Zachary Scott Theatre Center: Enter stage left, a new managing director

After a national search, the Zachary Scott Theatre Center found its new managing director, Elisbeth Challener, right in its own back yard

"...with an $8 million budget. Challener joined Montalvo in 1986 as its development director, but three years later, she..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Local Stories: From bonds to boobs

"...common quality of life were the seven municipal bond propositions passed overwhelmingly in November, underwriting everything from basic infrastructure..."

Jan. 5, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Film News

I've got some good news and some bad news. Which do you want first?

"...NBC gave a similar nod to even lower-rated Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The show's crew showed off..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Page Two: Bond on Bond

All seven propositions on the current ballot represent a triumph of thought, vision, and planning

"...brings us to the point: that the seven bond propositions up for vote on the current local ballot represent..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

Stephen weighs in on the Belmont and what Dubya might be reading these days...

"...ALLEY-CATTING On Friday, Oct. 6, Blue Lapis Light held its first-ever gala to celebrate..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar defines "tarantism," to which we might add, "obsequious"

"...right now is www.imfor4.com and give your support to Proposition 4… Tonight! Thu., Sept. 21, 7-10pm, at Orbit Salon,..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...years' probation Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to stealing $168,000 from his campaign treasury...."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself

"...God Nose, which he peddled on the Drag. This 1964 self-published effort by Jaxon – a name adopted to..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Green Fallout

Picking up the parties and the pieces, there remains much work to be done

"...activists determined not to let the split over the propositions diminish the city's commitment to environmental protection. It came..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...how Clark-Madison comes off in his diatribe against these propositions. Then again, maybe not. Neither Clark-Madison nor the former..."

May 12, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a gas-tax option as a toll road alternative, a proposition supported by anti-tollsters." That is not the case...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week "I never once doubted that..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Top 10 City Council Moments

"...Ku Klux Klowns come to town, to support gay-bashing Proposition 2 – galvanized council members to declare a "day..."

Jan. 6, 2006 News Feature

After a Fashion

There's trouble in Nick & Jessica's paradise, and who are the Butthole Sniffers?!

"...that brow-beat their members and followers into believing that Proposition 2 "supported" families rather than destroyed them, and that..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...bargaining was only allowed after Austin voters approved a proposition last year permitting it; negotiations, however, were oftentimes less..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond.

"...Quote of the Week"'Stay the course' is not a..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...Instrumental bands are multiplying, but that remains a risky proposition. Lyrics add layers, and without them, a band is..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Take That!: Supremes Allow Takings for Development

Effect on notable local cases still uncertain

"...is to prevent the state from replacing any Motel 6 with a Ritz Carlton, any home with a shopping..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Council We Deserve?

In the races for City Council, it's a search for competence amidst the chaff

"...the issue of the THA's enthusiastic support for the Proposition 12 state constitutional amendment concerning "tort reform," which won..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Austin police Officer Timothy Little has his job..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Maddin Comes Alive

'Cowards Bend the Knee': the autobiography of an original in all senses

"...Virtually all of your films are based on the proposition that silent films are perhaps superior in some way..."

Oct. 1, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Battle on the Shuttle

For aggrieved UT drivers, the buck stops at Capital Metro

"...the UT Shuttle; at the time, the agency paid $6.3 million annually to Laidlaw, but received $4.3 million (in..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

North Central Blues

APD's new North Central Area Command force is bringing community policing to blighted north central neighborhoods

"...thanks to the educational efforts of HHSD, more than 60 children were immunized and 15 people had signed up..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Sense of the Census

The new census numbers reflect

"...bureau's last annual county population estimate, Williamson Co. added 53,620 people, while Travis Co. added a mere 44,924. For..."

April 16, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

It's been two years since 9 / 11, and we're under attack.

"...worth in some corporate cost-benefit analysis, vote NO on Proposition 12...."

Sept. 12, 2003 Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

"...election judges are mighty lonely. (And vote "No" on Proposition 12.) As of Wednesday, a whopping 4,141 people in..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Calling All Lonely-Hearts

IMAX movies and swingin' singles meet up, make out, at i-mixers.

"...who have come up with a far less risky proposition when it comes to commingling with the other sex...."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...Sullivan is merely a token perennial candidate.Texas House, Dist. 46: Dawnna Dukes A House representative since 1994, Dukes has..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature

The Chronicle Endorsements, Nov. 2002

The Chronicle endorses for the 2002 November general election

"...starts Oct. 19; for that and other info, see p.26.)..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Reliant CEO Finds Religion; Edison Has the Vapors

"...needs by this fall just to keep open the 136 schools that it's under contract to run. Raising this..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

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