Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Travis County will hold registration drives on Monday at all ThunderCloud Subs locations, Thunderbird Coffee Shops, and Fry's Electronics...."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature

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"...defending his executive order to provide HPV vaccinations for all Texas girlsHeadlines• The memory and legacy of Texas icon..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Feature

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The City Council considers ways to strengthen Austin's Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Program, which awards contracts for city work to businesses owned by minorities and women.

"...of peace, love, and equity in the awarding of city contracts to minority- and women-owned businesses. But just in..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

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Austin Stories

"...already begun to implement -- was scuttled by the City Council. Parking revenue, which makes up more than one-fourth..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Last Day to Register for Nov. 2 Election

Get signed up to vote by end of today

"...today. In fact, Travis County registrars will be at all Thundercloud Subs locations until midnight...."

Oct. 4, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

All-City Subs

All-City is a cut above

"...All-City Subs3808 S. Congress #2, 516-3660 Monday-Tuesday, 11:30am-7pm; Wednesday-Thursday, 11:30am-1am;..."

May 6, 2011 Food Review by Mick Vann

Bar Crawl Conversations

Crawl (or should that be pedal?) around the East Austin bar scene with the 'Chronicle'

"...August Scholz' biergarten to share beer and music, each subsequent generation of Austinites has found their own special venues..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Bar Crawl Listings

The crawl route

"...507 Calles #101, 537-9756..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature

Barley Swine

Great bites for pork enthusiasts

"...Barley Swine is small, so one can't help but compare its clean, cool..."

May 6, 2011 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Crawl No. 3

East Side Show Room, Cheer Up's, Papi Tino's, Hotel Vegas, the Volstead, Gypsy Lounge, the Grackle, St. Roch's Bar

"...Kate: First of all, let me say: There is such a creative, homegrown..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Massively Multiplayer Partying

SXSW ScreenBurn and the Chronicle host Game On Austin

"...Mickey and Donkey Kong Country Returns are being developed locally. Now raise your hand if you know that's also..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled... Firefighting Gear?

Firehouse Subs has a unique plan to save the environment and your house

"...visiting one of the greater Austin area's eight Firehouse Subs shops, do our local firefighters a solid and order..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Food-o-File

Celebrating Eat Local Week, clearing up some sub shop confusion, and more

"...Eat Local Week, celebrating the bounty of the late fall harvest, made me very aware of just how far..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...Bedgood cracked one day, in a bathroom down the hall from her office. It was 1983. After two years..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Restaurant Review: JewBoy Sub Shop

Remembrance of subs past

"...a sub shop. But JewBoy Sub Shop, Mo Pittle's Allandale restaurant, transcends the sandwich shop distinction: It's nostalgic while..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?

Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?

"...CodeNEXT and into the next round of the ongoing city planning drama which, for now, we'll call CodeWHAT?...."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes

An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance

"...It was not City Council's finest hour Thursday, as they shoved through a..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

12 Things to Do With the Family Over the Thanksgiving Break

Give blood, see the circus, do a virtual 5K, and more

"...the same way because of the pandemic, and we’ve all lost something because of it...."

Nov. 20, 2020 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

Gay Place

Saturday marks Austin's seventh annual Queerbomb, a free, all ages, all inclusive queer celebration

"...Saturday marks Austin's seventh annual Queerbomb, a free, all-ages, all-inclusive queer celebration. For a short moment, though, it..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

These Restaurants Have 86’d Service Today

Local dining spots shutter themselves against the weather

"...the point in running a food-mongering community hub at all...."

Jan. 31, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Now Streaming in Austin: "Street Flame"

Death and community explored in this skateboard short

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. An accident. A..."

May 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...a contemplative study of two loners adrift in a city of modernist architecture to a young girl growing up..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Playback: Gourds Co-Leader Jimmy Smith Heads to Montana

Jimmy Smith heads for higher ground, Pete Mitchell reaches a higher plane, and Izzy Cox would like to remain upright on terra firma

"...an unsolicited late-night interview. This week Smith exits the city he's called home for 25 years and moves to..."

July 29, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...Most disturbing of all is that the writer of the article and --..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Even if a current criminal probe turns up no fire, Austin's minority contracting program has never lacked for smoke and heat.

"...Let's put it this way: "Questions raised about city minority contracting program" is not exactly a man-bites-dog headline...."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Sub Mission

There's No Substitute for a Teacher - Just Ask AISD

"...Substitute teacher Amy Batiz photograph by John Anderson When it..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Texas Platters

"...VALLEJO..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Review

Readers Poll

"...HONORABLE MENTIONGumbo's, City Grill, Truluck'sOriginal RecipeCastle Hill CafeRUNNER-UPHudson's on the Bend..."

May 25, 2001 Food Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Friday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check www.sxsw.com...."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Texas Platters

"...I-35 is ideal for militia trainees (Killeen, Waco, Dallas, and Oklahoma City!), but by linking Austin and Minneapolis,..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

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