...of attending music shows or comedy shows or Owen Egerton salons at the North Door (as we often did..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Former APD Sergeant Liz Donegan Runs for Sheriff

Former Sex Crimes head motivated by response to sexual assault crisis

"...and Resource Team (SARRT), Liz Donegan, is officially vying to replace Sheriff Sally Hernandez next year...."

July 22, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Party World Rasslin’s First All-Queer Tag Team

The Platinum Partners make their debut Sat., June 15

"...those who watched the original Hairspray and thought, “Hm. Too spicy for me,” and to that realm, one mustn’t..."

June 13, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

“Future’s So Bright” for PR Newman

Timbuk3's Pat MacDonald reacts to fellow Hole in the Wall-er’s cover

"...Once accurately referred to as the “Ellis Island of Austin music” by resident..."

June 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Maeve Higgins Makes SXSW Ghost Comedy More Than Extra Ordinary

Comedian and podcaster takes on the afterlife

"...Not all Ghostbusters wear proton packs and defend New York..."

March 10, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: A Discovery of Witches

Miniseries shakes Twilight's shadow for a more feminist fantasy

"...abstinence propaganda, A Discovery of Witches is perfectly willing to show off what 1,500 years of sexual experience can..."

Jan. 16, 2019 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Story Behind the "I'm So Gonna Vote" Stickers

How a sandlot baseball club got inspired to turn out the vote

"...Texas Playboys went through a series of PowerPoint slides to determine their next opponent on the sandlot. The final..."

Sept. 27, 2018 News Post by Hannah Wisterman

Gay Place

Know what queers know!

"...Gentry, Erica Nix, and Jess Gardner's latest collaboration. Know What Queers Know is an "unapologetically queer and feminist" short..."

June 29, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Vortex's Performance Park

Whatever you want to call this play/scavenger hunt/immersive live roleplay, it’s a one-of-a-kind, wonderful theatrical experience

"...roleplay, immersive performance art, and more. I went twice to experience the full scope and still don't feel like..."

May 4, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Playback: Will Johnson’s Eternal Newness

"Playback" challenges Will Johnson to a home run derby and uncovers seven things you didn't know about A Giant Dog

"...Friday, Feb. 2, 10:30am: I've challenged Will Johnson to a home run derby...."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Groundswell Theatre Company's Bear Eats Bear

This site-specific audio work puts the audience in a postapocalyptic world to show how central art is to the human experience

"...once you get a ticket. Discovery is so central to the audience experience that one can only discuss the..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Fall Film Festival Season Kicks Off With the Toronto International Film Festival

Northern exposure

"...The Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 8-18), with nearly 300 films..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dear Glutton

Where to mend a broken heart

"...Dear Glutton,..."

April 15, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Wall of Words

Artist Drew Riley on the power of Transgender Day of Visibility

"...a day of action and activism – a way to demand visibility, voice, and equality. In honor of the..."

March 30, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Drew Riley

The Hightower Report

The Donald Show

"...in the cheers of a throng attending his launch into the 2016 presidential race. "That is some group of..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Luv Doc: Kind of Goofy, Kind of Dicky

Her unique worth as a human being exists outside of your palette of needs

"...She and I really hit it off, but obviously nothing happened. NOW WHAT? Do I write her on OKC..."

July 3, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Art and Motherhood on the West Austin Studio Tour

Four WEST exhibitors reveal how their work is informed by being a mom

"...When I mention to artist Virginia Fleck that, due to the proximity of..."

May 8, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Execution Issues Trip Jezebel

Second Austin eatery eliminated from Best New Restaurant

"...Each week during the series, host Tom Colicchio chooses two new restaurants with elements in common..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...arrived! Who knew, when this simple country girl came to the Chronicle a few years ago, that she would..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Services Set for Robert Vasquez

Longtime restaurateur was mainstay of local Mexican food dynasty

"...Breakfast taco lovers were shocked and saddened to find the doors locked at Tamale House No. 3..."

May 1, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Luv Doc: Introducing

The awkwardness that exists between complete strangers

"...Dear Luv Doc, My boyfriend never introduces me to people. Not at parties or work or at the..."

April 18, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

The Good Eye

Ah, le printemps

"...What's more optimistic in this day and age than a..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Food Issue Extra Helpings: My Dinners with Jon Dee Graham

Cooking tips from one True Believer to another

"...When my dad came to Austin to attend UT at 17, he worked as..."

Feb. 11, 2014 Chronolog Post by William Harries Graham

Studio Visits: Rebecca Rothfus

This skilled painter and wizard at cutouts feels at home in her newly built studio at Canopy

"...there over time. Paint marks every surface from ceiling to floor, walls are pock-marked with holes from nails and..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Column by Andy Campbell

Romeo Rose for Mayor

Local 'celebrity' outlines 2014 platform

"...merely the subject of idle speculation. Luckily, local wedding photographer Larry Busby is not most of us. He has..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

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