Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"...This column comes with theme music. No, not Christmas music. Hit it, George and..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dialing for Dollar$

Austin radio stations scramble to keep the money flowing in a strange new media world

"...Throw a nickel in the air in a crowded room and odds are it..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Brunch, Dinner, and Dessert Theatre

The drama of the Chez Zee menu

"...When the annual restaurant poll results were tabulated in May, I..."

July 9, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Sunset vs. Goliath

Tiny Sunset Valley defends the aquifer -- but could use a little neighborly help

"...his vintage '79 Ford Bronco and rumbles out of the City Hall parking lot onto Jones Road. We crank..."

Oct. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

Welcome to the "Best of Austin," in what in some ways feels like the worst of times.

"...annual "Best of Austin" issue. We'd like to thank the thousands who voted, as well as the staff members,..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from around Austin and beyond.

"...Quote of the Week: "Treaties make no sense. There is only one..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Daytrips

"...is broken by occasional fields and pastures that tame the wild hills. In such a harsh environment, Art has..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Comin' at Ya!

3-D is back on the big screen -- again.

"...It's a safe bet that awestruck audiences of the 1850s and 1860s, paying their pennies to see stereoscopic..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Ken Lieck

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The mayor-elect faces opportunities and awkward options

"...Last week, a local club bill -- according to the information sent to the Chronicle -- featured three bands..."

May 23, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

True Crime?

Why is the Austin American-Statesman in touch with the lawyers for Holtzbrinck Publishers Holdings and its subsidiary Holt, publisher of the critically acclaimed A Death in Texas?

"...On Valentine's Day, 1999, the Austin American-Statesman printed a story by staff writer Denise..."

June 28, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...done. Even if my pasty-faced family had ever braved the hot sun and the bright colors of Florida, we..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

A Sense of Place

The focus on regional studies at Southwest Texas State University pays off with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

"...Two years ago, Mark Busby was looking forward to the day his Center for the Study of the Southwest..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

A Boone to Austin Theatre

In 10 years of leading Frontera productions, Vicky Boone has touched many lives and changed the community.

"...Okay, time to play the It's a Wonderful Life game: What would the last..."

May 4, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

The council approves a requirement that all matters coming to a vote include a note detailing their financial impact; Austin Energy's "competitive matters" resolution, which would keep some business matters secret, angers some local activists.

"...it goes -- in fact, it's more or less the way the system works now, though it's never been..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Mapping Calle Ancha

The Avenue That Existed Before That Big Parking Lot in the Sky, I-35, Was Built

"...La Calle Ancha -- "the wide street" -- isn't among Austin's high-profile streets and..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"..."There is a separate ballet that's going on behind the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Mary Karr Reviewed

"...Home, in the twentieth century, is less where your heart is, than..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature

Gray Matter

Milkshake Media's Katherine Jones was trained in medical illustration -- but with her work on Fight Club and The Cell, she got a lesson in Hollywood.

"...It was like a first date. The same nervousness, the same silent judgment, the same forced..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

It Takes Two

Asking local musical couples what it's like to do everything together

"..."O my Luve's like the melodie, that's sweetly played in tune" -- Robert Burns,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Home for Heroes (and Others)

Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

"...The two-story building on Congress Avenue now known as The..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Phil West

Zoot Suits

In a time when upscale restaurants most often crop up in high-traffic areas or clamoring urban districts, Zoot, a nine-year-old stalwart of the Austin scene, thrives on a sense of quiet seclusion and implied formality.

"...The atmosphere at near-West Austin's Zoot is somewhat atypical of..."

June 9, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

A Time of Recognition

An excerpt from John Cale's new autobiography, What's Welsh for Zen?

"...Awards, a heartfelt South by Southwest panel dedicated to the same, an attendant SXSW 2000 showcase, and two booksignings..."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Victor Bockris

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...San Diego has one of America's finest harbors. It's the largest U.S. city that touches the Mexican border. And..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Drinking and Shrieking

This local Web site is dragging Austin clubs online and into the spotlight.

"..."There's a lot of really good bands in Austin that..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Country of Exiles?

Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life

"...Pantheon Books, $24 hard..."

July 9, 1999 Books Review

Canis Interruptus

The Applicants

"...after her allocation session. Odeluga applied for $10,000 from the Mixed Arts panel for her video project Poetic Healings...."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

Salome: Under the Veils, No Heart

"...The Yard at The Vortex Through May 22 Running time:..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Review

Unfolding Drama

"...photograph by John Anderson The Clay Pit..."

April 30, 1999 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...More book than box per se, The Disco Box, compiled by Billboard and A&R veteran Brian..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk

"...In viewing the events intended to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Feature

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