Famous Long Ago

Legendary "Humanzee" Oliver, his friends, and the bitter fight over animal welfare at a Texas refuge

"...more chimps would die. The OSU chimps, she said, "desperately needed to be moved."..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away

"...a huge step toward respectability for a franchise that desperately needs some...."

Nov. 21, 2006 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

A Blue Night

"...seat for the Dems, one of the close races desperately needed by that party. The network just showed a..."

Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

Horse Race in Kentucky

"...Democrats are desperately hoping to knock off two Kentucky Republican incumbents in..."

Nov. 7, 2006 News Post by Lee Nichols

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...as an exploding metropolis, as the capital city, Austin desperately needs a flagship public library.Prop. 7: Public safety –..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...as an exploding metropolis, as the capital city, Austin desperately needs a flagship public library.Prop. 7: Public safety –..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

Our picks for the Nov. 7 election

"...as an exploding metropolis, as the capital city, Austin desperately needs a flagship public library.Prop. 7: Public safety –..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

Election 2006

The latest from the campaign trail

"...of fellow indie Carole Keeton Strayhorn, both of whom desperately need Friedman out of the way to close in..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Austin Girl

Ann Richards was as contradictory as life in Texas

"...made necessary because Texas prisons were by then so desperately overcrowded they amounted to dungeons. So, let's have more..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Column by Michael King

After a Fashion

Stephen learned of the Beauty of Life – and what's hot for autumn – at this fashion forward event.

"...of Avant, tell her she has clients who are desperately trying to find her and to write me at..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Point Austin: Politics, As Usual

When it comes to governing, one-liners aren't much help

"...a good deal of sympathy for the Friedmanites, who desperately look to the Kinkster to enliven the conventional political..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Bell(e)

Bell(e), ethos' installation focusing on literary suicides, chucks the adolescent illusion that killing oneself is a meaningful act of passion

"...things, like poor soulless creatures in a zoo calling desperately before destroying themselves and their environments completely. Here these..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Gladys Poorte and Naomi Schlinke

D. Berman's joint exhibition of work by Naomi Schlinke and Gladys Poorte is an illumination of the "creatorly" power of the artist in process art

"...materials-oriented imagery where the hand of the artist is desperately trying to erase itself. Made with only India ink..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

After a Fashion

Stephen dishes on celebrities local (Capitol Kia's wide-mouthed Bill Dickason) and visiting (Quentin and Fiona), and more.

"...on the Sundance Channel's hot interview show Iconoclasts. The still-desperately-trying-to-be-relevant Vincent Gallo once described Apple as director Paul Thomas..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Summer of Solo Shows: The Second Wave

In Austin theatre, solo shows sometimes come in waves, as in the second half of August, which has four one-person theatrical vehicles opening the same weekend

"...hometown with her autobiographical saga of a thirtysomething SWF desperately seeking femininity while trying to honor her mother and..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Streetcar Plan Takes Shape

Rail advocates hope a downtown circulator will help boost usage of the new commuter rail

"...or the following November," he said, adding that he "desperately" wants to expand the phase-one commuter line set to..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

HD 48: Where's Ben?

Considered the favorite six months ago to capture the House District 48 seat vacated by Todd Baxter, Republican Ben Bentzin has all but disappeared from the playing field

"...Rumors have Bentzin desperately looking for an escape route – perhaps with a..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

After a Fashion

With a successful 30th high school reunion under his tunic, Stephen proves that you can go home again

"...event soon and present the fashion show. I was desperately afraid it would be one of those hideous little..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Soccer Watch

WC quarterfinals preview, and more

"...best-looking team of the first 10 days; it's a desperately unlucky draw for one of them...."

June 30, 2006 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Greenaway: The Early Films

"...both his satisfaction and that of an audience he desperately wanted. As an avant-gardist so puzzled by conventional narrative..."

June 30, 2006 Screens Review by Shawn Badgley

Page Two: Unreasonable Discourse

When it's 'good vs. evil,' political discourse is impossible

"..."So a loud, corrupt few are desperately striving to protect their secrecy: case in point of..."

May 12, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...So a loud, corrupt few are desperately striving to protect their secrecy: case in point of..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Only a Few Liars Oppose Props. 1 & 2 – For the Righteous They Are No-Brainers

"...on the props. So a loud, corrupt few are desperately striving to protect their secrecy: case in point of..."

April 18, 2006 Postmarks

Static

The Salvage Vanguard Theater world premiere of Ryan Pavelchik's 'Static' seats 12 viewers in a hotel room with a man desperately seeking to find himself

"...he's played by actor Brent Werzner as a man desperately seeking to find himself, and while I don't think..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...just read Louis Black's anti-SOS, anti-Prop. 2 rant twice, desperately searching for meaning ["Page Two," April 7]. First Black..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Supports Open Government, Not 'Page Two'

"...just read Louis Black's anti-SOS, anti-Prop. 2 rant twice, desperately searching for meaning [“Page Two,” April 7]. First Black..."

April 11, 2006 Postmarks

On the Line, Two Shots

The Texas Documentary Tour revisits Steve James' 'Hoop Dreams'

"...Dreams, director Steve James, as all doc-makers must, was desperately beating the bushes for more funding. A prospective major..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

After a Fashion

Stephen takes on 'Project Runway'

"...pulling up deposited all manner of humanity – designers desperately trying to look like designers mingled with designers who..."

March 31, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Point Austin: Lessons Learned

I was down at the precinct last Tuesday, but I didn't see you

"...handy defeat by schools advocate Diane Patrick – despite desperately low-blow campaign tactics and outside money – reconfirms that..."

March 17, 2006 News Column by Michael King

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

The Blurbing of SXSW 06

"...this close to a No. 1 hit (George Strait's "Desperately," written with Bruce Robison), doesn't mean he's slowing down...."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature

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