Embracing Code Compliance

New director Carl Smart discusses his goals for a more user-friendly department

"...discuss his vision for the department, the merits of anonymous complaints, and why the department is not called "Code..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blist'ring Strings

This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat

"...the Vienna Piano Trio; the divine unaccompanied voices of Anonymous 4; the funky five jazzmeisters of Kneebody; and hometown..."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Needle-Exchange Pilot Stung by Prick

Bexar D.A. thumbs her nose at new law to reduce drug addiction and disease

"...The future of a state-approved anonymous needle-exchange pilot program is in the hands of Bexar..."

May 23, 2008 News Column by Jordan Smith

The War Within

This fiction film, in which the lead character is but one cog in a plot to detonate a series of bombs in New York City, portrays a terrorist’s point of view in a jarringly matter-of-fact manner.

"...repulses Hassan, once a nonpracticing Muslim but now an anonymous holy warrior who unrolls his prayer mat five times..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Larry Charles, Dylan's Director, Un-'Masked'

He's not Bob Dylan. He's Bob Dylan's director.

"...Your Enthusiasm, and, now, the Bob Dylan-driven Masked and Anonymous, is in Austin for a preview screening, and he's..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Naked City

AISD Drug Search Illegal

"...last January when he got a call from an anonymous tipster that three high school-aged kids were standing behind..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Anonymous Rex

"...Anonymous RexA Detective Story..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Books Review by Anna Hanks

Booze, Bad Guys, and Bamboozlement

Analyzing the Stereotype of Detectives and the Bottle

"...output has carried the distinct moral imprint of Alcoholics Anonymous, an institution redolent of a peculiarly "American" character...."

April 25, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

The Li'l Green Aggravation Society

Rock & Roll's Cain & Abel: The Kinks' Davies Brothers

"...register, probably not helped by having to do another anonymous interview on another anonymous phone in another anonymous hotel..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Review: Deaf Austin Theatre’s Tiny Beautiful Things

Fostering connection through Cheryl Strayed’s advice columns

"...when society thrived on shared vulnerability. Things like the anonymous postcards of PostSecret, or Chris Gethard chatting with strangers..."

May 24, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Voters Want Strong Police Oversight. Will the City Deliver It?

Oversight undermined

"...Garza's memo puts constraints on OPO's process for accepting anonymous complaints and how OPO staff can participate in investigative..."

May 26, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Hackers Group Gets Recognition From Global Body

The room where it hackens

"...coding bugs they've uncovered. They call themselves Austin Hackers Anonymous, abbreviated as AHA! like the Eighties pop act (leave..."

March 10, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Kaitlin Armstrong Defense Team Calls Police Narrative “Misogynistic and Fictitious”

The plot thickens

"...than 50 days to update the report. No, an anonymous female caller's account that Armstrong was shaking with rage..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Kaitlin Armstrong Defense Team: Police "Concocted a Misogynistic and Fictitious Story"

Attorneys seek prompt hearing on motions to quash evidence

"...than 50 days to update the report. No, an anonymous female caller’s account that Armstrong was shaking with rage..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

76 Days

Over-the-shoulder view of how Wuhan responded to the pandemic

"...Directed by: Weixi Chen, Hao Wu and Anonymous...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Anti-Garza Website Heats Up County Attorney Race

Attack site ties back to opponent’s former campaign consultant

"...my first attack website." Garza was responding to the semi-anonymous, misleadingly named website – "Delia Garza 4 Delia Garza"..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

City to Open Investigation into Alleged Racism Atop APD

Accused assistant chief retired abruptly earlier this week

"...our community. I am saddened to have received these anonymous allegations, and I intend to fully understand if there..."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Tangled Web at Spider House

A culture of heavy drinking and late nights, alleged sexual misconduct, and a lawsuit all pull on the threads of a poisonous time at the campus-area cafe

"...sitting with Muel­ler that night, who asked to remain anonymous, separately confirmed this account to the Chronicle. Dorgan, in..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Then There's This: Trying to Undo a "Witch Hunt"

Council tries to untangle a controversial ethics complaint

"...implicated in the investigation that was prompted by an anonymous tipster. At the time of the complaint, Ochoa Gonzalez,..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

The Luv Doc: What is Wrong

The last person in the world who should be handing out advice

"...Dear Luv Doc, What is wrong with you? - Anonymous..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Strange Bedfellows

Email hack job blows cover for undercover work within Occupy Austin

"..."geopolitical analysis" company, posted a report about the December "Anonymous" hack of the Stratfor website, its credit card records,..."

Feb. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Leaked AFD Exam Adds Fuel to Fire

Allegations of cheating exacerbate Fire Department's diversity woes

"...out that two days earlier, Kerr had received an anonymous letter alleging that the questions and grid scoring sheets..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: The City's Tired Story

Fleet Services may be cleaning up those tires, but there's still a big mess

"...Similarly, Browder identifies only an "anonymous tip" to the Health and Human Services Department as..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Craddick's Cash

Texans for Public Justice file ethics complaint about former speaker

"...makes Texas J.O.B.S. an illegal conduit for an effectively anonymous campaign contribution from Craddick. McDonald said, "He resurrected this..."

Oct. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Unrelentingly Hostile

Three decades later, 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' is still about everyday evil. In 1977, two UT grad students explained.

"...from the city with picnic baskets to watch the anonymous boys in blue slaughter the anonymous boys in gray...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut

This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

"...from the city with picnic baskets to watch the anonymous boys in blue slaughter the anonymous boys in gray...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...more laws against terrorism and the letter from the anonymous (aren't they always?) fear monger who cleverly deduced a..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...more laws against terrorism and the letter from the anonymous (aren't they always?) fear monger who cleverly deduced a..."

Sept. 27, 2002 Column

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...should own up to it). Just as Primary Colors' "Anonymous" should never have been anonymous, this distancing is McCarry's..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Articulations

Fear & Loathing in Austin

"...to ugly behavior. Last week saw another case: An anonymous note mailed to a handful of theatre companies and..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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