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"...Beryl Barrels Through: Before Beryl, the last Category 5 hurricane to land this early in the year was in..."

July 12, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Dusty Daze: Those lazy days of summer have arrived,..."

July 5, 2024 News Feature

New Prints, Old Turtles, and Other Events This Week
Gotta gotta get out to get down
"...Crying in H Mart is as much an emotional hurricane as the megastore it’s named after.   – Cy..."

June 21, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips: Watergarden, Corpus Christi
Back and better than ever after seven-year dry spell
"...and tourists. The popular attraction closed in 2017 after Hurricane Harvey flooded the area destroying the wiring, pumps, and..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: The Joan and Scott Holt Paradise Pond, Port Aransas
Restored Port A nature preserve is paradise for wildlife and people
"...wooded tract surrounded by houses and businesses. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey filled the pond with saltwater. Since then the..."

May 3, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping
What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios
"...Interest in prepping hit Martin like a hurricane. A country boy from Tennessee, he moved to Miami..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown
The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)
"...There’s a great spot around the corner from here, Hurricane Grill & Wings, and they got the creamy lemon..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Review: Stormy
Doc explores life in the eye of Hurricane Trump

March 15, 2024 Screens Feature by Katherine McNevins

Day Trips: Schoenstatt Shrine, Lamar
Texas coast shrine is a replica of a German chapel
"...to change course for Corpus Christi because of a hurricane...."

March 1, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Bluebird Fish Camp, Orange
Good food down on the bayou on the way to Louisiana
"...“Hurricane Harvey nearly did us in,” Chef Rodney said. “We..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Luther Hotel, Palacios
Historic Gulf Coast hotel dodges the wrecking ball
"...The structure survived hurricanes and fires, but nearly succumbed when its owner Jack..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

State Grid Weathered Cold Snap Despite Record Demand
All-time highs and lows
"...Looking back on the frigid weather this week, the..."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Will the Grid Hold Up? Arctic Blast Not Expected to Be as Severe as 2021’s
Grid should remain stable despite freezing cold and high demand
"...There is much less precipitation expected than 2023’s ice hurricane, which will lower the risk of local outages due..."

Jan. 12, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Changing Nations, Changing Generations: PJ Raval’s Who We Become
Austin filmmaker on his not-a-pandemic-project pandemic project
"...Orleans for documentary Trouble the Water only days after Hurricane Katrina. At that time, he experienced what he called..."

Jan. 9, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2023 AFS Grant for Short Films Recipients
Career-changing grants go to 16 projects from Texas filmmakers
"...Houston to help their families prepare for an approaching hurricane, they must both reckon with the reasons they left..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion
The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own
"...When Hurricane Katrina changed the trajectory of the ColdTowne Heroes, a..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Free Week’s Big Weekend and More Crucial Concerts This Week
Plus back-to-back gigs from Cactus Lee, Runner and Bobby
"...single of upcoming sophomore release NovApocalypse, "Bird in the Hurricane" whirls a plucked string melody reminiscent of Joanna Newsom's..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review
Pulled from the shelves
"...Loretta Thurwar aka Blood Mama and her chain-mate Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker. Worshipped by their respective fans, the women..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

A Very Merry List of Junk to Gift to News Junkies
For loved ones in the good fight and those you’ve yet to indoctrinate
"...serious concern – at the peak of the ice hurricane last winter, 40% of the city's traffic signals went..."

Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature by the News Team

Unheard Witness
The untold story of Charles Whitman’s wife is one of domestic violence red flags
"...ever being a bore. It begins in 1961 as Hurricane Carla ravages the Gulf Coast, including Leissner's hometown of..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Hurricane Idalia A Category 3 hurricane missed Texas and touched..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature

Austin’s Essential Frozen Cocktails
Because sometimes you gotta think beyond the margarita
"...the Woods, a gin and blackberry crusher; a classic hurricane (highly recommended); and the Barefoot Confresca, a mezcal, Aperol,..."

July 21, 2023 Food Feature by Evan Rodriguez

Larry & Joe Bring Songs of Deliverance to Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio
North Carolina duo play Paramount Stateside on April 30
"...sort of like being in the eye of a hurricane. Beauty and order in the heart of chaos. There..."

April 14, 2023 Music Post by John Job

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday
Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley
"...was also extremely sensitive and kind and generous. After Hurricane Katrina, she just rallied and jumped in gathering donations.”..."

March 31, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Review: Join or Die
Can Rotary Clubs and bowling save America?
"...Nixon resigning, dilapidated housing project, AIDS protest, Columbine shooting, Hurricane Katrina, 2008 financial crisis, Charlottesville white nationalist march, George..."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Jazz Re:Freshed Outernational Opens Expansive Genre Umbrella at SXSW
Steam Down, Yazmin Lacey, and more spanned Afrobeat to retro R&B
"...background. The band’s eponymous theme song erupted in a hurricane of percussion and a ripping kora solo. “Soninka,” “City..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Michael Toland

SXSW Film Review: The Arc of Oblivion
Documentary explores the beautiful effort of human record-keeping
"...too, whether by physical forces like flood or a hurricane, the fallibility of the human mind, or something more..."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

How Bad Was the "Ice Hurricane," Really?
A little context for what feels like a recurring event

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

We Have an Issue: A Song of Ice and Fire
Recovering from last week's ice storm, and rocking out to Urban Heat
"...all still in recovery mode from last week's "ice hurricane." You might have noticed the Chronicle's print issue came..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Review: The Filigree Theatre's Fire in Dreamland
This compelling drama ignites but doesn't blaze
"...The second disaster, a flood caused by Hurricane Sandy that devastated New York's coastline, took place in..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

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