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The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events
Hit the town with these non-SXSW events
"...If you follow Chupie the Chupacabra’s Instagram, this meet & greet is already in your..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers
"...1996: Chupacabra Máscara This folkloric creature marked the tail end of..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners
Austin-linked films Blinders, Horton Foote win
"...Doesn’t Die by Stephen Sloot Sci-Fi Feature Screenplay Award: Chupacabra by Mark Ellis Horror Feature Screenplay Award: Open House..."

Nov. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "The El Chupugcabra"
A monstrous comedy from the Scare Package team
"...with the legendary goat sucker of the South, the chupacabra...."

June 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
"...tells you it is about two friends finding a chupacabra. It's a premise you keep expecting Washington to undercut..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Amplified Heat, Duel, Greenbeard, Tia Carrera
Swan Dive, Jan. 4
"...jams about missing "your biscuits & gravy" and the Chupacabra blues. One woman next to the stage hyped the..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Review by Christina Garcia

Everything You Need to Know About TableTop Day
Gamers unite in Wil Wheaton-created holiday
"...Games coming out to demo Zombie Dice and the Chupacabra dice game, and there will be lots of door..."

April 3, 2014 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Kickstart Your Weekend
Headlines from the crowdfunding scene
"...• One promising underdog? "Chupacabra," by New York-based Jenny Joslin. Wait, New York? Production..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Home's a Brewin'
Our new beer writer takes the plunge
"...for Flying Monk." Is Flying Monk dangerous like a chupacabra or good-magical like a leprechaun? That's another article...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Food Column by Ivy Le

Barrio Daze
La Raza's Edge – with a sense of humor, ese
"...body of a goat that was killed by the chupacabra?..."

Aug. 31, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Record
A personal introduction to 'The Austin Chronicle Music Anthology'
"...on Sunday. Graham just released a new live album, Chupacabra, available for free download with an optional donation feature...."

March 4, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Back on the Bank for '10
Lonestar Rollergirls to salute the troops
"...of the skates, there's the season kickoff party at Chupacabra Cantina at 400 E. Sixth. $10 gets you entry..."

Jan. 14, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

El Tule
"...guitars and brooding horns, while the more traditional "El Chupacabra" adds another chapter to the lore of the mythical..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Strange but True
Jad Fair making art out in Manor with monsters, aliens, and dead dogs
"...a dead dog and not some sort of errant chupacabra or mythical Texas dog-beast. A gang of vultures lingers,..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Brujerías: Stories of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest and Beyond
Thirty years, 64 narrators, and 165 stories
"...is followed by one in Spanish. La Llorona, el chupacabra, and the evil eye are included, of course, but..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Books Review by Terry Ornelas Woodroffe

Cross-Border Craziness
Feds finally release guidelines for new visas, civil rights lawyers file more claims pertaining to May 1 immigration protest in L.A., and Cuero rancher finds possible chupacabra
"...body of what many people are saying is a chupacabra (literal translation: goat-sucker), a mythical, bloodsucking creature pervasive throughout..."

Sept. 14, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

TCB
Border Media Partners prove radio's not dead, especially en Español, the Wannabes remember fighting the TCU frat scene, and Dave Chappelle details his obsession with the female anatomy
"...Kanye West, and Snoop Dogg, as well as el chupacabra, OJ, and crystal meth at his uproarious Frank Erwin..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City
Bike rodeo contains a message amidst its madness
"...will join other two-wheeled phenomena like the fire breathing Chupacabra Cycle and the Tall Bikes, featured in death-defying jousting..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Flat Crazy
"...swears he has come face to face with a chupacabra, the horrifying mythical fanged monster of Mexican folklore. Marlin..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Books Review by Virginia B. Wood

Stories from the Midway
Coney Island Creepout
"...freakshow museums revealed the body of the legendary Mexican Chupacabra, perfectly preserved organs of long-dead anomalies of nature, and..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Michael Chamy

All the Gory Details
The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.
"...which I'm supposed to play a martial-artist-type killer. There's Chupacabra, something from Screen Gems, Frank Capra Jr.'s studio in..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Page Two
The history of the intermittent Halloween mask covers and of burgeoning staff dinners.
"...waded into more conceptual territory with masks of Memnoch, Chupacabra, and the Triangle. Last year, in a return to..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Page Two
"...by Nathan Jensen, and the modern mythical border bogeyman Chupacabra (1996) by Roy Tompkins. Last year we did a..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column by Louis Black

Scanlines
Invasion USA
"...just plain weird. Highlights include The Brainiac, a vampire (chupacabra?) with two hairy pincer claws per hand that presumably..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Live Shots
"...the spontaneity out of the scene like a runaway chupacabra. These days, if you can't hyphenate it at least..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Music Feature

Public Notice
Party Like It's 1997
"...that the hickey on his neck was from the Chupacabra itself??????..."...."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows...
"...all the goats in Puerto Rico. Locals call him "Chupacabra."..."

Dec. 27, 1996 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

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