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The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap
Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan
"...– Invocation at the Sept. 14 LCRA board meeting..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Circling the Hearses
State funeral regulators are dancing to the undertakers' tune – and that's bad news for consumers
"...sound like much – particularly when you consider that the state of Texas will spend about $58 billion this..."

Nov. 5, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Is There a Doctor in the House?
Below the budget storm clouds, plans form for UTMB campus at Mueller
"...The Travis Co. Hospital District board has seen the future..."

Sept. 10, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Station Agent
Award-winning indie favorite shows how human beings form emotional connections – despite their best efforts not to.
"...and Raven Goodwin. Fans of independent movies will recall the actor Peter Dinklage from the first time they saw..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Long Stories Short
The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival
"...hunted Louisiana swamp rats and shagging stuffed animals stretch their life-sized cuddliness across the big screen, how can we..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

The Taste of Summer
The perfect meal, searching for seafood tamales, eating wild strawberries stoned, and more memories of heat and hunger
"...Deviled Eggs, Angelic Eating Not too long ago, I attended a potluck buffet where, as is..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Tweaking the ARA Plan
Seven years after its creation, the Austin Revitalization Authority hopes new revisions to its urban renewal plan can push Eastside redevelopment forward.
"...It's been more than four years since the City Council blessed an ambitious urban-renewal plan designed as..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Do the Tighten Up
'Texas Funk' Spreads the Little-known Gospel
"...Sometimes you have to cross an ocean to find something..."

May 16, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Bringing Down the House
"...Some fine comedy performances bolster this thinly plotted film (the script is by first-timer Jason Filardi). Queen Latifah, who..."

March 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Comforts of Home Cooking
Two Austin schools are teaching the old-fashioned way.
"...Cooking and dining out certainly became the new theatrical entertainment for the turn of the 21st..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin @ Large: The Dunkerley Solution
Betty Dunkerley's "pragmatic" challenge to Beverly Griffith's obstinancy
"...tax hike to bring Austin's rates in line with the rest of urban Texas. Our correspondent reminded us to..."

March 1, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Art of Saving AMOA
Crisis at the Austin Museum of Art: Layoffs, Reorganization, Uncertain Funding
"...The long-awaited Austin Museum of Art project, with more stops..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Luckiest Girl in the World
An interview with Sissy Spacek, inducted into the first annual Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 9.
"...The voice on the phone is girlish and instantly recognizable,..."

March 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Dispatches From the Edge
Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe
"...The Many Loves of Columbinaby I Megalomani..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dispatches From the Edge
Rounding Up the 2001 FronteraFest Long Fringe
"...Going Publicby Austin TheatreWorks..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Dancing the Christmas Spirit
An eight-year-old fan of The Nutcracker has her dream come true when she gets to talk to a choreographer and ballerina -- Ballet Austin's Stephen Mills and Gina Patterson -- about the ballet that helps Christmas feel like Christmas.
"...As a Christmas tradition, my family goes to see the ballet of The Nutcracker. It helps Christmas feel like..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

A Place, a Time, a Memory
The Meaning of Thanksgiving
"...those out?" asks my insatiably curious three-year-old, turning over the tattered paper Thanksgiving figures I'm arranging on the table..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature

Years of the Dead
The Mexico of now, David Garza writes, is not held only within the borders of Mexico itself. It has spread northward, re-entered its old space, in a sense. For so many of the Mexicans, displaced but still infatuated with the idea of spirit and ghost, the nation itself is a ghost in the back of the head.
"...The Years With Laura Díazby Carlos Fuentes translated by Alfred..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Killing the Messenger
Seven years after the ATF's raid on the Branch Davidians' Waco compound, the government continues to blame the media for tipping off the Davidians about the raid while hiding information that tells a different story.
"...The blame game started just after the last body bag..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Whole Woman
The profound underexposure of women among Austin's food luminaries causes one to wonder whether a certain locker-room mentality still prevails in kitchens around the city.
"...his kitchen. As a matter of course, she inquired whether he had many women working in the kitchen. He..."

May 5, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Going Long
Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000
"...The Off Center..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Going Long
Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000
"...The Hideout..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Going Long
Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000
"...One to the Rightby I Megalomani..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Customs of Christmas
Chronicle Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood and food writers Pableaux Johnson, Mick Vann, Wes Marshall, Rebecca Chastenet de Géry, and Barbara Chisholm share their Christmas memories.
"...Waffles, the Cookies, Then Santa Claus Though my mother never prepared..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Last Real Texas Blues Man
Doug Sahm drinks from the jazz wellspring
"...savory ingredient in a zesty musical gumbo that nourished the souls of his devoted fans. It came as a..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Can't-Miss Kid
The Man Behind the W.
"...In retrospect, the March 7 coming-out party further solidified Rove's position as..."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Aleshire the Agitator
Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Limelight
"...have computers with screen saver devices that count down the number of days until Aleshire walks out of the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Odd Couple II
"...Ungar and Oscar Madison (Lemmon and Matthau) are back together. In Neil Simon's original script, they're still the same..."

April 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
"...and Akira Onodera. After a lengthy, 26-year rest, Japan's other giant radioactive reptile is back, and none too soon...."

Sept. 12, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Saint
"...Rade Serbedzija and Valery Nikolaev. This Nineties version of The Saint continues the legend's evolution from the Leslie Charteris..."

April 4, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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