Welcome to the Primaries

A roundup of the Travis County primary races

"...Commissioner, Pct. 2 You won't read this in their campaign literature, but Karen Sonleitner and Jeff Heckler are the..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...January 11, 2002, "Postmarks" column, titled "Racial Profiling Runs Rampant":..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...struggling to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their families investing in the gizmos and gadgets it will take..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

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Rape saga redux and other local imbroglios.

"...August, Austin does have a total of five low-performing campuses. In addition to the three high schools listed above,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Column

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A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...Austen did not point this out, but in that same "TV Eye" column that she was talking about --..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

For 2001, a Kubrick Odyssey

In this biographical film documentary, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick is exposed by his brother-in-law and frequent collaborator Jan Harlan for the artist and family man he was.

"...to reverential directors Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen, to name just a few. Thoroughly enjoyable. At the same time,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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"...minor -- but the article presented an overview that came close enough to the truth that I found myself..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

Writer / director Kevin Smith discusses his new film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

"...movie, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, at the Paramount Theatre; Smith will be on hand for a Q&A..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the letter from Patrick Goetz ["Postmarks: Neighborhood Group to Blame," July 13] describing the Rosedale Neighborhood Association opposition to..."

July 27, 2001 Column

The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

"...CD player as we speed up to a crawl amid thousands of highway worshippers (why else would they all..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

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Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.

"...years from public and private sources. While the exact amount is being finalized, it does represent a new commitment..."

May 4, 2001 Column

Extra Jim

Guitarist, producer, and now indie label impresario Jim Stringer is still twanging after all these years.

"...it's a safe bet most locals don't know the name either. Non-music-playing locals that is. Mention his name to..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

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The union's due, the boys in blue, The Sopranos' view, and Miracle Mike takes it on the, um, chin.

"...those who have worked with him in numerous political campaigns, the charge that he stymied a union in his..."

April 13, 2001 Column

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Notes on the music scene, the music seen, the music herd, and the music heard.

"...Suggestion: Let's rename the unfinished Intel building the "Kirk Watson Monument"!..."

March 30, 2001 Column

Letters at 3AM

The experience of jazz is the experience of beauty

"...This dream, 20 or so years ago: As though I'm a..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...Where were you -- a voice -- when it came to protecting what was left? In the pocket of..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

Letters at 3AM

Actions are our only true belongings.

"...(and she can be a he) sometimes in our dreams, sometimes in our work, sometimes in ways we have..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Dancing About Architecture

Sandy and Bob are almost done in, while Kirsty MacColl isn't so lucky, and Pops Staples goes onto his great reward. Dopey the Goat, meanwhile, becomes cabrito.

"...Texas company, was described in press reports as "heavily damaged" in the accident, in which it lost its front..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Too Much Caffeine Woman

Watching Jean Caffeine's eyes light up.

"...-- trips to Orange County notwithstanding -- it's a damn good life, not one she's slept through at all...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Coach's Corner

Ratings, schmatings! Why the big obsession about how many people are watching which sporting events on TV?

"...discourse. I'm talking TV Ratings 101. The baseball All-Star Game pulls a 5 (by using "pulls" and "5" in..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Strength of Character

Like John Irving, Peter Hedges can create characters with such depth and originality it’s as if you have spent a lifetime in search of their company.

"...(like off-Broadway's Imagining Brad). Last year, he adapted Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World, a challenging drama about..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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Our readers talk back.

"...Bullock was a member of one of our 12-Step programs as a sustaining member. The remark about his heavy..."

June 30, 2000 Column

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...an absolute gem of a country album. Its author, James Hand, surfaces occasionally to play the Broken Spoke ("He's..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...Southwest, the Chronicle printed an interview that 107.1 KGSR Program Director Jody Denberg had done with music festival headliner..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

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Readers take us (and each other) to task over mistaken identites and misguided ideas.

"..."counselors" trying to talk homeless people into accepting the encampment ordinance, and social service "caseworkers" encouraging the homeless to..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column

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Don't look to the past, don't repeat other's mistakes, and don't read the Chronicle's movie reviews.

"...The Same Mistake?..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column

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Bikes, Beets, and Bastrop.

"...piece on the dispute between Capital Metro and Don Cheatham's Longhorn Railway ["Shaky Railing," Dec. 10]. If your writer..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column

Head of the Class

With Senioritis, the conclusion to his quartet of plays set at a Catholic high school in Houston, solo performer Rob Nash is all set to graduate -- to Off-Broadway, says Robi Polgar.

"...to make it as a screenwriter and stand-up comic (among other things). And he had an idea for a..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Tiger Cry

Baseball enthusiast Lisa Tozzi takes a trip to Detroit and memory lane as she visits Tiger Stadium on the eve of its destruction.

"...guilt, and frustration. Some baseball fans collect cards; I am a stadium collector. Every April through October I feel..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Sports Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Final Judges

Profiles of the Short Story Contest judges.

"...Sarah Bird I am currently working on a movie for TNT inspired by..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature

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