The Substance of Fire

"...Roger Rees. Uncompromising. Not a word one hears that often nowadays, except in reference to multinational corporations and superstar..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...What fills the holes dug by lies; what breeds in dank silence;..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Point Austin: In the Shadow of the Capitol

Council approves its latest budget with the Lege over its shoulder

"...City Council members surprised themselves Tuesday, with an audible sense of satisfaction, by concluding..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Lake of Fire

Meat Puppets, Chapter 3: Curt and Cris Kirkwood, reunited, and it feels so good

"...You can run, but you'll never get away from the smell of the garbage. And there's crap on your..."

July 20, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

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

Scene of the Crime

Revisiting the yogurt shop murders: A cold case reconsideration of the 1991 crime points away from the prosecution's assumptions and conclusions

"...deliver big news. Ten years after city and county officials gathered to announce that they'd found the four men..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Details on Would-Be Bombing of Women's Clinic

APD delivers details of bomb-squad's call to Austin Women’s Health Center.

"...From the Austin Police Department's Public Information Office: LOCAL AND FEDERAL..."

April 26, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Luv Doc: What's Right With the World

Even the prettiest of trophies get dusty eventually

"...to give up. When I finally do meet guys, they only bear a mild resemblance to the person in..."

May 6, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Critic vs. Blogger Myth

Or: Why Critics Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Web

"...In the Music issue of the Oxford American, former No Depression..."

March 25, 2009 Music Post by Doug Freeman

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...if you guys were naming this article, what would the headline be?..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Juggling Fire

Stroke survivor Alex Lemon chronicles the hard times in his memoir, Happy

"...The title of Alex Lemon's new memoir – Happy –..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Books Feature by Michael King

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...Epitome of tragedy and triumph, Sub­lime's eponymous third album became a..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...film. Now Wes Anderson's new star-studded canine animation Isle of Dogs will be the top to its tail as..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Beyond Fire and Fury

Trump's White House follies obscure a deeper trail of corruption

"...I haven't yet read the hot new D.C. White House exposé, Michael Wolff's Fire..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Column by Michael King

The Other Kirk Watch

Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk returns home to Austin to pitch his senate bid … and inadvertently "retires" Glen Maxey.

"...The other Mayor Kirk -- Austin homeboy Ron Kirk, now..."

Oct. 26, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Austin at Large: City Hall’s Game of Threes

Spencer Cronk quizzes the Council to win a new land use code!

"...When I was away from my desk here at the Chronicle (for about 12 years), I learned that smart..."

March 22, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

What the Hell Happened at Austinist?

Local site dramatically changes direction after NYC overhaul

"...that started in 2005 an “institution,” but Austinist – the scrappy group blog started that year by Ben Brown..."

June 14, 2013 Screens Post by Dan Solomon

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...At their April 20 work session, the members of the Austin..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars

Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place

"...From 2011 to 2019, the city of Austin paid $8 million in settlements to..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...Most people, when filling out a job application, accentuate the positive. The internship you spent getting your boss coffee..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

The Yassine Sixth Street Noir

Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side

"...March 22 was a slow day on the News desk. This was Austin in campaign season, not..."

May 18, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Forest for the Trees

The Austin Arts Commission has never been a model of bureaucratic efficiency, but this year it seems to have become a big cliché in action, a body so focused on procedure and minutiae and the concerns of the moment that it can't see the forest for the trees. It's compounding the problems in Austin's profoundly flawed public arts funding system and demonstrating just how poorly that process serves not only the city's artists but all its citizens.

"...When people can't even get a good jump on the agenda without quibbling over something totally unrelated to the..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Beside the Point

The Tobyocracy's diaspora continues

"...The Tobyocracy's diaspora continues...."

May 16, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...First, the good news...."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Off the Record

Surveying the aftermath from the Red River shootout outside Spiros

"..."Our entrance was literally bulletproof," Spiros general manager Josh Cisneros told the Chronicle in..."

June 5, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Council: The Numbers Game

Tumbling evermore into the budget

"...There's no City Council meeting this week – the next..."

May 26, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Can’t Convict the Defendant? Convict the Judge.

Chief judge defends Burkhalter firing

"...February, Chief Administrative Law Judge Lesli G. Ginn demanded the resignation "in lieu of termination" of ALJ Hunter Burkhalter,..."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...The Chronicle editorial board (consisting of the News staff and..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

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