Page Two: The Never-Ending Story

Checking out of politics, checking in with the press

"...[Note: Two editing errors that appeared in the originally published version of this column have been corrected..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Night of the Rookies

Texas Rollergirls kick off 2010 season with new lineups and a special whistle blower

"...as good as his word last night and blew the first whistle on the first bout of the first..."

March 1, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Bottom Line on Health Care

Congress needs to act for universal health care

"...The latest outrage percolating through the right-wing noise machine –..."

July 31, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"..."Good morning," she says, flashing me a smile, setting the container on the box-office counter. "We're going to have..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Big 12 South Ain't Nothing to Mess With

Texas Tech, Texas, and Oklahoma are all ranked in the Top 5 and have a shot at the National Championship

"...The Big 12 South is currently the toughest conference in..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Sports Post by Justin Sanders

Solid Waste: Who's Driving the Train?

City staff's landfill-expansion decision has violated – at least in the spirit – a resolution passed by council. Now everybody wants to know why.

"...City staff, the citizen's Solid Waste Advis­ory Commission, and the city manager's..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"..."Most of the women were bleeding from their anuses after two days,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Pecan Street Project

Austin and AE form high tech partnership for the next big challenge in clean energy

"...Can the city of Austin become a savior of the nation's..."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Chronicle had..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Beautiful Game

The scene at Fado's was a madhouse for the Champions League Final

"...The Champions League Final...."

May 23, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Arthouse: A design worth the wait

After nine years, Arthouse is ready to complete the renovation of its two-story headquarters at 700 Congress

"...For nine years, we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and this week Arthouse finally..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Daniel Lanois and the Improbabilities of Sound

"...Daniel Lanois is missing. It’s Tuesday before the start of SXSW, and Lanois’ manager is standing uneasily..."

March 20, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Ministering to the Dead

A death row chaplain has a change of heart in At the Death House Door

"...If there is such a thing as a typical convenience-store killing,..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

More Than Something Hanging on the Wall

Robert Bonar on the Dell Children's collection

"...The most prominent work of art in the modestly cluttered..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...fewer star in this year's constellation of fall events. The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, the experimental festival lauded..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Next Next

Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing

"...In the fifth novel of Jasper Fforde's series starring Thursday Next,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Beside the Point

Protecting the Furnishings; and Black's Abacus

"...council meeting last week, Cole made a presentation on the benefits of building the long-delayed Waller Creek tunnel Downtown...."

March 16, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

10 Pounds of Blue Horseshoes in an 8-Pound Game, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'the Best of You'

"...I witnessed Super Bowl XLI – although one of the doctors is a New England Patriots fan, the hated..."

Feb. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Page Two: Earth, Stones, and Thorns of the Wild Ground Growing

The poetry of the right-wing soul: an appreciation

"...need," as Gram Parsons prayed, I often just want quiet and coolness: a state such that, even with eyes..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Island of Dr. Ersek

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

"...If there was ever a perfect man for a perfect moment..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Change in the Weather

A different kind of summer for the city arts funding process

"...and a similarly protracted string of blistering attacks on the city's Cultural Contracts program. In years past, the panels..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Book on Lance Letscher

What lies behind the buzz of Austin's hot collage artist

"...than buzz going on; he has mystique workin', too. The buzz comes from Letscher's art: poetic collages concocted from..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

The Assimilated Appetite

Does Thai Tara aim to please the American palate at the expense of traditional tastes?

"...One of the things I enjoy most about Thai food is the..."

June 25, 2004 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

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

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Think of the word "biology."..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

The Dinertainment Dilemma

Can Kobe Japanese Steakhouse find a balance between the food and the fun?

"...Kobe Japanese Steakhouse is a teppanyaki restaurant, of which the most famous example is Benihana. These places are aimed..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Born on the Fourth of July

Explosions in the Sky are blowing up. (Sorry, we resisted the pun as long as we could.)

"...A surge of lightning flickers as thunder cracks above the rumble of molten lava...."

Oct. 24, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Where the Wild Things Star

'Secondhand Lions' is only the latest production in which Bobbi Colorado-trained beasts play a part.

"..."They say never work with kids or animals, so we..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

No Quiet on the Eastern Front

The choice for Place 2 presents two approaches to Eastside issues.

"...of his two opponents. Fernandez was dropping out of the race, he said, even though the legal deadline to..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Food on the Fly

Airport food isn't the same as airline food, especially at Austin-Bergstrom.

"...for so long that it's beyond cliché. And yet, the diminishment of in-flight food service, resulting from airlines' economic..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

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