Ballet Austin: Save the last dance for me

Four of the company's most gifted dancers are taking their leaves after this season's finale

"...cruelly short. You put 10 or 15 years into the profession, and just when you've acquired the experience that..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Forgione's Long Farewell

Superintendant Forgione plans his final year

"...Before Pat Forgione retires as superintendent of the Austin Independent School District on June 30, 2009, he..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Beside the Point

Futrell's City Hall reign comes to a quiet end, while council thinks "affordable" Downtown

"...This is the way the Tobyocracy ends...."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Japanese guitarist Michio Kurihara drops Sunset Notes at Mohawk, Trail of Dead severe ties with Interscope, and Lamberts cooks up new residencies

"...punk outfit Cringer in 1984, which, upon relocation to the Bay Area in the early Nineties, evolved into J..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Beside the Point

Can council seize the reins at City Hall?

"...Afghanistan's beleaguered citizenry as he was with Austin's at the peak of his popularity – just think how long..."

July 20, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Farewell, Intel Shell

Gigantic Downtown symbol of bust-and-boom economy comes down

"...The strange saga of the Intel shell compresses in haikulike..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beside The Point

It may be too late for the sound and fury over the Wal-Mart at Northcross to signify anything

"...(Thursday) City Council wraps up its holiday shopping, plopping the hottest present of the season under its crowded Christmas..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

A Mixed Farewell to ACC's Fonté

ACC President Richard Fonté steps down and reflects on his administration and its discontents

"...President Richard Fonté, it also isn't difficult to find the sound of relief that the Fonté era will soon..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Farewell to 'Mother Rose'

"...Before sunrise on the first day of 2003, Austin lost one of its..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

On the Border's Edge

Drug war reporter Charles Bowden is telling El Paso-Juárez's secrets, one murder at a time.

"...a newspaper in 1990, you would quickly note that the nation was on the brink of a disaster. It..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

A Fiery Farewell for Pato's

A fire started by transients brings an end to Pato's Good Tacos

"...years, Roldan Ramirez went to sleep every night dreading the phone call he received March 5: That a fire..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...The memory of the mythical Austin of yore continues to..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

The Year That Wasn't

"...Political Moments1. Thomas Henderson's Run for Council Gets Short-Circuited. The former Cowboys star and East Austin gadfly was disqualified..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature

At the Top of His Game

Longtime Texas Monthly editor Gregory Curtis calls it quits; deputy editor Evan Smith will succeed him. Louis Dubose, editor of the Texas Observer for 13 years, announces he will retire.

"...As any great athlete will tell you, the best way to finish your career is on top..."

June 9, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

So Long, Farewell...

"...The cast of NBC's ER hanging up their scrubs until..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...this March likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship conference March 6, 2020, in..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...All is quiet on a Sunday morning on the 11 acres of trash-strewn open space formerly called the..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Reason Why

"...From the April 21, 2003 issue of The Nation (www.thenation.com)..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...to die before it kills anything else. Even as these words are being put to page, another vital piece..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

The Year in Books

What New Book Did You Most Enjoy in 1998 and Why?

"...Stuart Wade: Kurt Vonnegut's intentionally unfinished farewell Timequake. Nowhere close to his best work, Timequake is..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Feature

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...pace. Multiplying faster than partridges in pear trees, during the next five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day,..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Standing Around on "The Corner"

My Big Role as a subUrbia Stand-in

"...Behind the saw- horses and police tape, onlookers fidget. A child..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Screens Feature

The Politics of Alliances

An Interview with Zapatista Subcommander Marcos

"...I was in the middle of organizing the Nahualli Festival in Austin, when..."

July 12, 1996 News Feature

George Strait’s Farewell Tour at the Frank Erwin Center

January 10, 2014. 12 photos.

Jan. 13, 2014 Photo Gallery

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2019 Award Finalists

Tarantino, Bong, Scorsese lead nominations

"...The Austin Film Critics Association has announced the finalists in..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Most Read Reviews of 2019

Superheroes, the supernatural, and some Texas faves

"...We write 'em, you read 'em. Every year, the Chronicle's team of reviewers tries to give you their..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel mash-up has a blast

"...Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Lewis Tan, Matthew Macfadyen, Karan Soni, Leslie Uggams, Morena Baccarin, Stefan Kapicic..."

July 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...South by Southwest, you’d probably guess Harry. More exciting, the conference rolls out the red carpet for the Prince..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Christopher Robin

Back to the Hundred Acre Wood in this live-action sequel

"...Like Winnie the Pooh finding his own footprints in the snow, Christopher..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dancing About Architecture

The Warden of the Asylum

"...major label," reflects Monte Warden, "that now that I'm there I don't know what to do with myself." Warden..."

May 8, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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