Presto Christo!

Christo and Jeanne-Claude are coming to Austin for the Austin Museum of Art, which has just gotten a splashy new look

"...75 works, including preparatory work for The Gates, early wrapped objects, a scale model of Wrapped Reichstag, developmental drawings,..."

March 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everyone Else

A German couple teeters on the jagged peaks of passive aggression and self-doubt.

"...(unseen) band derisively dubbed the Shames. Vacationing on the coast of Sardinia, they spend their sun-drenched days and balmy..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival

"...of August, 1970 on an island off the southern coast of England which could only be reached by boat...."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

The renowned Tokyo sushi master Jiro Ono is profiled in this artful documentary.

"...Indeed, the very notion of partaking of raw seafood wrapped in rice and seaweed seemed bizarre to most Americans..."

March 23, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Reissues

"...the transition from big-band, Southwest-swing blues to modern, West Coast jump blues. From there, it was a short and..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature

Blue Fin Sushi & Robata Bar

Have Round Rock sushi lovers found a replacement for the defunct Tanoshii?

"...from California and one from New York, both East Coast and West Coast styles of sushi are well-represented, and..."

July 30, 2004 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Blue Fin Sushi & Robata Bar

Have Round Rock sushi lovers found a replacement for the defunct Tanoshii?

"...from California and one from New York, both East Coast and West Coast styles of sushi are well-represented, and..."

July 23, 2004 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

La Mojarra Feliz

"...Ever been on the Mexican coast, sitting at one of the little seaside cabañas with..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Spirit Untamed

Soft reboot of the Netflix animated horse show never gets out of the gate

"...aunt Cora (Moore) gets a little of that East Coast formality whittled away by the friendly folks of Miradero...."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On Chesil Beach

Desire and desperation in Ian McEwan's pre-sexual revolution novella.

"...midwinter dip in the chilly waters off the Dorset Coast.) Neither Florence nor Edward has the emotional tools to..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Key Biscayne

Second Place winner

"...his teeth were all covered in glittering diamonds or wrapped tinfoil...."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Remy Barnes Klein

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...spent the summer of 2006 wowing festival crowds from coast to coast with more-than-able assistance from longtime slideman, Lloyd..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Tristan & Isolde

This new version of the timeless love story is a dopey, mopey, all-around bore.

"...a mess of swinging axe and mud, the Irish coast a total washout); and the titular lovers come off..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Reliable Execution

Why it's easy to like Eddie V's Edgewater Grill

"...Las Vegas. Both men grew up along the Gulf Coast and Eddie V's appears to be an homage to..."

May 11, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

All There in the Music

Mandy Mercier puts down her fiddle to talk about her eventful life.

"...up. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, lover, and free spirit wrapped up in one, Mandy Mercier is less a jack-of-all-trades..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...THE HAMICKS: Fresh off a self-booked month of West Coast dates, this Austin-to-Chicago quintet ought to be hungry in..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...Wrapped (Boar's Nest)..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...refocus on updating uppercuts like Hop Overboard, a West Coast Style IPA (now in cans!), and drove them towards..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...about life on the southern end of the West Coast -- the pursuit of simple, uncomplicated pleasure. Born of..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...from UT, only to immediately head to the West Coast. It wasn't until after Rick Linklater released Slacker that..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

Shout It Out

On location: Project: Rant

"...Austin, a princely pit bull trots out, having just wrapped his work on a morning shoot for the locally..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Texas Platters

"...skips down a somewhat less-traveled road, that of Gulf Coast blues/swing, making it a little more Texan, but no..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Music Review

10 New Year’s Eve To-Go Drink Options in Austin

Keep your festivities well-watered and safe at home

"...hot), the mulled-wine Bobby Burns, and one alcoholic-free option, Wrapped in Red (Seedlip Grove non-alcoholic spirit, blood orange cordial,..."

Dec. 29, 2020 Food Post by David Brendan Hall

Virtual ACL Music Fest Keeps Flags Flying

Nostalgic livestream and rising Austin talent fundraise for the Austin Parks Foundation

"...Color, St. Vincent's band in flesh-colored masks on the pink-latex-wrapped 2018 Masseduction tour, and Spoon focal point Britt Daniel..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

I Just Watched Megafauna’s New Video and Now I Can’t Remember What Life Is

Absorb their trippy, animated “Fluorescent Super Moment”

"...it all revolves around an egg with a snake wrapped around it that displays its fractal yoke, then ascends..."

Feb. 17, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Menus, New Bourbon, New Yoga Retreat

And Bahama Bucks (finally) moves into town

"...menu now includes “Plates,” main dishes subdivided into Garden, Coast, Pasture, and Sweet sections available a la carte or..."

Dec. 13, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...in an idiosyncratically lovely voice. – Rachel Rascoe Los Coast..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...came up on a steady diet of Nineties East Coast hip-hop, the Bogotá MC spitting reality raps with a..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Texas Football: You Can’t Have It Both Ways

Longhorns still plagued by preexisting issues

"...Shawn Watson, the offensive coordinator, come from pro-set West Coast offenses. Strong comes from a West Coast offense at..."

Nov. 3, 2015 Sports Post by Kahron Spearman

ACL Live Shot: Shinyribs

Gourds’ off-shoot kills it

"...Fest set with “Bolshevik Sugarcane,” off this year’s Gulf Coast Museum, then launched into “Take Me to Lake Charles,”..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Melanie Haupt

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