Parlor Game

The family that plays together makes pizza together

"...had to offer something more than beer at a neighborhood dive, so the former New Yorker decided on pizza,..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Naked City

"...You're using too much, Austin...."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...draw local matching funds to encourage the allocation to Austin of state highway funds. Watson said that any project..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Council Watch

Planning Commission and two council members consider measures to reduce commercial noise pollution near residential land; Vista Ridge PUD developer negotiates compromise agreement on its single-family development overlooking Bull Creek.

"...Here's a mixed-use development that neighborhoods could do without: For over a year, homeowner Mike..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

Condo Clash

The Gotham Has Neighbors Up in Arms

"...has proposed for 200 South Congress, brings to mind Austin's rodent mascots. Quite the contrary. On a reconnaissance trip..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Pretty Sneaky

Up to Here

"...also a long shot -- lies in convincing the neighborhood to drop its opposition. At the November public hearing,..."

Jan. 15, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Keeping The Lid On

"...8 for the general meeting of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association. Among several serious issues was the consideration of..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Food Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the new $1.375 billion operating budget to support the Austin Music Network. The budget made its long-awaited debut Wednesday,..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Feature

Champion Tract Hoax

Developer's attorney falls for fake website

"...returning for reconsideration after a court ruled that the original agenda item, previously approved, had been insufficiently posted –..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Are You Suddenly Sleepy?

Council rolls through the resolutions as Leffingwell becomes a jetsetter

"...red-eye to London – destination borough of Hackney, now Austin's sister city, official sources say – and won't be..."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories

The unsteady hand of Texas justice

"...of defense attorneys and at least one of the original case investigators say that going back to square one..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Closing Schools Won't Fix AISD Budget

We have the Legislature to thank for this mess

"...When the Austin Independent School District released a draft list of nine..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: The Mystery of the Mayor's Desk

Wherein many questions are asked ... and zilch are answered

"...musty storeroom in the bowels of City Hall. The Austin City Council is picking through reams of boxes and..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Commends 'Chronicle' and Gregor

"...Dear Ms. Gregor and The Austin Chronicle, The Austin Neighborhoods Council commends the Chronicle and..."

May 5, 2010 Postmarks

Naked City

"...• In Tuesday's yawner of a constitutional amendment election,..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Feature

Food-o-File

'60 Minutes' digests Whole Foods; plus, St. Patrick's Day predictions by local publicans

"...Austin in the News..."

March 17, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Shoal Creek Frankencurbs Could Multiply, Mutate

Despite being slated for removal by City Council in September, the city may actually build them some new friends

"...handle both slowing traffic [and] protecting bicycle facilities," the original objectives of the project, which yielded the unpopular Frankencurbs...."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...closed for exactly 88 days. City Manager Toby Futrell's original order on Jan. 19 -- the Sunday that the..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

You Don't Need Money, Just a Little Bit a Month...

1996 AISD Bond Election

"...AISD Board of Trustees joined ranks with trustees of Austin Community College in not pledging to steer any new..."

Feb. 23, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...life. She wanted to ask why Christopher Taylor, the Austin police officer who shot Mike Ramos in late April,..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Naked City

"...handful of local leaders – Teresa Ferguson of the Austin Music Commission and John Donisi of the Heritage Society..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...the first Juneteenth celebration I expected to experience in Austin...."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...'Rumbo'! Right Now!" [News, Feb. 25]. As a fifth-generation Austinite of Mexican descent, I'm glad to see attention paid..."

March 11, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Cars the Issue, Not Parking

"...I found Jeff Mandell's contrast of central Austin's street parking situation ["The Lords of Parking," Vol. 17,..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column

A Watershed Year?

"...of the land, Dallas-based JPI Texas Development, Inc. - Austin's biggest apartment developer - and Osaka, Japan-based SNK, have..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Duncan Offers Correction

"...quality and reduce consumer utility bills. Furthermore, if the Austin Electric Utility can offer a service that lowers consumer..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Column

Food-o-File

"...South Central Austin is just bustling with restaurant activity. At Threadgill's World..."

July 4, 1997 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...next four months. May, June, July, and August in Austin promises to be one hell of a summer!..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

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Our readers talk back.

"...Chronicle was the only paper to report on the original charges, it would have been better editorial practice to..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Queens, Kings, and More Events to Help You Celebrate This Weekend

Movies, theatre, classes, dancing, and more reasons to get out

"...through the beauty of Barton Springs. Led by the Austin-area chapter of national size-inclusive Body Liberation Outdoor Club, the..."

June 14, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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