Kress Bashes Pearce

No Child Left Behind architect gloats over middle school closure

"...the Dallas Morning News attacking parents and educators because "Austin a'moanin' again." Nothing wrong with closing a failing school,..."

July 11, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

And the Winner is… No One

UT gubernatorial poll clarifies little

"...still got 7%. Three, rumored runners Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, and former Travis County DA Ronnie Earle weren't explicitly..."

July 10, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Perilous Position of John Cornyn

Tea Party booing the latest blow to the Texas senator

"...Junior Senator for Texas turns up at the conservative-friendly Tea Party on the steps of the Capitol on the..."

July 9, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Audit Federal Reserve

"...4 weekend, John Cornyn tried to speak at the Austin tea party but was loudly booed. Voters have not..."

July 8, 2009 Postmarks

Burger Bonanza

Beefy bites from Austin's newest joints

"...Native Austinite and UT graduate Drew Gressett had a simple, twofold..."

May 22, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

ASL Preseason Heats Up

The Alternative Softball League: Still cheap as free

"...time thinks about the weather. The high here in Austin was 64 degrees on February 2 when Punxsutawney Phil..."

March 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

The Straus 85: Now It's 88

How the numbers break down, and full list of Straus supporters

"...Obviously, there's going to be some tea-leaf reading and entrail-checking to read some significance into who..."

Jan. 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

There are all kinds of ways to be a good citizen this week, Dec. 4-10

"...6:30pm. Small Middle School, 4801 Monterey Oaks Blvd., 841-6700. www.austinisd.org...."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature

A Satisfied Crowd Feasted on the Bounty of the Fall Harvest for a Good Cause

The Green Corn Project Benefit 2008 at Boggy Creek Farm was a rousing success.

"...always one of my favorite tasting events on the Austin charity calendar. This year, the fall weather was marvelous..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Finding Gold in a Dust Bowl

Jenny Lewis, Bill Murray, and other nuggets from ACL

"...some mythical, concrete-jungled Bonnaroo. To the untrained eye, the Austin City Limits Music Festival is a logistical impossibility...."

Oct. 1, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Musicophilia

ASH's (unofficial) specialty services now include Austin's prime resource

"...dozen with a few more cheery pleasantries before abruptly tearing into some sassy roadhouse blues. Slowly, patients get up..."

April 11, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Disappointed With Decision on Villa Muse

"...looking elsewhere. What a tragic and tremendous loss to Austin and East Travis County. As for the incompetent, arrogant,..."

March 13, 2008 Postmarks

Ron Paul

Moses and handguns

"...day in Corpus Christi and Edinburg before returning to Austin and an estimated crowd of 30,000. In an hourlong..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Demand and Supply

The CBAC makes its recommendations, and the school board ponders its options

"...Citizens' Bond Advisory Com­mittee made its recommendations to the Austin Independent School District board of trustees on what should..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Poking Holes in Perfection

"...Reach. As Rachel Hobson of AverageJaneCrafter showed us a tea towel she’d stitched, she explained that her grandmother was..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Design Post by Nora Ankrum

A Detour With Taj Mahal

"...Taj Mahal’s publicist about doing an interview before his Austin show for more than a week. We went back..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The El Paso Connection

Longtime Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest judges Henry and Fred Alvarado and Carlos Contreras

"...up together in El Paso; they all moved to Austin in the early 1980s; they love to cook, eat,..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Take Your Slacker to Work Day

"...I would like to thank Mark Fagan and The Austin Chronicle for hooking me up with a press pass..."

June 12, 2007 Sports Post by John Hunt

As Many Culinary Influences as Islands

Austin's Philippine "turo-turo" uprising

"...There are currently about 10,000 Filipinos in the Austin area, and the number grows annually as more and..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Top Shelf

Austin's offerings for a little kitchen reading

"...has been a banner year for publications with an Austin flavor or connection. Two of the most renowned restaurants..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Top Shelf

Austin's latest offerings for a little kitchen reading

"...The Driskill Hotel: Stories of Austin's Legendary Hotel – A Cookbook for Special Occasions..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...women – despite a passion for the now defunct Austin zine AGAR (Asian Girls Are Rad) – have thus..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Everything Old Is New Again

A Texan's in the White House, we're in a quagmire war – and 'The Rag' returns to Austin

"...1974. Scott had recently quit her job as a schoolteacher in Fort Worth and moved to Austin to get..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

South of France by Southwest

In keeping a journal during my five days in Cannes, where my first feature, 'Room,' premiered internationally, it occurred to me that it's the creative energy in Austin that has carried me this far.

"...7:45am – Austin: My partner, and Austin theatre director/actor, Carlos Treviño and..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Kyle Henry

The Book on Lance Letscher

What lies behind the buzz of Austin's hot collage artist

"...thoughts and associations. It's part of what's led the Austin-born and -bred artist to have two shows up in..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Every Missed Bite a Heartbreak

Why Pacific Blue is one of the best new restaurants in Austin

"...several visits that I had stumbled upon one of Austin's best new restaurants...."

April 16, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

The Pyramids

Where to find some of the finest pastichio, moussaka, and moi-moi in Austin

"...Friday-Saturday, 11am-11pm; Sunday, 11am-9pm The Pyramids arrived on the Austin scene with a good pedigree: owned by the same..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...As the new school year began this week, Austin ISD cleared school vending machines of high-sugar and low-nutrition..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature

Emilia's

with classic Austin tastes: old favorites, new reviews

"...pastry chef Elise Fineberg. Munching on the perfect little tea breads, muffins, scones, and palmiers, I knew a return..."

July 12, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Looking for Leadership

It takes a community to support the schools.

"..."There is something in Austin's water," declared Austin American-Statesman Editor Rich Oppel a couple..."

April 19, 2002 News Column by Michael King

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