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

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 ...

Ceramics is one of the few art forms that involves all of the elements: earthen clay, water to shape it, fire to set it, and air to dry it. That’s what Arielle Shaves likes about it: “It brings back ...

Dear Luv Doc, Me and my boyfriend of 11 years got into a fight last Saturday about who should buy his mom’s birthday gift. Her 75th birthday is coming up and traditionally I have always been the one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...