Project Connect Accelerates

As decisions near, controversy dogs urban rail plan

"...There is a lot more to come, and, if we do it right, we'll have that political capital to..."

June 13, 2014 News Feature by Mac McCann

Stephen Marley Q&A

Reggae scion on hip-hop, Bob, and a new branch on the family tree

"...hip-hop and reggae. First time he mentions “my father,” however – the Bob Marley – that’s when you clear..."

May 23, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Guns vs. Moms

Is the open carry movement going off half-cocked?

"...would legalize the open carry of handguns. The hearings were mostly respectful, save for a few jeers when Sen...."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Brandon Watson

The Aftermath

Days later, the Red River rampage echoes through many lives

"...on patrol just after midnight on March 13, driving westbound on East 12th Street, when he spotted the gray..."

March 21, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Play It Again, Sam

ATX TV Fest founders are back for round two

"...TV festivals are like TV shows. Anyone can make a pilot, but the challenge comes..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Psych Fest: Rain Parade

Q&A with headliner/bandleader Matt Piucci

"...Between the Three O’Clock’s Coachella appearance earlier this month and..."

April 25, 2013 Music Post by Greg Beets

Judges Want to Overhaul Indigent Defense

County judges move to reform criminal defense practice

"...payment of defense counsel, is independent." But that's not how things are done in Travis County, and the county's..."

Feb. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

City to Heyride: Not So Fast

Is this mobile ridesharing app in a legal gray area or openly violating the city's taxi franchise agreement?

"...was on the cover of The Austin Chronicle last week ("Going Places," Nov. 2012), but the legality of the..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Feature by Dan Solomon

Heyride Has a Hitch in Its Get-Along

Cease-and-desist letter issued by City of Austin to local startup

"...is on the cover of the Austin Chronicle this week, but the legality of the service is in dispute...."

Nov. 21, 2012 Screens Post by Dan Solomon

Big Food Ideas

Foodie intellectual Michael Pollan lectures at the Paramount

"..."I am optimistic. There are so many positive things we see going on. In the last 20 years, we've..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

15 Minutes with Pat Metheny

Guitar radical still finds the good notes

"...working with the Orchestrion, a Rube Goldberg-type contraption that allowed him to be the world’s biggest and most adventurous..."

Oct. 3, 2012 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Live Nation to Book Circuit of the Americas

Concert behemoth signs new deal with F1 track

"...a second: This morning they announced details of the Tower Amphitheater, and confirmed that Live Nation will be their..."

July 23, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Evidence Missing in Skinner Case

Key evidence missing and no one knows why

"...Just two weeks after the state announced it would drop its opposition..."

June 13, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...The dancers were unhurried as they paced and pivoted, evoking the human..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Designed To Fail

As Pearce may face another repurposing, AISD gets excited about single-sex schools

"...rings at 8:10. The issue is the three-minute gap between classes: She is taking too long between classrooms, and..."

Nov. 18, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Tarzan and Arab Come to Austin

The Gaza film makers see their first film in the perfect cinema

"...In between running the Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest and becoming a father..."

Oct. 30, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Attempting to Comply

With a new name and a new boss, Code Compliance tries to become more 'people-friendly'

"...decades of dealing with noise regulations, off-road parking, high weeds, and building permit violations, Austin's new Code Compliance Director..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Magic Numbers

At budget time, the public safety numbers become sacrosanct

"...In the annual city budget circular marathon, we can begin almost anywhere. So how about 1996? "In..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM: A Show of Hands

There has never been a war like this

"...The scene is Afghanistan: "'Let me see a show of hands,' says Admiral Mullen [chairman of the Joint..."

July 29, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Brand Upon the Brain

Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary

"...own mundane corner of the American experience so that we don't have to...."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Point Austin: The Quality of Mercy

If you're looking for compassion, you've come to the wrong place

"...At least in the short term, the STS efforts were not visibly successful. Not only did the GOP-dominated Legislature..."

July 22, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...ambiguously – a lone cherub with arms outstretched, caught between destruction and deliverance...."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Water Fall

Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow

"...points, intending finally to release the report the following week. It would bear a title – "Read It and..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Not So Hot TODs

Sputtering rail, sputtering economy – the uncertain fate of Red Line development

"...Well, we finally got the transit – more or less..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Interview

The other king of pop sounds off on his newfound indie cred

"...'Weird Al' Yankovic..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Katrina's Collateral Damage (Think Four-Legged and Furry)

AFS Documentary Tour presents Mine

"...Documentary Feature Audience Award at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival, the film has won Best Feature at..."

April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

To Mars, With Love

Reinventing the romantic comedy, to infinity and beyond

"...When it came time to name his production company, Swerve Pictures, Austin filmmaker Geoff Marslett turned to his favorite..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Femme's Still Fatale, but She's Plastic, Too

Daniel Erickson on his all-mannequin noir, Eve's Necklace

"...stare of the unalive, a permanently unnerving reminder that we are all, in our own uniquely fleshy ways, simulacra..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

On why we should care about Tiger and his wood (psst: we shouldn't), and other major irritants

"...Tiger Woods and his mea culpa on TV last week. Why am I supposed to care about Tiger and..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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