Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

"...For the past few weeks, writers in other sections of this..."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature

Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler, Already!

Cultivating a Mardi Gras tradition in River City

"...Austin loves a party – any party – in any..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Looks Aren't Everything

The retro chic of the South Congress Cafe is but one ingredient at the Trudy's offshoot

"...Chain restaurants' success lies in their ability to be absolutely..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Letters at 3AM

Technological progress is altering fundamental issues of identity.

"...My trusty two-volume Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia -- ragged books, on my writing desk..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

Georgetown's Palace Theatre Guild's You Can't Do That, Dan Moody! is staged in the actual courtroom in which the play's events first took place.

"...You Can't Do That, Dan Moody! re-creates one of the early victories in the war for civil rights in..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Beer Guide

Foam on The Range:

"...Bosque Brewing Co...."

July 19, 1996 Food Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...This month we mark the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on Sept. 11,..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hit Brewery Row to Choose Your Own Austin FC Home Match Beer Adventure

How to get a little matchy-matchy with the city's first top-tier sports club and its many superb beer options

"...Sure, you can get hyped about seeing your hometown represented on the small screen in distant..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Eric Puga

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

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

"...Get ready for the raunch. SXSW has established itself as the Spring festival..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christy Hays' Watershed Moment

One foot in Austin, one in Montana, the singer-songwriter jumps in with both on breakout River Swimmer

"...Montana spring, cold and wet, finally gave way to summer. In..."

July 20, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Road to Freedom

The Cost of Art III: How the Fusebox Festival liberated itself from charging admission

"...How much would you pay to see the world's best cutting-edge arts in performance – artists from..."

July 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...Sundance sure is sweet on Austin's Zellner Bros. Don't get us wrong – we're sweet..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

AFF's finalized lineup

"...After last week's tease, the Austin Film Festival has announced its official lineup for..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...Oh hell, it's the holidays...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...Walking up the driveway of Cyril Neville's two-story South Austin..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Oh, Give Me a Home

The 20th 'New American Talent' exhibition reveals a country struggling with isolation and power

"...Arthouse invited the New Museum's senior curator at large, Dan Cameron,..."

July 1, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Rare Bird

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

"...High above the towering canopies of native trees that dot the Texas..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...The oversized football jersey, diamond-studded braces on his teeth, and..."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...He's just another one of the boys of summer. Between games of..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Child Needs a Mother Figure..."

May 9, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle -- Finish the Story -- and Unionize!..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Beat Currencies

In a look at some recently reprinted classic works by the Beats, Chronicle writer Dale Smith examines why being on the road was such a dangerous place -- and why it no longer is.

"...San Francisco Beat: Talking With the Poets edited by David Meltzer City Lights..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Feature by Dale Smith

Like a Kid Again

For Spy Kids, his first youth-oriented movie, director Robert Rodriguez maintains the spirit of youth - and El Mariachi

"...It's Saturday night, and the sidewalk outside the Paramount Theater is a mob scene...."

March 30, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

The new photo exhibitions “Kosova24: Life After Wartime” and “The Welcoming Table” may document radically different experiences, but they share a sense of life turning from season to season, generation to generation, persisting even in the face of dramatic upheavals. Life goes on, and both shows offer portraits of human resilience and perseverance.

"...A young girl helps her mother pull a large eggplant out of the refrigerator in..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Banging down hard on her keyboards, singing "Sea Cruise,"Marcia Ball..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Destruction as Beauty

Profile of local alternative band Trail of Dead; explication of their new album Madonna

"...When Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967, he set in motion..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Dancing About Architecture

The dulcet tones of the karaoke fill the former Electric Lounge, but that's not the fate of the building.

"...Everything seemed to sort of run together this week (plus..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...There are some days when it feels like PD operates..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

See What You Want to See

"..."I got to the point where mainstream Nashville took a big right turn..."

May 28, 1999 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

An Eye for History

"...The year is 1958. The place: La Californie, Pablo Picasso's..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

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