Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...(She’s also credited with former President George W. Bush’s nicknames Dubya and Shrub.) Lara Toner Haddock directs Cyndi Williams..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin ISD Election Season Is Underway

The candidates are getting their messages out

"...the first class of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. She said the experience saved her life...."

Aug. 30, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Man Sentenced to 75 Years for Burglary as a Teen Hopes for Parole

Central Texan is now approaching 60 years old

"...reason to fight for my life. I became another young black kid subjected to a system that was designed..."

June 7, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...Haehnel, and “(Delusions of) Grandeur,” written by the band’s Young Composers’ Contest winner Christopher Lowry. The UNT grad will..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Civil War

Alex Garland enters the battlefield of combat zone journalism

"...Texas and California. Whatever it is that the president (Nick Offerman) has done, it’s so egregious, so horrifying, that..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Stoner Jam, 3-Legged Dog Day Party, and More Crucial Concerts

SXSW-adjacent lineups and other shows worth seeing

"...in a Topanga cabin studio once owned by Neil Young, while wearing a blue Issey Miyake dress borrowed from..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Rolling Stone Nabs Peso Pluma, Flo Milli, Faye Webster for SXSW Showcase

Future of Music takes over ACL Live March 12-15

"...lineup features Mexican singer Peso Pluma, Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko, folk songwriter Kevin Kaarl, Dominican rapper J Noa,..."

Feb. 21, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Wait, We're Still Here!

"...for myself and get into shows for free” talented young person in love with punk, drag, classical music, art..."

Jan. 29, 2024 Postmarks

Free Week and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Catch Skourge, Magna Carda, and more at the no-cost annual fest

"...Rhythm and Blaze, and a long-running association with Red Young in the keyboardist's solo bands and the bristling Black..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Denny Freeman, The Amazing Denny Freeman

CD set compiles two long-out-of-print albums by the late guitarist

"...Austin's blues mecca centered around Antone's. As writer Joe Nick Patoski so aptly put it, Freeman was "the guitarists'..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Qmmunity: Stop, Drop, and Shop

Qmmunity advises on what local places are best for gay gift shopping this year

"...Queer to Tell: Austin Nick Eibler, Lavender Public, Reverie Books, and Captain Quacks present..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Column by James Scott

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

For you to rewind this weekend at Zilker Park

"...when hip-hop was scarcely represented in Zilker Park, the young Compton rapper stole the show on a side stage..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Film Festival to Celebrate Lost's Damon Lindelof With Outstanding TV Writer Award

Fall fest also adds All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers

"...the support of his kind and caring sponsor – Nick (Darren Gilshenan) – and a young, sharp tongued, musician..."

Sept. 14, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Review: Austin Playhouse’s Big Fish

This charming fish tale is small in scale but huge in heart

"...tale of Edward Bloom (Andrew Cannata) who, as a younger man living in Ashton, Alabama, was a big fish..."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Qmmunity: More Pride, Less Prejudice

In a way, we're all gay Darcys looking for our gay Elizabeths in the thrush of Pride parties

"...for the daytime Pride Is for Families, 10am-noon, where young and old alike can enjoy LGBTQ arts & crafts,..."

June 9, 2023 Column by James Scott

State Police Partnering With APD Mostly Arresting People of Color

License, registration, and ZIP Code, please

"...spreadsheet on citations issued by DPS, compiled by Judge Nick Chu in Justice of the Peace Court 5, who..."

May 5, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Verde Report: Predictable Austin FC Isn’t Just Playing Badly. It’s Playing Boring.

Is it time to hit the panic button?

"...expansion side is somehow a perfect 5-0-0 on the young season...."

March 31, 2023 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Five Essential Events Still to Come at SXSW Music

Star-studded options for the Festival's final Thursday through Saturday

"...and NME, team up for a definitive collection of young, post-breakout but pre-household-name picks. In recent headlines for maybe..."

March 17, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...rap. Special exception: consecutive performances from two similarly situated young shoegaze acts, They Are Gutting a Body of Water..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

We Have an Issue: A Long Wait for Justice

In this week's issue, Brant Bingamon reports on Cyrus Gray's struggle for justice; plus, winners of the Austin Music Awards are announced

"...Bingamon returns to the case of Cyrus Gray, a young man who was imprisoned in San Marcos for years..."

March 3, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2022

"...with melancholy in Charlotte Wells' astonishing debut about a young woman piecing together the reality of her father...."

Dec. 16, 2022 Screens Feature

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...has finally come to resemble that musical interplay. As young men, they found it impossible to imagine a happy..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Austin FC Defeats Western Conference Rivals LAFC

"...Defender Nick Lima..."

Aug. 29, 2022 Photo Gallery

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...is a sweet and quietly funny story of a young shell called Marcel (voiced by Slate). After his community..."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Emily Wells, Dwight Yoakam, Sir Woman, Tony Kamel, Jake Lloyd, and more recommended shows

"...Jo Harvey, Bale Creek, Bukka, et al.) as the young local releases his Charlie Sexton-produced debut bow, and Pierson..."

June 3, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Wait, How Does SXSW Music Work Again?

Breaking down the basics, and some favorites, after three years away

"...March 18. Even more docs cover Sheryl Crow, Dio, Nick Cave, King Crimson, Tanya Tucker, Jazz Fest, Cesária Évora,..."

March 11, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Democrat Judicial Candidates Celebrate Primary Wins

Nominees will breeze to election in deep-blue Travis County

"...implement something like the Project Engage diversion program for young offenders that she created 12 years ago in County..."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Progressive Responses to Evictions, Truancy Define Justice of the Peace Contests

Power to the People in the "People's Court"

"...two duties that have put incumbents Yvonne Williams and Nick Chu in the spotlight, and helped define their primary..."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What We're Listening to Right Now

Ayo Tamz, Blushing, Whookilledkenny, Chief Cleopatra, and more have us dialed in

"...Young reggaetonera Ayo Tamz has released sex- and dembow-drenched bilingual..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by E. Ryan Ellis

Austin at Large: Really? You and What Army?

Hand-wringing on all sides of all issues reflects our emerging crisis of legitimacy

"...My pagemate Nick Barbaro delves into one example in his space this..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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