Long Center: Grand gift takes campaign over the top

The Long Center received $5 million from the Sybil B. Harrington Trust, which put the organization over its $77 million fundraising goal

"...in capital campaign circles is that the last chunk of money is the hardest to raise. No matter if..."

May 11, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Happenings

March 22, 2007 - Wednesday, March 28

"...For more details on these and other events this..."

March 23, 2007 News Feature

Global Warming

By the numbers

"...This list of 10 startling global warming facts was compiled by Environmental..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Bilingual Alternatives

"...students at the international school are just the tip of AISD's Titanic-sized bilingual iceberg. Roughly 17,000 of AISD's 78,000..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Watt's Wrong

"...Consumer and environmental groups backed out of talks last month with legislators interested in filing a..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature

Seven Gift Ideas for Father’s Day

If you have a foodie father, these gifts are a perfect fête

"...Well, yes, everybody has to eat; but a father often seems to do it with more, ah, gusto than..."

June 17, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Seven in Play

Seven key races across the state could turn the House back to Democratic control

"...for the fight to take back the House. Four of the seven are currently vacant. Democrats hope that even..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Happenings

March 29 - April 5

"...For more details on these and other events this..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

True Hollywood Stories

Texans who took a chance and headed west tell all

"..."I try to pick clients whose work sweeps me off my feet," explains Mike Simpson from his William Morris..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Eli Kooris

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Preview

"...State House & Senate..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Food Set

"...the Culinary Institute, then transplant him to Texas in '78 and put him in charge of running the kitchen..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Soothe Your Stress With These Five Decadent CBD Brands

More than just tinctures

"...Quick recap: CBD – aka cannabidiol – is one of more than 100 cannabinoids found in cannabis plants, and..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Point Austin: Affordable Housing & the Promised Land

Proposition A and Austin's affordability predicament

"...years ago, "but nobody wants to die." I think of that line often when I hear Austinites talking about..."

Oct. 5, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Playback: Strictly Conjunto

“We don’t want this music to die” – Johnny Degollado

"...charged in from side stage brandishing a tall can of Bud Light like it was the Holy Grail, presenting..."

May 11, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

HD 50: Circular Dem Firing Squad

Rifts deepen among candidates

"...race's three Demo­cratic candidates, as they compete for one of two spots in the likely December runoff. (The other..."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Christopher Hooks

The AggreGAYtor: January 15

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...In Our Mothers' House, Patricia Polacco's graphically illustrated adaptation of Rubyfruit Jungle completely benign children's storybook will be returning..."

Jan. 15, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers

Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers

"...in black, gallops across the screen at the head of her gang of gunfighters in Sam Fuller's Forty Guns..."

May 4, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Off the Record

A coin toss to determine the future of the Cactus Cafe

"...The future of the Cactus Cafe now boils down to two rival..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Push harder, Austin. That's the message from the city of Austin and the Clean Air Force of Central Texas...."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature

Immigration News

Some Central Americans catch a temporary break; and lawsuit filed against LAPD on behalf of organizers of May 1 rally in Los Angeles

"...The Department of Homeland Security announced earlier this month that it will..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The theme wasn't "stripper girlfriends and homo love," as one judge speculated (there was no theme), but gender, class, and orientation were more deeply considerable issues among this year's finalists than ever before. Here's a look inside the process.

"...drinks at the Santa Rita Cantina on Feb. 7. Of course, that urge was part of it: The process..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Where Are They Now?

"...had members leave home and settle in a variety of different places. Some have continued to perform; others have..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Arts Feature

Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight

We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles

"...Cogent and considered recollections of older black men from Texas and the broadly American..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Energy's Quest to Bring Solar Power to Renters and the Less Wealthy

What can new incentive programs and community solar projects do for the city's most abundant energy source?

"...From the top of a Downtown skyscraper, looking west, there's a better chance..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Gimme Shelter: A Song for Margaret Moser

A stoned soul picnic of Rolling Stones for Wattser

"...Moser and I met cute inside the current Chronicle offices not five feet from where I sit 25 years..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

How to Run a Very Successful Crowdfunding Scam

Or epically fail at launching a tech product

"...wild, backers tripled the donation goal to the tune of a whopping $621,000, and Savannah Peterson, head of "PR..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

Playback: Coolest Board in Town

Arlyn Studios just upped its ante

"...and Lisa Fletcher are partnering with a younger generation of Austin entrepreneurs to revamp the famed recording facility...."

Sept. 21, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: The Numbers This Time

There exist co-enabling models of therapeutic and addictive wars

"...It is a story, in part, of the difference between that time and this...."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...framed photograph from the Forties. It's a band photo of the Prairie View Co-eds, the black, all-girl swing band..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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