How Estate Services of Austin Finds New Homes for Treasures Left Behind

In the saddest times, Carl McQueary and the Estate Services team are there to help

"..."Look at this. It's worthless. Ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it,..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

The Hands That Feed

The groups that care for Austin's hungry could sure use a few more helping hands

"...The sweep of headlights cuts the night in two. The..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Mayor of Washington Boulevard

The first Beach Boys' solo album, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, washes back ashore after more than three decades

"...There's a problem in paradise...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Media Watch: The Improbable Rise of Dana Perino

Dana Perino took a circuitous path to job of Bush spokeswoman

"...five years after that lunch, Dana Perino was named the spokeswoman for the Leader of the Free World, the..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...Oh hell, it's the holidays...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

The Taco Kings, Besieged

A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense

"...The four members of AVATACO, a newly formed association of..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

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"...Thank you for the cogent coverage of the proposed AMD move..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

Round One at Round Rock

Is the noisy suburban school battle an omen of things to come?

"...The story so far: When the Round Rock ISD put..."

April 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...Some people knew the Boyd Vance of the working week, the man who..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Me and My Friends

Walking on the wild side with Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante

"...John Frusciante is pure music. On a hazy, Southern California summer morning on the Sunset Strip, in a..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...three more suitable commandments never existed for metal in the nü millennium. Leavening the indie's now annual SXSW showcase..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

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"...Have You Read the 'Chronicle' Before?..."

June 27, 2003 Column

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"...Get the Facts Straight..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Changing Places

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

"...From above, the recently inaugurated Pickle Elementary appears more like..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

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Our readers talk back.

"...This is concerning the "Townes Without Pity" feature article, dated June 14. It..."

June 28, 2002 Column

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"...Don't Blame the Planners..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Column

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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I'm just now getting around to accessing the Chron via the Internet in the Balkans, where I've..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

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Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...her letter (Sept. 28), especially regarding Belinda Acosta and the "TV Eye" column. I can't imagine why Dr. Austen..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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"...Tragedy Brings Out the Worst in 'Chron'..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Jesus Is Coming

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

"...Barb Bucklin knows the stories. Each week, she e-mails them to congregations across..."

April 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...In go-go Austin, displacement is the rule. A video store seems to open in the..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...The New Millennium. Same as the old millennium...."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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.

"...flat, but it looks that way, as open to the sky as if it were set on the edge..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

You Should Start a Web Site ...

Though they claim to only answer to their man-on-the-streets tastes, both these Web sites demonstrate how diverse the dialogue on arts becomes when just the right voices cut in.

"...slim him down, paint him in goth, and what you end up with is a mysterious figure named Lodger...."

Sept. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Demolition

Before she knew there was really something wrong with her brother, Elaine would tell him that their mother had tried to abort him when she was only a month gone.

"...Before she knew there was really something wrong with her brother, Elaine would..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Features Feature by Susan Shields

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Like this country's forefathers, it came from England. Though it didn't originate there,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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HPBC is on the minds of many this week; Gotham lingers in the shadows.

"...Kudos to Erica Barnett for her excellent piece on the Hyde Park Baptist situation ["Grow and Prosper," Nov. 19]...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column

Destruction as Beauty

Profile of local alternative band Trail of Dead; explication of their new album Madonna

"...When Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop festival in 1967, he set in motion..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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