Help Desk

The rise of flaky daters or just an uptick in choosiness? Help Desk takes a look.

"...everyone incredibly flaky? I can't count on two hands the number of times I've taken a girl I met..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Point Austin: A Few Thoughts About Money

What the campaign finance reports say about Austin's politics

"...We're still paging through the latest round of City Council election campaign finance reports,..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Michael King

On Leaving Dove Springs

A meditation on neighborhood, fear, family, and change

"...visit to my parents' house in Dove Springs, my mother showed me the hiding spot: the place where I..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

On My Way

In this road movie, Catherine Deneuve plays a Frenchwoman having an existential crisis on wheels.

"...Directed by: Emmanuelle Bercot. Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nemo Schiffman, Camille Dalmais, Gérard Garouste, Hafsia Herzi..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Food Issue Extra Helpings: 10 Years a Server

The trenches of the service industry are full of lessons

"...Like so many of us, I have had to work service industry jobs..."

Feb. 17, 2014 Food Post by Claire Gordon

GP Crush of the Week: Mikey's Late Night Slice

Mikey's Late Night Slice does the right thing

"...we seldom talk about it, LGBTers are used to the abrasion of the casual hatred. The blowhard in accounting..."

Jan. 2, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Leaping Wizards

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' reunited cast, CM Punk, and 'Walking Dead' fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con

"...Break out the phasers, pack your favorite zombie skull crusher, and grapple..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Kindness of Strangers

Harry Ransom Center restoring Gone With the Wind costumes

"...$30,000 laying around? How about $100, $25, or $10? The Harry Ransom Center, custodian of film producer David O...."

Aug. 11, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Austin Outlaws

host second-round WFA playoff game

"...The Austin Outlaws' playoff journey took a major detour as..."

July 9, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Letters at 3AM: Open Letter to Sharon Doubiago

The reason I can't read Sharon Doubiago's book is that I, like she, was shaped by incest and rape

"...I've owed you a letter and an explanation. My Father's Love: Portrait of the Poet as a Young Girl:..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Many Reasons to Like Public Transportation

"...Editor, People like public transportation for many reasons, not the least of which is because we don't all like..."

Dec. 1, 2009 Postmarks

Chris Bonno

A former Funniest Person in Austin on the comedy life in Los Angeles

"...The saddest thing about the Funniest Person in Austin? That..."

June 19, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Loaves & Two Fish

Here's a picture gallery of the relief effort along the gulf coast.

"...This weekend's trip began Saturday morning at 6am at the Mobile Loaves & Fishes Commissary where dozens of volunteers,..."

Sept. 24, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Suddenly This Summer

HRC grabs some more real estate

"...– although I suppose when you're talking about authors of this stature, no acquisition counts as too small...."

May 14, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Letters @ 3AM

Joe Biden and Chris Dodd rise above the other primary candidates in terms of achievement and hands-on experience in what a president needs to know

"...Most people, even the highly intelligent ones, are incapable of taking seriously any..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Tuber

First place

"...In my son's story, the sun rises and sets without mention. Much of it..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Mark Grayson Mayer

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For

The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

"...When the lights come up, we're face to face with a..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Walk a Mile

The Texas Documentary Tour: Ramona Diaz's 'Imelda'

"...When, with unblinking earnestness and nary a trace of irony, Imelda Marcos tells the camera that "when they..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Page Two

Paying taxes adequate to meet social needs is a necessary hedge against a frightening future

"...out against a state income tax in Texas requires the same amount of courage (though less dexterity) as swatting..."

April 30, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Facts and Fantasies

Think globally, vote locally.

"...up with a column idea for this week, and then it appears in the Statesman. There are lots of..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Daytrips

"...Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch is the place to begin a search for a new pet...."

Aug. 8, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Letters at 3AM

Reflections on how Western civilization lost its moral authority.

"...New York City, where I hoped to see three of my younger siblings (living in a Catholic children's home),..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Confessions of a 'Little House' Lover

Bonnets and braids and pioneer lovin': Christina Smith treks to the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

"...it, and I bet I know why. She's jealous of the neighbor's pup, Laura, also known as Half-Pint. Nellie..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Feature by Christina Smith

The Hightower Report

Reliant CEO Finds Religion; Edison Has the Vapors

"...Like an evangelist exhorting the sinners at a brush arbor revival to come forward,..."

June 21, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

764-HERO, Room 710, Thursday 15

"...There are tip jars everywhere in Austin -- every person..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Instant Classic

Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series

"..."I've always depended on the kindness of strangers" is a very difficult line to..."

May 19, 2000 Screens Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

After a Fashion

The Style Avatar experiences great service at Central Market South and Christmas love in the form of Joan Crawford.

"...THE NEXT BEST GIFT ... Buying fresh flowers on Christmas..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Wasted Days, Wasted Nights

The night in 1974 when Doug Sahm brought Freddy Fender to Soap Creek to play

"...And then there was the night Doug Sahm brought Freddy Fender..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Moore Is Better

"...Most Sundays I set eyes on The New York Times bestseller list and I just want..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Books Review by Marion Winik

Exhibitionism

A Streetcar Named Desire: Half the Magic

"...Planet Theatre through August 23 Running Time: 3 hrs..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Arts Review

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