Megachurch Miracle

Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches

"...says, and she had been uninspired by the Church of Christ she sporadically attended with her husband. When her..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Censorship 101

"...your cover story claiming censorship by the Austin Museum of Art ["Why a Duck?" Vol. 16, No. 22], one..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

Fiddles, Not Violins

The Secret to Ray Price and San Antonio Rose

"...Seventy-year-old Ray Price ("going on 71 with a bullet") of Perryville, Texas, son of Walter and Clara Bradley Price,..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...you is less about the brutality in the heart of some than the longing in the heart of us..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

The Black Phone

Ethan Hawke is a villain for the ages in this brilliant horror

"...pain? Is there some inherent likability, something about his eyes or his voice that has made it hard for..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...was a hot Sunday afternoon late in the summer of 1978. Having arrived in town only two weeks prior,..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...Third Place: The Warmth of Snowby Margaret Burns..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...pasture (or garden) to the dinner table, a multitude of mishaps can transform what should be a delightful dinner..."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Shooting Star

"...The phone is no friend of Curt Kirkwood's.Too often, the tidings it bears are foul...."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...a shrill siren cry starts howling from the bank of walkie-talkies on the shelf, and the teletype on the..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'Evacuation Plan'

An excerpt

"...the man, so I slip down to the volunteer office and check the book...."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Testosterone Rules

Third Place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...R. humored me. A roomful of older couples, sequined and shining. Spinning like they'd star..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Ameni Rozsa

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half of the Nineties is growth, but the second half is..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Page Two

Hey, it's his shower

"...about. Sometimes I've already written a bunch, which more often than not gets abandoned as the fine-tuning turns into..."

May 28, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Thing in the Lake

"...is a very great pleasure. To feel the elusiveness of his meaning is, in fact, to come close to..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...FATHER OF THE BRIDE PART IID: Charles Shyer; with Steve Martin,..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Unscented

When Life Doesn't Stink

"...stunned. Oh, sure, in the beginning the big globs of VO5 in my hair and the traces of lipstick..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Arts Feature by Suzy Banks

Letters at 3AM

We have replaced our concept of the heroic with the superheroic, and the sense of the possible with the impossible.

"...Something sinister has happened to the idea of being human. The most blatant examples are, as usual,..."

July 25, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...an amendment that would have postponed the effective date of the three-county expansion. My motive had nothing to do..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column

Family Circle

Charlie and Will Sexton

"...V. Wolfson The two young women sitting in front of a pile of cocaine in the South Austin duplex..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

I Tried Death Wish Coffee and Lived

Dangerous levels of caffeine and self-confidence ensued

"...Death Wish Coffee is as dark as the night is long, and..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by Dan Gentile

SXSW Survival Thriller Asks What Keeps You Alive

Not just another Cabin in the Woods

"...for last – it's because they are the gems of the festival. Within the past five years, late-night audiences..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

That Other Hunger

The writing -- and much, much more -- is on Ryan Richardson's wall.

"...that challenged us to see the world with fresh eyes, pushed us toward our potential, and beseeched us to..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...- on the big screens and in the company of others. This summer two Austin film series, the Austin..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

We Have an Issue: I’m OK, You’re OK ... ?

On getting back out in the world

"...You know that part of every space movie where the shuttle begins to reenter..."

July 16, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

How I Got Hitched

A twentysomething sees his first Hitchcock, and he likes what he sees

"...subscriptions and a weekend, I binged: a double feature of North by Northwest and Rear Window, two of the..."

Oct. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...-- "Nicodemus Bluff," Bats Out of Hell, 1993..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...To get a really good feel for the kind of theatre artist Dan Dietz is, it helps to have..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Having a Plan for When Shit Hits the Fan: A Journey in Prepping

What disaster preparedness experts have to say about best-laid plans for worst-case scenarios

"...took out power lines. Those events prompted Austin city officials to begin holding ongoing preparedness training classes for citizens..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

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