National Spotlight Shines on Detention Center

Things are getting dicey at Immigration and Customs Enforcement-affiliated facility in Taylor

"...(TDH recently announced, after complaints, that the center's one-hour school days will be expanded.)..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Texas (Cook)Book Festival

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...according to chef Quintana, might take up to three days in advance preparation...."

Oct. 27, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Texas (Cook)Book Festival

Reviewing the Central Market Cooking School

"...ventured amateurishly in front of cameras in the early days of The French Chef. Kamp delights in the food..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Soccer Watch

"...John Kerry was a notorious right-winger during his high school days in New Hampshire, and at Yale. In fact,..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Spotlight: Those Peabodys

Angus, Malcolm, Bon, and Those Peabodys

"...and Hatley have been belting out since their high school days in Temple, midway between Austin and Waco...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Round One

Also this week in council:

"...to 6am on weekends, or 9am to 2:30pm on school days. Violators are subject to a fine of up..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Column by Erica C. Barnett

Big Brotherly Love

City Council Continues Juvenile Curfew

"...to 6am on weekends, and 9am to 2:30pm on school days. In three neighborhoods, the curfew is even stricter:..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Re-Re-Re-Reruns

"...the kind of rerun lineup I remember from elementary school days in the Sixties -- The Honeymooners (9:30am), Gomer..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The King and I

TV Eye

"...scripted. The series lovingly traced Elvis from his high school days to the beginning of his musical career. Michael..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Summer Camp Guide

"...rock & roll/filmmaking/flying-trapeze business we have going on these days. But no matter what form camp takes – even..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?

Behind efforts to eliminate the state test that stresses kids out and shuts schools down

"...Readiness – is the test given to all public school students at the end of each school year in..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...leader, Nick is the moral center. In the earliest days of the Chronicle, Nick believed passionately in several things,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Science of Injustice

Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence

"...Texas town of Willis. Todd had been hunting several days earlier and had become disoriented; he spent the night..."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...gentrification in her documentary Through the Plexi-Glass: The Last Days of the San José, conversing with the denizens of..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...Because I was really looking forward to a couple days on the beach in Cancun right about now...."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

When the Bough Breaks

In 1993, the Hyde Park Baptist Child Development Center hired a teacher who proved to be a little 'rough' with the children. Now the church is being sued for ignoring alleged child abuse.

"...gone home, for personal reasons. Lowry never returned. Ten days later, another of the center's teachers replaced Lowry in..."

Nov. 17, 2006 News Feature by Emily Pyle

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...experience what it was really like in the old days. It re-creates rural Texas life in the late 19th..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Celebrity, South Austin Style

The Mayor of South Austin

"...Kind of a chance-meeting, love-at-first-site, across-a-crowded-city thing. "About three days in, I said, 'I don't know what it is,..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction

'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie

"...Just a few days ago he was sitting in a chair, being fussed..."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"...excuse the teachers and students of Galveston's Ball High School. Last September 11 wasn't spent commemorating the 2001 terrorist..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Just Watch the Livestock

Texas schools' sex ed favors 'don't ask, don't tell ... and keep 'em ignorant'

"...2007, Sid Pruitt, superintendent of the small Evant Independent School District (about 60 miles west of Waco) was a..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...search for a new police chief entered its last days, with the five finalists meeting this week with officials,..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature

Shooting Star

"...searching for a vein. This was in mid-August, three days after Cris' wife, Michelle Tardif, had died of an..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

Sub Mission

There's No Substitute for a Teacher - Just Ask AISD

"...else. It's also no wonder that the Austin Independent School District is ending the school year with a record..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...more anxiety about leaving the house to go to school. It was puzzling -- Ronee had attended Kocurek since..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...slacker friend, Tanner play a prank on their high school physics professor when she fails them on a test...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Journeyman Neal Schon

Definitely progressive fusion rock

"...lot of cool music. I remember the early, early days of our little house in Trenton, New Jersey. My..."

May 17, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...He could be a champion." So they found a school for me, and it just took off. I started..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...Elementary appears more like a small airport than a school, yet it is barely big enough to hold the..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...In those days, nobody in Nelson's Family had a title: If you..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

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