Texas roots singer-songwriter Joe Ely passed away at age 78 on Monday, Dec. 15, due to complications with Lewy body dementia, Parkinson’s, and pneumonia, according to a statement from his family. Ely ...

Horror and small Texas towns go together like chainsaws and massacres, but those onscreen communities are often a broad ...

On Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 o’clock, about 15 people went to pee at the Capitol using the restroom aligned with their gender ...

Austin markets itself as green, active, outdoorsy. But this image hides deep racial and income-based disparities. As a social ...

It’s a Shame About Ray, the Lemonheads’ 1992 magnum opus, is melancholy and gorgeous. Take its jangly title track, where ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smoking kills! And yet, the kids keep doing it – the World Health Organization now warns that nine times more children than adults are vaping, fueling a “new wave of nicotine addiction.” Teens may be ...

Scott Ballew has made a career for himself working in creative direction and video production. But his whole life, a love for ...

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 ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Dec. 4 to allow the Trump-ordered redistricted congressional map to stand while the legal battle over it continues. After a three-judge district court in El Paso ...

Austin’s comedy scene is different from when a then-17-year-old Vanessa Gonzalez did her first tight five at Fallout Theater. At the time, Gonzalez had been sticking to sketch and improv because, as ...