Five Good Reasons Las Manitas Deserves a City Loan

Exploding some of the myths regarding the city's loan to the Downtown restaurant.

"...Widespread ranting has been flying thick in the Austin air as council approaches its Thursday vote on the proposed..."

June 6, 2007 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Council Watch

High Chairs, Water Systems, and Jails

"...What do Judge Lance Ito and Eric Mitchell have in common? Their swivel chairs...."

July 21, 1995 News Column

Walking the High Finance Wire

Bergstrom Costs Going Up and Up

"...747 listing dangerously as it comes in for a landing, threaten to become a financial disaster for the city's..."

May 12, 1995 News Feature by Dave Cook

More Q&A with Marc Ott

The new city manager on council initiatives, city planning priorities, and the change in the weather at City Hall

"...Austin Chronicle: How does a city manager take an even-handed approach to fairly allocating resources to the initiatives of..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...like to say, BBR: Big Bootays Represent! Sexy, sultry, and full of tease, the Big Star gals will spice..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Will Video Kill the Celluloid Star?

Most loves fade over time, and the romance of a hundred-plus years of filmmaking seems to be losing its luster as well. At least, that's what the new High Definition video vanguard, led by George Lucas and Robert Rodriguez, is saying. Is video the future of film?

"...crumbly from ill-use, the triumph of ease-of-use over tradition, and the slickly glossed sheen of better-faster beating out older-wiser-slower,..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...half is explosion. The town grows into a city and then into a big city, known to people worldwide...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Last Airbender

M. Night Shyamalan's live-action film is based on a popular animated series on Nickelodeon, and although the movie retains the series' mythology, it loses all its humor and suspense.

"...Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis and Seychelle Gabriel. There’s a new Avatar..."

July 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Another 'Special Session'

Political series returns to PBS in February.

"...from a bunch of dead grackles: Our favorite public affairs program is returning to KLRU. Special Session is hosted..."

Jan. 24, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...Stacked in long rows and towering piles in the middle of a field southeast..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Nofziger Responds

"...as a city councilmember. You decry my "sad record" and lack of leadership, but you fail to be specific...."

April 25, 1997 Column

Heavy Metal

Even in blazing summer, Austin's welders and forgers fire it up and make like rock & rollers

"...Watching a group of people forging metal with sledgehammers and tongs is like watching a band make rock &..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Denying Marisol

Third Place

"...a mirror; bounced it off the jars of her hair, bent it in wells of her pockets...."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Nancy Moser

Communication Breakdown

The city's plan to implement a radio system is turning into a long, high-dollar project

"...More than two and a half years after Austin voters approved $38 million..."

Dec. 10, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

What Did Ann Know?

What did Ann Richards know about helicopters used during Waco siege?

"...named in the civil lawsuit brought by family members and survivors of the Branch Davidian conflagration are, or were,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Hissing Fits

Bryan Mealer sinks his teeth into the 1999 Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup.

"...the campers with their pop-up trailers, huge cast-iron smokers, and rotisserie grills who have flocked to Newman Park for..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bryan Mealer

The Last Full Measure

A true story of a hero denied recognition

"...Jackson, William Hurt, Alison Sudol, Ed Harris, Bradley Whitford and Christopher Plummer...."

Jan. 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A War

Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale

"...Novotny, Dar Salim, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck, Alex Høgh Andersen, Cecilie Elise Søndergaard, Adam Chessa and Andreas Buch Borgwardt...."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rodeo 80

The 2007 Legislature in a quick-step roundup

"...sum for failing to keep up with rising costs and a rising population, never mind the decade-plus of systematic..."

June 8, 2007 News Column

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Thankfully, the dark tone of the beloved childrens books is carried over to the screen, and the terrific performances and production design provide extra lift.

"...Entertainer, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson and Jamie Harris. "If you are interested in stories with..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dream of a New Circus

In the two decades it has taken for Cirque du Soleil to reach Austin for the first time, this Montreal-based troupe has not only reinvented circus as performance art but grown into one of the most unexpected and unlikely of entertainment empires.

"...It started on a street corner in Quebec and now it literally spans the planet, amazing audiences worldwide..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael Point

21 Bridges

Chadwick Boseman brings Manhattan to a halt as a corruption-busting cop

"...Boseman, Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, Sienna Miller, Keith David and J.K. Simmons...."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Stalingrad

3-D Russian film about the bloody Battle of Stalingrad.

"...Studilina, Pyotr Fyodorov, Thomas Kretschmann, Sergey Bondarchuk, Dmitriy Lysenkov, Andrey Smolyakov, Oleg Volku and Heiner Lauterbach...."

Feb. 28, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Comments Lazy and UnethicalDear Mr. Black,..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column

Joyeux Noël

The title suggests a seasonal release, but this remarkable film is very much of the moment, suggesting the futility of war by depicting the “Christmas truce” of 1914 from three sides in the battle.

"...Kruger, Guillaume Canet, Benno Fürmann, Dany Boon, Gary Lewis and Daniel Brühl. The title suggests a seasonal release, but..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Windtalkers

"...Beach, Christian Slater, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo and Roger Willie. Windtalkers opens with a near-perfect shot that's..."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shooting Star

"...The Meat Puppets: Derrick Bostrom, Curt Kirkwood, and Cris Kirkwood photograph by Joseph Cultice..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Prairie Fires

Dessau Road Burns With New Boom Fever

"...at Jourdans Crossing up toward its confluences with I-35 and Pflugerville's FM1825, Dessau Road is for the most part..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...the full list of authors for its 2018 event, and you can look forward to more than 280 great..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Life Support

The complicated system that is the Austin-Travis Co. EMS is nationally recognized for saving lives. As Austin continues to grow, can the system save itself?

"...on the side of the road. He is unconscious and his heart is not beating...."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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