The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...this instance, is a good thing. Festival Hill represents the value of the arts. It's a place where the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

The Trees

Online music trading that "leaves" the RIAA and music industry in the underbrush.

"...and a basic lesson of biology: Trees grow from the ground. Branches grow from the tree trunks. Leaves grow..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Adiós! Don't Let the Door ...

A Quick Roundup of the Best and the Worst of the 78th Lege

"...Monday at the Lege was Sine Die -- that's Latin for "Run..."

June 6, 2003 News Feature

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...Heading into the forest of Oz, Dorothy Gale and her companions on..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Player

With Adventures of a No Name Actor, a comic memoir of his adventures in the screen trade, anonymous player Marco Perella is finding literary stardom.

"...ear with a celery stalk -- okay now freeze there, because there's a story behind that ......"

July 6, 2001 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...especially now, when it's not even necessary to leave the house for groceries. But for someone who must have..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Jarmusch's film is a tone poem about a contemporary hitman nicknamed Ghost Dog (Whitaker), who is steeped in the code of the ancient Japanese samurai.

"...Directed by: Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Isaach De Bankolé, Henry Silva, Cliff..."

March 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short of the Bend

The Travis Room at the Lakeway Inn

"...When the Chronicle food writers toured the lake area for a..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Into the Pink

Interview With Filmmaker and Novelist Gus Van Sant

"...is full of surprises. Who could have imagined that the director of such outre films as Drugstore Cowboy and..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

The 'Shroom Boom

Fall Is the Time for Wild Fungus Fun

"...but no matter how hard we try to cast them in a more favorable "vegetable" light, mushrooms remain a..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

The Year That Slipped Away

The 6,000 Albums of 1995

"...I dreamt that Mick Jagger died. I was, pardon the pun, shattered. I couldn't believe it, and I spent..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Music Feature

ECSD Plays Musical Chairs, but the Music Never Stops

Environmental Shuffle

"...The City of Austin..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Slow Dying of Johnston High

State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival

"...The night Austin state Sen. Kirk Watson urged the community..."

Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...Austinites as a strange, upmarket interloper, more suited for the tonier districts of Dallas or Houston. But if the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen

Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?

"...Georges Melies never saw the Apollo astronauts tee off on the moon, but the..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sherwood Forest Faire

February 23, 2013. 32 photos.

"...The fourth annual Sherwood Forest Faire, open weekends through March..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery

From Navy Veteran to L.A. Motorcyclist to Austin Food Forest Guy

Neil Brosig starts a YouTube Channel, joins forces with Apis

"...Brosig was planting and maintaining a Central Texas food forest – two, actually – he was in the Navy..."

April 17, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Council: The Anti-Immigrant Immigrant Commissioner

Council's zoning meeting may get a bit distracted

"...– a 32-Item agenda focusing primarily on zoning cases. There will be at least a few that might draw..."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Green on the Go

For Austin Green Art, every day is Earth Day – or eARTh Day

"...mention worldwide, Jewart and Austin Green Art are on the move as well...."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Building an Ecosystem at Bouldin Food Forest

Ben McConnell talks about putting permaculture into practice at his farm

"...In 2015, Ben McConnell planted a forest in his front yard in Bouldin Creek. "It was..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Day Trips: Pine Forest Golf Club

Old Bastrop golf course gets a new shine

"...Pine Forest Golf Club in Bastrop wants golfers to give the..."

April 12, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Watchers

Dakota Fanning stars as an artist who becomes trapped in an Irish forest and is preyed upon by mysterious creatures

"...In her directorial debut, Ishana Night Shyamalan gets into the family business of supernatural horror. Dakota Fanning stars as..."

June 7, 2024 Movie Review

9th Annual Sherwood Forest Faire

"...The Sherwood Forest Faire in McDade, Texas, has been transporting..."

April 5, 2018 Photo Gallery

Is BCP Still for the Birds?

Ongoing disagreement over the appropriate balance between public access and endangered species protection on Western Travis County's Balcones Canyonlands Preserve comes to a head

"...Ongoing disagreement over the appropriate balance between public access and endangered species protection..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Seeing the Fusebox Festival Without Reservations

Tickets to some shows have been snapped up, but there’s still plenty of electric Fusebox action available

"...The one big drawback to doing things that are free..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Living on the Edge

"...One of the ironies of the birds-vs.-bikes debate on Forest Ridge is..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Summer Fun Playlist: Forget the Piñatas

"...Public Enemy and Black Sabbath cover albums, ATX guitar heathens low-ride woozy Latino funk-n-soul, both vocally (Spanish transport "Nain")..."

May 29, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Quote of the Week

"...– Rebecca Forest, Council Member Don Zimmerman's nominee to the city's Commission..."

April 17, 2015 News Column

Terrible Forest Fires May Be Coming

"...bit of news that I think shouldn't be ignored. The somewhat cool, nice, global warming weather has created a..."

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