DVDanger: Horror Roundup

The best and the rest of the month's home releases

"...Occasionally, a horror film comes along that jolts the genre. In 2010, that was Gareth Edwards' microbudget and..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...request, was well-versed in safer sex and harm-reduction practices. Then, after attending a conference in the fall of 2014..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction

'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie

"...“My eyebrows have grown in,” Rob Thomas faux-apologizes as the camera clicks...."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Bright Lights, Big City

At the crossroads of the Austin Music Awards.

"...Saturday, June 26, 2010, in Bridgeport, Ill. I was there...."

March 8, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Safety Net or Dead End?

The politics of Austin animal welfare

"...For nearly 30 minutes, the Town Lake Ani­mal Center volunteer coordinator had been sitting..."

Feb. 18, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Sex Offenders Exposed

Are sex offender laws causing more harm than good?

"...Henry met Sarah in the summer of 1994, when he was 19 years old...."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

"...She'd first taken the drug while on a double date when she was..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'When I Was Your Age'

The full text to the Obama back-to-school speech

"...Ah! The conspiracy theorists were right! Argh! Pres. Obama wants kids..."

Sept. 7, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...combat in a nearby neighborhood, two officers cautiously approached the scene. As they came in sight, one of the..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Pearce Gets a New Principal

High test scores at what cost?

"...a perfect fit to lead Pearce Middle School in Northeast Austin. Troutman is quite familiar with the challenges of..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature by Justin Ward

How to Get Your Kids Through College

Once students enter the 'pipeline,' can educational plumbers stop the leaks?

"...Two metaphors are currently zipping around the education world like the latest slang in a high..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Making Ends Meet

The new AISD budget hurts, but less than in past years

"...tremble like "budget negotiations." And for good reason. For the last few years, Austin Independent School District budget debates..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...Welcome to the Chronicle Web extra full transcript of our interviews with..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Short, but Not Necessarily Sweet

It's a bit of a stretch to call the short films of Jay Rosenblatt documentaries. Let's call them experimental docs -- or shorts -- and leave it at that. Just prepare to be amazed by the reel of eight short films the genre-bending San Francisco filmmaker is bringing to the Alamo next week.

"...maybe it's a bit of a stretch to call the short films of Jay Rosenblatt documentaries. Let's call them..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

May 4 Election

It's time to pick ACC Board members again.

"..."It's more important this time, then it has been in a long time," says Austin..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Cathy Vaughan

Node Exit

What ails singers

"...At Club DeVille's every-other-Tuesday Karaoke shindigs, the average person onstage is thinking about..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Technical Difficulties

Older professionals face a hard choice: leave Austin or go tech?

"...Rebecca Rucker has spent the last six years in Austin, but she's decided she'd..."

March 2, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...flat, but it looks that way, as open to the sky as if it were set on the edge..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

TV Eye

Have you had your fill of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? Are you stuffed to the gills from consuming too many hours of Survivor, Big Brother, The Real World, Road Rules, or Making the Band? Better get used to it -- there's a whole lot more on the way.

"...Wants To Be a Millionaire? Are you stuffed to the gills from consuming too many hours of Survivor, Big..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...THE PEENBEETS: How about geekcore? Has that one been coined..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...The Triangle Square development is close to finding a new..."

April 2, 1999 News Feature

Visions of This Town

Max Crace & the 1998 Austin Guitar Calendar

"...days." Not only does Crace's latest project preclude sleep, there's no payday at the end; as photographer and designer..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...good for...UT athletics? Maybe it was a slip of the tongue or maybe it was just a statement of..."

May 23, 1997 News Feature

MUD Wrestling

Goodman Gives Davenport the Win

"...This is not an April Fool's joke. Today, the council will make one of those seemingly meaningless decisions..."

April 4, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Jackie Be Good, Man

The Swing Vote Leaves Council Watchers Dizzy

"...Forget the mayor. The real moderate on the council is Jackie..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Fates Worse Than Death?

"...Your article of today does a good job covering the issues involved in allowing military recruiters on campus to..."

July 7, 2006 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM: Johnny and Speedy

John Ertha was the first in my experience to embody the passion, courage, mind, and rascality that could be: a man

"...late 1971 or early '72, and Johnny's driving fast, the way he liked to, on a snowy stretch of..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The President's Counselor: The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales

Despite Bill Minutaglio's admirable approach, many interviews, and access to a wide range of documents, the attorney general rarely comes into focus in his first biography.

"...The President's Counselor: The Rise to Power of Alberto Gonzales..."

July 21, 2006 Books Review by Michael Yang

Changing Course

AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college

"...There are some words Pearce Middle School Principal Texanna Turner..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...been an outdoorsy, gregarious kid who made friends easily. Then, all at once, Ronee couldn't bear to be away..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

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