After a Fashion

Last night a hairstylist saved my life... no, really

"...BEYOND THE CALL..."

May 10, 2013 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Traveling Road Show

Archivist Rick Prelinger debuts an interactive ode to America in moving pictures

"...who collects things. Lots of things. Best known as the founder of the Prelinger Archives, a collection of over..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Hightower Report: Incredible Shrinking Democracy

The No. 1 news source in America is full of copycats

"...What's the No. 1 source of news for most Americans? The..."

June 22, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Hightower Report: Abandoning ALEC

Fortune 500 firms are dumping the bill mill left and right

"...The American Legislative Exchange Council is the corporate-financed bill mill..."

June 15, 2012 News Column by Jim Hightower

Food-o-File

Bastrop fires level a much-loved chocolatier

"...We received word last week that the home, retail store, and production facility of Roscar Chocolates..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

West of Here

"...Where has Walt Whitman's America gone? What happened to the days when an unworked plot of land and a..."

March 18, 2011 Books Review by James Renovitch

East Austin Studio Theft

The burglary of an Eastside metal arts studio hurts more than the owners

"...You hate to see artists have the tools they use to make art stolen from them..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

Looking back on Austin food in 2007

"...really is more than that. This past year saw the creations of several fine chocolatiers enter a wider market..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Vetoes and V-22s

Even with Texas Congressional Republicans supporting it, Bush vetoes the SCHIP extension

"...his website. "Waiting for George W. Bush to veto the children's health insurance bill made me think about health..."

Oct. 3, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

McNichol & May: Harking back with style

Bob McNichol & Erika May are among the most literary improvisers in town, each of their spontaneous narratives carried along by the depth of the characters they create

"...duo that also happens to be married." So begins the biographical section of their website: a plain, simple statement..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cue, Friday, April 22 at Emo's

Release me

"...Only the tightest instrumentalists elicit a Pavlovian response from their audience..."

April 22, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

V.B.W. dishes out the scoops

"...enough space for every juicy detail about all of the food items mentioned in this section, and it's time..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Unions Slam Police, Fire Cuts

"...Leaders of the Austin Association of Professional Firefighters and Austin Police Association..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Okkervil River, Stars Too Small to Use (Jound)

Texas Platters

"...(Jound) In this age of syrupy-sensitive singer-songwriters and prettified cookie-cutter country superstars, we tend to forget that folk and..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Coffeeshop Chronicles

"...Neighborhood: Northern Hyde Park Address/Phone: 5011 Duval, 458-4472 Hours: Daily, 8:30am-midnight..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Food Feature

Pennsylvania Dutch Sour Cream Apple Pie

"...Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and cut in..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Food Feature

Chronicle Readers Choose Conans as Their Favorite Pizza in Austin

Local deep-dish pizza institution takes prize as top Pie Fighter

"...As the story goes, Jerry Strader and Scott Leist graduated from..."

July 10, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Four Austin Films to Watch in 2020

From cowboy horror to songs to save your life

"...it can be hard to keep track of all the locally made movies. So here's a handful of the..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

If I Could Only Fly

Covers stylist Tameca Jones steps out into all-originals territory with a huge voice.

"...This could be all your success is. You're at the ceiling. You could just be doing a bunch of..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Make Way for Monarchs

Council’s zoning meeting takes time for butterflies, health care

"...District 6 Council Member Don Zimmerman fired the next salvo in the city budget-cutter wars, proposing that..."

May 19, 2015 News Post by Michael King

'Drawnonward: Jonathan Gruchawka & Mark Leavens'

Decay, distress, and destruction are the themes in the multidisciplinary works by these two artists

"...The show presents installation, paintings, objects, and video of disused..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Review by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Poster Perfect

How Mondo is revolutionizing film art-vertising

"...Recall, if you will, the movie posters that informed your youth. Chances are they..."

July 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Food-o-File

Eat Local Week recap, Central Texas honors, and more delicious news

"...locally based menu items, and we're told that all the events at this year's Eat Local Week attracted larger..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Vive la Résistance

Joshua Long talks about Austin's evolution of weird, from organic to institutionalized

"...In the late 1990s, after I had been in Austin a..."

June 4, 2010 Books Feature by Wells Dunbar

Tea Gets Hot in Austin

Austin's new cup of tea

"...Maybe it's the reported benefits of heart health, cancer prevention, and mental..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Food Feature by Lindsey Goodwin

'LeWitt x 2'

Austin Museum of Art's exhibit is successful in revealing nuances of LeWitt's work, but less so in showing art by his peers

"...Artforum. LeWitt defined conceptual art as art in which "the idea or concept is the most important aspect of..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Review by Rachel Cook

Film News

Legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman on the ropes at Lord's Gym

"...I'd heard whispers through the grapevine that famed documentarian Frederick Wiseman (High School) had..."

July 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Who Will Preside Over Parks?

Austin Parks and Rec searches for a visionary new director

"...ensure a strong pool of candidates. As part of the selection process, citizens were invited in early May to..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by James Scott Bankston

Stuff Your Stockings With Fun

Stocking stuffers for imbibers

"...I live 30 miles from the Cedar Door, so it takes some dedication to get..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Seven Straight Nights to Shine Light on Gay Rights

Straight folk go to bat for queer folk

"...If you're straight and the words "heterosexual ally" haven't yet entered your personal lexicon,..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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