Gay Place

Fa-la-la your holidays the Cap City Men's Chorus way

"...to our old bud Michael Kellerman (Habitat for Humanity's Pride Build guy and sometimes Chronicle contributor). Michael's review of..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by Kate X Messer

Pimp That Kindle, and Other Gift Ideas for Book Lovers

Gifting books and their accessories

"...Carré's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Ruben Toledo's Pride and Prejudice.)..."

Nov. 24, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

“Six Foot Five with Boots and Hat”

Rusty Wier rides into the great beyond

"...It’s been seven years since I hung around with..."

Oct. 10, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Playing Through

Is football a sport only for men? The women who play for the Austin Outlaws think not.

"...What Beaumont means is that making the Austin Outlaws women's football team is not that difficult. Women..."

July 10, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

Reclaiming Texas History, One Home Movie at a Time

The missionary zeal of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image

"...scuffle that leaves Bick with his hair mussed, his pride dinged, and his shirt stained, Jett jumps in his..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Metallurgy

By Any Means Necessary, Baron Grod, [Firelung]

"..."Erase the Plague" proves the group's potential. Mostly instrumental Austin progressives Baron Grod cite genre trendsetters Isis as an..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mammoth Grinder

"...precision, from a Birmingham lumber to a lightning ride, Austin's Mammoth Grinder battens down an exacting bellow. Snaking under..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Mansion Fire Fallout

DPS head Col. Tommy Davis steps down; meanwhile, Texas first lady Anita Perry steps up to raise funds for restoration

"...currently have 260 officer positions unfilled," said spokesman Robert Black...."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Outsider Art

Music on the margins

"...Baghdad, which follows the Iraqi band Acrassicauda (Latin for "black scorpion") from the early days of the Iraq war..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Gene Kurtz

The Bottom Line

"...of his career. After writing one of the earliest white-to-black crossover hits vaporized and Kurtz left the Traits, he..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Eating Fresh in Texas

Local foodies are reveling in a festival of produce

"...corn and feature articles on outdoor grilling. August in Austin means dried-up fields, withered vines, and searing temperatures that,..."

June 22, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Risk for Beauty

Sally Jacques sends dancers flying off a pair of federal buildings to give us a moment of transcendence

"...from the Oscar Snowden showroom yesterday. On one wall, black-and-white photographs capture LBJ and all the president's men in..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Place of Honor

Twelve rounds between Hiroko Shimbo and Tyson Cole

"...I also contacted Tyson Cole, executive chef/owner at Uchi (www.uchiaustin.com), to set up an omakase (chef's tasting) dinner after..."

June 1, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Ted's Ghost

The death of Ted Westhusing leaves a widening circle of sorrow

"...officer of almost two decades when he came to UT-Austin in the summer of 2002 to study intensive Greek,..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature by Tom Palaima

bottom

Second place

"...crunching sound in the sand – Don't perish of pride, the Mongolian said, standing over Sugio – Restrain yourself..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by William Sparks

Out Youth Temporarily Out of Business

Financial problems and staff turmoil leave queer kids alienated

"...Austin's queer youth were dealt a sudden blow in January,..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Good to Go

Taco Bell is for suckers. This town's taquerias are for SXSWers.

"...of Mexico would consider to be authentic tacos. Fortunately, Austin is blessed with a wealth of taquerías and taco-centric..."

March 10, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Hey Willpower! Can I Get a 'Hell Yeah!'?

Imperial Teen’s Will Schwartz goes solo, Top 40, and asks, “Why the Hell Not?” with his new thing, hey willpower!

"...L.A.? Are you as car-based as we are in Austin?..."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

All in the Presentation

John Bullington's and James Holmes' culinary performance art: now showing at an Alamo Drafthouse (or elsewhere) near you

"...Austin film lovers who packed the Alamo Drafthouse on South..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Rare Bird

From her office vantage point, beside the rosy glow of the majestic Capitol dome, 78-year-old feminist, political powerhouse, and gay rights lobbyist Bettie Naylor keeps a watchful eye over the doings at the legislature

"...gay and lesbian rights. In 1977, she came to Austin and was instrumental in getting a particularly nasty amendment..."

June 3, 2005 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Crack Pipes, Friday, April 22 at Beerland

Release me

"...chicken scratch boogie punk, Beauty School finds the veteran Austin quartet trying on a slew of additional idioms as..."

April 22, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Chronicle Should Cover All Texas Music

"...Hey Austin from San Antonio, Not to be too distant or..."

Sept. 10, 2003 Postmarks

Love Is a Battlefield

In 'The Holy Land,' indie auteur Eitan Gorlin Feels at home as an interloper in a world of religion, romance, and war.

"...Holy Land, is that rarest of films, a sorrowful black comedy that manages to humanize a bitter conflict most..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

How to resolve conflict? Japanese import Iron Chef has the right idea.

"...the chefs sweat over their creations. The prize? Glory, pride, honor...."

April 4, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Flametrick Subs

Texas Platter

"...said about the Cramps? Plenty. The Cramps don't call Austin home, and they've never played anything as rousing to..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Review by Margaret Moser

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...food surpassed my wildest expectations. A glowing review (see www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-09-28/ food_feature.html) of their establishment followed in September of 2001,..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Pine Curtain

First-time author Dina Temple-Raston's A Death in Texas pulls the James Byrd Jr. murder out of the East Texas woods.

"...When President Clinton came to Austin in May 1999, he said, "For me, as a..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

A Streetcar Named Desire

In Austin Lyric Opera's production of the opera A Streetcar Named Desire, director Brad Dalton and his design team translate the unsettled mental state of Blanche Dubois into literal elements of the setting, creating a distorted, exaggerated, haunted work.

"...corpselike woman in white bedclothes and spectral mourners in black, carrying candles. She tells a man she is dating..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Unchained Melody

"I guess I started with this high idea -- 'Yeah, social criticism!'" says Austinite Alexander Parsons about his first novel Leaving Disneyland. "And then I realized more and more that the story was about a guy and that I should stick with that."

"...He's sitting outside a South Austin coffeehouse on a breezy Sunday evening, raving about camel..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

KLBJ Freedom Fest @ Auditorium Shores

Live Shot

"...attire of at least every other person present -- Austin's gospel institution Bells of Joy then set the musical..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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