Naked City

The city tightens its belt; the road widening that never was

"...Council members are predicting that the next month of budget deliberations will be the most..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Burka on Bush

How did Texas Monthly's Paul Burka, a Democrat, end up becoming one of George W. Bush's biggest fans in the press corps?

"...pieces about Texas's poor, its schools, its environment, and the troubles all have faced. How did he end up..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

Austin playwrights are drawing attention around the nation, and one theatre company is getting hit by the Macbeth curse smack in the face.

"...nationally as its musicians, but that may not be the case for long. A number of the folks who..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

The TNRCC votes to delay working on ways to reduce Texas' contribution global warming, focusing instead on cleaning up pollution in the state's big cities first.

"...There may be a mile-wide patch of open water at..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Book Reviews

Reviews of Recent Fiction and Nonfiction

"...The Buddha From Brooklynby Martha Sherrill..."

May 19, 2000 Books Feature by Robert Bell

Realpolitik

Indonesia has ties to Austin through Jim Bob Moffett's Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold

"...to Jakarta, Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry Kissinger told the press that he wanted Indonesia to be "strong, unified,..."

May 19, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Short Fringe @ Hyde Park Theatre

"...to Austinites for five solid weeks of unjuried, uncensored theatrical adventures of 25 minutes or less. That tradition continues..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Postscripts

Events

"...The San Antonio Public Library Foundation's Copyright Texas Reading Series,..."

March 5, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Day Trips

"...River Ranch continues to be a working ranch in the Hill Country north of Boerne despite having a reputation..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...The steeple of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Not much remains of the community of Normanna on US181 about 10 miles north..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Freeport McMoRan: A Timeline

"...Mac Rankin, Jr., form McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. The three later strike it rich in South Texas oil..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Freeport McMoRan: A Timeline

"...Mac Rankin, Jr., form McMoRan Oil & Gas Co. The three later strike it rich in South Texas oil..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck

Change is coming, but how much?

"...26, its new members and new mayor will represent the biggest electoral shift the 10-1 Council has yet seen,..."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...The Marfa Tapes (Sony Music Nashville)..."

May 14, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Austin Music Pollster: Moving Panoramas' Leslie Sisson Best of the Year..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: Stay Trips

Daytripping in the age of stay-at-home orders

"...Bracken Cave north of San Antonio is home to the world’s largest maternity colony of bats. When the more..."

April 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

In 1990, We Predicted What 2020 Would Look Like. Did We Get Anything Right?

And since we're here, why not place some bets on 2050?

"...was long before my time – but in 1990, the Chronicle editorial staff ran a whole issue devoted to..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Your Plan for Pools

First, let's all chip in $124 million

"...six years after City Council passed a resolution initiating the public process that resulted in the Aquatic Master Plan,..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Cap Metro Hangs Hopes on “Connections 2025”

High frequency bus lines attempt to increase commuter freedom

"...how Jarrett Walker, a widely read transit evangelist, describes the basis for a sound system of public transportation. "High..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

SXSW Announces Lee Daniels as Film Keynote

Featured speakers, a panel, and some music acts drop

"...think about that March behemoth that takes over Austin (whether you're a participant or not), SXSW released some tidbits..."

Sept. 6, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Travis County

"...The most strongly contested Travis County campaign is likely to..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

A Level Playing Field

Due to a city loophole, a charter school can build a campus in less than half the time AISD can

"...a school right next to your house. Pretty much the first thing you heard about it is when demolition..."

June 3, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...Because you've already given up on the name of the collective – Raw Paw? What the..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

News Roundup

Your Monday morning news update

"...• Over the weekend, SCOTUS upheld the Fifth Circuit's decision to allow..."

Oct. 20, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Culture's Last Stand

Life as we know it is gone in Justin Cronin's postapocalyptic future... except for in Texas

"...In his epic 2010 bestseller, The Passage, Houston-based author Justin Cronin imagined an America brought..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Bastion Standard Time

Austin theatre's 'enfant terrible' swapped his poison pen for a Poison Apple and still gets people talking

"...Playwright, actor, director, and onetime theatre critic Bastion Carboni has a weird sense of humor...."

July 13, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

This Is What Mourning Looks Like

Beginners sits shivah, postmodern-style and with profound humor and heart

"...The death of Mills' father in 2003 precipitated a years-long..."

June 24, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

'Deliver Me'

First-place winner

"...Yellow leaves spun down and ticked softly on the porch. They covered plastic chairs and a dirty glass..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by John Roberts

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...everywhere men stand on cold street corners, knee-deep in the fog, writing notes to each other on little scraps..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

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