Dancing About Architecture

House of Blues breaks ground at Southpark Meadows where the old stage will be replaced, but not before Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.

"...last Wednesday, as high muckety-mucks from the mighty House of Blues cabal converged on the empty field to discuss..."

June 9, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Scanlines

"...1986 was something of a banner year for Oliver Stone, the eccentric director..."

April 17, 1998 Screens Feature

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...let the word "classical" throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Headlines

"...breath. Some members will go dark for a couple of weeks, although the campaigners – Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature

Headlines

"...Council is not until Aug. 2 (after a couple of work sessions), when budget, bond proposals, and tax rates..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature

Who Is Dead and Who Is Not Dead

"...In "Letters at 3AM: Dead and Alive on the Fourth of July" [July 2] Michael Ventura pits well-known cultural..."

July 9, 2010 Postmarks

Food-o-File

Food Editor Virginia B. Wood says goodbye to Chronicle writer Rebecca Chastenet de Géry and hello to Claudia Alarcon and Erin Mosow, while still serving up the latest news in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...in 1995, I was seated on a stool outside of the Boggy Creek Farm stand, and I overheard an..."

July 5, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...excellent article on Free Radio ["The Death and Life of Free Radio," June 22]. I'd like to mention an..."

June 29, 2001 Column

Shooting Star

"...The phone is no friend of Curt Kirkwood's.Too often, the tidings it bears are foul...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...On July 25, KTBC/ Channel 7 reporter Gabe Caggiano was suspended..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Council: Visit Austin, But How?

Defining oversight for city tourism

"...assume oversight responsibility over Visit Austin, the marketing arm of the Austin Convention Center, and advise Council on more..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Beaux Cheveux

"...Bo opener "We're Open Now" wafts a gentle prayer of a drum and bass track slowed to match the..."

May 4, 2018 Music Review by Christina Garcia

Hungry Todd Rungy Hosts Slice-Slamming Contest This Weekend

Local gastrojock rides herd at Little Woodrow's on Independence Day

"...you're going to have a food-eating contest on the Fourth of July … if you're going to follow your..."

July 1, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Keepin' Up With the Jones Family

The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin

"...September 2005: Hurricane Rita is threatening to postpone the fourth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. At the last..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Tubular Tradition

Sausage stuffed the good ol' fashioned way

"...When we eat at some of the better local barbecue temples around town, we take..."

July 27, 2012 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Playback: Don't Fence Me In

The Fun Fun Fun Fest schedule arrives, Flesh Lights return from touring with the Hives, and Tim O'Connor lives to fight another day

"...Hope your Fourth of July wasn't quite as notable as mine. I..."

July 13, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips

Hill Country and Central Texas guidebooks have been updated, expanded, and reissued

"...In the storytelling tradition of J. Frank Dobie, Zelade doesn't let the facts get..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Taxation Is Confiscation

"...Dear Editor, The Fourth of July is an appropriate day to respond to..."

July 5, 2005 Postmarks

Page Two

We change printers, resize the paper, and go to press a day early, all in the same week. At some point this must have seemed like a good plan.

"...Some of you may be thinking that the issue of the..."

July 5, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Food-o-File

The amazing roster of new restaurants opening in Austin.

"...Plenty of News..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Ragtime: America in Motion

The musical version of Ragtime is a story of America and of people in motion, and in the powerfully realized national touring production, their journeys move us, haunt us.

"...July 25..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Public Notice

Go Granny Go!

"...are given by the good folks at the program offices. 784-3221. Before Sunrise..."

July 4, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Hot Sauce Fest, Bat Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Mitski, Childish Gambino, Lucinda Williams, and others worth hearing

"...Friday and Saturday evenings each feature a different trio of renowned drummers to showcase what the lights can do..."

Sept. 6, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

We're Not Like Everybody Else

The 2014-15 Austin Music Awards, an alumni free-for-all

"...International de Jazz de Montréal. Second and final week. Fourth of July stretch...."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Tip Jar Etiquette

See that tip jar? Give.

"...stage where patrons can drop bills for the benefit of musicians. Tip jars either supplement the payment artists receive..."

July 4, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Carnage, Wrath, and Righteous Waves

What's the story with Doug Dorst's The Surf Guru?

"...The Surf Guru (Riverhead Books), is about the CEO of a surfboard and accessories company who seems to ride..."

July 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

The good, the bad, and the ugly: a look back at the year in Austin music

"...More people bemoaned the state of Austin radio in 2009 than actually listened to it...."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chlorine

First place

"...looked pretty convincing, twitching all over like a pile of dogs’ hind legs. People were starting to stare. He..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Gail Miller

Meet the New Boss

Slaid Cleaves, road warrior, conqueror

"...Following the release of his breakthrough album, 2000's Broke Down, the now 40-year-old..."

July 16, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Day Trips

Capt. Day Trips drops the 411 on Round Top, Texas

"...Round Top is one of those small towns that you never really get tired..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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