Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...locals all along the Westward Sturgis route seem to view the onslaught of bikers just like they do any..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Final Frontier

Space Is the Place

"...Rock" universe in Texas is Denton. The North Texas prairie town plays home to about 75,000 inhabitants and what..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people in telling this story: amongst..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...theremin has had on popular American culture. The filmmaker interviews a variety of people in telling this story: amongst..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Ratliff. This is a reprint of the Austin Chronicle review that ran in March when this film premiered in..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Day Trips

Goodnight Historical Center opens cowboy palace to visitors

"...the house. From here the old plainsman had a view of the sunrise and sunset. Visible to the southwest..."

Dec. 20, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

day trips

"...Attwater's Prairie Chickens (pictured above at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center) were..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

National Trails Day launched in 1993 and has become a rallying cry to get Americans outdoors

"...Bend National Park. Moderately steep, it offers a beautiful view of the park. There are at least 19 other..."

June 4, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Texas Panhandle has many treasures to behold

"...night, the illuminated structure seems to float above the prairie...."

Jan. 23, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Life Story

Ethan Hawke on The Hottest State

"...bluish-gray light during the stressful times and a wide-open prairie otherwise. All along, there is an intense emotional connection..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Day Trips

Add these destinations to your checklist of must-do day trips

"...a dazzling show at sunset. The best place to view the lights is at the observation area about 10..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The San Jacinto Monument has reopened its observation deck to the public, offering a beautiful view of the Houston skyline and the battlefield where Texas won its independence

"...On a clear day, the perch offers a bird's-eye view of the battlefield where Texas won its independence, the..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Do Texas M.D.s now have to report pregnant drug users?

"...pregnant women, SB 319's author, Rep. Ray Allen, R-Grand Prairie, specifically exempted -- or thought he had -- the..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

“Cowboys in Space” Exhibit Finds the Frontier in the Stars

Exploring the infinite plains at the Bullock Museum

"...of a series exploring the fantastical edges of the prairie. He said, "I've been joking that my next exhibition..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: The Voters Speak, the Governor Listens

Abbott leaves the red-state red-meat back at the mansion

"...heard two years ago," said Rep. Chris Turner, D-Grand Prairie, head of the lower chamber's Democratic Caucus. "It seems..."

Feb. 8, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin Historic Site

Original Texas capital returns through new museum

"...the original 300 families spread out across the Texas prairie. Austin's residence in the town was the only home..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Searcher

Wim Wenders on his sense of the right direction

"...a hectic traveling schedule, Wenders agreed to an e-mail interview...."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Diana Welch

Celluloid Zealots on the March

IFC's 'Ultimate Film Fanatic' gets Austinized

"...San Antonio's Kevin Cacy, Dallas' Amy Polk, and Grand Prairie's James Wright, scored so well in the initial rounds..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...riparian forest and the prickly pear cactus- and mesquite-tree-covered prairie of North Texas...."

April 26, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Fort Griffin once served as a lonely military outpost on the Texas frontier.

"...Fort Griffin stands on the Texas prairie northeast of Abilene as a lonely, weathered tombstone to..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The geologic magnificence of Palo Duro Canyon.

"...hard to image that the quiet little stream, the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, cut this..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Best Place to View the Night Skies: Southwestern University's Fountainwood Observatory in Georgetown..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Natural Born Breakfast Eaters

Cereal Thrillers

"...Back to Nature, Barbara's, Prairie Maid, Lundberg Family Farms, Good Shepherd, Breadshop - the..."

May 5, 1995 Features Feature by Bill Crawford

Solar-Powered Suds

Texas breweries reducing beer's carbon footprint

"...that strip of really fertile farmland called the Blackland Prairie ... some of the best farmland in our state,..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin

Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16

"...confusion and "exponentially increase demands on the Property Development Review Board and other city departments" – with the result..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

Comp Plan Combo Platter

The comp plan process reaches critical density

"...With the planning process still very much in the "30,000-foot-view" phase, as city planner Matthew Dugan puts it, the..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Letters @ 3AM

On this drive, the universe condensed into one word: invitation.

"...buckle the tarmac. This Western sky is wide, a view not like back East – there, roads feel like..."

June 23, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...News poll, while 55% said they have a favorable view of the Democrats. At press time, the Democratic Party..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

'Iconoclast' Country

It's election time in Crawford – peace and free speech keep right on waving and smiling

"...five years since George W. Bush purchased the nearby Prairie Chapel Ranch, dealing with the press has become old..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...opposing the bill, which also requires abortion-seeking women to view graphic photos of fetuses and receive false information linking..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

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