Wish You Were Here!

Austin's public art provides fodder for naughty doddering

"...tongue-in-cheek photo souvenirs of your new life in the heart of Texas. After your masterpieces develop, turn 'em over,..."

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Ada Calhoun

Postmarks

Hysteria Doomed Plan

"...neighborhood plan required a full year of outreach and participation with residents, property owners, and businesses. This plan calls..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Column

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...WEST SIDE STORY: A BOXFUL OF KITTENS..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Arts Review

Record Reviews

"...and sumptuously produced. Where Falkner strays from the old party line is in his insistence that his work --..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Music Review

Dark, Heavy, Grindy Music

Austin's Industrial Revolution

"...Skatenigs and Skrew to bands that are just now starting to receive the attention that has long been denied..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Music Feature

Absolutely Frank

Ryko Reissues Zappa

"...merely prolific. His music, though it was at no particular time the "in" thing, or perhaps for that very..."

July 28, 1995 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Feeding the Soul With Immersive Theatre at Boggy Creek Farm

Co-creator Jade Fusco talks about Fables From the Farm

"...On paper, Fables From the Farm started in 2023 as a combination of performance art, dinner..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crow Bar Reopens on the Eastside With a New Focus on Live Music

Aryn Jonathan Black and Steve Gee rebuild after 2022 arson

"...the outskirts of East Austin. Though unassuming, these scorched artifacts carry 13 years of history...."

March 27, 2025 Music Post by Angelina Liu

Director Andrew Bujalski Makes a Movie, Two Ways

2022’s There There pops up in Austin as both an art installation and a theatrical screening

"...wisdom, then he may never have undertaken his latest artistic project – a three-screen installation conversion of his 2022..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Modernform, Chat Pile, and More Crucial Concerts

Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing

"...goes out of style, even around Valentine’s Day. The dark-hearted are invited to join multi-Austin Music Award-winning deejay/host Laurie..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

FronteraFest Celebrates 30 Weird and Wild Theatrical Years

New and returning artists flock to this year’s 30th edition of the theatre fest

"...were COVID casualties), Frontera is a safety net for performance art. Due to an unjuried selection process – they..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

The Top 10 Austin Albums of 2024

From art rock to hip-hop, these are the records I kept on repeat

"...From debut LPs to established act victory laps, Austin artists produced a wealth of music in 2024. I was..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/85

Found footage anthology finds a future by pushing the rules

"...(Lucky) successfully mashes together early VR and 1980s experimental performance art in "TKNOGD" for a good, old-fashioned gross-out splatter..."

Sept. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Wise Guy Theater Co.’s Dead. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the End

Theater becomes theatre as Fallout comedy club experiments with drama

"...Taking creative risks is the name of the game..."

July 12, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Qmmunity: House of South By

House of Lepore makes ballroom culture an official part of SXSW

"...thing themselves: The Big-Stage Ball at Cheer Up Charlies starts at 8pm with a showcase of DJs and live..."

March 17, 2023 Column by James Scott

Review: Ground Floor Theatre's Anna in the Tropics

Life imitates art in this tantalizing production of a Pulitzer-winning play

"...They are particularly effective when conveying their characters' unspeakable truths and overpowering..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Erica Nix Is on the (Mayoral) Run

Local queer fitness icon aims to keep ATX weird, queer, and affordable

"...on the city’s future. She’s expressed those thoughts through performance art as well as recent feature-length film Erica’s First..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Qmmunity: Trans Visibility, Y’all

What does trans visibility mean this Trans Day of Visibility?

"...mark the org's first in-person event since the pandemic's start. Free food will be on offer, but it's first..."

April 1, 2022 Column by James Scott

The Wildcards of TV and Cinema in 2021

Highs, lows, and strange moments that caught our critics eyes

"...undefinable, uncategorizable something on the screen. A trend, a performance or performer, a random coincidence that stands out to..."

Dec. 30, 2021 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Inside Austin’s Fantasy Roleplaying Speakeasy With Oakda Malkuth

Straddling two worlds with Tiny Minotaur's bartending orc

"...Chance, as everyone knows, plays a large part in our lives. Whether literally or metaphorically, we roll..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fantastic Fest: Scumdogs of Eternity in This Is Gwar

New documentary gets under the latex of the monster metalers

"...social satire. The dreaded Cuddlefish. For 37 years, deranged performance art/goreshow metal heads GWAR have shocked, baffled, and drenched..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Here’s to 40 More

It's The Austin Chronicle's 40th anniversary issue

"...since March of 2020. I'm pretty sure that golf cart has been there as long as I've been at..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Bans Off Our Bodies Protest at the Texas Capitol

"...Bans Off Our Bodies performance art participants protest Senate Bill 8 at the Texas..."

Sept. 1, 2021 Photo Gallery

Sound Unseen Fest Comes to Texas

Hybrid music/movie fest brings Zappa, Stardust, more

"...director Jim Brunzell (probably best known around here as artistic director for aGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities..."

Oct. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kamala Harris, Stacey Abrams, Hillary Clinton Headline The 19th Represents Virtual Summit

Politicians, activists revel and reckon with the 19th Amendment

"...the country’s most prominent voices in politics, activism, and art. Those voices will all be female...."

July 21, 2020 News Post by Victoria Rossi

We Have an Issue: Meet the Interns

COVID may have robbed our summer interns of the hands-on experience of putting out a paper, but they're making the most out of their virtual internship

"...silliness. The exuberant messiness of it, all the moving parts...."

July 10, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Drinking, Writing, Staying Sober

You can’t do all three at once, no, but check this out

"...That last situation, especially, that can be shored up..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Foodservice Community: Keeping It Together

Because pretty much everybody is in the damn weeds atm

"...and generous efforts that are filling bellies and warming hearts throughout the ATX. But it ain’t over yet; there’s..."

March 26, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ATL Rap Duo Earthgang Returns to ATX, This Time As Sold-Out Headliners

Spillage Village mayors bounce Come & Take It Live like a trampoline

"...night. Doors opening later than expected failed to deter Earthgang fans from witnessing the Atlanta duo’s return to Austin...."

Jan. 30, 2020 Music Post by Derek Udensi

Reading The Riot Act With Devon Parks

Arkansas filmmaker on the lessons of no-resource cinema

"...and a vaudeville troupe from the East Coast whose performances stir up local outrage and secrets that some want..."

Jan. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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