ACL Fest Live Shots

Saturday, Sept. 16, Zilker Park

"...imagine persist between rock and disco. Having displayed face-melting mettle on a dozen tracks, including the trash-talking "Sad Sad..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Support Worldwide Nuclear Disarmament

"...exchange. I challenge the Chronicle to prove its progressive mettle by vocally and prominently supporting this move and by..."

July 28, 2006 Postmarks

Fat Pig

To present an in-your-face play about weight as your first show requires real intestinal fortitude, so consider the Vestige Group, making its debut with Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig,' a gutsy bunch

June 30, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Downtown's Tall Order

Where can we put 20,000 new residents?

"...the tough policy decisions is going to test the mettle of our political leaders. For example, do we as..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Woggles

SXSW live shot

"...the crowd, fomenting a fever pitch that tested the mettle of even the most blasé chin-scratchers. Retro is retro,..."

March 24, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Green Day

Gift guide

"...Green Day proved their festival rock mettle at Woodstock '94, but it took American Idiot to..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas State Footbag Championships

Barton and Jaycee Fields, Saturday, November 13, 2004

"...sauna at Sun City). You’ve proved your commitment, your mettle, your moxie, but have you really taken it to..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: FronteraFest Short Fringe Best of Show

Hyde Park Theatre, Saturday, January 24, 2004

"...that train, but aren’t sure, you can prove your mettle this weekend at the 11th anniversary FronteraFest. FronteraFest is..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...seen as Wentworth's attempt to prove his right-wing, pro-family mettle; he has been seen as unacceptably moderate on social..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Stories from the Midway

My First Butt

"...stood there, watching as stout-hearted slide enthusiasts tested their mettle against the mount. The ritual was always the same:..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Cathy Vaughan

Get in the Game

New Fast Fun for Xbox and PlayStation2

"...earn big kudos in freestyle courses, or test their mettle in the close quarters of a multiplayer track. Just..."

March 29, 2002 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Naked City

News items

"...your nerves, stirring up those anti-auto feelings? Put your mettle to the pedal and ride a bike in celebration..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Handicapping the (future) race for mayor

"...of Bad Feelings just around the corner? Test your mettle on the Chronicle's Mayor-o-Meter, crafted by the cutting-edge designers..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...last few years, but he's ready to prove his mettle on this songwriters swap, which oughta have more pop-twang..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Putting Himself 'Out Here'

Theatre Arts and English teacher Rick Garcia has put himself "out here," on Austin's fringes, n the off-the-map, lost-worldness of Johnston High School, to reach out to some of the poorest kids in one of Austin's most neglected neighborhoods and make a difference through that rare and vital cocktail: art and education.

"...after year, under Garcia's direction, Johnston proves its theatre mettle in the statewide University Inter-Scholastic League (UIL) One-Act Play..."

March 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

TV Eye

A look at four new reality-based series trying to beat Survivor 2: Australian Outback to the punch. Good luck. Also, the latest twists on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

"...The premise: Four couples in "committed" relationships test the mettle of their partnerships, saving a few dollars on couples'..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"...local people gave us a chance to prove our mettle."..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Looking for Tony

Democrats are settling on Tony Sanchez as their next gubernatorial candidate before anyone has an idea who he is.

"...president's post. Hispanic public officials applauded Sanchez for his mettle, as did other high-profile Democrats, including Sharp. "That's Tony,"..."

Dec. 8, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Where Idealism Is Still Alive

The first Annual Americana Music Association meeting

"...to stay afloat can test even the strongest band's mettle. This weekend laid the foundation. Now we'll see if..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Southeast Feast

On 620, about halfway between Mansfield Dam and Lakeway, in Lakeway Plaza, is one of Austin's best pan-Asian restaurants. It's a small spot with limited seating and tiny tables turning out some of the finest Thai, Cambodian, Laotian, and Burmese cuisine around. As a matter of fact, they turn out the only Cambodian, Laotian, and Burmese cuisine in Austin, and it's not even on the menu!

"...Southeast Feast primed and ready to test Chef Ped's mettle. We decided to begin with a couple of items..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Sunflower Restaurant

"...of the dishes that we use to gauge the mettle of Viet cafes; the version offered by Sunflower passed..."

June 23, 2000 Food Review by Mick Vann

Sue Foley Love Comin' Down (Shanachie)

"...and it wasn't always evident she would prove her mettle. She proved it without argument by 1995's Big City..."

June 16, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Eating Between the Lines

Summer Reading, Culinarily Speaking

"...cooked representative recipes for each principle to test her mettle with recipe construction and flavoring. For lime + chile..."

June 2, 2000 Food Feature by Mick Vann

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...sure, but who needs a moral when you've got mettle. (Atomic Cafe, 11pm) -- Raoul Hernandez..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

A Long, Strange Trip

The long, strange trip of The Saragossa Manuscript, Jerry Garcia's favorite film.

"...of The Sandglass (1973). The quirky filmmaker had the mettle/audacity to translate the chimerical novel to celluloid, and with..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by David Lynch

Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work (Rhino WordBeat)

National Records

"...academic in tone, as if to prove their intellectual mettle to a doubting white establishment. Not all of the..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Top 10 Decade/National

"...2. Archers of Loaf, Icky Mettle (Alias)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

The Godfather Collection (Widescreen Edition)

"...behind the camera was still a filmmaker proving his mettle with only a handful of credits to his name...."

Dec. 10, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

TV Eye

From Ethel Mertz to Margaret Cho, we examine how the small screen has portrayed big women; also, a look at Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends.

Oct. 15, 1999 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Sweep Them Out

"...fist was left unpumped to the sounds of "Don't Mettle With the Metal."..."

June 4, 1999 Column

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