Lege Lines: Ignoring the Dawnna Dukes Problem

County Democratic Party Chair Vincent Harding doesn't want to talk about the beleaguered rep

"...Precinct chairs in state Rep. Dawnna Dukes' district are asking the..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

County Party Chairs

Thumbnail sketches of the county chair candidates

"...The Chronicle does not endorse in the races for county..."

Feb. 26, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

Leader of the Pack

An Interview With the Head Coyote

"...Mark Miller, one of America's most famous chefs, opened the Coyote Cafe at 612 West Sixth Street in downtown..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature by Robb Walsh

'The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle'

Once upon a time, at a venue far, far away, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band made their name in Austin

"...The South hadn't been kind to Bruce Springsteen...."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...this instance, is a good thing. Festival Hill represents the value of the arts. It's a place where the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...men and a town. That pretty much sums up the careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, at least..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas, D.C. Dems Raise Funds and the Roof at Johnson-Jordan Dinner

DNC chair: "Opportunity everywhere" in "largest battleground state"

"...let Tom Perez and Gilberto Hinojosa clarify your mind. The chairs of the Democratic National Committee and Texas Democratic..."

Oct. 6, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Graveyard: Ungrateful Are We the Dead

Graveyard

"...Seldom have the opening notes of any rock album had the effect..."

Sept. 9, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music Review: Taiwan Beats Brings the Island to Us

Missing Elysium on Red River

"...centers, and temples, Thursday evening’s Taiwan Beats showcase offered the best of the country’s music scene with an eclectic..."

March 18, 2021 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men responsible..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Reel World

Korey Coleman started The Reel Deal as a scam; he ended up with a show.

"..."Welcome to The Reel Deal." Inside the studio, the noise stops. The..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

Living on the Air in Austin

Live Music Flourishes in the Studio

"...The Pilot Ships on KVRX's Local Live, Sunday, April 5..."

April 10, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Cash-Flow Deficit Obsession of the Day: We Love Tiny Chairs!

Wearing Iconic Chairs around your neck

"...We just ran across these wonderful miniature chair pendants from Montreal-based Bruxe Design's Tiny..."

Aug. 30, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Letters From the Women of SAFPF

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

"...In early 2008, Jodi Stodder-Caldwell, an inmate at the Ellen Halbert SAFPF unit in Burnet County, contacted Austin..."

Dec. 12, 2008 News Feature

Paper Chairs Makes Theatre With a Little Lone Star Surregionalism

The Texas premiere of Will Arbery’s Plano play knows place like home

"...be that you don't realize it yet, citizen, but there's something about Plano that's definitely fucked up...."

Sept. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Precinct Chairs Set to Choose Next County Judge

Rarely used selection process causes a stir

"...Judge Sarah Eck­hardt's resignation to run for (and win) the Texas Senate seat vacated by Kirk Watson set further..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Ruta Java

Where to Go for a Cup of Joe

"...could be found inside its multitude of coffeehouses. Although the closest thing to a coffeehouse I'd experienced back then..."

March 14, 1997 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Live Nude Art Models from Paper Chairs

An interactive show about live models and the artists who paint them

"...The last time I told you about nude art modeling..."

Feb. 25, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Paper Chairs' Plano

Paper Chairs' production gets inside the heads of three sisters over a decade that races by in a breakneck 90 minutes

"...we could just say what we're thinking. In Paper Chairs' production of Will Arbery's Plano, that question is answered..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Painful Splits Along the Way to Stopping Sexual Assault in and Around Austin

Different approaches to accountability lead to rifts throughout the county

"...In the quest to find justice for local rape survivors, advocate..."

March 15, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The Senate Committee Shuffle

Austin's four Senators get their appointments for 2013

"...There's two ways to view how the great gerrymander of..."

Jan. 21, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

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

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

The eeriness is palpable but the suspense is not.

"...The British production company Hammer Studios, once the gothic horror..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Don't Bring the Comforts of Home to ACL

"...Dear Editor, If you can't enjoy the Austin City Limits Music Festival without a nice neat..."

Sept. 21, 2011 Postmarks

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

"...Directed by: Errol Morris. Leave it to Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control)..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Some Chairs Are More Equal Than Others

Floor fight over House Committees raises the specter of Tom Craddick over Speaker Straus

"...Have the wheels come off the Texas House of Representatives love..."

Feb. 18, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

No Chairs for Travis County in House Committees

Local delegation still scores six vice-chairs

"...time in announcing his committee assignments. Three weeks into the 84th Legislature, he's finally sorted through seniority picks and..."

Feb. 4, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Tale of Two Party Chairs

Democrat Richie asks for unity, GOP chief Benkiser asks for cash

"...While the confetti is still dropping in D.C., the state chairs..."

Jan. 20, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Paper Chairs' Poor Herman

Elizabeth Doss' new play shows the literary lion Melville to be just like one of us

"...family. But his next works don't do as well. Then he tries something really ambitious – and he's kind..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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