Austin's Energy Independence Challenge

A national contest to be the first city to generate 50% of its energy using renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass is under way, and Austin wants to win

"...Wednesday evening, Mayor Will Wynn accepted on behalf of the city the Energy Freedom Challenge: America's Race to Independence..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Green Energy Stars Get Their Props

Companies and utilities recognized for commitment to renewable energy

"...taken center stage, oiled up, and flexed its green energy muscles before a national audience. Only now, an increasingly..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Texas Faith and Freedom

Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her resignation,..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Juno Temple, Matthew Modine and Cillian Murphy...."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...Michel Jaroschy touched the lives of just about everyone in the Austin theatre..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

From the Archives: Linklater on Linklater

Our 1991 self-interview by the Slacker filmmaker

"..."Austin has the highest per capita ratio of wonderful people and the..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Linklater

Walking the Lege

With two weeks left, the 80th runs into foul weather

"...If Monday night's hailstorm in the House can serve as a long-range forecast, look for..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Rick Perry vs. the EPA

Which is the bigger danger, climate change or our governor?

"...and Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced Feb. 16 that the state of Texas is taking legal action in the..."

Feb. 16, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

How the GOP Ended up With a Rape Problem

It's not just Todd Akin: Republicans reveal their radical mainstream

"...Missouri US Senate candidate Todd Akin has done the GOP one favor: He has distracted the press from..."

Aug. 26, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...Everyone remembers their first time, right? How old you were, where you..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...cover photograph by Bruce Dye The road to Colonus was neither short nor easy, not..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Work Matters

A look back at some of our most impactful reporting

"...There's always been news in this newspaper. We used to..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

2019 Tribfest Takes Politics to the Streets

All eyes on Texas

"...The ninth annual Texas Tribune Festival is this weekend in..."

Sept. 27, 2019 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

Chief Priest of the Shrine

The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.

"...Anikulapo-Kuti's funeral procession to make its way to Ikeja, the working-class district of Nigeria's metropolis Lagos and center of..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Global Warming Treaty Update

While the international community and some U.S. cities embrace the Kyoto Protocol, the Bush administration resists, in typical assbackwards fashion

"...and amid a slew of newly released studies detailing the disastrous implications of a warming planet, many industrialized nations..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

P.G. Moreno Can’t Get Enough “Adventurous Music” and Austin’s More Interesting For It

Epistrophy Arts leader talks past, present, and holy grail bookings

"...Having weathered the ubiquitous pandemic hiatus, local improvised music advocates Epistrophy..."

Aug. 29, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

GOP Can't Greenwash TRM-PAC 2.0

Ballot manipulation plots exposed

"...There were electoral shockwaves on Thursday when Judge John Dietz..."

June 26, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...of Austin's movers and shakers did last year at the Headliners Club – and you may come away convinced..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived, with big features like..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week"This has shown me, and it should show us..."

Sept. 16, 2005 News Feature

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...labor, immigrant, environmental, disability, and social justice advocates outside the JW Marriott Hotel Downtown on Wed., Aug. 14. "Hey,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...I'm just now getting around to accessing the Chron via the Internet in the Balkans, where I've..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in every year. If..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

"...I am enclosing a copy of Proposition 1, the campaign finance reform amendment, since you keep getting it..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Postmarks

DeWitty Center Helpful

"...article on job search training centers, you mentioned that the DeWitty Center is ineffective and invisible. I respectfully request..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column

Public Citizen Tom “Smitty” Smith Looks Back on a Life Well Lived

The man in the white hat's relentless hard work and willed optimism

"...The appearance of Public Citizen Execu­tive Director Tom Smith at..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "My family and I are deeply sorry for..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

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