How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...It was a wild mixture of feelings. I won't lie, I was extremely..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...no maudlin A Star is Born introspection: Piper's smart, wild, weird, and acerbic depiction of making your way in..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Watch: Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol Die in Space

Groove metal cosmonauts animate new video

"...to be stretched into human linguini. Still, what about wild card dangers – aliens, galactic hostage taking, burger babes?..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

In 1990, Austin Audiences Watched Slacker... and Saw Themselves

Richard Linklater’s indie milestone celebrates 30 years

"...at the time. Understandable: This was a time of wild cinema at the Dobie. Slacker could stand proud alongside..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hideout Theatre’s Virtual Threefer

Three troupes Zoomed and Twitched their time upon the improv stage

"...solo 100-year-old Dutchman thing, spinning off-the-cuff but remarkably coherent tales as 17th-century spice trader Cornelius Corneliuszoon De Vries, that..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Ranum A reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary becomes involved in a deadly game of cat..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...Skies Ahead D: Kelly Oxford Life unravels for a wild young woman after dropping out of college, moving in..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Queers Who Inspire Us

Plus trans-centric theatre, queer comedy, and the return of aGLIFF

"...Liz Behan, returning to the stage to share tall tales of country dyke living. Then travel back to 2012,..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...Villa From a Safe Distance), scores for ballet (Grimm Tales, Belle Redux) and modern dance (Solo Symphony, The Geometry..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black

Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror

"...of the creature that pervades so many Creepy Pasta tales. The makers of 2018 horror film Slender Man faced..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...Nineties-inspired delivery took off on 2017 single "Bob." Self-assured "Wild Girl" features fellow SX buzzer Bbymutha. Sasami..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Top Books of 2018 for Heroine Addicts

Sisters were doing it for themselves in historical fiction, alt-historical fiction, romance, and a graphic novel

"...Dread Nation (Balzer + Bray) Yes, Recon­struction-era zombies are buck-wild, but you're a fool if you let that or..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...art to include superhero movies, but, with their elemental tales of good vs. evil, right and wrong, heroes and..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: Old Warbirds

Former military aircraft offer once-in-a-lifetime rides

"...tarmac are real-life reminders of the horrific and exciting tales of World War II captured in books and movies...."

April 12, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Esther's Follies: The Laughs, the Gossip, and the Story Behind Texas' Most Celebrated Comedy Troupe

In his history of Esther's Follies, author Jesse Sublett follows the flow of four decades of frivolity

"...Throughout the book, Sublett serves similarly juicy tales involving other memorable Follies characters: William Dente's Dame Della..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Here in Berlin Sarah Rafael Garcia – SanTana's Fairy Tales Meg Gardiner – Unsub Ryan Gattis – Safe Tom..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Su-Yee Lin's "An Interlude: Pig River"

Third Place winner in the 2017 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...It seemed wrong but he wasn't sure why. Did wild pigs live in large colonies or not? What was..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Su-Yee Lin

Gay Place

Dining Out for Life raises funds for HIV/AIDS related care

"...Tits promise to set the dance floor ablaze with wild, eclectic jams. Thu., April 20, 9pm. Dozen Street, 1808..."

April 21, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Music: Luck Reunion

Anything can happen in Willie World!

"...a parade of songwriters. Kirby Brown spun Hayes Carll-worthy tales, Jonathan Tyler brought a rock swagger, and Austin’s Dan..."

March 17, 2017 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Gay Place

Finding your "family" over the holidays

"...Poker Night With Wild West Casino Games Ante up boys. It's time to..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision

The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro

"...Dog, and Lion Head Superman. Writing the first imaginary tales, alternative takes on the world of Superman, he was..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...in the country was the need to conquer the wilderness, from sea to shining sea...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

DVDanger: Lace Crater

Ghostly romance reinvented, plus more DVD and VOD releases

"...weekend in the woods, the party starts telling ghost tales, but these aren't the normal spooky stories. These are..."

Aug. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Making and Experiencing Video Games

Boss Fight Books gives the medium the biography treatment

"...chapter. In between similar engrossing academic explorations lie insightful tales of the possibilities and impossibilities of capturing the magic..."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by James Renovitch

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...ever made by new Hall of Famers – told tales of their early impressions of the city and how..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...swagger-happy takedowns like "Too Little Too Late" from 2015's Wild Nights. Despite a stylized appearance and keen ear for..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Gay Place: LEAVE HEART ALONE!!!!!

The Seattle sisters get called up

"...together in the warm twinkling glow of legendary piano wild woman, Ms. Margaret Wright. Thursdays & Fridays, 6-8pm. The..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

DVDanger: The Harvest

Is it finally the Henry successor we wanted?

"...But his post-Henry film career (barring the deliciously salacious Wild Things) has never really ignited. In fact, his latest..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lit-urday: The Day the Crayons Came Home

Childrens’ author Drew Daywalt colors up BookPeople Sunday

"...Duncan; its crayon-penned, postcard format once again features the tales of crayons gone wild. These colorful, anthropomorphic beings really..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Arts Post by Jessi Cape

Hurts So Good

Jessi Cape’s top reads of 2014 show welcome signs of improvement in the way women are celebrated in literature

"...St. Vincent Millay and fictional Laura Kelley with lavish tales of romance and artistic flair amidst the gray expectations..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

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