Developing Stories

Five current projects work for Austin-centric synergy

"...Goodbye Shady Grove RV Park, hello condominiums – about 250 units in..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Capitalists, Conservationists Say No to Dirty Coal

Showdown taking shape over plans to build 16 old-style coal-fired power plants, which threaten to push Austin's marginal air quality into the red

"...group to file suit against TXU over its Oak Grove plant this month – arguing that the coal-burner doesn't..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Vaudeville Vanya

Some of Austin's finest young actors have banded together as a creative family called St. Idiot Collective and are out to make solemn Anton Chekhov fun with 'Vaudeville Vanya'

"...in The Medea Stories, The House, and c/o: The Grove, an original adaptation of another Chekhov play, The Cherry..."

July 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

New Pollution Rules for Coal-Crazed Texas

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality takes up two federal EPA air quality measures to hopefully reduce mercury and carbon dioxide pollution

"...They take specific issue with TXU's proposed new Oak Grove plant, which will replace the utility's Monticello coal-burner as..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Food-o-file

What's cooking in the Central Texas food scene

"...will enjoy the Cookie Monster Preview Party at Shady Grove (1624 Barton Springs), where they can check out some..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

24,000 metal knife-shaped objects of unknown origin and purpose

"...in Boston to open a nightclub called the Coconut Grove due to the 1942 fire at the Coconut Grove..."

July 22, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Wednesday Sleepers

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...while keeping their alt-rock sensibilities intact. – Jim CaligiuriPLEASANT GROVE1am, Momos Pleasant Grove, named for a suburb of their..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature

Mother Courage

Melba Martinez's legacy at Mary Moody Northen Theatre

"...original works such as The Medea Stories, c/o the grove, and The House – ambitious projects, some of which..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

"...Pleasant GroveMidnight, Caribbean Lights After their last album Auscultation of the..."

March 12, 2004 Music Feature

Texas Towns & Places

"...9 "China Grove," the Doobie Brothers Songwriter: Tom Johnston Year Charted: 1973..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Got a fetish for fashion? Read the verdict on Austin's latest fetish fashion show. (Hint: Stephen seems to have kept his whip sheathed!!!)

"...royal. Last up was Rene Geneva's collection for Faernyn's Grove (www.faernynsgrove.com). As suspected, it was hard to pay attention..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

How badly did Stephen's illustrious editor screw up his column last week? You'll just have to read to see -- but trust us, it's worth it, if only for the amazing list of haute fashion events listed herein. Your social calendar will thank you.

"...at Elysium on Red River. New to Austin, Faernyn's Grove presents an evening that includes presentations of Siren Summer's..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Gritos: Essays

"At the heart of these encounters is the burning knowledge that nobody seems ready to recognize," David Garza writes of the largely self-made "literary superdude" who will read at the Yarborough Branch Library on Wednesday, July 30. "Gilb is a legitimate and undeniable talent."

"...Grove Press, 246 pp., $23..."

July 25, 2003 Books Review by David Garza

Ten Little Indians

"Sherman Alexie might be going soft," writes Jessa Crispin of the author's new collection, Ten Little Indians. "Underneath the humor and adept storytelling of his previous novels and short story collections was always a thin line of rage. But now he's working with hope and redemption."

"...Grove Press, 243 pp., $24..."

July 18, 2003 Books Review by Jessa Crispin

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...c/o The Grove, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Liquid Assets

World-class white wine -- from Texas!

"...on the West Coast. While a few, like Pepperwood Grove ($7), came up with nice wine at decent prices,..."

April 25, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Book Review

"Eden is an important story, not to be categorized by race or gender or region," Kate Cantrill writes of Olympia Vernon's debut. "Its truths are universal -- its women, all women; its men, all men; its earth, a part of all worlds." Vernon will be at BookPeople on March 12 at 7pm.

"...Grove, 272 pp., $23..."

March 7, 2003 Books Feature by Kate Cantrill

On the Side

"...shot. The fries at Casino el Camino and Shady Grove got good remarks, and Claudia Alarcón is newly addicted..."

March 7, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...wide audience. My last book [Yonder Stands Your Orphan, Grove Press; see the Chronicle's review at austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-08-17/books_readings.html ] was..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...Lion's Grave: Dispatches From Afghanistan by Jon Lee Anderson (Grove): The New Yorker war correspondent and author of Che..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Liquid Assets

Holiday Wines

"...mortgage, but we found a few inexpensive winners. Pepperwood Grove Merlot ($7), Bogle California Merlot ($9), Clos du Bois..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Far From Heaven

"...All That Heaven Allows: The camera cranes through a grove of treetops, through their fiery display of autumnal leaves..."

Nov. 21, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weak at the Knee?

Chief Stan Knee's tenure at the APD has had many external successes, and several internal failures.

"...his way up through the ranks of the Garden Grove Police Dept. in Orange County, Calif., before becoming chief..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Road Rage

The Barton Springs Road project has encountered more than few speed bumps

"...there," remarked Robert McCartney, manager of the nearby Pecan Grove RV Park, just hours after one recent gusher...."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...PLEASANT GROVE: A fitting name for this Dallas staple, because Pleasant..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Man Writes About Woman!

Just about every story in Woodcuts of Women tells of male characters who suffer and sweat through long desert hours for the bitter perfume of sex, David Garza writes. But to label Gilb's effort at writing effectively and seductively about women an exclusively macho affair would be facile, if not plain lazy.

"...Grove Press, 167 pp., $23..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Postscripts

Upcoming events in Austin's literary life.

"...be at BookPeople on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 7pm... Grove Press, the Continental Club (1315 S. Congress), and Resistencia..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Naked City

Saving the land around Waller Creek downtown from flooding proves trickier -- and more expensive -- than council members or city staff anticipated.

"...a transitional housing center in the mostly residential neighborhood. Grove Place, as the complex will be called, will serve..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

In the Slipstream: An FC2 Reader

"...remain a mystery to American readers. In the Sixties, Grove Press mixed salacity and elegance, publishing Nabokov, Miller, and..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Review by Roger Gathman

Day Trips

"...seven screened shelters in the campground nestled in a grove of trees on a bluff overlooking the river...."

April 16, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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