Pretend That We're Dead

"...… and gone to Heaven. This monkey’s gone to heaven. Musically, the Nineties..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big. The city was riding high on high..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deep Eddy Rising

Citizens and city come together to restore an Austin landmark

"...grand reopening of the Deep Eddy Pool bathhouse, a historic structure now listed, since 2003, in the National Register..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Thinking Outside the Box

Stacy Mitchell examines the megaretail culture and the tools required to dismantle it

"...power of the major bookselling chains, which has begun to directly influence even which books get published, Mitchell cites..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...murder mysteries, the motive is cloudy, the culprit difficult to confirm, and a conviction most difficult of all. It..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin's Cultural Makeover

Which arts facilities from the boom years were built, which weren't built, and why

"...Here's how flush we were during the last boom: The arts got a taste of it...."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The ARA Faces the Music

For the Austin Revitalization Authority, Eastside renewal proves to be a long, slow dance

"...a liberal Democrat and the mayor of Austin, Carole Keeton McClellan (now the conservative GOP state comptroller, Carole Keeton..."

Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Japón

"...Austin premiere during the Cine Las Americas film festival last month, Japón is now opening here for a one-theatre..."

May 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Café Mundi, already nearly invisible thanks to its location on a remote portion of East Fifth Street and a curb that cuts off customers' access, became even more inaccessible last week.

"...Go on, we dare you. Just try to find Café Mundi, located at 1704 E. Fifth Street...."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Mueller: The Art of the Deal

Will the City Give Away Mueller Airport to Save Barton Springs?

"...you've got big plans for it. That you'll get to -- someday. And then let's say your neighbor has..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Slamnation

"...Directed by: Paul Devlin. The slam poetry movement: return to verse's classical roots as an improvisational, often competitive oral..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Record Reviews

"...of you who have been holding your breath can stop now. Burning the Daze is actually the 1991 Best..."

April 3, 1998 Music Review

Council Watch

Freeport's Back

"...creation of Freeport's proposed planned unit development (PUD) above Barton Creek...."

July 7, 1995 News Column by Alex de Marban

Opinion: Minimum Lot Size Reform CAN Make Austin’s Housing More Affordable

It worked for Houston. Why not Austin?

"...its rapid growth, what kind of housing can be built, and who can afford to call Austin home. Austin,..."

May 10, 2024 Column by Dr. Jake Wegmann

A Primer on the Political Landscape in Central Texas

Get caught up on the big issues facing Austin and its neighbors

"...Welcome to Austin! Or San Marcos, or George­town, or any other..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Finch

Tom Hanks and his robot pal face the apocalypse with hope.

"...Directed by: Miguel Sapochnik. Starring: Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones and Seamus...."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Music we’re playing

"...Adrian Quesada, Kyle Ellison, Ricky Ray Jackson, and Charlie Sexton – create head music, happily. "We're make-believe scientists experimenting..."

June 12, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...asked my seatmate on the ACL Fest shuttle bus last fall just after we'd crossed back into Downtown. She..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They're incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies become..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Tom Petty Soaks in 40

Heartbreaker’s biggest surprise was a show-stealing Gary Clark Jr.

"...“I’m thinking it may be the last trip around the country,” Tom Petty told Rolling Stone..."

May 3, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...Austinites remember the big floods – the expanding, treacherous storms that ransack homes and uproot families. But just beyond..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Decisions Await for the Fate of Oakwood Chapel

Is moving graves from under the chapel adding insult to injury?

"...Austin’s segregated past pervades within the city’s Oakwood Cemetery. Built in 1839, the cemetery spans 40 acres between East..."

April 13, 2017 News Post by Montinique Monroe

SXSW Eco Lineup Grows

Monsanto Q&A added to growing speaker list

"...leading edge of the festival, has added more speakers to its roster, including a rare opportunity to grill a..."

July 28, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...raised in Florida, and now Brooklyn-based, rode the chillwave to prominence in 2010, making sparking pop that rose above..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Arthouse

It takes a village to raise a city

"...a city with DIY in its DNA, that loves to do and to make. And indeed, between midnight and..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Veggie Heaven

A visit to Angel Valley Organic Farm

"...Just about the last place you might expect to see a lush, self-sufficient,..."

March 24, 2006 Food Feature by MM Pack

LCRA's $10,000 'Stepchildren'

Eager to open the tap for new development, the LCRA wants a premium from the folks who already live out West

"...in the ongoing debate over a proposed water-line extension to the Hill Country are the hundreds of existing homeowners..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Fat Girl

"...talking about French filmmaker Catherine Breillat, a writer and director who has built a career around the exploration of..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Blair Witch Project

Something wicked in the woods in this eagerly-awaited horror.

"...It's a story even older than Hansel and Gretel's, the story of..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

City Centerpiece

"...To the Chronicle,..."

July 31, 1998 Column

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