Beside the Point

The city and county play chicken over Bull Creek and Cortaña

"...Born into trouble, the proposed Water Treatment Plant No. 4 has been plagued..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Watching, Breathing, and Eating the World Cup 2006

The round of 16 means excitement on the pitch and at the table

"...Speaking from the culinary point of view, last weekend was a great..."

June 23, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...Everyone knows Carol Channing, right? The much-imitated star of stage and screen, the original Dolly..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kucinich: Creating the Voice for Peace

The Ohio congressman's all-star presidential campaign barnstorms through Austin.

"...bringing those two to D.C. to sing duets at the inauguration. Among many other tunes, the headliners delivered an..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

The Texas Growth Fund

The Texas Growth Fund is a bipartisan creation.

"...Why does the state of Texas run its own venture-capital business, anyway?..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...in a number of ways, but it plays to the international film community elite. Telluride is film-centric, but it..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Bold and the Beautiful

Young chef / owner Tyson Cole has Uchi right where he -- and probably everyone else -- wants it.

"...restaurants have been sprouting around Austin like mushrooms after the rain. While there are some high-quality sushi restaurants, it..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Roads to Commissioners Court ...

The Chronicle handicaps at the county races.

"...You might think that running for re-election to the Travis County Commissioners Court is harder than it really..."

Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...A play ain't Athena. It doesn't spring full-grown from the brow of its..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Lowdown

Nike does the right thing -- when it's forced to; Monsanto monkeys with Mexico's corn supply; the San Antonio Spurs and SBC stick it to taxpayers.

"...When it comes to the way workers are treated in the global economy, you..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Curse of the Play

"...story in November of 2018. Read that story for the most recent developments in the saga of this cursed..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Facts So Far

"...a 52-mile light rail system, which will, according to the transit authority, take at least until 2018.Why are we..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Gates of the Alamo Reviewed

Mark Busby reviews Stephen Harrigan's The Gates of the Alamo.

"...The Gates of the Alamo: A Novelby Stephen Harrigan..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...An empty space is where it always begins, the empty space of a sheet of paper or parchment,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Inside the Spinning, Whirling World

"...In 1997-98, Dr. Joni L. Jones of the UT Speech Communications Department received a Fulbright fellowship to..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Little Fleshlets, On the Run

"...In my back-pocket black notebook I wrote the date numerically without punctuation: 111999..."

July 23, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

The Great Escape

"...As we skidded back into our driveway and cut the engine after our first dinner at Sardine Rouge, my..."

July 16, 1999 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Art Fun in the Summertime

May

"...organization for committed dramatists. Two plays each night: Lea Matthews/John Walch Thu; C. Francis Blackchild/Amparo Garcia Crow Fri; Paulette..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Making of Olympia

"...Olympia for two reasons: love and money. I loved the filmmakers, I loved the film's characters, and I loved..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Bill Stott

The Texas Gamut

Titles From Texas

"...I was sitting at the kitchen table with coffee in hand and The Essential..."

May 15, 1998 Books Feature

Imagining the Scene

Christopher McCollum on Set Design

"...photograph by Todd V. Wolfson From the outside, the home of set designer Christopher McCollum looks..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Justice's Closet Case

A "Deeper Faith"

"...Gonzalez photograph by Taylor Johnson This crusade is not the justice's first venture into the territory of the religious..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature by Bob Elder

The Ex-Files

"...About two years into my marriage, I walked into the living room of our small apartment and saw my..."

July 5, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

The Connection of Merce Cunningham and John Cage Chance

"...random things are always happening to Chance Harper on the Fox TV show Strange Luck? But by the end..."

Jan. 26, 1996 Arts Feature

The Road to Ruin

US290: We Built It, and Dammit, They're Coming

"...Some Austinites can- not view the towering freeway ramps under construction at the intersection of..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Feature

The Censure of Attention

Coyote Cafe's High Profile Cuisine

"...his Santa Fe-based Coyote Cafe to town last year. The decision of one of America's premier restaurateurs to test..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Food Feature

Touring the Technology Factory

Human Code's Award Winning Multi-Media Mission

"...I have seen the future and you might be interested to know it's..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Screens Feature

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...Wynn was hand-delivered to Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe. The topic was the city's proposed water plant, Water Treatment..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Summer Revival Spirit

Can I Get a Witness?

"...The Paramount Theatre's Summer Film Classics features mostly double bills..."

June 12, 1998 Screens Feature

Toys

"...secrecy. Very little was known in advance about Toys other than that it was Barry Levinson's dream project which..."

Dec. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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