Public Notice: Drowning in Paperwork

City’s lifeguard hiring program may be leaking applicants

"...Send gossip, innuendo, rumors, and other useful grist to nbarbaro@austinchronicle.com...."

April 14, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro

2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films – Documentary

Environmental warnings come with mordant humor and sweetness

"...darkly prescient history lesson, and baby elephants are the grist for the cognitive mill of this prix fixe menu...."

Feb. 17, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin at Large: More Land, or a Big Ditch?

If we’re really going this far on the reimagined I-35, we might as well go all the way

"...of the I-35 saga, wrote a great piece for Grist about how TxDOT created this scenario.)..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery – an Excerpt

In this chapter from her book, Erica C. Barnett describes the point when her life became a shrinking circle

"...as writing for local and national publications such as Grist, The Huffington Post, and Seattle Magazine...."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Election Ticker: The March Toward March 3

Campaign finance numbers set Senate and congressional candidates ahead, leave others in the dust

"...the Federal Election Commission website, creating a little more grist for the "Who's Up, Who's Down" grinding mill. "Money..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Jack Allen’s Kitchen: Been Ten Good Years Now

A decade of this place already? Time, you’re so crazy.

"...(You know: Grist for the reporter’s mill, knowledge that’ll eventually fill a..."

Dec. 18, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Demons & Devils" at Recspec Gallery

Because we could all use a little more aesthetic exorcising, couldn't we?

"...are also – as all things are also – grist for the creative mill...."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Fischer Haus Concerts

Catch a whopper of a show at Fischer Haus

"...bowling alley, dance hall, rodeo grounds, a school, and grist mill to their empire. "For years it was the..."

July 26, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Take a Survey for a More Queer-Friendly Rideshare Experience

Homobiles wants to hear from LGBTQIA+ drivers around the country

"...Homobiles, a donation-based nonprofit in the San Francisco area,..."

July 2, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Megan Menchaca

Her Smell

Elisabeth Moss is a the center of a rock and roll tornado in this heartbreaking ballad of self-destruction

"...label system but ended up just the same self-destructive grist in the mill (wait for the first full song..."

April 19, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Not Mellow at All

There is an unwritten social contract to indoor plumbing

"...There is an unwritten social contract to indoor plumbing..."

April 19, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Public Notice: Moving the Discussion

It’s all about land use, even when it’s about transportation

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March 29, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Luv Doc: Small Tweaks

The devil is in the details

"...I'd say if you're smoking pot and eating queso,..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Column

Public Notice: Displacement Bad

New task force report finds room to improve

"...increasing the overall housing supply. But there's plenty of grist, on the other hand, to validate concerns voiced by..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Unglue Your Kids From the TV for These Family-Friendly Summer Activities

Ten things to see and do around Austin, no screens required

"...City), an interactive museum set in a historic steam grist mill and cotton gin built in 1880. New exhibits..."

May 18, 2018 Features Feature by Mae Hamilton

Public Notice: Two Tales of One City

Land use commissions diverge; dogs

"...congestion associated with vehicles circulating to find parking." (More grist for the CodeNEXT parking reduction debate?)..."

May 11, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The Devil’s in the Details

And of course, no one wants to wrestle with the devil

"...Send gossip, flame-retardant singlets, and other useful grist to nbarbaro@austinchronicle.com...."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Dina

"...that Dina and Scott’s struggles with intimacy should be grist for my perusal...."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Headlines

"...Council remains on vacation, but already has gathered some grist for upcoming agendas. See "The Mayor's Plan to Fix..."

July 21, 2017 News Feature

Public Notice: No Fireworks, but a Bombshell

City Council, AISD Board adjourn for summer with work left to do

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June 30, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Luv Doc: Dog Luv

The corporate culture here at the brick bunker is that there are no bad ideas

"...Given enough meetings with enough people and enough time,..."

May 26, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW List 8

Peanut Butter Wolf, Kasey Chambers, White Denim and 147 more

"...songbird Kasey Chambers, and local rockers White Denim, adds grist for the mill...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Council: Committee on Committees

City Council reorganizes, searches, ponders Saltillo

"...public hearing remaining open, because there is plenty of grist left to chew. The outstanding issues include whether to..."

Feb. 13, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to Grist.org, the term "gridlock" was coined by Sam Schwartz during..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin Filmmaker Takes on Patent Trolls

Lex Lybrand's new comedy The Trolls is patently ridiculous

"...This seems like grist for a courtroom drama, but Lybrand saw the inherent..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling

How the World Trade Center attacks affected TV

"...That was the grist of the panel: How TV writers, including some who..."

June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Notes on Kamp: Our Transportation Crisis

We can't afford to keep ignoring our infrastructure

"...always, send gossip, dirt, innuendo, rumors, and other useful grist to nbarbaro@austinchronicle.com...."

May 20, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

Writer Pat Littledog

The Austin-based author of Afoot in a Field of Men is afoot again

"...writing for the Dallas Morning News and found the grist for Afoot in a Field of Men. She was..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Public Notice: Paralysis by Committee

STRs: One minus two proving to be a difficult concept

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Aug. 21, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: Cutting and Spending

The Council looks in both directions on budgeting

"...There was plenty more grist in the speech, but those two priority items alone..."

April 17, 2015 News Column by Michael King

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