About AIDS

Celebrate Father's Day and Benefit Kids with AIDS

"...All proceeds benefit the Uganda Children's Charity Fund, supporting AIDS-orphaned children in Uganda and increasing awareness of the incredible..."

June 16, 2000 Column

Boy Raises Man

Yes, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" often sidesteps grief and even undermines its critics by slyly layering the self-deprecation. Chronicle contributor Stuart Wade explains why, In Eggers' hands, it works.

"...even the exhilaration of having been cast out, an orphan, amidst descriptions of himself and Toph playing beach Frisbee;..."

March 3, 2000 Books Feature by Stuart Wade

Figures of Speech: Poems of Enrique Lihn

"...quite accidental sanctification that is more delightful to experience: "Orphan of the eagles, father to his own increase/dark, shaded..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Books Review by David Garza

How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos: Stories

"...the group, recounts the seduction and swindling of the orphan girl Undella by a traveling yo-yo salesman. With funny..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Review by Marion Winik

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, Bass Concert Hall, October 10

Descriptions of live shows

"...the thought-provoking "1917." Two tunes later came Gillian Welch's "Orphan Girl," from Harris' nearly perfect 1995 release, Wrecking Ball...."

Oct. 22, 1999 Music Review by David Lynch

A Joycean Riff of Race

Juneteenth

"...main characters, the Rev. Alonzo Zuber Hickman and the orphan Bliss, a light-skinned boy of indeterminate race raised to..."

June 18, 1999 Books Feature by Mark Busby

Live Shots

Tom Russell

"...shine like diamonds. A turn through "Rider on an Orphan Train," "When Irish Girls Grow Up," and especially "Throwin'..."

May 21, 1999 Music Feature

The Full Monte

"...'Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.'"..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postscripts

"...teenager. "So Lou Claire Rose was pretty much an orphan in a lot of respects," Grimes says. "Her favorite..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"...has a lot in common with a certain red-headed orphan -- to show us...."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Articulations

Payne Pleasures 1998

"...the cast, including young Kerry Holden-David as the carrot-topped orphan of the title), with the Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Endorsements

"Smart Growth" Bond Proposals:

"...we may well wind up with another large, awkward, orphan building right next to the already existing one. This..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Endorsements

"Smart Growth" Bond Proposals:

"...we may well wind up with another large, awkward, orphan building right next to the already existing one. This..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Exhibitionism

Annie: Light and More Light

"...perfectly in keeping with this comic-strip story of spunky orphans and compassionate billionaires spreading light in an America darkened..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Review

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...parts as a cybernetic twin in Triskelion, a candy-snarfing orphan in The Pitchfork Disney, and an altruistic gentryman in..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

Court 6: Bouncing Balls of Joy

"...the story of Vincent, played by Brandon Howe, an orphan who needs a family and is befriended by Seta...."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Review

Dancing About Architecture

The Ins and Outs of SXSW

"...the real Emil was a great guy (and an orphan, so his exact age and real birthdate are a..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Reissues

"...a man who began his teens as a blind orphan without a dime in his pocket, has it all...."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

A Potpourri of Pages

On the Bookshelf

"...characters is an older, married couple, a scarred war orphan, and a genius misfit. But these descriptions only scratch..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Books Review

Devotion + Doubt

"..."I am an orphan," he claims, "I'm in this contract with a record..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Exhibitionism

Clay Angels: The Mystery of Brotherly Love

"...Patricia O'Keefe shines as Lucie Manette, the young French orphan who is the object of two men's affection. One..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Review

Déjà Vu Development

photograph by Jana Birchum

"...the old days, this was the Blind, Deaf and Orphan School, serving African-American children with disabilities in the pre-integration..."

July 18, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Kalling Kathy's Bluff

Kathy Acker and the Lucky Ones

"...else. Beneath her "punk" veneer Acker drips pouty little orphan girl vulnerability. It is perhaps this vulnerability powering Acker,..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Books Feature by Tom Aiken

Dusting the Bookshelf

Recent Titles

"...Cajun spirit healings, racial strife, dysfunctional families, ungodly accidents, orphan hands, Polish polka bands, and Lawrence Welk-inspired bouts with..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Books Review

Scanlines

The Young Ones in "Demolition," "Bomb," & "Sick"

"...Ones episode of all time (1984), leaves Rick an orphan and he leads the boys from boredom into a..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Screens Feature

Little Books

"...House, $12.95 hard) is a gentle tale of an orphan girl (aren't they always orphans?) whose love for a..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Books Feature

Scanlines

James and the Giant Peach

"...his parents, imaginative, young James (Terry) is left an orphan in the care of evil aunties who work his..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Screens Feature

The Great Brown Hope

Gus Garcia's Gaffes

"...one black -- to covertly designate $2.8 million in orphan federal housing money to various East Austin causes of..."

June 28, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...with the old furniture, starting first and foremost with orphan staffers. On June 24, outgoing councilmember Brigid Shea's omnipotent..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature

Record Reviews: Christmas

"...personally don't want the spirit of a heart-rending little orphan boy in my music, but I know many people..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Review

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