City Hall Hustle: Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Gale's farewell hymn closes the council year

"...to trying to deliver services to the folks who desperately need them." What will that mean in practice? It's..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar gets all Ginger-y for the season

"...during the holidays. On top of everything else, I'm desperately reviewing applications for a jewelry sponsor for my performance..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Politics Gift Guide

News staff suggestions for the wonks and smartasses on your list

"...The Texas Democrats in your life desperately crave a spot in the U.S. Senate. They really..."

Dec. 19, 2008 News Feature

SAFPF Uses Discredited Therapy

"...important issue and giving it the attention it so desperately needs, despite the apparent lack of interest by politicians..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Postmarks

Movin' on Up

Melissa Villareal's life was changed by Ballet East

"...is darting around the gymnasium at Martin Middle School, desperately seeking someone who can help her. It's summer 1987..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Campfire Horror Story

How Carole Keeton Strayhorn and the state destroyed a healing camp for kids

"...... will find the love and nurturing they so desperately need and deserve."..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fantasmaville

Raul Garza's timely drama challenges the change that's brewing in Austin

"...all the privileges he has, while unemployed Celeste is desperately looking for a cause to champion. She eventually chooses..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

ATU Strikes, After StarTran Rejects Compromise

Can Mike Martinez's proposal avert a bus strike?

"...fifth-floor room of the Driskill Hotel working the phone, desperately trying to avert a strike by Capital Metro's unionized..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

We Deserve a Little Optimism, at Least for Today

"...and objectified that they are no longer relevant. I desperately needed to be reminded of our majority goodness. Obama's..."

Nov. 5, 2008 Postmarks

Cap Metro Workers On Strike

Photos from this morning's picket line

"...fifth-floor room of the Driskill Hotel working the phone, desperately trying to avert a strike by Capital Metro's workers...."

Nov. 5, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Last Night of a Campaign

The scene at Larry Joe Doherty's campaign office

"...Doherty over on Far West Boulevard, where they are desperately rushing to close that little bit of gap remaining..."

Nov. 3, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar: He's hot. He's sexy. And he's not dead.

"...performed. With a beginning like that, I knew I desperately needed new hair to face the rest of the..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Taking Back the House

Texas Democrats say this could be their November

"..."I can't agree with Hans more, but I believe desperately in what I'm saying," she said. "I may not..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Urban Roots

Urban Roots gets kids growing vegetables and growing up, too

"...relief organizations, providing high-quality, vitamin-rich food to populations who desperately need it, as well as introducing the young people..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

KB Home Workers Await Payday

Months after completing work on houses for KB Home, seven construction workers still haven't seen their paychecks

"...didn't get paid for that job, we needed money desperately, so he had to take a job in Nebraska..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Diana Welch

Stuff the Boot!

A solution to the city's porno problem.

"...so we can get them to the men who desperately need them...."

Sept. 10, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Semper Paratus

Check this blog for updates throughout any disasters which affect our area.

"...2005, during those harrowing Katrina weeks, The Austin Chronicle desperately tried to stay on top of breaking hurricane and..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

The Chaos of Eros

Isabel Coixet's 'Elegy' for a dying animal

"...is a dying animal, and even if he's trying desperately to make this woman an object, the reality and..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Clean House

Zach Theatre's production is so good that you wish you were onstage with the characters

"...not. Lane's sister Virginia (Chronicle contributor Barbara Chisholm) arrives, desperately eager to clean Lane's house. She just really likes..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Craddick Praised for Leadership

Speaker in Chicago for American Legislative Exchange Council award

"...the fact that even many House Republicans have been desperately back-pedaling from the damage wrought by those very reforms...."

July 30, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Musicians Need To Be More Informed

"...program taught by music industry professionals. And yes, "musicians desperately need savvy, professional career management" in "the Live Music..."

July 21, 2008 Postmarks

Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts – Abroad and Within

A Texan veteran's memoir on combat and its devastating aftereffects

"...Tied down for hours by enemy fighters and waiting desperately for reinforcements and air support, seven of Self's group..."

July 18, 2008 Books Review by Michael King

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...rehearsal spaces, even Downtown parking passes for gigs. Musicians desperately need savvy, professional career management; the city could headhunt..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet

The new Austin outpost of a Houston chain brings more than just hummus to North Austin

"...seasoning, while giving the tabbouleh the bulgur it so desperately needs...."

July 11, 2008 Food Review by Mick Vann

Building the Netroots Nation

The netroots arrive in Austin next week ... and they're thriving

"...pushing every day for the change our country so desperately needs."..."

July 11, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

After a Fashion

A visit with Van and a send-off for Cyd.

"...to honor Charisse, and since she'd be there, I'd desperately wanted to please her, too. I was in a..."

July 4, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Point Austin: A Tale of Two Cities

Thinking about affordable housing from all sides

"...block, as well as providing a practical supply of desperately needed housing – which is what the Planning Commission..."

July 4, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Platinum Songwriters Showcase

The Saxon Pub's new series

"...Tritt. Warden and Robison co-wrote Strait's Top 10 hit “Desperately” in 2006. That year, Warden was awarded BMI's “Million-Air”..."

June 20, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

The Euro Championships: What We Know So Far …

"...or are the world champs that bad? The French desperately need a playmaker...."

June 11, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Let Them Eat Cake

The real view from the press room at the Democratic convention

"...without going to level one. Meanwhile, the press corps desperately prays to the Gods of Teh Internets that the..."

June 6, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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