17th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

From 500 hopefuls to five winning short stories

"...the recession is upon us, it seems like everybody's cooking up a backup plan, from seasonal Internal Revenue Service..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...8pm, Buffalo Billiards Scotland's Simon Raymonde knows the music business. His iconic Cocteau Twins went through the ringer in..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...The cover of your Jan. 6 Austin Chronicle is a blatant example of seditious tripe. You..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column

Schools, Sprawl, and Citizenship

Vote begins on $520 million school bond package

"...Early voting began this week on the first major AISD bond..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...the need to defend a politician, but I do in response to Mike Clark-Madison's recent concerns about the visibility..."

June 11, 2004 Column

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"...Disillusionment Inevitable..."

July 18, 2003 Column

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"...The Chronicle endorsed my opponent based on a country-club-style "gentlemen's" agreement that limits the City Council to one..."

April 25, 2003 Column

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"...You described a "revolt" at Circle C Ranch in your Feb 28 Chronicle ["A Revolt Brews Among the..."

March 7, 2003 Column

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"...'Dawson in Danger?' No Doubt...."

Nov. 23, 2001 Column

You Can't Go Home Again

Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett on why James Crumley, whose mystery The Final Country has recently been published, is the best writer from Texas to disown the state.

"...the answer is yes: James Crumley's new novel, The Final Country (Mysterious Press, $24.95), is the one you've been..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

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The libraries hit the books, and environmentalists speak out.

"...CATF's Sustainability..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column

A Thang Between Two Wise Guys

Leon and Andy Stayed Up All Night to Make You Laugh

"...Back in their salad days at the University of Texas, where..."

July 13, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Alive and Kicking

Just when a heavy cynicism about the future of independent film has overtaken the industry and most of its observers, the Sundance Film Festival came along during the early weeks of 2001 and, almost unexpectedly, brightened the downcast mood shared by its most dour participants.

"...Pulling up to the Austin airport at the crack of..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

Austin owes Clifford Antone.

"...Clifford Antone leaned over, pointed at the roof, saying, "I think I can see..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Countdown, 2001

"...less than a thousand days from, and should be in a thinking mode as we count down to, January..."

March 14, 1997 Column

Coach's Corner

"...The Alamodome is taking a public relations beating. Spurs ownership-by-committee wants out of..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...released its largest block of bands to date this morning. The new batch of 498 acts includes psychedelic stoner..."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Art or Parenting?

Four professional artists discuss how having kids has affected their careers and ways of working

"...Curious things happen as one grows a bit older in this..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

ACC Adjunct Faculty Sees Progress

Plan would create hybrid lecturer / support staff posts

"...Austin Community College's adjunct faculty is coming closer to a..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What I Want to do With My Life

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero

"...The following is a lightly edited transcript of a conversation with..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Family Flight

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

"...Becker Elementary is a place full of history, obvious in the art-deco detailing on the building's brick facade. The..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...Orleans apartment, Lester Sampson and Irma Louis found themselves wandering around Downtown Austin in the grip of one of..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...Say It Ain't SoDear Editor,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Column

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"...Proctor May on her excellent articles about our schools ["Shrinking Schools," News, May 20]. Austin is in a quandary:..."

May 27, 2005 Column

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"..."Naked City" [News, April 22] item this past week regarding his ethics complaints filed against Betty Dunkerley: In 2002,..."

April 29, 2005 Column

Cycling Limits

"...Ms. Babich, I like to cycle, and am always trying to get myself on the road more. In college,..."

April 21, 2005 Postmarks

Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...In much of Austin, suggesting that our fair city leaves..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...Elementary school, at 51st Street just off Airport, pile into principal Joaquin Gloria's sparkling white SUV and ride across..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

'Something Went Wrong'

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

"...thought so -- enough to have the words tattooed in fancy script on the fleshy part of his forearms..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...In Michael May's editorial "Ignorant Design at the SBOE" (July..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

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