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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...