Put Down Roots

Austin woman among those to be featured on PBS' 'Genealogy Roadshow'

"...asking that very question and thanks to websites like Ancestry.com, they can now dive right into their family trees..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Screens Feature by R.U. Steinberg

An Arc of Crystal Clarity

Rob chats with Gavin Russom and Viva Ruiz of the Crystal Ark

"...beginning, because those are my roots. My connection, my ancestry has been a really strong thread in all of..."

Jan. 10, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Letters at 3AM: 3% Neanderthal

Our DNA has seen it all before – and survived

"...and paternal DNA, and reveal my "direct ... deep ancestry." Also, according to the information packet, they'd "analyze a..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

ScriptWorks' Out of Ink 2019: Artificially Intelligent

The 10-minute plays in this year's edition of the annual showcase venture outside the comfort zone

"...latest breakthrough in home DNA-testing technology – à la Ancestry.com – Aaron browses a list of everyone who is..."

May 3, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...in Texas are Garcia, Smith, and Martinez, according to Ancestry.com...."

Nov. 30, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to Ancestry.com, President Obama is descended from someone whom they call..."

July 1, 2016 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Playback: Sanctified Souls

Uncovering Arizona Dranes, remembering Brent Grulke

"...dissertation on Dranes' influence, and spent a month on Ancestry.com...."

Sept. 7, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 28-Feb. 4

"...Mon.-Sat., Feb. 1-6, 10am-2pm. 1501 E. 12th, 220-1157. Free. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txwhphs...."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature

The Covenant

The Covenant is a sleek yet empty picture about four handsome high school seniors who possess supernatural powers and impossibly chiseled stomachs.

"...to a centuries-old covenant of silence, lest their sacred ancestry be discovered and they wind up boarding-school John Proctors..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

In Memoriam

The Austin State Hospital Cemetery is the long final home for thousands

"...during his last days, but he didn't want his ancestry to distract from his volunteer work. "I just thought..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Beyond Himself

Roger Gathman talks to Jonathan Safran Foer about the author's unconscious grasp of the Jewish literary tradition.

"...him about the Ukrainian countryside in search of Jonathan's ancestry. That ancestry goes back to a shtetl, the village..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Sunshine

"...once the Nazis start annihilating anyone with any Jewish ancestry. His predicament provides material for one of the film's..."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eugenics Controversy Looms Over Natal Conference at UT’s AT&T Center

Speakers decry low birth rates, while some promote pseudoscience

"...2019 tweet, he told a commenter with claimed Apache ancestry that he’s “lucky we let you live in Arizona,”..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Arts Review: “Native America: In Translation” at the Blanton

Indigenous artists interrogate identity in a revelatory photo-based exhibit

"...Some of the work gives explicit connections to artists’ ancestry. Those pieces directly call on tradition as a steady..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

In Politics to Win, Again and Again

Introducing the passionate people who get our local politicians elected

"...The city at that point was controlled, of course,..."

Sept. 13, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Day Trips: Panna Maria, Texas

Step back in time at the oldest Polish settlement in America

"...in the U.S. The descendants continue to celebrate their ancestry 170 years later...."

May 24, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town

A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?

"...2019 tweet, he told a commenter with claimed Apache ancestry that he's "lucky we let you live in Arizona,"..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

"...Aymara, Mayan. People talking about the territory, the community, ancestry. You can't detach from those things. I haven't heard..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 23-29

"...and get her medical degree because of her Jewish ancestry. Seventy-seven years later, she was finally given a chance..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Short & Sweet: “The Cheap Seats”

Docudrama finds spirited stories in the psychic capital of Florida

"...about my family and our relationship to spirituality and ancestry in our very silly, modern lives...."

July 18, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...epic shoegaze compositions, heavily influenced by his First Nations ancestry. – Kevin Curtin Cimafunk..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Learning the Ropes

"..."the ropes" too, but as disparate events. Is Irish ancestry a factor in having bowels immune to Guinness? If..."

March 2, 2022 Postmarks

The Luv Doc: Boring People

Ask not from whom the dull tolls. It tolls from thee.

"...possessing a substantial but admittedly indeterminate amount of Irish ancestry, I feel like I have license to make broad,..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Music Review: Jazz re:freshed Outernational Blows Down Abbey Road

Downstairs at the old Emo’s on Sixth and Red River in spirit

"...history logs, George proved as revelatory as her Nigerian ancestry. Listing “African folk, jazz, and hip-hop grooves,” she exhaled..."

March 16, 2021 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Kings & Queens Jamaican Cuisine Is on a Mission to Make the World Better With Food

Food is love at this Pflugerville eatery

"...East in its piquant plates and the owners' broad ancestry...."

Feb. 26, 2021 Food Feature by David Brendan Hall

2020’s Hot Sauce Festival Music Acts

Get sweaty in the privacy of your home with these performers

"...produce this intrinsic and grandiose exploration of roots and ancestry, resignified to their present. Go Fever..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Food Feature

Qmmunity: Longing for Our Queer QTs

"...Austin Tonight's Boiz are celebrating their culture, heritage, and ancestry. Tue., Aug. 11, 7-8pm. Online. $5 suggested donation. www.fb.com/boizofaustin...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

"Sanctum" Explores Ancestral Memories in Our DNA

Alyssa Taylor Wendt and five other artists look at inherited memory in this group show at Big Medium

"...Where the Bird Sings Best, a retelling of his ancestry where he transforms the pain of his familial history..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What’cha Watchin’?

Screengrabs from the Chronicle staff

"...volume 1 for a valuable history lesson on taco ancestry before ditching that fusion restaurant and heading to an..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Column by Katelyn Landry

ACL Live Review: Residente

More Spanish-language ACL headliners, por favor

"...features Mongolian throat singing and nods to his Siberian ancestry. A searing rock guitar solo bolstered my personal theory..."

Oct. 7, 2018 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

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