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"...festies! Come enjoy local spots featured in our annual "Best of Austin" issue – voted best by our readers..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

Best of Austin 2003

Readers' and critics' favorites

Sept. 26, 2003 Features Feature

Fables of the Reconstruction

A confidential internal U.S. memo describes a Coalition / Iraqi administration sinking into chaos

"...Bush administration continues to spin the ominous news with matter-of-fact optimism. According to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Iraqi..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jason Vest

Turfcats Player Profile of Robert Quiroga

An interview with a former Baylor Bear and current Turfcat

"...The Austin Turfcats of the newly formed Southern Indoor Football League get their..."

April 17, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016: The Best Stories of the Year

Edited by Laura Furman

"...Let's get this out of the way first: The short story is not a..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Big, Bright Eyes of Texas

Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards

"...Ann Richards spent a lifetime dispensing advice, often unsolicited and sometimes brutally honest, to family, friends, and..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...J. Frank Dobie might walk over to the house of another old man named Roy Bedichek for a conversation..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Truth Is Best Approached Indirectly

Our favorite books of 2003

"...1) The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday): Remember when somebody like..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Utter Daveness of Dave!

A farewell tribute to artist and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club Dave Bryant

"...A self-made man, artist, and co-founder of the Fresh Up Club, Dave Bryant is moving to..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Academy Award-Nominated Short Films 2003

A package of some of the most recent animated and live-action Oscar nominees.

"...Various. There is nothing immediately apparent about this collection of five Oscar-nominated short films that makes them so obviously..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine

The simple but elegant art of picnic pairing

"...is almost requisite when it comes to the Fourth of July, and while we're all in favor of barbecues..."

April 22, 2005 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

2003 SXSW Web Awards Winners

Web site competition winners.

"...Art/Culture: Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People (www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/features/ainu)..."

March 14, 2003 Screens Feature

A Parliament of Experts

Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?

"...Jan. 30, 2003, was supposed to be a day off for Victoria..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bill of the Week

Brutal budget process in store

"...Senate alternate which chamber's name is at the top of the bill, so this time the House gets to..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Richard Whittaker

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...bickering couple and the talking cow? The virtual world of interior design and geekish attention to furniture arrangement? Are..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fate of the Furious

The car thieves are back to save the world

"...Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Scott Eastwood, Elsa Pataky and Kristofer Hivju...."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...Edgar Varèse, in the liner notes for The Mothers of Invention album Freak Out!..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Hole in the Wall in Danger of Closing

Tenant and landlord offer different accounts on negotiations

"...the Wall, a live music venue in the heart of the University of Texas campus providing stomping ground for..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Grand Designs of Ia Ensterä and Jason Amato

"...noted in the All Over Creation column "In Praise of Designers", two of Austin's most accomplished theatrical designers are..."

July 17, 2015 Photo Gallery

What's Best for Frankie?

Williamson County wastewater deal yields the familiar odor of Commissioner Limmer

"...into their dream home outside the small rural enclave of Norman's Crossing, south of Hutto in eastern Williamson Co.,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Takashi Miike remakes Masaki Kobayashi's 1962 film about a penniless samurai who commits the ritual act of suicide.

"...Fans of Japanese cult director Takashi Miike's more gruesome or abstruse..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: Summer 2003 H2Ho Show

Elks Lodge, Friday, September 19, 2003

"...Thirty-thousand of any species confined in a 15-acre space is a..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Dead Can Dance

"...Memento: The Very Best of Dead Can Dance (4AD/Rhino)..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Review by Margaret Moser

The Spoils of War

Blood and sorrow in the films of Southeast Europe

"...your heart. Most days, he scampers about with his best pals, who are equally up to no good, but..."

April 6, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Marijuana Seeds: Best Seed Banks Online in US 2021

Marijuana Seeds: Best Seed Banks Online in US 2021.

"..."Where should I get the best weed seeds for sale?" We would say, you can..."

May 24, 2021 Events Post

Holiday Viewing: The Best Man Holiday

Bust a gut laughing, or cry your guts out: You get it both ways

"...Christmas movie? Raunchy comedy, or wracking-sob melodrama? With The Best Man Holiday, you don’t have to choose...."

Dec. 10, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Past 'Chronicle' Coverage of Richards

"...Below are links to some of the Chronicle's coverage of Richards:..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature

Best-Ofs

"...R.E.M.In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 (Warner Bros.) Only the omission of..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Best Online Sportsbook and Betting Sites in 2022

The top betting sites compared and ranked

"...industry? Are you also overwhelmed by the sheer number of online sports betting sites available? If you answered "yes"..."

Sept. 26, 2022 Events Post

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...deliver big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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