From Austin to Neptune

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas on the rise of his career-making cult favorite

"...and recently had the opportunity to interview the former Austinite by phone from his home in Los Angeles, the..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Guadalupe Gets a Makeover

Heritage neighbors give mixed reviews to redevelopment north of the Drag

"...be Guadalupe 31, a "vertical mixed-use" development designed by Austin's Dick Clark Architects. The three-story development, which will fill..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Point Austin: The Costs of Community

While the Lege shows what not to do, the city has a chance to do better

"...is summed up in a quote this week from Austin's District 48 Rep. Todd Baxter, who has been defending..."

July 22, 2005 News Column by Michael King

'Statesman' Gets Creative

'Statesman' explores new ways to spark circulation and revenue, often taking a pickax to traditional Ad-Editorial boundaries in the process

"...facing the modern daily newspaper. He simply wants the Austin American-Statesman to stop dumping a red-bagged copy of the..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"...lobby against the corridor. How that's going to affect Austin remains to be seen, because technically State Highway 130..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Free Money!

The city is broke, so why are we giving candy to corporate strangers?

"...that whenever a local leader starts talking about how Austin is, or was, "sleepy," you should wake up. (It's..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Central Austin Plan: Love Is All Around!

Shocking scenes of consensus unfold right before the City Council's eyes

"...reached over two years to spawn the proposed Central Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan. But by that time, the City..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"...of the Smart Growth tribe, at which Kirk Watson's Austin was held up as a model of intelligent regional..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The city may go where it feared to tread last year -- tax hikes, layoffs, and cutting public safety budgets.

"...column explaining why, because of my impolitic opinions about Austin's fiscal strategy, I could never join Daryl Slusher (here)..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Hospital District Gets an Exam From the Lege

Austin and Travis County lawmakers ready a hospital district for the Legislature -- and then the voters.

"...be unanimous among the new and larger crop of Austin-area delegates, but at least, said Clarke Heidrick, an attorney..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin girds its loins for its biennial journey up Granite Mountain.

"...stations reported, with appropriate shock, that the city of Austin spends your tax money on lobbyists. Apparently, this "news"..."

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

Austin @ Large: Running Scared

Time waits for no one -- especially not the Downtown Austin Alliance or the Austin Music Network -- at the City Hall sausage factory.

"...the City Council could instead host programs on the Austin Music Network. What would they play? "Wipeout"? "I'm a..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The postponement of light rail means we should look for other forms of mass transit

"...livestock, then the Chronicle, Capital Metro's only friend in Austin media for years, can broach the question. We are..."

June 7, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Possible Plan of Action for 10th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

"...Worth, Jeff Blank of Hudson's on the Bend in Austin and David Garrido of Jeffrey's and Fresh Planet in..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature

A Delicate Balance: Austin Progressives Struggle to Hold the Movement Together

Council Watch

The Chronicle's endorsements explained; Council Watch writer JennyStaff Johnson says goodbye.

"...that managing growth is the only way to preserve Austin's cherished quality of life. Surely not because he --..."

May 5, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...programming are portals for an entire Web culture zipping around the planet on an imaginary grid of raw, digitized..."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

Everyone Gets Naked

David Sedaris Interviewed

"...the funniest stories are still funny the second time around. That's why I had to meet Sedaris...."

June 20, 1997 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Place 6 Gets Ugly

Election '97 Coverage

"...sheet cake reading "Eric Mitchell Bad To The Bone" around an icing rendition of Mitchell's 1995 Chronicle cover (Vol...."

May 9, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Austin Lyric Opera Makes History With Tannhäuser Our First Wagner

"...big. Very big. This Tannhäuser being produced by the Austin Lyric Opera January 12-14 at Bass Concert Hall, is..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Arts Feature

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

"...Randy likes loud rock music; Evie prefers classical. Randy gets around by skateboard; Evie drives her own Range Rover...."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chris Cubas: King for a Month

How comedian Chris Cubas talked his way into being one of the wealthiest people in Austin – temporarily

"...idea for a television show starring oneself ever. Chris Gets Money will premiere on the Fusion network Oct. 21..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

November Calling: PACs Form on Rail Vote

Groups organizing for and against potential bond proposition

"...As November’s expected vote on a transportation bond nears, Austinites are beginning to form groups and taking positions on..."

April 8, 2014 News Post by Mac McCann

The Day the Music Lived

"...Waylon Jennings. But today is still kind of momentous around the Chronicle music department, as it's the day we..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

A Drag DJ, Ducks Ltd., and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

All kinds of sounds can be found around town

"...Club craft the kind of irreverent, girl-boy speak-singing that gets your head bobbing. Touch Girl Apple Blossom, the certified..."

April 4, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The AggreGAYtor: November 5

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Davis gets Abbotted, Austin gets transited, and Houston gets fuglification, as..."

Nov. 5, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

The Grape Beyond

From Burgundy to Tuscany, the basics on wines one might soon find in Austin

"...Unfortunately for us, no wine area in the world..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...it the most popular video game ever. Here in Austin, the Alamo Drafthouse's Village and Lake Creek locations have..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program

The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall

"...blooms of bluebonnets. Such temporary public art has been around for years, with Fusebox Festival and Art Alliance Austin..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Great Big Bundle of Rail and Roads

Council moves transportation bonds toward a November vote

"...Bird Lake, up Trinity Street in Downtown, through the UT-Austin campus via San Jacinto Boulevard, up Red River to..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Votes Pending: The Case for Connect

Cap Metro board endorses initial rail route

"...Riverside, adding language in support of future expansion to Austin-Bergstrom Inter­na­tion­al Air­port. Today, (Thursday, June 26), City Coun­cil is..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

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