The Natural

"...pint on an uncharacteristically cool July evening in Austin, there seemed to be only one subject to address...."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...a decade of planning, why are these dreams finally starting to materialize now? The answer is, in a word,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...We need in-city rail lines and we need to start laying track now...."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Music Recommended

"...in his Chronicle. It's just too much. His eyes start to itch. He's staring at the hundreds of band..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The House

"...more and you look at the whole perspective. You start learning what's beyond your perspective. As you digest your..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature

Coach's Corner

"...this quartet, only two are concerned with the early start of school. The youngest, my idiot son Floyd, is..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Worst Is Yet to Come

Austin's Emergency Operations Center

"...it has become easy to wonder, could it happen here? What would happen in Austin during a worst case..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...There are plenty of reasons to love Austin and the..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Proms, Humps, and Queerbombs Highlight This Weekend's Events

21 ways to get out of the house

"...possible by attending the kickoff event for their new Kickstarter campaign. Of course, Reader, you’ll be rewarded for your..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hog Book Aims to Encourage Hunting and Eating Feral Hogs

Jesse Griffiths wants you to #EatAHogSaveTheWorld

"...Where Griffiths' first book, Afield, published in 2012, offers a..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studio in Spicewood and Arlyn Studios here in Austin, between Feb.-April 1996. As Sublime's right-hand man..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Supporting Local Farmers and Ranchers Helps Everyone

Back to the soil

"...but this was an incredibly unprecedented event. Usually when there's a flood or a freeze, out of our ag..."

March 5, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Building the Perfect Beast for Skylines

Director Liam O'Donnell on evolving the Skyline aliens

"...like, for the benefit of my career I should start lying and say, "It all came to me in..."

Dec. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

March Primary Election Coverage Live Blog

Travis County awaits Super Tuesday election results

"...and on social media; we'll keep you informed right here throughout the day and night...."

March 3, 2020 News Post by News Staff

Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck

"...progression is to get into food and that's why there is such a crossover."..."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Gay Place

Celebrating Pride Week amidst stupidity and hate

"...Don't give them the satisfaction, because Pride Week is here and events all over town are celebrating what it..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Is Lockhart the Live Music Suburb of the World?

A growing wave of musical expats heads south

"...New York. "Lockhart was dirt poor when I was there, and it was a rough place."..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...O'Brien: I’ve been doing this for many years. … There are nine of us in the show. My wife..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Exiled From Main Street

Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?

"...left their respectable office jobs in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to start a glamorous limo-laden life at their new company ......"

June 28, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Undiscovered Jewels

Formula One visitors get a taste of Austin's best hotel dining

"...our city's best fine dining venues all year round. Here, Chronicle contributors Wes Marshall, Gracie Salem, and I share..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...the 36th President of the U.S. to life onstage. Here, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Kentucky Cycle discusses..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sports and Social Justice With David Zirin

On the Olympics, Mark Cuban’s fondness of Ayn Rand, and Howard Zinn’s love of the Boston Red Sox

"...bring gentrification, graft, and a suppression of civil liberties wherever they nest. Even without the Olympic Games, Chicago has..."

March 5, 2010 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

A small sample of the letters received by Austin attorney Derek Howard; transcribed and minimally edited

"...sedating, yet the "bedtime" pill call came at 4pm. Therefore, the women were required to take drugs causing extreme..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Like the Rest of Us

Atmosphere's Slug isn't dead from tequila poisoning yet

"...A hell-bent touring schedule has put Atmosphere – Slug and DJ Anthony “Ant” Davis – in..."

Nov. 5, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...galvanizing opening notes of Black Sabbath’s eponymous 1970 debut: “There’s a hole in my soul that can’t be filled.”..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...Hello, Dave Tejas from the Krum Bums here. I'm going to attempt to recount the blurry events..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Film News

Austin's hopping again, with TV and film projects set to shoot soon; plus, Smithville's got a Poop Bandit

"...My sources say we can expect a summer filming start for season three of Friday Night Lights here in..."

March 28, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

The Real Road to Wellville?

Two strange and inspiring stories of the healing power of food – and how terribly it can hurt us

"...suddenly broke out in severe psoriasis right before the start of middle school. "Thirteen is just an awful age..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...Sen. Kirk Watson echoed. "If we can't solve it here, how are we going to solve the whole, much..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Deprogramming Dave

Drummer Lisa Cameron talks with ex-bandmate Kathy McCarty about her transition into self

"...AC: Did this start when you were a kid?..."

June 8, 2007 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

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