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Some Say the World Will End … in Ice
City Council dodges the ice storm, and much of its agenda
"...With last Thursday’s potential ice storm looming, the City Council meeting had a hurry-up vibe that produced..."

Dec. 11, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Public Notice: Back to the Present
Hitting the refresh on CodeNEXT
"...The Nov. 28 joint CodeNEXT work session of the Zoning..."

Dec. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Opera's The Daughter of the Regiment
Just as the young woman of the title is deemed "charming," so too is Donizetti's work in this company's staging
"...From the opening strains of the overture to Donizetti's comic romance..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate
Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic
"...that speaks directly to American politics and also to the fear and paranoia that have become common tools in..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Family Fang
Jason Bateman directs and co-stars in this dark comedy
"...Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken, Maryann Plunkett, Kathryn Hahn, Jason Butler Harner, Linda Emond, Marin Ireland, Harris Yulin and Taylor..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016
These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example
"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outlander Is the Rare Adaptation That Gets It Right
Cable show stays true to the beloved, genre-defying book series
"...best-selling Outlander book series has finally been brought to the small screen in a 16-episode series on the Starz..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Farmers’ Market Report: March 22-23, 2014
Feta, spring vegetables, lavender, and asparagus, if you're lucky
"...spring beets, and all manner of tiny vegetables with the word “spring” in their name are coming in...."

March 21, 2014 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Spirits of Texas
Texas spirits to keep your spirits up
"...Bert Butler "Tito" Beveridge II started the modern Texas liquor business..."

July 29, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Top of the Line
The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...For the 19th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Choose Your Monitor: The Four Finalists
Candidates to be Austin's next police monitor speak out
"...The four finalists to become Austin's next police monitor appeared..."

Dec. 8, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

It's the Sound of 50 G's, Baby
UT grad Nora Boxer wins the prestigious Keane Prize for her short story, 'It's the song of the nomads, baby; or, Pioneer.'
"...The University of Texas announced today the winner of the..."

May 5, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Kickin’ the Mud Off My Sneakers
A pretty good weekend in Geezerville
"...I’m not like most of the folks who attended the Austin City Limits Music Festival...."

Oct. 7, 2009 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Aliens in the Attic
A group of kids save their vacation home from extraterrestrials while keeping their clueless elders out of the loop.
"...Schultz. Starring: Carter Jenkins, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Austin Butler, Ashley Boettcher, Kevin Nealon, Andy Richter, Doris Roberts, Gillian..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
The plodding stage musical finally comes to the big screen, its relentlessly bombastic score intact with a vengeance.
"...Directed by: Joel Schumacher. Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Home on the Ranch
Life at Marbridge Ranch defies rehab and assisted living clichés.
"...There are precious few places where, in one afternoon, one..."

April 20, 2001 Features Feature by Stuart Prestidge

Weird Scenes Inside the Joke Mine
Austin Comics at the Montreal Comedy Fest
"...hundred comics walk into a bar.... It sounds like the opening line to a joke (and it probably is..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Arts Feature

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards
The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony
"...season starts in dramatic fashion on Monday night with the ceremony for the B. Iden Payne Awards, Austin's opportunity..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon
Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list
"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks
Finally doing right by Austin's waterways
"...The crowd starts lining up across from Cheer Up Charlies,..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List
TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more
"...Readers and fans of the literary, you might want to grab a napkin before..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away
The Chronicle at 35
"..."The present-day composer refuses to die!"..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

The Egg & I
How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine
"...on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital. A device..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

Can the Bands Play On?
The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame
"...That's the alarm sounded for 2008 by Troy Dillinger. The longtime..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Cinema of Possibilities
Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute
"...celebration of a certain kind of cinematic fare and the theatres that showed it. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The New Rites of Spring
The Last Word in Instrumental Rock
"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town
Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.
"...tanked in sophisticated company. You head on down to the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Roy Butler, 1926-2009
Two former mayors die within two days
"...will be at 2pm today, Thursday, Nov. 19, at the LBJ Library, for Roy Butler, Austin's mayor from 1971..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature

One Family Won't Abandon Ship: The Last Holdout
"...Lupe Riojas traces his finger along the faded date etched into his cement front porch: July..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

City Council: Butler Honors and Charter Foresight
Council on the trail to honor the Butlers and revise the charter
"...Consideration of further changes to the Down­town Austin Plan aren't the only..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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