Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"...dreams are still surviving on the street. Look at me! I'm in tatters."..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Katrina Through the Eyes of an EMT

Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT, drove to New Orleans and spent 24 hours working with a local police department as an EMT.

"...Last Sunday, Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Philipp Meyer

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Our readers talk back.

"...Re: "Meet the New Neighbors," News, July 29: Quoting from a..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Right Man for the Job

Steve Lawrence has succeeded at just about everything in life – especially importing and distributing European wines in Texas

"...(a frequent Chronicle contributor) and his writing partner, Art Meyer, were cooking a special Spanish dinner to celebrate receiving..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Red, White, and Blue

Second place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...of a discount airline 30,000 feet above northern California, somewhere between the crystal meth garage labs of the San..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Garth Mueller

Letters at 3AM

Learning to listen to your soul in all aspects of your life.

"...Los Angeles, 1985. With no warning and no mercy, suppressed childhood memories swamped me. The specific memories needn't..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Say Baby

Davíd Garza's still DIY.

"...out of place. Maybe it's simply that he recently came off the club circuit, touring first with Mark Eitzel,..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Heat

"...My 12th summer my best friend abandoned me. She twisted her straw-colored..."

July 13, 2001 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

The Years With Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes says he can not imagine a world without Shakespeare and Cervantes, but it is impossible to imagine a Mexico without Fuentes.

"...reflects the historical events and personal lives that shaped Mexico during the past century, it fully serves to create..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...The first thing I remember from my mother's second marriage is the lights in..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...a. Where I can find games that interest me -- it seems like boys get..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

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.

"...The first thing I noticed (that was to lead me on this adventure) was a big banner over a..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...If, as Gertrude Stein once said about her hometown -- "there is no there there," she quipped --..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

A Survivor's Journey

"...frequent now, the blows heavier and less contained. It's time to leave him. After some negotiation, the police agree..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Weird Bands From Texas

"...When Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey made his New Year's resolution to start..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

"...I love you and yours, but man, what a mess this latest issue [Vol.18, No.4] is! I mean, I..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...be reduced to a buzzword. If she fails to meet Clark-Madison's standards of a "bona fide radical," who cares?..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

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They Got Nothing on Lacresha

"...Rev. Marvin Steinmetz Scales of Justice..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column

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Brown Right To Fight

"...What has to happen is for someone to start thinking of the neighborhood and get busy..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

Film at Wit's End

An Interview With Stan Brakhage

"...Stan Brakhage, the de facto Godfather of American experimental cinema, is the most influential filmmaker you've never..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

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Extremists Not Righteous

"...As one of the individuals named in Dan Quinn's article "Back to the Baths?" [Vol...."

Jan. 31, 1997 Column

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...call as he drove over icy roads into Austin. Some were from his colleagues at the Austin Fire Department,..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Janie Cowan’s Fascinating Musical Journey Finds Her Playing Alongside Bob Dylan in Shadow Kingdom

Checking in on the one-time Austin bass standout

"...Everyone’s smoking: perfect, exquisite, timeless smoking. Endless puffs of cigarette smoke wafts up from..."

July 28, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Dining for One at the Rubber Repstaurant

Austin’s Rubber Repertory provided, I mean, anything you desired

"...to the company’s call for donations to Austin Wildlife Rescue or the Trevor Project or the National Immigration Law..."

Jan. 27, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...just got a little closer, readers, not in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...His grandfather, 90, was running out of time, so Will Sheff made the five-and-a-half-hour drive from Brooklyn..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

The Fire at AFD

Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics

"...sitting in her office. Apart from books and binders, memorabilia line the bookshelf – plaques, accolades, and a squadron..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...that the month of March went poorly for Capital Metro is putting it mildly...."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Just in Time for Nader '08

Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan on An Unreasonable Man

"...Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan, who met as stand-up comedians in the Eighties, maintain that they..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Back in the Saddle Again

Long considered a lost film, Peter Fonda's The Hired Hand gets its long deserved due at SXSW.

"...two dogs, a fire burning in the fireplace, and me on the other end of the phone, talking with..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Steve Uhler

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