Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Tuesday, Nov. 7 (that would be Election Day), is your very last chance. If you're just waking up from..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature

Young and Hungry

ACC offers students two restaurants' worth of opportunity

"...the fields of culinary arts, hospitality management, travel & tourism, and meeting & event planning (with a future degree..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

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Our readers talk back.

"...Your article appears to find our NPR station guilty of,..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column

Finding Their Tuva

The Texas Documentary Tour screens 'Genghis Blues,' the Belic Brothers' next step in living a 'kickass, adventurous life and meeting cool people.'

"...Readers, this Doc Tour screening of the Academy Award-nominated Genghis Blues (1999) presents..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Sisters Under the Scrim

Six of the finest theatrical artists in Austin discuss their work behind the curtain designing lighting schemes, mixing sound, and creating and constructing sets and costumes and how their careers have been affected by the fact that they're women.

"...variety of environments and performance spaces, they are all resourceful, intensely creative, and strikingly accomplished in their careers...."

Sept. 12, 2003 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

She's One of Us

Mike Clark-Madison Profiles New City Manager Toby Futrell

"...coming from and heading for other communities with similar jobs on offer. And while Garza (unlike the others) was,..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Your article of March 8, 2002 on Austin Community College..."

March 22, 2002 Column

The Hightower Lowdown

Congress and China Trade; Rewarding Failure

"...Like a bunch of rubes at the county carnival, our Washington officials keep getting suckered when they cut deals..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Column by Jim Hightower

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...about the scene and the craft of comedy. Of course, instant karma kicked my ass when I failed to..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

What's Left of the Dial?

Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion

"...nine other markets, estimates he can do an entire six-hour shift in about 45 minutes. With this setup, Capstar's..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Technological Vertigo

Letters at 3AM

"...by people who were taught from their cradles, that ours is an era of fantastic progress and that the..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Letter From the Chronicle’s New Publisher

"...say I grew up here. I think I’ve had four or five title changes since then; my most recent..."

March 21, 2025 Features Feature by Cassidy Frazier

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...SOS Sues City Council Again: The Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS) is back at it with another..."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature

Legislators, NAACP, and Professors Condemn UT’s Mass Layoffs

At least 66 people have lost their jobs, and counting

"...HD-27, chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, began, “Our diversity is our strength. This state has overcome a..."

April 11, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Opinion: We Deserve Project Connect

The executive director of Transit Forward makes the case for the city's ambitious public transportation expansion

"...the airport. It's slow. It's hot. Or maybe it's pouring rain with the roads slow and dangerously slick. You..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Column by Bill McCamley

Acharya

Hyperviolent Telugu drama wastes its once-in-a-lifetime casting

"...peaceful existence; that is, until Basava (Sood) decides to take over the former and turn it into a den..."

April 29, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?

The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day

"...the Delaware Destroyer himself, is on a three-day, 14-stop tour of the state, beginning in Amarillo on Wednesday, with..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

The Rental

The summer camp slasher brilliantly reinvented for the vacation rental generation

"...what happens when those teens becomes thirty-somethings with real jobs, who still want to get away for the weekend..."

July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Skeleton Releases Best Death Metal in Recent History

20 Buck Spin debut puts blackened ATX death metal on the map

"...Writes Decibel magazine: “Iron Age’s 2009 sophomore blindside The..."

July 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin at Large: How to Wear a Mask

Constructive thoughts from the near side of the curve

"...about me: I can sew. (One of my first jobs as a teen was in a fabric store, is..."

April 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Paid Sick Leave: A Reproductive Justice Issue

It's not just about workers' rights

"...Affairs. And since up to 70% of workers in jobs that necessitate frequent contact with the public (like food..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Tovo and Casar Unfiltered on CodeNEXT

The Council members' full conversation with the Chronicle

"...A lot of the answers we got yesterday to our questions were, wait until next week [release of the..."

Sept. 14, 2017 News Post by Nick Barbaro

Local Businesses Warn Lege on Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Discriminatory laws not just morally corrupt but financially damaging

"...wrote. "That kind of legislation doesn't just go against our values to be welcoming to everyone, it jeopardizes the..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Crash Course

Cabs try to survive in the era of Uber

"...what happens? The company removes the permit, and cuts your contract. How is that your business? There's no one..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Five Questions with Brady Lowe

Cochon 555 founder is high off the hog

"...in the states, we are lucky enough to be caretakers to a special extension to a living, breathing social..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Letters at 3AM: That Word 'Oligarchy'

Oligarchy is upon us, claw and beak, and has been for some time

"...have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon our public policy'" (PolicyMic.com, April 16)...."

July 11, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Theatre Thinker

In the online dialogue about the art of the stage, Travis Bedard is a star

"...Greek Tragedy), also by Snider. After Orestes, Bedard didn't take part in another production for a year and a..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

Fighting for Justicia

Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor

"...year, she joined the board of directors. During her four-year tenure, she participated in the organization's move to a..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Letters at 3AM: The System Ain't the System

The goal of oligarchy is to utterly disempower the workforce

"..."Half the jobs in the nation pay less than $34,000 a year..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...For the sake of sanity (our darling interns Sara Reihani, Angela Garner, and Trey Gerlich..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

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