Giving Voice

Students and colleagues sing in tribute to the late Martha Deatherage

"...for bringing out the best in her charges; who knew her pupils as people, too, and became deeply involved..."

April 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Something Went Wrong'

Six months after he was killed by an Austin cop, Jessie Owens' family still wants some basic answers

"...just gone to the high school prom with his new girlfriend, with whom he was smitten. Life was good...."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

From My Mexican Kitchen

"...On the back cover of Diana Kennedy's new book, a quote from The New Yorker describes her..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...[News editor Michael King replies: The photograph Ms. Huffman objects..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column

Tweaking the ARA Plan

Seven years after its creation, the Austin Revitalization Authority hopes new revisions to its urban renewal plan can push Eastside redevelopment forward.

"...four years since the City Council blessed an ambitious urban-renewal plan designed as a guide for restoring what was..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle. I couldn't wait until Thursday and read the news that doesn't get printed in the Statesman, and I..."

June 13, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...of those award winners are garbage. Please make next year's issue a little less atrocious...."

March 21, 2003 Column

Gourmet Gadgetry

The Food staff offers some ideas on stocking stuffers for the kitchen enthusiast on your list.

"...wrong.Virginia B. Wood A few years back, the hottest new gift item was reusable silicone (Silpat) baking sheets that..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dancing About Architecture

Danny Crooks, down with the ship once again

"...last Friday that after only six months at its new location, he was shutting down the venue. No, the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Cook's Tour

You just had to be there: The Chronicle's Mick Vann compasses the cuisine of Thailand, in Bangkok and beyond.

"...latest Asian treat I had stumbled across. He invariably knew a restaurant-oriented production shortcut that made the dish easier..."

June 28, 2002 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The $975,000 Question

The Hole in the Wall needs to dig itself out of one.

"...-- Christopher Hess, The Austin Chronicle Live Music Guide, 1999..."

May 17, 2002 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

The LCRA has been a welcoming refuge for former city officials.

"...quasi-public power and water outfit, ultimately taking it to new heights...."

Jan. 11, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mr. Smith Goes to Austin

Writer / director Kevin Smith discusses his new film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

"...few choice words to reference Star Wars as a guide to living...."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Holy Cross Quadrilogy

Through his Holy Cross Quadrilogy, a solo show that tracks three friends through four years at a Catholic high school, writer-performer Rob Nash takes us back to adolescence, re-creating that time of life in all its cruelty, uncertainty, agitation, and yearning, but also blessing it with an abundance of good humor and compassion.

"...sexual escapades, surprise pregnancies, fights, garage bands, bad poetry, New York getaways, war protests, heart attacks, family revelations, and..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips

The Varner-Hoogg Plantation State Historical Park, near Houston, has gone from a settler's cabin to a great sugar plantation to an oil wildcatter's weekend home.

"...intersection of TX 36 and 35 in West Columbia. Guided tours of the house full of period furnishings collected..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain

One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.

"...on -- reportedly to the 710 Club. At the new Red River nightspot, I'm told I've missed him again...."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

After a Fashion

"...favorite of mine -- and by no means a new one, but it never fails to delight me every..."

May 12, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Readers hash over the war on drugs in response to an AISD principal's being busted for marijuana possession.

"...of part-time faculty, ensure adequate investment in equipment, keep new facilities off the aquifers, and ensure that resources are..."

April 21, 2000 Column

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...print out copies of the entertainment section of the newspaper, because I love looking at ads for the 50-some..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Macro Education

There's more to macrobiotic cooking than brown rice and tofu. Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts founders Fran Moody and Dawn Black are showing Austinites why, Cuisines editor Virgina B. Wood writes.

"...diet and remedies, I wanted to learn everything she knew. I wanted to learn as much as I could..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

Oak Thicket Park on Lake Fayette received a complete makeover when no one was looking.

"...little more than an hour east of Austin, the new amenities at the park have gone largely unnoticed...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...up to him and said, "Hey, man, you're my new drummer." Guitarist Spence, who had played with a nascent..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

Postmarks

Readers against Starbuckfucking, violence against children and rattlesnakes, and internal combustion engines.

"...I was wondering why, in your autumn film guide, you employed the term "hentai" when referring to Pikachu...."

Sept. 24, 1999 Column

Second Coming

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Definitive Director's Cut (1977)

"...instead haunting and inviting, the beginning of something entirely new and different, in which its hero, like a modern-day..."

July 30, 1999 Screens Feature

Page Two

"...Last week we plugged our wonderful new online Austin Chronicle Movie Guide (http://www.auschron.com/film/). Here, over 2,500..."

July 16, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Billy Shakes, Superstar

"...How hot is he? What with the slew of new cinematic adaptations of his work -- the '99 scorecard..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Lege

"...cautions the entrance to the Texas Legislative Carnival, a new Web site written by Bill Wells, a longtime state..."

March 5, 1999 News Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...on Tuesday when the coy governor announced the shocking news that yes, he really is thinking about running for..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

The Wizards of Austin's Webzines Behind the Curtains

"...have found themselves on the leading front of what's new...."

March 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Sam Martin

The Thing in the Lake

"...Betrayal or The Homecoming -- onstage in London or New York. And quite without premeditation, both have popped up..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

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