Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...buried in an Austin cemetery – or so the story goes – were killed by Comanche warriors while hunting..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...programs, traditionally featuring eight films apiece, have been expanded to ten films each. While today’s press release doesn’t explicitly..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

His Name Was Gary Poulter

Meet the homeless man who became a movie star

"...Karmen Leech were hunting down a different strain of actor for David Gordon Green's Joe, a film adaptation of..."

April 11, 2014 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Brand Upon the Brain

Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary

"...there, a DayGlo orange-and-yellow bastion of consistency in a forever-changing world, manufacturing detergents and fabric softeners ad infinitum, toiling..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

A Republic of Indie in a Netflix Nation

How Austin's homegrown video stores are faring against the big red giant

"...when Salemi, Sicily, buys out your favorite independent video-rental store. Which is exactly what happened last week to the..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Next Fun Fearless Female Rock Star

Austin's now generation comes of age in Suzanna Choffel

"...Suzanna Choffel resembles any of several working women heading to and from the store: preoccupied, breezy, and self-assured. Her..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...on a deal negotiated between an investment group seeking to redevelop Concordia University's 22-acre central campus and neighbors advocating..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the House Intelligence Committee, deflecting a reporter's attempts to test his knowledge of the Middle East..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

"...is losing the war. The body armor he supplies to his troops in political warfare – money money money..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the pins." – Office of Management and Budget Director Joshua B. Bolten, when pressed for details about Supreme..."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

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"...Frances Newton Deserved to DieDear Editor,..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column

True Today

Randy 'Biscuit' Turner's final interview

"...five or so Big Boys shows after arriving in town to attend the University of Texas in 1984, but..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...better, shooting a rocket of his own design clear into the squinting eye of the original man in the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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"...A Prosecutor Weighs In..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Column

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"...Dear Editor,..."

May 7, 2004 Column

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, her youngest son, 13-year-old Christopher Brownlee was there, but her older son, 15-year-old Ben..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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"...Editor:..."

July 11, 2003 Column

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Thursday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check official SXSW schedule...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Confusing Coverage of Barton Springs..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Column

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...As an Irish-Catholic kid from Boston, I've never been to Disney World. It's just not..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...September 1988 Austin: The town slows down. The next couple of years will see..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...of GWB on the campaign trail and sending them to the Pulitzer committee."..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Mary Karr Reviewed

"...Before the Me Decades of the 1980s and Nineties, autobiographies were mostly the domain of the already famous or..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Another live music venue closes. So much for the Live Music Capital of the World.

"...The calls and e-mails came frantically to the Chronicle office on Monday -- scads of bands..."

May 26, 2000 Music Column

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...and nephew Ciara and DeMontre Wilkerson when it's time to get in line for the monthly produce drop. Earlier..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Little Hotel on the Prairie

Proposed hotel and golf course would be constructed on city-owned parkland.

"...Holly Power Plant needed a cooling pond, we have Town Lake. And because the Decker Power Plant likewise needed..."

March 24, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...Tourism vs. TV..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Make Your Mama Proud

Profile of local rapper MC Overlord.

"...or later, almost everyone receives a phone call that forever changes their lives. Don Robinson says he made that..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

This Old House

"...primary architect behind everything that Liberty Lunch has come to represent in its 24-year history as Austin's premier live..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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