Visual Art Review: Laurie Frick’s “What did you do today?” at Ivester Contemporary

Data-driven works present art and technology with hope for connection

"...is like a perfect painting to Frick, a time span canvassing the good, the bad, and the wide-open spaces...."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...neighborhood anyway. Our POWER RANKINGS scores acknowledge a brewery’s attention to their mainstay lineup (40%), emphasis on their taproom/beer..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

As the Region Booms, Farmers Struggle to Feed Austin Locally

As the region booms, farmers struggle to feed Austin locally

"...area's population has grown tenfold since the 1960s, little attention has been paid to how all those people will..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

The Luv Doc: Specific Disease

An insignificant linguistic nuance

"...of genius, but you're grossly overestimating the average American's attention span. All they are going to remember is, "That..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see

"...Melissa Carper's musical sensibilities span every inch of a boot-scuffed dance floor, from Western..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...we included our POWER RANKINGS score, which acknowledged breweries' attention to their mainstay lineups (40%), emphasis on their taproom/beer..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Faster Than Sound: Unpacking Harry Styles' Austin Run With the Professor Teaching a Class on Him

Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia offers a crash course in the Harry-verse

"...European Pop Culture," and the fact that so much attention was garnered for a class of 20 students shows..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Mean Girls

Tina Fey’s musical induces laughter, sensory overload, and acid reflux

"...subjects of the show itself: teenagers with a limited attention span but endless capacity to process stimuli. The rest..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

What’s a Grand Jury, and Is It Being Manipulated to Indict Police Officers?

More cops are being indicted, but why all the secrecy?

"...and repeatedly shut down I-35. Then he turned his attention to Garza, a man whom many APD officers (and..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The First Annual Texas Wine Auction

A fun and classy start to a new tradition

"...covered and I don’t want to tax the readers’ attention span or anything, you know? But lemme just ask..."

May 24, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Abortion Advocates on What Happens Next

Texans once again have an unfortunate head start in having their rights stripped away

"...her lifetime. Her battle has always been one to span generations. "We're far from done in the fight for..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Spoon Album Review

Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador)

"...Daniel's guitar and Eno's percussion grabs most of the attention, hitting harder than this band has in quite some..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Texas Dems Go to Court to Block Abbott's Funding Veto

Filing says governor's defunding of Lege is invalid

"...Bill 1, the 2022-23 biennial budget, Abbott's childishly limited attention span has instead been consumed by his Operation Lone..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...that's both artistic manifesto and arch commentary on the attention span of post-Trump Americans. "Mohawk Town" applies a spaghetti..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...pedestrian thoroughfare. Included are modern and contemporary sculptures that span different decades and artistic movements, and that feature a..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

We Have an Issue: Staying Present, Preparing for the Future

This week’s cover story looks at how the pandemic is shaping architecture and design

"...process is changing me, and I'm trying to pay attention to that. That means celebrating the changes that feel..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...using actual VHS and Betamax cameras. Given Ralph’s pre-teen attention span, few of the television and commercial parodies overstay..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Young Restaurateurs Learn to Share in Austin's Real Estate Market

Traditional restaurateuring gets a millennial makeover

"...Native's multifaceted atmosphere speaks to the short millennial attention span; Craig explains, "Whatever vibe you're in, whether it's..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

My Obsession: The Killer Looks of Edwige Fenech

Bow before the Queen of Giallo

"...worked on almost a dozen films together over the span of three decades. Some of her best work –..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Screens Column by Sarah Jane

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Step Into Their Third Act

Chronicle Hot Sauce headliners look ahead to the next waltz

"...country chanteuse – but they remain reluctant to call attention to themselves. [inset-2-right]..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Walking on Water

Portrait of renowned environmental artist Christo is more of a thumbnail sketch

"...doesn’t document a beginning-to-end narrative of the project’s life span. (The filmmakers reportedly shot 700 hours of footage.) Because..."

May 24, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lege Lines: Do It for the Kids

House Dems lay out school finance plan

"...enforcement and the community," said Menéndez in English and Span­ish. "You are putting a target on the backs of..."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...Anthony Stephan House; that explosion drew relatively little media attention and was downplayed by law enforcement. But the second..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lobster Rolls and Business Rules at Garbo’s

Heidi Garbo is strong as hell

"...and that's particularly true of Austin's food scene, whose attention span is about as a long as a drunk..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Sniper 66 Conceptualize Austin's First Serial Killer

The street-punk vets tell the tale of the Servant Girl Annihilator

"..."He killed seven women and a man in the span of one year, and he was never really caught...."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Austin Film Society's Noir Canon Travels the Mean Streets

The city is the star of the AFS film series

"...slew of cynical gems that aren't always given the attention they deserve...."

Nov. 23, 2018 Screens Feature by Julian DeBerry

Ben Fountain on Beautiful Country Burn Again

In his new book, the author lights up 2016 to make sense of that crazy, intense year

"...at the time remembers how J.R. seized the country's attention and became that villain we love. So many of..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: ZAP!

The commission was right. CodeNEXT must die. But then what?

"...depend on voters having a very short and selective attention span. Where was the mayor for the last two..."

Aug. 10, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Crime Month: Investigating True Crime on Netflix

Which shows deliver the criminal goods and are worth the watch

"...two rounds of updates. How bingeable: Depends on your attention span, but if it’s on the shorter side, I..."

July 25, 2018 Arts Post by Danielle White

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It

Shall we dive in?

"...when PARD feels a pool has outlived its life span (as in the case of St. Johns), staff will..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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