Fifty Years of the Texas Observer

"The stories told here do not recount dead issues from our shameful past," Lee Nichols writes. "Instead, we see them with here-and-now vitality, the eyes of the time."

"...Fifty Years of the Texas ObserverEdited by Char Miller..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Books Review by Lee Nichols

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Sept. 3, 2004 Column

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"...It worked! The Home Depot announced last week it is indeed..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tyranny Killed the Radio Star

Jonathan Demme on 'The Agronomist'

"...[Ed. note: The following has been taken from "The Passion..."

June 4, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Three Days at Tribeca, Three Years Later

Is the film festival still all good in the hood?

"...was disheartening, but somehow fitting. The sound system was plagued with feedback during last Friday's Tribeca Film Festival panel..."

May 14, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kill the Messenger!

In the Tomstown counterattack, the GOP spin doctors are pointing the finger in every direction

"...GOP fundraising for the 2002 legislative campaigns has been predictable but nevertheless entertaining, boiling down to a couple of..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Michael King

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

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Jan. 9, 2004 Column

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"...'Chronicle' Not Only Soft on Bush but Duped..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column

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"...Biased, Ignorant, and Dumb..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column

'Chronicle' Not Interested in 'Objective' Reporting

"...The story about Planned Parenthood was interesting for the fact that the opponent..."

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Bach: B Minor Mass

The Conspirare choir can do anything, from communicating a work's sonorous beauty to delivering well-placed, carefully planned emotional punches, and they did both in their recent performance of the Bach B Minor Mass.

"...St. Martin's Lutheran Church, Sept. 26..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...this idea come from -- that everybody deserves free education? ... It's like free groceries. It comes from Moscow...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

'Natural Capitalism' in the Hills

The Crossings' earth- and economy-friendly integration into the Hill Country really is something to feel good about.

"...To get to the Crossings, you drive what used to be a long way out of town, but..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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July 25, 2003 Column

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July 18, 2003 Column

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Feb. 21, 2003 Column

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...a metal gurney on which a prisoner will be strapped down and pumped full of chemicals that will arrest..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dream on, Dream Team

Democrats Fail to Convince Texas

"...The Driskill Hotel's elegant second-floor ballroom has hosted better nights. On Tuesday, three separate Democratic campaign gatherings..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Beyond City Limits

"...of nine people, including six current and former local electeds, on corruption and bribery charges. The alleged ringleader, former..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

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News in brief from Austin to the world

"...Michael Scott received a life sentence for his role in the yogurt..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Ciola's Italian-American Restaurant

Lakeside dining 2002: by boat or by car, bring your appetite

"...The dinner menu here is decorated with photos of the original Ciola's restaurant in Virginia..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

¡Más Comida!

Austin's newest restaurants are making 'mi casa es su casa' a way of life, one menu at a time

"...for the caliber and sheer number of Mexican restaurants located in the city. According to Texas Restaurant Association statistics,..."

July 19, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

"...news last week, as sales tax receipts for April climbed a whopping 0.6% over last year's numbers. That anemic..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The 2002 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll

Index

"...204 E. Sixth, 494-1335, www.bdrileyspub.comCritics Pub Grub, Critics Beer Poured..."

May 24, 2002 Food Feature

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April 19, 2002 Column

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Feb. 8, 2002 Column

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Our own little Gaza Strip, and the Halloween (Gas) Mask is taken to task.

"...Hamzeh: A One-Sided Account..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column

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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

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Oct. 19, 2001 Column

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Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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