Travis County Voting Boom Means Extra Booths

Elections division meets demand with semi-permanent mobile location

"...part of that increased engagement, this morning the county set up shop at a new early voting location: the..."

Oct. 31, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Freud's Last Session Opens in Austin

Actor David Jarrott turns producer to get a drama about Freud and C.S. Lewis onstage in Austin

"...play, and the interplay between the characters is marvelous." Set on the day Britain entered World War II, the..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dale Dougherty: Hacking the Physical World

If you can "mod software," you can mod the real world

"...variations. We've got generations growing up with that skill set, and they look at the physical world around them..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...Just a bunch of hanging costumes and picnic tables set up with make-up mirrors. One would think that would..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Scaling the Wall of Sound Festival in Fort Worth, paying respect to late blues great Gary Primich, and readying for the second annual HAAM Benefit Day

"...homage to Jacobs' former band, Denton's Midlake, whose truncated set paled in comparison to their performance one week prior..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Angels in South America

Round Rock-based Bolivian missionary project in crisis

"...Marroquin, 47, set up the Round Rock-based Project Angels of Hope with..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Dan Selinger

What Can a Century Tell Us?

Looking at two art exhibitions that both survey 100 years of imagery, the more things change ...

"...to wrap your head around it all, it can set your mind reeling...."

July 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Developing Stories

More lessons from Seattle

"...info on the process and specifics on individual neighborhoods, visit www.ci.austin.tx.us/zoning.) Neighborhood plans, after review by the Planning Commission,..."

June 15, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

On Leaving Paradise for an Oasis

An Austin foodie falls in love with Marathon and West Texas' other boutique towns

"...22 years of living in Austin, I had never visited that part of Texas. Texans talk about the Big..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Day Trips

Add these destinations to your checklist of must-do day trips

"...Although there isn't anything left of the set from the movie Giant, a stay in El Paisano..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Curatorial Reportage

The Blanton Museum's ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up- to-the-minute views of what's happening in contemporary art

"...to experimental shows with basic technical arrangements – limited sets, simple lighting – and an intimate focus on performance,..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Naked City

"...on Thursday and Friday. For more on city closures, visit www.cityofaustin.org...."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Feature

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...and American literary lions, but plans for Topolski to visit the States and meet his subjects never materialized. (How..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...of the vote. Gov. Rick Perry is expected to set a run-off date some time in the next month...."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

Austin Lyric Opera: Breaking Glass

For Austin Lyric Opera's 20th season, artistic director Richard Buckley has lined up the American premiere of Philip Glass' opera 'Waiting for the Barbarians'

"...Old World standbys, new artistic director Richard Buckley is setting sail for new territory in a major way. For..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Monkey Time

How communing with the apes inspired the artists of the Texas Monkey Project

"...It might have been the lemur that set Andy Cockrum off. As a youth, the filmmaker developed..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Cindy Widner

'Match' Maker

Deborah Hay's latest dance leads to a new start

"...What if a group of dancers were given a set of instructions, but each dancer was free to explore..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...Austin Chronicle online and pick it up when I visit town. Your writing is so much better.) I encourage..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Pretty Good Sailing

McCormick & Schmick's docks downtown with a full haul of satisfying seafood

"...of dark wood paneling, soaring ceilings with pressed tin insets, a stained-glass window depicting local scenes, and truly Austintatious..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Articulations

UT delays the closing of Bass Concert Hall for a year, Conspirare wants to sing an ode by a young Austin poet, and Zach decides whether it wants to go out with Sally Bowles or Roxie Hart

"...around the relationship between poetry and music, with choral settings of poems by Emily Dickinson, John Donne, and William..."

April 2, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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"...ad, it won't make you any less in the closet. Let your freedom flag fly!..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Renaissance (and Baroque) Man

As a curator for UT's Blanton Museum of Art, Jonathan Bober played a pivotal role in securing the Suida-Manning and Steinberg art collections, thereby giving some of the world's great art a home in Austin.

"...was in graduate school at Harvard, he had actually visited Manning's home in Forest Hills, N.Y., where every wall..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...as open to the sky as if it were set on the edge of a marsh. Standing in the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

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"...the record of human action is going to be set down with that accuracy and faithfulness of detail which..."

June 30, 2000 Column

Southern Comfort

The Chronicle food staff has scoured Austin in search of the city's best down-home eateries; they're served up within.

"...share of black and white, pre- and post-Civil War settlers from the Southern states who brought their appetites and..."

March 3, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Sated, Somewhat

Dining North by Northwest

"...bar area with tall stools and tiny tables is set against the backdrop of large, gleaming beer tanks visible..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

Send your favorite daytripper or daytripper-to-be on a photographic journey through Austin or a uniquely Texan greasy-spoon odyssey.

"...What sets the CDs apart from other photo disks is that..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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"...had requested additional financial information to help delineate whether assets for particular applicants were individually- or corporate-owned. All the..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...Task Force. Windle, a 25-year-old electrician's apprentice, had been set up by a confidential informant, a man he had..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW Says...

"...to be heard and not seen, and Austin's Pushmonkey set up to get the best of both worlds last..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Column

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