I think the Grinch gets a bad rap. The suggestions that his shoes were too tight and his heart was two sizes too small are frankly patronizing. He clearly states the issues that bother him: the toys ...
UT-Austin has experienced unprecedented turnover in top leadership positions over the last two years, much of it the result of Texas Republicans’ ongoing ideological war with the university. Several ...
Melissa Carper’s tender, time-warping voice is well-suited to Christmas material. Turns out, so is her storytelling. A Very Carper Christmas presents 13 original tunes lovingly plucked from the ...
At this point, most of the Chronicle readership is probably on board with understanding the evils of mass consumerism – the myriad environmental and social ills that come with corporatized convenience ...
Holiday gift giving means it’s time for a road trip. Maceo’s Spice & Import Company (maceospice.com) in Galveston is the perfect destination for the chefs and eaters on your list. Not only is the ...
Austin Beamon’s journey to becoming an in-demand tailor before the age of 30 began like any other Austin teenager’s: “I guess I was, yeah, a little unsure, a little lost, up in the air. I liked music, ...
The city of Austin is surrounded by miles and miles of rolling Hill Country, dotted with Ashe juniper trees and blanketed with long native grasses. Most Austinites are probably not aware of it, but ...
Raised on church music, trained in jazz, and blooded by the psychedelic soul of the Black Pumas, of which he’s been a member since they started touring, keyboardist JaRon Marshall has a deep creative ...
Julia Lenoir has lived many lives. In 2022, she was working in hospice and tattooing herself casually, learning to draw botanical designs by tracing: “I started doing everything in dots, because I ...
On Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 o’clock, about 15 people went to pee at the Capitol using the restroom aligned with their gender identity. Nothing happened that first trip. But after rallying at the rotunda ...
For months, San Marcos has been circling the question that’s reshaped policing debates across Central Texas: What do we really get from a citywide network of license plate scanners? On Tuesday, Dec. 2 ...
Ground Floor Theatre’s annual Christmas counter-programming kicks off December with an impeccable downer. The show may be called Parade, but the only thing marching before you is a cavalcade of ...