The Spirit – and Spirits – of '76

Mr. Smarty Pants knows America's alcohol history

"...much of the water in 17th century Europe was polluted, and alcohol was considered safer to drink. In Drinking..."

July 5, 2013 Food Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past three years,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Let's Fire the Union President!

"...public relations problems, on Friday, Sept. 11, agency management fired Jay Wyatt, the president of the drivers and mechanics'..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

A League of Their Own

"...volcanic eruption. Often, the town that Richard Linklater's Slacker helped put on the film map more closely resembles a..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Start Your Modems!

The Joy of B-Movie Websites

"...Cool News NIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) was completed in l946. This Paleozoic-era device weighed 30 tons and..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Postmarks

Slusher Kicks Ass!

"...To the Editor:..."

March 13, 1998 Column

Off the Desk

"...ready, but anyone against the city's camping ban is invited to bring their bedrolls to the Southwest grounds of..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature

Council: Hiding in Plain Sight

Immigration, Fire, Capitol view corridors fill out a busy Thursday

"...a dozen zoning cases, some potential revisions of Council procedures, and a likely debate over overtime funding at the..."

May 19, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: Grohl Call

Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighter, and documentarian Dave Grohl passes it on

"...key to this city. The rock & roll polymath roused locals and visitors alike with his South by Southwest..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ten Districts, Many Visions

Managing Growth

"...D7 Ballot OrderJ.E. "Jeb" Boyt Zack Ingraham Melissa Zone Ed English Darryl R. Wittle Jimmy Paver Leslie Pool Pete..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...Tracked for three months and through as many states, following..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...SXSW Film's focus is to consider Austin. Here narrative, animated, experimental, and documentary filmmakers – whether interested in shorts..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Editor:..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...can't remember the first time I heard the Chronicle referred to as "the island of misfit toys" (hat tip..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

Austin at Large: Call the Cops, Send In the Clowns

We could just not put up with the same old nonsense, for a change

"...This past weekend, thousands of Austinites peered out of our virtual and social-mediated windows in the..."

April 24, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two: Lights, Camera, Print Media

October 1985 was the strangest month

"...issue of the Chronicle, I'm also certain, that I launched an editorial diatribe as to why Texas was not..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Column by Louis Black

Todd Phelps: 'Creativity and Common Sense'

"...TP: Right now the lion's share is attributed to Austin, and what we can do to put..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Veni, Vidi, Vici at Vaca y Vino

Multitasking hospitality pros tackle a 1,000-pound steer at benefit event

"...As the sun rose over the oak-tree-lined grassy meadow at Bridges Ranch, I pulled up to..."

May 3, 2013 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Power Restored After Pole Fires

Drought, dirt, wind and mist are prime suspects

"...An unusual set of circumstances sparked a record number of fires on about 50 Austin..."

Dec. 28, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...The Texas Book Festival announced its 2012 slate today, featuring big hitters in fiction..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...the city it depicts, Richard Linklater's Slacker sees no need for a traditional beginning, middle, and ending. It is..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What You're Paying For

A bill comparison between GreenChoicers and nonsubscribers

"...for power plants, electric system improvements and expansion, and chilled water plants..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Behind the Bars

Why are gay bars not counted within Austin club histories?

"...Austin was just starting [mid-1980s]. That's where I first started meeting the people that were realizing that we needed..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature

Film News

The top stories of 2005

"...2005, the Texas Legislature came to its senses and acknowledged that filming incentives offered in Louisiana, New Mexico, and..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...that the war was losing the U.S. government moral credibility around the world. But from the outset, Lyndon Johnson..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...merry (revolving) band of musicians from both coasts who moved to Austin 30 years ago on the heels of..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Editor:..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Clifford Antone receives a sentence; Heinz Geissler takes over the Antone's Records label; Ed Hamell is hospitalized after a car accident.

"...The news crews were out in full force at the federal courthouse..."

June 2, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...hats-off to Buck Owens. It's country music with an edge, combining influences, and running it all through a Texas..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Nickel-and-Diming It

Security in State Jobs

"...employment attractive has been the relative job security it offered. Most state employees enter a so-called "career life cycle"..."

May 21, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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