From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies

Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc

"...democratic way possible. Their idea was to form "One Big Union" united in the struggle against capitalism. Their manifesto..."

May 3, 2022 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

We Have an Issue: To the Ballot Box We Go (Again!)

Voters mull Proposition A’s progressive policies on low-level pot possession and no-knock warrants

"...Under the Big Top: Thee Gay Agenda variety show makes their exciting..."

April 29, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

So Many Easter Dining Options!

And we’ve rounded up a tasty bunch for you

"...snacking. Thus do we recommend the Happy Easter Gift Box ($34.99). But! Thinking farther ahead: Imagine gifting one of..."

April 11, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...Music wrap-up. For 10 minutes, the frontman for the second-biggest English quartet of all time sing-songed an unprompted monologue..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...that it's really hard to put that in a box and put it away again at the end of..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

RRR

Tollywood historical epic is bromantic action nirvana

"...The biggest event film out of India this year comes not..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

The Luv Doc: Probably a Rat

Can cats see ghosts?

"...Vaseline-lubed NBC executives squirreled away in some safe deposit box in the Caymans. If that really is the case,..."

April 1, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Buffalo Nichols: Beyond the Blues

Confronting harsh realities with hard truths, singer/guitarist offers an invitation to reset musical preconceptions

"...an unsettling fluidity, at times erupting a sound so big that, eyes closed, you would swear he had a..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...notoriously slow, and even with the surprise critical and box office success of Boyhood elevating Linklater's star to new..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beck Saw Austin’s Jesse Ebaugh Playing at Mohawk Friday Night, 20 Hours Later They Performed Together at the Moody Theater

The Tender Things frontman spontaneously enlisted to play pedal steel

"...up at a concert the following night at the biggest indoor venue in town...."

March 20, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Thursday

Young Thug in the park, icy French experimentalism, and more

"...If you're looking for this year's most life-affirming vocalist,..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...One of the founders of the now infamous Norwegian..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...more closely at what else is happening in this big ol’ town of ours:..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...away despite Save Austin Now's victory at the ballot box in May 2021. That "landslide" rejection of the city's..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Year Two for Austin FC Will Determine the Future of Local Sports Culture

A preview of the players, strategies, and songs for a new season

"...Then there’s the biggest question of all: What happens if Austin FC struggles..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Features Feature by Eric Goodman

Fox Announces Bloom County Animated Series

The cartoon strip with Austin roots heads to the small screen

"...The show will be made by animation studio Bento Box (Bob's Burgers, Central Park, and Miramax, Spyglass and Project..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Time to Cast Your Vote in the The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin" Readers Poll

Shout-out the people and places that make Austin so special

"...the winners, who'll be revealed (along with Chron staff's outside-the-box Critics Picks) in the May 20 issue. You'll also..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Finding More Eaze in the World of Experimental Pop

Austin composer Mari Maurice details her nonhierarchical obsessions

"..."You can't put her in a box, because she's constantly building the box."..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Food Crafters Earn National Accolades From Good Food Foundation

Great news for good food

"...have ever made the grade – noms from Lox, Box & Barrel; Epic; and Pogue Mahone Pickles among them..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jackie Venson, Dangerous Toys, Zachary Williams, Cordae, Matthew Logan Vasquez, and more local shows to see

"...the plugg music subgenre's 2021 resurgence ("Mexikodro"). North Carolina's BigBabyGucci opens. – Derek Udensi Dangerous ToysCome & Take it Live,..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...country held court there, and so did Austin's blues big shots (Asleep at the Wheel's Served Live and Stevie..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Adds Jason Isbell, Michael Dell and More to Speaker List

Tech scene and politics get speaker slots, plus WTF is Web3?

"...Here are the big names added in today's list:..."

Jan. 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Who Is Jhojan Valencia, Austin FC’s Latest Big-Money Signing?

And other Qs asked (and answered) about the 25-year-old midfielder

"...So, who is Jhojan Valencia, and how will he..."

Jan. 12, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Fast Rising Family Band We Don’t Ride Llamas Capture Hearts at Free Week

Willow Smith tourmates bring their engaging Afro rock home

"...breakdown in which the four filled the mix with big, round vocal harmonies that made you wonder if they’d..."

Jan. 9, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2021

The year's big stories, from true crime to interstellar action

"...Esquire article, entitled "The Friend: Love Is Not a Big Enough Word," may not have set the box office..."

Jan. 5, 2022 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Remembering Bruce Todd and Sarah Weddington

Remembering Bruce Todd and Sarah Weddington

"...of the city he later led. It wasn't as big of a job as it is now, but it..."

Dec. 31, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Free Brews and Boosters from Jester King; Fat City x Meanwhile = Beer Cheese; William Chris and the Black-Eyed Pea Cook-Off; THC Donuts Postponed; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...an Anti-New-Year’s-Resolution special, by offering decadent desserts – that big ol’ brownie of theirs, and deep-fried cookies and Twinkies,..."

Dec. 29, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...takes us from Austin’s first punk band to the big-bang event of the Sex Pistols playing Randy’s Rodeo. "I..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Top 10 Austin Food & Drink Stories of 2021

Another up-and-down year in Austin food

"...variety of tiny steps joining forces to make a big difference. Restaurants like Intero and Foreign & Domestic are..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Paul Wall, Why Bonnie, Jim Keller, El Combo Oscuro, and a Punk Rock Lottery lead our recommended shows

"...least because a recent radio interview with 97.9 The Box revealed his lifelong distaste for deodorant – Saturday's Empire..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers

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