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Sept. 22, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "I don't see anything wrong with the..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Women's Work Is Never Done

Started in 1978 as a grassroots feminist arts collaborative, Women & Their Work has evolved into an Austin institution, which has survived collapsing economies and shifts in location and mission to become one of the city's premier visual arts spaces.

"...A sign of the times: People once mistook Women & Their Work..."

March 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Collective Projections

Women Make Movies

"...to say about women," says Debra Zimmerman, executive director of Women Make Movies. Her statement sums up the guiding..."

March 7, 1997 Screens Feature

False Confederate Capitol Plaque Removed – And It Only Took Six Decades!

Efforts by Democrat Rep. Johnson led the way

"...On Friday, Jan. 11, Texas officials made a long overdue – as in, “more than..."

Jan. 14, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

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Citizens' calendar, June 24-July 1

"...Council meeting: 4pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-3100. www.cityofaustin.org/housing. Friday25..."

June 25, 2010 News Column

Advocacy, Art, and More Recommended Events

What to do this week that isn't SXSW

"...and national entities (read: assholes). The Transgender Education Network of Texas helps local folks do some direct advocacy at..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...reckon that, as co-founder (with his dauntless spouse, Kira) of the right-there-in-the-garage Good Luck Have Fun Gallery off Enfield,..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Austin Playhouse's Nightbird

Timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future

"...Prominently displayed on the landscaped southern entrance acreage of the Texas Capitol stands an imposing gray granite monument..."

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

'Buy What You Love'

Collector Glenn Fuhrman on 'A Secret Affair' and living with contemporary art

"...has received wide-ranging praise for the breakaway curatorial tack of new Executive Director Louis Grachos, and for the celebrity-level..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Page Two

"...years ago this week, we published the first issue of the Austin Chronicle. It was, in significant ways, a..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Column by Louis Black

Planet Funk Meets Planet Punk

Nu beats on famous bleats

"...snazzy rapping and the intoxicating subcultural smash 'n' grab of high art and low guitars, B-boy hipsters, and Basquiat..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Food for Thought

Ken Rubin, Culinary Scholar

"...a small working-class neighborhood in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca whose name, Colonia Ampliación Dolores, means "Growing Pains,"..."

April 27, 2001 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Endorsements

"...to give Cap Met permission to build some kind of rail system. You the people get to decide the..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature

Endorsements

"...to give Cap Met permission to build some kind of rail system. You the people get to decide the..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature

Letters at 3AM

Al Gore is the only presidential candidate who's hot and bothered about global warming.

"...Perhaps a helpful reader out there could enlighten all of us on the couplet's origin? The Marx Brothers, perhaps?..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Done Deal

Amending the CSC Deal

"...better. And they have. Councilmember Beverly Griffith, a critic of the plan from the start and the only councilmember..."

April 9, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Dude Descending a Staircase

Four for the Read

"...famous Armory Exhibition in 1913, flirted around the edges of the Surrealists and Dadaists, and then gave up painting..."

May 8, 1998 Books Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Today, Thursday, marks the second anniversary of the history-making Million Man March in Washington, D.C., which..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature

A Life in Fragments

The Eloquence of Betye Saar's Art Assemblages

"...well about collecting and finding value in all manner of unlikely objects. Her youngest daughter, Tracye, is a writer..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

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"...in today's Chron is good, but David Shelton's photo of Austin's Mardi Gras fracas at the top of page..."

May 11, 2001 Column

Exhibitionism

Latino Comedy Festival: Ripeness Is All

"...playing across the country to packed houses, and many of the cable networks are focusing on a large crop..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Review

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Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...In your May 4 issue, city of Austin Public Information Officer Michele Middlebrook-Gonzalez wrote in her..."

May 18, 2001 Column

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Words on the Jesus video, the Instrumental article, the Dance Festival, and other local points of contention.

"...It reduced a complex situation to an elementary assessment of our city's economic and library system challenges. Several points..."

May 4, 2001 Column

Day Trips

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts hosts current-day musicians while the Woodstock museum keeps alive the spirit of the '60s fest

"...and performers. The center is located at the top of a hill overlooking the site of the 1969 Woodstock..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...It's no secret that he has a lot of money. In 1992, Forbes magazine hailed Leininger as one..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Feb. 11-18

"...and protect Lady Bird Lake and other Colorado River offshoots. 6pm. Redbud Center, Rm. 225, 3601 Lake Austin Blvd.,..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Aug. 26-Sept. 2

"...MEETING 6pm. Dottie Jordan Recreation Center, 2803 Loyola, 974-6745. www.cityofaustin.org/parks/bartholomewmp.htm...."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature

Remembering Ruthe Winegarten

Author and activist changed Texas history – literally

"...last week at 74, leaving behind a definitive retelling of Texas' forgotten histories – digging the stories of blacks,..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

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July 4, 2003 Column

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