Jill Biden Invites Austinite Nearly Killed by Abortion Ban to State of the Union

Still, Biden dedicated little time to abortion in his address

"...last year when her doctor, in accordance with Texas' extreme abortion ban, refused to intervene in a pregnancy that..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Cap Metro Pitches in as Mobile Cooling Center

As temperatures rise, bus stops serve as shelter from the sun

"...and June on record in Austin, and the 100-degree days keep piling up. With extreme heat an inevitable and..."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 26-April 1

"...you to cultivate your own neurotic qualities in their extreme forms of expression during the coming weeks. You’re due..."

March 27, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Fantastic Fest Interview: Ant Timpson Says Come to Daddy

How an old grieving tradition gave the filmmaker a new energy

"...embalmed corpse come back to his house for five days, so we could go through a grieving process –..."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System

Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"

"...strategy to combat the "absurd" tactic; they have 30 days to contest the fines...."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...and they took it very seriously, while also taking extreme precautions to change procedures to comply with renewed TOMA..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...Every year around the holidays, small groups of volunteers count the grackles and any..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

Alternate Reality Gaming Gets Scary

Darren Lynn Bousman's immersive horror project the Tension Experience

"...of storytelling. First, he pioneered a new wave of extreme horror with Saw II-IV. Next, he threw himself into..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Climate Control

Will corporate interests finally see the light on climate change?

"...Specifically for Texas, the report predicts many more annual days of extreme heat, with stark consequences: "By 2020-2039, extreme..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Column by Michael King

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...Students for a Democratic Society and includes the more extreme and militant anti-Vietnam war and anti-draft protest organizations," reads..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

'From Elway to Marino'

ESPN's latest 30 for 30 doc

"...front of the camera, not just during their playing days, but also beyond their playing careers in a studio..."

April 24, 2013 Sports Post by Will Eidam

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...Beerland, 5:45pm The Czech noise crew has evolved from extreme metallers into the current Slavic twist on classic Bay..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Page Two: Dangerous Demons

Why do we have to hate those with whom we disagree?

"...People like to take other people's positions to the extreme in order to more easily mock and misrepresent them...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...told department investigators. "I mean, that was a little extreme to be shooting at that particular point. It wasn't..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Unreasonably Reasonable

Political arguments depend on mutual respect

"...now in fact controlled by those holding the most extreme positions, and they argue that anything less – any..."

June 27, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Off the Record

Pinetop Perkins leads local Grammy nominations; The Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom relocates to Austin; the Invincible Czars re-envision Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite

"...of UGK's Pimp C, who died last Tuesday, two days before the Kingz were honored with a Grammy nomination..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Final Countdown

Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in one timeline

"...May 4, 1988: Molly Hatchet plays, eight days before Foghat...."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

911, We've Got a Smoker

Austin's new smoking ordinance takes effect today

"...selling his ashtrays as souvenirs of the good old days...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Page Two

The debate over the smoking ban is about rights, and saying it isn't is just silly

"...one can step outside unmolested by the weather 300-plus days a year, I think most well-run establishments will fare..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Louis Black

These American Lives

Documentarians Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price root out characters in the Mississippi Delta, the streets of Milwaukee, and, soon, summer camp in Michigan.

"...make his second feature doc, Okie Noodling, about the extreme sport of catfish fishing -- extreme in that fishermen..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...not provided on local [affiliate] television. We have the extreme right and the extreme left, and everything in between,"..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...which the worst climate change predictions have come true. Extreme storms alternate with extreme heat, ravaging a California which,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Armchair Adventures

"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.

"..."The days became weeks as the ship struggled against the wind..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

High and Dry

LCRA Approves Controversial Pipeline to Dripping Springs

"...he says, the Dripping Springs area is suffering from "extreme drought conditions." Furthermore, Beal notes that Hays County has..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...and we kind of played ourselves. Some were more extreme than others. Jerry played an extreme version of himself...."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...and would carry it to what some might call extremes for the rest of her life, writing to her..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...relationships between artists and audiences, which reached a passionate extreme in the Astor Place Riot of 1849, with 31..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

A Golden Opportunity

SB1704's Repeal Gives Austin a Turn at the Helm

"...on the Endangered Species list, and the discovery, just days before the party, that Senate Bill 1704, the Austin-bashing..."

Aug. 29, 1997 News Feature by John Spong

Mind the Bullock

"...During my days as a political consultant I had the opportunity to..."

March 28, 1997 Column

Gridlock Lifts on Lamar Bridge

Councilmembers Demand a Second Look at Alternative Routes

"...While their position may seem extreme, the fact that the city has for so long..."

Nov. 8, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

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