Council Notes

Toll roads and trash dumps on the council agenda

"...ongoing debate over the proposed Central Texas toll road study careened onto the dais. One of the council's first..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...can't legislate morality. This is a ridiculous bill. It's stupid and it's insulting. It's an embarrassment and indictment of..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

A Big Box Full of Big Boxes

The latest on the Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and Eckerd's controversies

"...Citizens, the neighborhood association for Travis Heights and the St. Edward's area, opposes a Supercenter on the property (south..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...Marcus McTear as an adult for the March 28 stabbing death of 15-year-old Ortralla Mosely in a stairwell at..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Brackenridge Plan Aborted

The latest solution to the Brackenridge reproductive services crisis collapses.

"...require women -- including rape victims -- to be tested for ovulation before receiving emergency contraception. In other words,..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Cumulative Staff Box

"...Staff members are listed in chronological order, first hired to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Next Best Thing

"...Directed by: John Schlesinger. Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Illeana Douglas, Lynn Redgrave, Josef Sommer,..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Chip off the Auld Sod

Off the Bookshelf

"...things about freelancing as opposed to being on the staff of a magazine or newspaper is that you get..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review

Postscripts

AWL Workshops

"...The Austin Writers' League (AWL) is now taking registrations for spring..."

March 28, 1997 Books Column

God on the Bench

Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority

"...illustration by A.J. Garces The most distinguishing feature of Judge..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...Directed by: Steve James. Hoop Dreams is an amazing documentary, nearly three..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017

Consensus on the best local platters

"...3) Sweet Spirit, St. Mojo (Nine Mile)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Clark-Madison's SMA Story: F..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Column

Top 10 National

Despite Austin's musical omnipresence, some national albums merited rating

"...5) St. Vincent, Strange Mercy (4AD)..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Music Feature

Thursday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Astralwerks..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

On the Line, Two Shots

The Texas Documentary Tour revisits Steve James' 'Hoop Dreams'

"...Halfway through the seven-year making of Hoop Dreams, director Steve James, as all doc-makers must, was desperately beating the..."

April 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...them from the balcony of their New Orleans apartment, Lester Sampson and Irma Louis found themselves wandering around Downtown..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

When Is a Threat Not a Threat?

"...condo complex currently planned near his neighborhood off East St. Elmo Road in Southeast Austin. On Tuesday night, the..."

May 10, 2002 News Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE DERAILERS: Bakersfield by way of Austin. The Derailers' new CD, Full Western Dress, finds the..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...Jana Birchum Three weeks ago, Linda arrived here from Houston, alone and with no job prospects. And although she..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It doesn't mean stodgy. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...banquet of the year is over. The Texas Book Festival has announced the full menu of authors on tap..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Review: Mattie's

Green Pastures lives at revitalized grande dame

"...This may expose me as not being a "true" Austinite, but I never understood what all the fuss was..."

July 7, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Cooking Tent Demos

"...We want the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival to stick with you long..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Gay Place: Laissez Lez...

OUTsider, Valentine's and Mardi Gras make this one big gay week

"...Confessions Mixer Get up close and personal with the Bedposters with MJ Torrance and DJ Kid Gorilla. Thu., Feb...."

Feb. 13, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...and drinks, a routine that the songwriter, who was painstakingly drawing his lyrics from a more subconscious place than..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Gerre Hancock

Remembering the renowned organist, choirmaster, composer, and educator

"...A giant among organists, whose mastery of improvisation made him widely considered to..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...Sword bassist Bryan Richie, unleashed these former Ohioans' electrical firestorm of hornet guitar nestings. Ryan Chamberlain's bruisng pride of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Yours Ever: People and Their Letters & Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves

In praise of dead and dying art forms, Parts I and II

"...Yours Ever: People and Their Lettersby Thomas Mallon Pantheon, 352 pp., $26.95 Cassette From My Ex:..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Books Review by Kimberley Jones

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