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Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...neighborhood – proved too much, too soon, for the couple's frazzled nerves. "We got as far as right there,"..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Insatiable Taste for Tunes

In Austin, the self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, seeing great music doesn't always have to mean fighting the crowds at a smoky nightclub

"...N. Lamar, 451-5440Threadgill's World Headquarters301 W. Riverside, 472-9304 Sixties superstar Janis Joplin got her start at this humble Austin..."

March 19, 2004 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

TCB

All the hip-hop that fits in ATX.

"...-- it's out there, effectively hiding in plain sight. Up north, down south, on Sixth Street, and the Eastside,..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...called Zaz about a mile from where I grew up in San Antonio. We got all the Westside vatos..."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...are really out of touch. According to statistics, this couple won't be together to raise this child. There's no..."

May 9, 2003 Column

TCB

SXSW looms on the horizon, and "TCB" is already neck-deep in it.

"...as the big stuff, Grulke anticipates the B-52's crunking up Stubb's; a Lost Highway show with Willie Nelson, Lucinda..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

A Snowball's Chance

Casey's New Orleans Snowballs, the little family business that could at 51st and Airport, packs a year's worth of fun and flavor into six months, writes the Chronicle's Rae Nadler-Olenick.

"...ice is soft and fluffy; their colors vibrant, their syrups thick, sweet, and lavishly poured. They even offer a..."

July 5, 2002 Food Feature by Rae Nadler-Olenick

The Flavors of Summer

Memories of Tastes

"...Fix One day left in Austin, and I wake up from fitful sleep craving only one thing: flatbread. A..."

July 13, 2001 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Dancing About Architecture

Butthole Surfers and Austin City Limits suffer set backs while Riverfest marches on.

"...Cavity-like club, so here's Beerland's "Third Annual Grand Opening" lineup: tonight, Thursday: Wontons, Teen Cool, Damn Times, Holy Charlie;..."

June 29, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...home in a North Austin suburb, the child who disrupted the class and worried other parents, who walked up..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...produced LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, the Drifters, Champion Jack Dupree, Ivory Joe Hunter, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Otis..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The New Nuevo Leon

The new Nuevo Leon more than doubles the previous Nuevo Leon's space at 8,000 square feet. But it took quite a bit of work for the Davila family, the Nuevo Leon owners, to get there.

"...more than a new name. So, Rachel Davila came up with a novel approach: She willed them to come...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Food Feature by Belinda Acosta

Southern Comfort

The Chronicle food staff has scoured Austin in search of the city's best down-home eateries; they're served up within.

"...this story's for you. So, while you're here, pull up a chair and sample a taste of Austin's rich..."

March 3, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Dancing About Architecture

All Things Must Pass

"...further. After resorting to benefits earlier this year to support themselves until SXSW, the owners of the Electric Lounge..."

March 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Trunk Full of Funk

First Degree Hip-Hop

"...sales accounting system miss the majority of mom 'n' pop record stores around the country, it also fails to..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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