El Zuzal Restaurant

El Z. specializes in El Salvadoran cuisine, though they do have some standard Mexican dishes for those with no sense of adventure

"...El Zuzal Restaurant..."

April 16, 2004 Food Review by Mick Vann

Gina Chavez Video Release Fills the Stateside

Newly minted Musician of the Year has come a long way in a year

"...and partner Jodi Granado founded to send girls from El Salvador to college...."

April 13, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...bright afternoon on Indigenous Peoples Day, and Bertha Rendón Delgado is interviewing her elders in the shade of a..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world,..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pointing Out Detention Centers "In Plain Sight"

Sky-high art turns eyes to migrant detention and incarceration

"...mountains, so close to the large tents pitched outside El Paso’s Border Patrol Station 1 that Maribel thought her..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Post by Victoria Rossi

Living in Mess: 'Wildness'

Documentary as palliative care

"...the stage in The Silver Platter bar in Los Angeles reads: “El show de Morales y sus Geishas.”..."

March 12, 2012 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

War Photographer

Christian Poveda documented the gangs of El Salvador, until they turned on him

"...When the El Salvadoran police found Christian Poveda's body in the town..."

April 16, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Aztex Host Monterrey's Tigres This Sunday

"...organizationally. Two weeks ago it was going up two levels, to host the First Division Atlanta Silverbacks in the..."

June 25, 2008 Sports Post

Lightning Pick Up a Win and a Draw, and More

"...despite the rain – a 2-0 win over the El Paso Patriots Saturday, following a 1-1 draw against Laredo..."

May 31, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Soy Quien Soy

Gina Chavez comes into her own

"...the main road in Soyapango, a slab suburb of El Salvador's capital city, sits a high-walled compound named for..."

April 4, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

American Made

Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

"...Barry Seal, a gung-ho TWA pilot who runs a sideline smuggling Cuban cigars in the back of the cockpit...."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Costa del Sol

Costa del Sol should make your short list of El Salvadoran places to dine

"...Costa del Sol7901 Cameron #4, 832-5331 Monday-Thursday, 8am-9pm; Friday-Sunday, 8:30am-10pm..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Food Review by Mick Vann

Special Immigration Status Extended for Some Central Americans

Department of Homeland Security has announced it will extend by 18 months amount of time it will allow hundreds of thousands of Central Americans in US to continue residing and working here legally

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

May 11, 2007 News Post by Cheryl Smith

Military Hospitality

Austinites Warmly Received at "School of the Assassins"

"...fairly good effect recently when a contingent of Austinites traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia last month to join a..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Joshua Fisher

Soccer Watch

"...team here, despite being stretched to the limit by Belgium and Spain, the two next best; while England has..."

July 9, 2021 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Gets Political With the Chronicle

He should be a prime-time news analyst. Televisions would melt.

"...the occasion of a keynote appearance at the subsequently canceled SXSW, Roger Waters should analyze global news on prime..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gina Chavez Q&A

AMA winner raises funds for Conspire Theatre

"...To help fund a production of their latest play, Mothers and..."

Sept. 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Happenings

May 15-22

"...ELECTRONICS RECYCLING DRIVE All electronics accepted – computers, cell phones,..."

May 16, 2008 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of directors of Conoco, Sanchez is said to fancy himself as an environmentalist." How much of a dipstick do..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

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 extend..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Warrior Voices

With a Spanish-language production of The Vagina Monologues, Austin Latinas are making themselves heard

"...it was an experience beyond words. Although she received preliminary counseling, her well-meaning parents withdrew her from treatment when..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Texas Gamut

Titles From Texas

"...what I've come up with. If you like Willie Nelson you will like this book, no doubt about it,..."

May 15, 1998 Books Feature

Happenings

May 22-29

"...MEETING ON GREEN WATER TREATMENT PLANT SITE See five development teams pitch their proposals for the Green Water Treatment..."

May 23, 2008 News Feature

Room at the Inn

Case Marianella homeless shelter provides a badly needed haven for homeless Spanish-speaking immigrants.

"...Hours after he arrived, he went to Austin's Casa Marianella, a temporary shelter for Spanish-speaking immigrants, where he lived..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Anna Hanks

How Austin Musician Gina Chavez Became the Subject of the City's Latest Mural

The story of an L.A. muralist creating a 12-foot-tall portrait of a local musical star

"..."spread the beauty of Latino culture throughout the Bible Belt." The successful L.A.-based artist wanted to create public art..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Joaquin Castro Bill to Protect Sanctuary Seekers

HR 4539 would rescind deportation orders for three Austinites currently in refuge in local churches

"...Gamez, who left El Salvador after death threats, has taken sanctuary in First..."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Previewing the knockout bracket

Round of 16 matchups now set; U.S. to play Monday

"...U.S., who'll have their first team back on the field, though the second team did just fine in the..."

June 21, 2019 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Women and Children First

Immigration raids targeting families strike fear in Austin's Latino community

"...undocumented immigrants and refugees. On Jan. 4, Department of Homeland Security Sec­re­ta­ry Jeh Johnson issued a press release announcing,..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Austin Responds to the Refugees

As the Central American refugee crisis unfolds, an Austin movement to offer aid is playing out quietly, behind the scenes.

"...lawmakers and communities, where the frightened migrants – including approximately 57,000 unaccompanied children venturing primarily from El Salvador, Guatemala,..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

'Hear Me/See Me'

Giving young immigrants and refugees a chance to tell their own stories

"...they got here, what they're doing – but you rarely hear that talk from the young immigrants themselves. That..."

July 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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