Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate

Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic

"...In this most unconventional of election years, why not have..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sun Ra Commander Marshall Allen

Intergalactic RAS Day headliners tap universal vibrations

"...Marshall Allen is 92 years young and remains as sharp as the notes that explode from his..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...a number of groups began a concerted effort to convince them to increase social services funding. Two of the..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

How Not to Be an Artist

Advice on how to be an artist

"...In late August of 2013, Justine's Brasserie solicited submissions for..."

March 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Adam Sultan

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...You've just come off a winning hand that by all rights shouldn't have paid off..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Deep Dig: Longhorns Offensive Line

Digging deep on NFL and Longhorn football subjects

"...Now Is the Time for David Ash..."

May 22, 2013 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Ain't Messin 'Round

Gary Clark Jr. kisses the sky

"...He's gone from "the gospel tent" to the main stage, and it only took a decade...."

Oct. 12, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...[Note: Two editing errors that appeared in the originally published version of..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Environmental Cage Match

After a history of pulling its punches, is EPA finally forcing TCEQ to clean up the Texas air?

"...Twentysomethings are typically attracted to Austin for its casually hip..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...Stacked in long rows and towering piles in the middle of..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lightweight Lightning Lives Up to Its Billing

Boxing fans got what they came for last Saturday night

"...When it comes to boxing, two names come to mind, Jesus Chavez and James..."

April 7, 2009 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Parlor Game

The family that plays together makes pizza together

"...On a cool Wednesday evening at the Parlor on North Loop, Ralph White's lit..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Letters @ 3AM

An economy of speculation is an economy of debt

"...Subject: The decline and fall of the former United States of America..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

NFL Preview

"...Playing the psychic game is rather difficult, just ask the..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...the rare curmudgeon among us who does not participate in the annual fete of gifting – whether they are..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Welcome to the Jungle

Metal and alt-rock collide and flourish during the Back Room's glory years

"...Never in its 30-plus-year run was it Austin's classiest venue, but..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Ray Seggern

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...Here comes Jimmy LaFave. Maybe he's walking onstage to sing or slipping into the back of..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Cut-Through City!

North Loop neighbors cry for help with a traffic nightmare

"...lawyer for the state who lives on 531/2 Street in Austin's Morningside-Ridgetop neighborhood – or, as Burnett might refer..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Westward Ho!

In-progress or proposed developments for near-western Hill Country rise overnight like so many toxic mushrooms

"...Enjoy the wide-open spaces west of Austin while you can – before the creeks turn muddy,..."

May 28, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Facing the South

The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa

"...the 25th Congressional District to the other without actually leaving the district, you have to walk. Not the entire..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...blank, but not for long. This happens to walls sometimes. They start their lives humbly, purely functional, until someone..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Make Your Mama Proud

The Gospel According to Bill "The Mailman" Martin and Chester Baldwin

"...In many respects, gospel music has twice the burden to..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Jazz's Generational Divide

The IAJE vision of jazz's future.

"...maybe a quarter full of well-dressed, gray-haired academic types, taking notes and listening studiously to a petite, schoolmarmish English..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Naked City

Vignette's incentive package to move downtown wins easy approval; East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan moves forward despite loud and lengthy protests.

"...Smart Growth. Downtown revitalization. Cleaning up Waller Creek. The City Council had an early..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Opening the Doors

As college access tightens, minority students and families, and educators, look for ways to help more students.

"...A lot of hopeful but nervous faces were passing through academic adviser René Sanchez's office at Lyndon B...."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Here Comes the Nice

Small Face Ronnie Lane's tenure in Austin is preserved on Live in Austin.

"...Ronnie Lane, despite never achieving the same level of stateside fame as his friends..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Armchair Adventures

"Good adventure books do the same thing as a good adventure," Chronicle writer Dan Oko writes in this roundup of recently published adventure books.

"...In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Books Feature by Dan Oko

Council Watch

sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement

"...For a while, it seemed as if the prevailing wisdom on the proposed Bradley deal was going to..."

March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...some days when it feels like PD operates en plein air: an Eden one day, tornado alley the next...."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

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