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"...Factor, and that the Chronicle would subject all of Austin to it...."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

Who Is He to Tell Someone to Throw Away His or Her Dream?

"...immature rant. It would be wonderful to see the Austin fashion scene actually covered in the Chronicle. It is..."

Aug. 8, 2006 Postmarks

Beside The Point

Council approves contract for design of Water Treatment Plant No. 4, despite lingering endangered-species questions

"...the form of a one Willy Conrad. At the Austin Water Utility, Conrad is point man for Water Treatment..."

Aug. 4, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Homemade History

Las Manitas, the Pérez sisters, and a usable past

"...As Congress Avenue is Austin's Main Street, Las Manitas is our main street cafe..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Good Morning, Afghani-Stan!

Stan Knee will be one of thousands of former U.S. police officers now working abroad in lucrative postings, typically as private employees of international conglomerates under contract to the U.S. government

"...Knee from his post at the helm of the Austin Police Department is not entirely a surprise. Whenever there..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...the front door of Saccone's Pizza in far Northwest Austin. It was a typical Saturday night at the popular..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...His drawings, once available for about $10 apiece at Austin Books, are now going for hundreds, and in the..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...nestled in the arid, hardscrabble slopes just west of Austin, not far from the shores of Lake Travis. It's..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

Off the Radar, On the Gaydar Shows

‘Gay Place Xtra’ reviews of Dreadful Sorry, Zoe Lewis, the Gossip, and the Eagles of Death Metal

"...fabulous new Austin original: The Dreadful Sorry. The Chain Drive was..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature

After a Fashion: Thursday

Your Style Avatar dishes the style dirt at SXSW!

"...dress under, the plumes unfurled. From the gates at Austin Bergstrom to the streets of the Warehouse District, the..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Hey Sailor, Pt. 2!

More of Austin's GLBTeratti welcomes you with open arms and tells you what's hot about our town

"...Welcome to Austin, you good-looking travelers! As you will see, Austinites are..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature by Kate Getty

After a Fashion: Friday

Your Style Avatar does SXSW in style!

"...Was it a masquerade ball? Or was it the Austin Music Awards? Who cares? It was faaabulous. The AMAs..."

March 17, 2006 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Either Outright Lies or Grievous Mistakes

"...have abused your position as editor of one of Austin's two most important publications in your pro-toll editorial [“Page..."

Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Rosita's Jalapeño Kitchen

In Teatro Vivo's staging of 'Rosita's Jalapeño Kitchen,' a full cast acts as ingredients for recognized recipes to Mexican life

"...Teatro Vivo's production takes you to Austin's Eastside, where you may have seen graffiti that says..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"...Last spring the Austin American-Statesman's top editors, Rich Oppel and Fred Zipp, launched..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...a railroad line about seven hours due west of Austin, smack in the middle of the most mythic corner..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

The Playboy of the Western World

As the weather cools, Different Stages brings the warmth of rural Ireland to town in its staging of J.M. Synge’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World’

"...Austin Playhouse, through Dec. 3..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

Austin Asian Film Festival 2

Nov. 3-6

"...salarymen run inexplicably amok. Even on the shelves of Austin's elite video stores, Takashi Miike and Chan-wook Park DVDs..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...the local news much lately, he's familiar to many Austinites. Back in the 1990s, Moffett and Freeport engaged in..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Keeping Austin Wild

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space

"...in the deepest part of the shady pool to gossip and flirt. I sat for a while below the..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Market Study

With the opening of the new Whole Foods, the grocery business in Austin and elsewhere is at its apex

"...guests, volunteers for KUT, the media, and roughly 3,000 Austinites who had each paid $25 a ticket to see..."

March 25, 2005 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...subject to changeTHE GOURDS8pm, Town Lake @ Auditorium Shores Austin's beloved bad-boy roots-rock quintet produced one of their best..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Day Trips

The Knot in the Loop Saloon could be described as a neighborhood bar, but the neighborhood is one of the prettiest in the Hill Country

"...comes more from their lack of insight into the gossip of Willow City than it does from their location,..."

March 11, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Nellie Blog

Why modern-day muckraker Ana Marie Cox couldn't care less about her critics – or even, at times, her audience

"...worthy of a Catskill's comic, circa 1940, with D.C. gossip, debuted in January of 2003, Slate's media critic, Jack..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

After a Fashion

Big feet, freedom hairdressers, and the Oscars

"...bad haircut in France yet." T-Bo doesn't live in Austin, but he is married to an Austin girl in..."

March 4, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Get ready for SXSW! Stephen is!

"...the proper perspective is Imelda Staunton, who told E! gossip-euse Ted Casablanca, "It's obscene, isn't it? Just ridiculous. We..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Stephen weighs in on city planning issues ... at least ones regarding how certain things look. Other than that, he drops a lot of names and tells you where to go. For Valentine's Day, silly.

"...WORDS OF THE WEEK: New York Daily News gossip columnist Ben Widdicombe, upon being told that Donald Trump's..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

"Rumor mill runs amok" over plans for old post office building

"...Will the historic home of three original Austin businesses fall to redevelopment – or has the South..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Rock & Roll Books

Gift guide

"...replete with seven husbands, the last of whom was Austin-born football star Dick "Night Train" Lane. More first-person recollections..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

More Food Links

Reviews, ratings, meetings, clubs, recipes, parties, clearinghouses, dictionaries, gossip ...

"...The Slow Food USA group has an Austin/Hill Country convivium, spearheaded by Mary Jo O'Grady. Linked here..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Food Feature

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