Bright Lights, Little City

An icon makes a big comeback

"...If you were to plot Austin's history through a chronology of coffee shops,..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...first Sunday in June, Bob Wallace has a decision to make. The stay-at-home dad, who's been unable to find..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...from the Colony Park Sus­tain­able Com­mun­ity Initiative," one student told her, switching to Spanish when the woman asked...."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

In the Room

First-place winner

"...Big day," Dan Rainey croaks as he enters the elevator. "Those boards ready to review?" Phlegm rattles deep beneath..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Books Feature by Raul Garza

Veni, Vidi, Vici at Vaca y Vino

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

"...oak-tree-lined grassy meadow at Bridges Ranch, I pulled up to find Lou Lambert's team hard at work and looking..."

May 3, 2013 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Farmers Market Report: February 9-10

One of the best times of the year

"...are coming in (carrots, broccoli, greens, lettuces, cauliflower, spinach, potatoes, beets, sweet potatoes, cilantro, etc), but there are no..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Good Luck Eats for New Year's Day

Southern food traditions and recipes to ensure prosperity in 2013

"...peas”, were grown in the rest of the country to feed cattle, but in the South, they are a..."

Dec. 29, 2012 Food Post by Mick Vann

'The Butcher's Hands'

Short Story Contest second-place winner

"...one particular gloved night, a young Guardia Civil strode into a bar in the modest pueblo of Santa Eugelia,..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Dana De Greff

The Sound and the Fury

Monsters of Folk drummer Will Johnson continues demonstrating monstrous musical and compositional gifts

"...Stubb's on a November night, Johnson throws his back into every movement with a determined abandonment, bouncing forcefully off..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

KUT announces a new Cactus Cafe manager, plus this week at the movies

"...easy part for KUT with their outreach," Griff Luneburg told the Chronicle last month in regard to the future..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Paula Poundstone

The comedian talks about the importance of reading in her life

"...Paula Poundstone is sorry that she won't be in Austin long..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A History of Pigs in America

"...The pig dates back 40 million years to fossils which indicate that wild porcine animals roamed forests..."

April 10, 2009 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Sausage Link

How Elgin got the New Urbanist transit dream

"...why Elgin shouldn't be the national model for how to do it right!"..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning

"...Settler's Music Festival has marked the arrival of spring to Central Texas as surely as bluebonnets alongside Lady Bird..."

April 18, 2008 Music Feature

On the Lege

Austin Rep. Elliott Naishtat is leading charges to protect both seniors and children this session

"...AARP and other advocates who rode herd on lawmakers to approve a promised property-tax cut. You would think that..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "We cannot continue to have what we had these past few years. We..."

Jan. 12, 2007 News Feature

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...on the face of it, peculiar. I've never been to the Land of the Rising Sun. I'm not a..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Hell of a Year

Kathy McCarty presses Jon Dee Graham about the good and the bad old and new days

"...a busser, which is how we met and got together. It's unlikely we would have met out in the..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Feature by Kathy McCarty

Communing in the Air

With 'Lounge!,' Arthouse transforms itself into a space that swings

"...at art or talk about art or even listen to other people talk about art, we come at it..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lingering on the Beloved Characters of 'What Ever'

Talking with Heather Woodbury about the people in her eight-hour performance novel, What Ever.

"...female performer pull off so much dialogue, character, and story so effortlessly. Eight hours' worth of text and movement,..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Lowe's, Austin, and HB 1204: Who's Got the Cards?

Are Austin's hands tied on another land-use battle over the aquifer?

"...Legislature gave Lowe's the upper hand in its fight to build a new facility on Brodie Lane say Austin..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Let the Battles Begin!

The new city budget promises less is less.

"...week's budget presentation, "that four of us would go to a hotel in Round Rock and break a quorum."..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Hothouse Wildflowers

Through the looking glass with Eisley

"...not far from here, where young girls are free to shape themselves in a pure, unpolluted environment. A fantasy..."

July 11, 2003 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Cedar Park, Over Ice

Southwest Sports Group's high-powered campaign to win voter approval for an ice rink/concert complex could "put Cedar Park on the map."

"...most, about 7,000 votes -- usually far less -- to win an election in Cedar Park. But Southwest Sports..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Thank You Very Much, Mr. Robata

Claudia Alarcon tells you about dining with all of the senses at a unique Austin Japanese restaurant.

"...is traditional fare consisting of grilled seafood, meats, and vegetables. Robata literally means "from close to the grill," and..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Creedmoor Need More

The city of Austin and the BSEACD are skeptical of Creedmoor-Maha's request to triple its pumping limits.

"...no respect" after last week's hearing on his request to triple the amount of water he draws from the..."

Dec. 14, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...I'm a little scared. This is big. Bigger than Tom Waits at the Paramount last SXSW. Patti Smith, the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

A Matter of Voice

Salt & Pepper

"...What would prompt a food writer to spend several years preparing a book about the two..."

May 14, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Exhibitionism

New Paintings By Sarah Higdon: Nonsense and Sensibility

"...outer space where my soul and mind were transferred into the human body of an edgy, blonde woman. My..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Review

Endorsements

City Propositions

"...bond packages in general should not be a prized tool in our civic toolbox. But we think that voting..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

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