The Big Legebowski

The session will be remembered largely as an opportunity lost to partisan displays

"...discarded sets, is on its way to the governor's desk, critically important considering how many analog sets will become..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

This Job Will Change Your Life

Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post-Chronicle

"...a fedora, my size 12 shoes on a cluttered desk. Louis Black, eyes alight, hands like jittery butterflies, pulled..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Jesse Sublett

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...pent-up aggression. Gifting them a kickboxing class not only helps with that, but also prepares them for the pending..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...wish to impress and check these handy hints to help with holiday gifting challenges and hopefully avoid permanent damage..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Local Tech Roundup

Gadgets and apps to keep you and your electronics healthy

"...also making your life better in small ways. Actio Deskwww.actiostandingdesk.com $1,500-2,600..."

June 12, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Arab Star

Texas journalist Aziz Shihab on Does the Land Remember Me?: A Memoir of Palestine

"...happened, all in the past two years. The dialysis helped me a lot, to concentrate on it, and finish..."

July 20, 2007 Books Feature by Michael King

Crackpot Crackdown

Joining a long East Texas tradition, Jackson County DA Bobby Bell has convicted 28 black people on drug charges via manufactured evidence and railroaded trials. One small-town exile, her family, and a few neighbors are finally fighting back.

"...Indeed, going to trial didn't help Rick Patterson at all. Instead, on virtually no evidence,..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Silver Linings at the Lege: Texas Moms to Get 12 Months of Free Health Care

And other good news from this legislative session

"...12 months after childbirth. Several bills on the governor's desk (and one already signed into law) will make college..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...edition around midnight. Mainly I sit at the overnight desk on the off chance a credible story wants to..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...also be the volunteer band runner. I'd show up, help Allison with catering, then I'd be available to the..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Estate Sale Roundup Jan. 31-Feb. 2

What is left behind shall live again

"...an antique painted chest, an antique rocker, and cherry desk. Also for sale are a Watson sterling water pitcher;..."

Jan. 30, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...Agency] and the TCEQ [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality] help us develop the case, as do staff lawyers there...."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

'You Were Our Father, A Veteran and So Full of Desperation'

Short Story Contest: Third place

"...bread and wine and sat tired behind his writing desk, rubbing the ache out of his naked knuckles...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Kyle R M

Accommodating Women: The AFD vs. Nona Allen

"...grab a soda without asking a male firefighter for help.) Allen was assigned to the station in 2007 as..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

After a Fashion

Okay, Mr. Style Avatar is really losing it. This week, he's contemplating not only making slipcovers for his Yellow Pages, but the life of the family in the lawyer's ad on the cover. Lord.

"...the times I can manage to sit at my desk, I keep the Yellow Pages under my feet. It..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Night at the Rio

Checking in and checking out the most infamous night spot in Austin.

"...Room 207 by the kind woman behind the motel desk. My first disappointment came with word from the woman..."

Sept. 17, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Holiday Wish Lists 2006

Give 'til it helps: Part 2

"...L-shaped desk..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Features Feature

Holiday Wish Lists 2002

Presents for public service

"...still perform their appointed rounds -- especially those that help fellow humans. Smart Santas also know that the end..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Features Feature

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...next day, his completed presentation was waiting on her desk. Scaggs says he then drove home and found Penny..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...of this year, Paul Garlinghouse was hunched over his desk at the Austin Rape Crisis Center (ARCC). He was..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Child's Play

Writer Kevin Wood discovers that there's a lot to learn while teaching kids.

"...highly of it. She kept saying they always needed help, especially from guys, and convinced my buddy Joel and..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...that had to go on, but knowing them really helped tremendously...."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Estate Sale Roundup: February 14-16

Look for treasures around every corner to capture your heart this week.

"...cedar chest, white cabinet with doors; Drexel dresser; Drexel desk; cedar chest; men's clothing; Drexel sofa table; framed needlepoint;..."

Feb. 13, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Where There's Smoke, There's Hazing

It wasn't gender discrimination, says Fire Department – it was hazing

"...in accommodations – until she tried to have a desk and chair placed in the room. She needed a..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...warned Americans that he would not be able to help them if they got caught up in the maelstrom...."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Melville in Cubicle Hell

Tyro film director Jonathan Parker brings "Bartleby the Scrivener" back to the future. And who better to ride shotgun than freaky, geeky Crispin Glover?

"...with. He's a filmmaker himself, so he was very helpful in the post-production process, giving us lots of notes..."

June 14, 2002 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Uncharted

Video game adaptation gets away with running on star power

"...writer who has served their time at a film desk is intimately familiar with the troubled production history of..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Guilty

One cop, one room, one phone call in this thriller remake

"...many filmmakers struggled to find small stories that would help them navigate the limitations of the pandemic, the creative..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Herself

Irish Lifetime Movie of the Week-style melodrama is cheering enough

"...universe, we have the inner strength and the outer help of a community to overcome adversity. Resembling an Irish..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Lucy in the Sky

Natalie Portman's astronaut crashes to Earth

"...of Nowak’s story, when that screenplay landed on his desk (after a few interns looked it over), must have..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

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