Little Noises

"...finds himself surrounded by adoring sycophants who nuzzle his ballooning ego into the stratosphere and keep him blind to..."

May 8, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Borrower

"...first unsuspecting earthling who comes along, the other squishing, ballooning, erupting distortions of his body are kept in check...."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Now for Something Uplifting

Ballooning with Austin Aeronauts

"...the air,” says David Smuck, founder of the local ballooning company Austin Aeronauts. “I'll watch a kid's balloon as..."

Jan. 2, 2014 Sports Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton

Friends With Money

Forget friends with money – how about friends with husbands, kids, mortgages, and so-called life plans? That’s the short list of differences between the depressed, single stoner, played by Jennifer Aniston, and her circle of female friends.

"...a battleground, the unwashed hair a signpost for Jane’s ballooning depression. Considering Holofcener’s expanded canvas and the film’s relatively..."

April 21, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Project Connect’s Paxton Problem

As new cost estimate and timeline are revealed, the project faces potential delays from the A.G. and a lawsuit

"...Connect, will ever get built – mostly thanks to ballooning cost estimates and, more recently, a legal challenge by..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

How Becoming a Book Saved The Dead Friends Society

Austin filmmakers Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall turn the page on a new career as horror novelists

"...grave. Gandersman explained, "One page of screenplay ended up ballooning into a thousand words, and all of a sudden..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Project Dis-Connect – Austin’s Back to the Future

Before burying the light rail below Austin's unique street character and beautiful lake, we should take a breath to reconsider the design ideas and ballooning costs

July 8, 2022 Column by Karen McGraw

What Kind of Rail Bridge Will Austin Build Across Lady Bird Lake?

Project Connect offers options for the transit expansion

"...Bridge could add an additional $60 million to the already-ballooning price tag for Project Connect...."

April 26, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: We Can Survive the New Boom

But we need to throw our entire weight into increasing our power as Texans

"...to be paying closer to full freight for their ballooning valuations are those who put property (including improvements) on..."

April 22, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin at Large: We’re Not Making More Land

Showdown at the Batcave Part 3: What’s the return on this $277 million investment?

"...team are wrong, because the latter have the SCW ballooning in taxable value to $7.9 billion should the city..."

Jan. 14, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sweet Ritual Weathers the Pandemic With More Products, More Sustainability

Living the ice cream dream

"...relevant and beloved as ever, in light of the ballooning trendiness of non-dairy ice creams...."

Sept. 17, 2021 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...dogged Johnson. His escalation of the war, and the ballooning casualties that came with it, obscured most of his..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...themes. Colored with pedal steel, wailing orchestral arrangements, and ballooning, out-of-tune synths, the 11-track album balances festering worries with..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

How Erika Thompson Keeps Her Cool While Scooping Up Bees

TikTok hit and Texas Beeworks owner stays meditative in viral videos

"...her absolute calm amid the buzz. Rather than a ballooning white suit, she casually wears leggings and a button-down...."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform

"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet

"...and Round Rock, she has to contend with a ballooning budget deficit. Currently, AISD is facing a $65 million..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements: Austin ISD and Austin Community College Boards

School’s in session

"...to build coalitions with other school districts suffering from ballooning recapture payments, and with legislators themselves, to push for..."

Oct. 19, 2018 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

AISD: Thinking Outside the Schoolhouse

Task force schemes new ways to stabilize Austin ISD budget

"...the AISD Board of Trustees solutions to the district's ballooning deficit...."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Task Force: On the Money

New body charged with fixing school district's financial woes

"...creative solutions to stabilize the Austin Inde­pen­dent School District's ballooning budget met for the first time on Monday night...."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sheryl Cole and Chito Vela: The Prize Fight

All eyes on the Democratic primary run-off in House District 46

"...employees to help ease the burden of the city's ballooning cost of living on current and retired state employees...."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Learning the Hard Way That Police and Democratic Socialists Rarely Mix

CLEAT alum Danny Fetonte's resignation from the Austin DSA raises questions for the local chapter

"...after years of dormancy gained a resurgence in 2014, ballooning from 17 members to more than 700 today. Fetonte..."

Oct. 13, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Dear Glutton: Where to Go for a Goodbye Dinner

You say goodbye, I say buon appetito

"...say goodbye to all that and leave behind the ballooning rental markets and bad weather, to kick off the..."

July 14, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Playback: Greetings From Euphoria

Austin’s best spring festival – correction, “experience” – faces competition after idyllic sixth year

"...ceased in 2013, blaming both Coachella and Outside Lands ballooning in size, and swearing there's nothing in the Golden..."

April 14, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Trevante Rhodes on His Role in Moonlight

UT alum discusses the acclaimed coming-of-age drama

"...of Liberty City himself, breathes life into the city, ballooning his hometown into an ecosystem of uncertainties. Offering no..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Q&A Hole: Which Restaurant for the Rest of Your Life?

With Ben Snakepit, Regina Allen, Patty Leidy, Miracle Jones, and more.

"...up in places by wild boar, which had a ballooning population. And consequently, cinghiale ragu was on every menu...."

Nov. 1, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Desegregation of Austin's Movie Theatres

A history of the stand-in movement

"...clings today. Protests expanded to encompass the Varsity, and ballooning numbers of students in Austin – from Huston-Tillotson University,..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Jordan Buckley

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...way to expansive fuzz bombs with surprising seamlessness. Once ballooning to 14 members, the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, collective has since..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Headlines

"...to worry about how fast that one item is ballooning, as well as whether they can fill the hundreds..."

March 13, 2015 News Feature

The Good Eye: Big Time

Turn up the volume on this oversized trend

"...shows at New York Fashion Week showed the trend ballooning forward into next year, promising a bumper crop of..."

Sept. 19, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Boxing Lesson

Paradox: box sets bloat up as physical CD sales plummet

"...succumbed to online downloads, 2013 also records the unlikely ballooning of box sets. Paradoxically, as CDs begin going the..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

DVD Watch: ‘Life Is Sweet’

What a gorgeous ensemble of oddballs and misfits

"...50th anniversary of the epic debacle famous for its ballooning budget and affair between stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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