Full Body

John Irving on his job and the upcoming 'Until I Find You'

"...town in 1984 reading from his upcoming The Cider House Rules. I did a phone interview with him last..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Books Feature by Louis Black

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...a diagnosis of schizophrenia, she went to her mother's house to reclaim her children, who had been placed in..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...for public office. Or if the government burned your house, your studio, and all your possessions...."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Postmarks

Reusing Seaholm

"...where software developers alpha test their code in settings housed at the Seaholm Power Plant. Perhaps AISD students would..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column

Epiphanies for the Blind

Who's Teaching Who at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired?

"...A house parent who's been watching David question me comes over..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...letter-perfect in terms of their reproduction of the White House and its environs, pretending to watch the President of..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...Michael Paggi had already opened the city's first ice house at Barton Springs, which had been discovered in 1837..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire

The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden

"...she had her hands full. Four men in one house...."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

'May the Passenger Pigeon Sing Thee to Thy Rest'

Second-Place Winner

"...his "Indian-run snake farm." Herpville was a little tin house just off the highway next to Festus's single-wide trailer..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Perry Tyson Midkiff II

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch

First-Place Winner

"...She would smoke in my house with impunity. I smoked, too, but never in the..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

Two Lives Lost

Danielle Martin and Jackson Ngai shared a close friendship, a passionate love for music, and mental illness. They cared for each other as best they could. And then he killed her.

"...for all the services and attention he needed: medication. House calls from nurses, if necessary, to make sure he..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin area most workers could not afford a $200,000 house when the owner lives in an $8 million house...."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...the Eighties, he owned and operated the Austin Opera House, while co-founding Star Tickets and staging hundreds of large-scale..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine

Support local business while maintaining your social distance

"...Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden Dine-in closed; to go and delivery..."

March 16, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...Someone was in my house. I was living alone for the first time, it..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Alejandro Escovedo’s Hurricane Honeymoon

Rocker’s Category 4 account: “I thought, We might not make this"

"...believe. Our plan was to stay at another friend’s house in town, a musician friend. We were gonna stay..."

Sept. 23, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Kat Fight

Comic Kat Ramzinski mugged, jokes about it at Moontower

"...Dejected, she started back toward her house. A few steps later, she found trouble on her..."

April 24, 2014 Arts Post by Chase Hoffberger

Love Bath

SXSW 2010 keynote speaker Smokey Robinson originally wanted to be a cowboy, but they didn't have any horses in his hood

"...10, so my oldest sister came back to the house, and by the time she came back to live..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...The lobby of the Grand 1894 Opera House came to life with young men scurrying backstage to..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...came to an abrupt end. Just after 6am, Perez's housemate was jarred from sleep by pounding at the front..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...the creative force driving classic LPs by Cypress Hill, House of Pain, and Funkdoobiest. The one-time West Coast DMC..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Toasting Hogmany

The French Buffet

"...knows to keep groceries and party foods in the house in case of a parranda," she explained. "Parrandas are..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Food Feature

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...Jo Baylor on her failed bid for the state house. Ouch. The firm did win in 1994, with Mayor..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Dune

The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands

"...only on the desert planet of Arrakis. The noble House Atreides has been given the planet by the unseen..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas

Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before

"...least 250,000 of us are "represented" in the People's House by John Carter, Pete Sessions, and Roger Williams, older..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...likely, with smaller units. Those are very unlikely to house families with children, and that’s been a longtime trend..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Air Sex World Championships, held annually at the Alamo Drafthouse. There's been talk about paying for shout-outs from "some..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...on me midread; Téa Obreht's The Tiger's Wife (Random House), currently perched alongside my bathtub, a placement that suggests..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

'Completing Communities'

A conversation with Kathie Tovo

"...you can add on a considerable amount to your house and not be a McMansion. Absolutely, we want to..."

June 3, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Drug War Blowback

Drug-raid tactics come under increasing scrutiny

"...continued to "announce their presence" as they entered the house; shortly thereafter, he said, he heard "what he believed..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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