Where the Beards Are

Meet the Austin Facial Hair Club, reality TV's unlikeliest new stars

"...point, on a reality series devoted to boys with beards taking those beards around the world on the competitive..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Big Beards, Big Booties, Big Fun

Yes, my weekend actually was filled with fun and lots of it.

"...these guys had plenty to share. * Speaking of beards. WOOF!! FFF3's bear advisory levels were off the chart..."

Nov. 9, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Once Upon a Time in China V

"...which finds our heroes all dressed up in silly beards, ranks as the worst moment in the entire series,..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

ZZ Top

Tracking the beards

"...hardly rivals Billy Gibbons' and Dusty Hill's twin front beards, but it'll kill the endless jokes about the guy..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Up Too Early

Google Streetview fashion critique from Far West Boulevard

"...Amazingly, beards are still fashionable in Austin. Makes no goddamn sense..."

July 10, 2012 Chronolog Post

Council Races Get a Little More Hairy

Allen Demling announces for Place 1

"...it currently stands, could use some new blood (and beards) to invigorate it!," said [­Future Austin City Council Member..."

Jan. 15, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Luv Doc: Facial Hair

In the end the mortality rate of bearded vs. non-bearded people is exactly the same

"...I know you're probably sitting there thinking, "Wait a..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Eephus

Funny, scruffy, sometimes mournful indie about an amateur baseball league's last game

"...cigarettes casually smoked on the field, so many gnarly beards. The men belly-ache about their pains – bad knees..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

K.G.F: Chapter 2

Sequel to the 2018 Kannada-language action drama

"...their identical burly builds and giant, but impeccably manicured, beards. Thankfully Chapter 2 launches with a recap that reminds..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren't

10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year

"..."precious metal" serving as opener. Synchronized by matching fluffy beards, duet Deep Cross processed avant-garde industrialism, endorsed by dark..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Live Music Soundtrack for Your Weekend

Austin Reggae Festival, and more if you're not too high

"...Exploded Drawing eschews its typically homegrown lineup of beat..."

April 20, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Great Austin Beer Scavenger Hunt

SXSW is brewing

"...SHOW SXSW is a conference of fat cats with beards and indie hobbyist types, also with beards, so this..."

March 10, 2016 Food Post by Eric Puga

Joke 'Stache

Danny Palumbo wins Funniest Person in Austin 2015, advances equal rights for facial hair

"...nice that after consecutive years of white guys with beards winning this contest that, you know, a white guy..."

May 22, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dirty Wars

Journalist Jeremy Scahill investigates the stealth operations of JSOC - the Joint Special Operations Command, an elite military outfit that performs targeted kills at the administration's directive.

"...officer, who told Scahill that their attackers all wore beards, dug out their bullets from the corpses, prevented them..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Nutcracker

Ballet Austin's warm and decidely unstuffy production deserves to be a family holiday tradition

"..."Why do nutcrackers have beards?" asked my 4-year-old during Ballet Austin's matinee last weekend...."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Review by Dawn Davis Loring

Top 10 Most-Viewed Stories on AustinChronicle.com by Section

Drill down, baby

"...8) "Where the Beards Are: Meet the Austin Facial Hair Club, reality TV's..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Features Feature

'Keeping Austin Beard'

"...Club's motto should be "Keeping Austin Beard" [“Where the Beards Are,” Screens, Aug. 5]. Second was the "Bag It"..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Postmarks

Texas Stars Movember

The Texas Stars grow 'staches to raise funds to fight cancer

"...the world of sports facial hair. In hockey, "playoff beards" are an integral part of any championship run. There's..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Law & Order, beards, and more

"...the Journal of Marketing Communications found that men with beards are considered more credible than their clean-shaven couterparts. Men..."

April 23, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Che: Part One

Steven Soderbergh’s filmmaking legacy is his aesthetic daring, and his latest – as massive and imperfect as it is – just might be his most daring work to date.

"...explosions of violence; and, of course, the increasingly bushy beards. The result is an epic in miniature, an anthropologist’s..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Brodown Corner

"...horse entrants "who just show up, stoked on their beards and bearded lifestyles." There are subcategories for gnarliest beard,..."

Feb. 6, 2008 Sports Post by Audra Schroeder

Day Party Crawl

"...camped out in extended jam territory. At this point, beards are everywhere, as well as lots of props and..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Utter Daveness of Dave!

A farewell tribute to artist and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club Dave Bryant

"...I'll get pictures from the Internet of guys with beards, like me, who could be misconstrued as Muslims just..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Osama

The first feature to come out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, Osama tells the story of a girl who masquerades as a boy.

"...job site, until, of course, you notice the flyaway beards, the sweat-soiled turbans, and the ever-present AK-47s slung low..."

April 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Growin' a Beard

CDVD

"...suitably hirsute Scotty McAfee. Since the film is about beards and the growing thereof, Woolf documents the men shaving..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Revolution OS

"...is how many of the open-sourcers sport ponytails and beards, or are seen frolicking with their kids. Bill Gates,..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dancing About Architecture

"...whether goats and songwriters both "pee in their own beards," he admitted that the name meant nothing. Hall's current..."

June 4, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...British army is considering lifting a 300-plus-year ban on beards to attract new recruits...."

Dec. 15, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 30 - July 6

"...set their chins on a table with their long beards spread out in front of them. A louse, a..."

June 30, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Luv Doc: A One-Way Ticket to Johnson City

Are yuppies still a thing?

"...tell when their faces are all buried in Moses-length beards. Now mind you, it's a rare day when I..."

July 8, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

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