Take Five

In the Place 5 Race, Activism Is the Operative Word

"...price -- because they can afford to -- and drive the prices up for everyone else."..."

April 14, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Jazz & Arts Festival doesn't need saving after all; the strange sounds coming from Austin's backyards; barbecue to replace Austin Blues; Honky attacked by lesbians in Chicago!; and more news from the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...straits," read the missive, adding that a "massive fund drive" was on in an attempt to rescue the sputtering..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Bond Election Cliffs Notes

General Obligation Bonds

"...Projects: Most prominent are a number of roadwork projects. Streets currently mentioned by name include (going clockwise around the..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...Horse, Ringo Starr, and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street band, as well as putting out his acclaimed solo..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

"...Amid all the flap and flutter about the 45th street Triangle, and the anxiety over annexation, a not so..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

Burgers, Burgers Everywhere

The Chronicle Guide to Hamburgers in Austin

"...round-up of nearly 40 hamburgers from various joints, historic drive-ins, and purveyors of fast food...."

June 20, 1997 Food Feature

311 Story in Error

"...[Ed Reply: The aforementioned statement from "Welcome to Sixth Street... Where Live Music is Dead" (Vol. 16, No. 6)..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

The Big Flamingo

"...Fiesta Gardens isn't in San Antonio, it's at Town Lake (I can't blame you for forgetting, though -- A..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Column

Planning a Compact City in the Midst of Urban Sprawl

"...Water quality is likely to decline in area streams, lakes, and aquifers. For many in the inner city, the..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Audrey Director: Natalie BaileyProducers: Michael Wrenn, Dan Lake, Shannon Wilson-McClinton, Diya EidScreenwriter: Lou Sanz Self-appointed Mother of..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Officials Optimistic as Freezing Temps Approach

Peak energy demand forecast for Friday morning

"...CEO Doug Jones and Public Utility Commission Chair Peter Lake said they anticipated no conservation measures or rolling blackouts...."

Feb. 2, 2022 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...he went to the Austin Police Department for a street closure permit. "I was petrified," he said. "I walked..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

City Council Looks at Homelessness, Climate Change, and Gun Violence

Post-summer Council hits the dais running with 149-Item agenda

"...City Council returns today (Thu., Aug. 8) for its..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Day Trips & Beyond: Wright in Wisconsin

Wisconsin driving trail showcases architect’s diverse styles

"...southwest Milwaukee in the 2700 block of West Burnham Street at South Lyons Boulevard, Wright envisioned his American System-Built..."

July 27, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part One

Four documentaries examine four film legacies

"...Take Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, an..."

Sept. 2, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Headhunters Decapitated

Headhunters and Hotel Vegas get face-lifts, and maybe Whiskey Shivers gives one

"...more variety than Headhunters, it will be the same street-level music and not some guy in a top hat..."

Nov. 23, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Can This District Be Saved?

The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril

"...is hopping. Live music pours out of the Cedar Street Courtyard, as a quartet of blond, twentysomething women strut..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rafting the Great Waller

Outdoorsman envisions converting sluggish creek into hardcore white-water rafting rapids

"...contestants and spectators by train, amassing caravans to the lake, and arranging a battalion of Porta-Potties provided "huge logistical..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Lakewayers Never Cease to Amaze

"...Dear Editor, The Lakewayers never cease to amaze me! When we first moved..."

Oct. 24, 2006 Postmarks

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...Mankin was in the Success office on South Main Street when a local pilot walked in and dropped a..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Austin-based company, which has taken a pounding on Wall Street -- its stock, which trades on the Nasdaq under..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide

"...the Wild Horse from friends living in the Highland Lakes area who were pleased to finally have a fine..."

April 5, 2002 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...there is a reason why Council Member Griffith's petition drive is succeeding while Council Member Slusher's and Goodman's petition..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...4. R.O.'s Outpost Hwy. 71 W. at Hazy Hills Drive (17 miles west of the Y in Oak Hill),..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Postmarks

Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...many unthinking council members. The spirit of the Town Lake Overlay initiative is being jettisoned in the name of..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

Postmarks

The Real Obscenity

"...to construct a tunnel with backflow water from Town Lake to "flush" into Waller Creek as a kind of..."

April 30, 1999 Column

Pick Me! Pick Me!

"...NA, directly to its north between Oltorf and Town Lake, and South River City Citizens (SRCC), representing Travis Heights..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...in the following year she worked on a petition drive for the same purpose. The petitioners didn't gather enough..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

day trips

"...North America" at the wildlife refuge outside of Eagle Lake and another 10 on Nature Conservacy property on Galveston..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hitting the Trails

City Trails Vision Provokes Suburban Wrath

"...their bikes and ride one continuous trail from Town Lake to McKinney Falls. Or how about a long, scenic..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

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