Will Texas Do Better?

Ongoing lawsuits are keeping everything in limbo, but after that …

"...Last session, education issues split the House viciously. Republicans held their noses and adopted a..."

Dec. 7, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

New Direction for New AISD Board?

New members are sworn in Nov. 19

"...As the Austin Independent School Dis­trict board of trustees prepares to..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Two More in Line for Death Penalty

These two men were both 19 when they were sentenced to death

"...a Houston police sergeant when he shot him in the head back in 1998. Kincaid was off-duty and driving..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

19th Annual Short Story Contest

Happy endings

"...It takes a lot of hoop-jumping to nab the brass ring, first place in..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...The machinations to remove Joe Straus as speaker of the..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Food-o-File

Some local dining landmarks we missed, along with news on Hill-Berts and the Cocktail World Cup

"...made me realize I had not clearly delineated all of our parameters. For the landmark list itself, we included..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Oh Boy! Another Campaign Season!

City of Austin, AISD, and ACC poised for another round of elections

"...You're letting us down, Austin. You talk a good game on "weird," but eyeing the slate of contenders for..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Reefer Madness

If the DEA has its way, hemp-farming will go to seed

"...The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has just one day left..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness: North Dakota Hemp Heads Toward Federal Showdown

State's farmers stuck in web of federal bureaucracy

"...The growing season in the northern Midwest is fairly short...."

May 11, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council greets the Gus Garcia Era.

"...what we hope is not an omen, just about the first thing Mayor Gus Garcia got to do in..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

EPA reviews Clean Air Act new emissions policy for Bush Administration

"...Citizens who wish to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's pending reconsideration of the "New Source..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Coach's Corner

Like Bill Murray in Groundhog's Day, the UTmen's basketball team is doomed to repeat its failures anew each year, and it seems to come as a total shock each time.

"...To toss a bouquet to you optimists, I'll grant the theoretical supposition that anything can, and occasionally does, happen...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Short Cuts

"...Break out those laminators. The fake ID business is in for a real boost..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Person

"...Katherine Ramsland at B&N Arboretum..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Books Feature

Advocacy, Art, and More Recommended Events

What to do this week that isn't SXSW

"...It’s hard not to feel powerless when combating the seemingly daily attacks on marginalized people from state and..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

District 7 Runoff Is a Battle Between Austin’s New and Old Political Generations

Mike Siegel and Gary Bledsoe face off Dec. 14

"...The race to decide the final makeup of Austin’s next..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 3-9

"...AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "I want to raise up the magic world all round me and live strongly and..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 6-12

"...stirring advice for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. Broughton's words inspired me to come up..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

"Ashley Benton + Christopher Lee Gilmer" at Wally Workman Gallery

Art is, we’ll insist, transcendent when its foundation is skill and passion

"...Some art, more to the point, looks like modern art – or like, perhaps..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin at Large: Let's Take a Vote on That

Forced elections are now routine, but are they "grassroots"?

"...Unless you're one of maybe eight specific people I know personally, you can..."

July 26, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Ends at Odds

Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds

"...about last Thursday's special called City Coun­cil meeting about the Land Development Code rewrite (see "A Code, Foretold," May..."

May 10, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Playback: Will Johnson’s Eternal Newness

"Playback" challenges Will Johnson to a home run derby and uncovers seven things you didn't know about A Giant Dog

"...An appropriate gauntlet given that the Austin songwriter, best known in the Lone Star State..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

LGBTQ Kitchens Make Austin Proud

Sundaze and Texas Chili Queens are rising stars in Austin’s food truck universe

"...It has long been a joke in the service industry that restaurants would close down if it..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Shaun Lee

I Like to Watch

Girls and Togetherness: straight white people crying

"...Like a confused Ben Carson pausing at the periphery of a double-Dutch game, unsure when to jump..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Screens Column by Jacob Clifton

L.M. Kit Carson: Film Frontiersman

The 2015 Texas Film Awards induct L.M. Kit Carson posthumously into the Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...he worked far inside. But he wasn't an insider either as he spent more than his fair share of..."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Hopkins' Eight-Day Suspension From APD Overturned

Hopkins wins backpay, and the suspension will be removed from his record

"...Former Austin Police Department officer and recent Chronicle cover subject Jermaine Hopkins' favorable run..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...Yesterday morning, I called Governor Rick Perry's office for comment on a widespread rumor that Daft Punk..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: Mabel Normand After 100 Years

April 1, 1912, has not gone down in history but deserves to

"...a movie star who preferred ice cream for breakfast, often with apricot brandy. It's doubtful she finished the sixth..."

March 23, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Luv Doc Recommends: East Austin Studio Tour

East Austin, Saturday, November 19, 2011

"...well, right? Those digs ain't cheap. If you're doing the EASTside shuffle this weekend, don't expect kegs of PBR..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

City Hall Hustle: A Bridge Too Far?

Street closure debate comes to a head over Batfest

"...With an event like Batfest, the jokes are self-generating. There's the name and the corporate..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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