Point Austin: High Tuition

As the centex toll plan moves forward, Austin becomes a reluctant stepchild

"...Council last week, as Brewster McCracken proposed to have the city do what the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization..."

March 11, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: They Toll for Thee

Behind the toll battle is a long and bumpy road to the same old place

"...Well, it may be time to get out while the getting is still good...."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Column by Michael King

TV Eye

Sanitized for your protection

"...This from the "don't get me started" files...."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Come Out and Play

Has Austin – or anywhere else – ever seen anything like Cinemania weekend?

"...NOTICE: As the Chronicle was being distributed Thursday morning, Emo's and the..."

May 28, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Stratus 2003: Make Way for HEB

Neighborhood negotiations go much better for Stratus the second time around.

"...When Stratus Properties officials began pitching their plan for a new HEB development to environmentalists and..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Fusion Confusion

The menu at Zin is a masterpiece, but what about the meals?

"...between tables with colorful platters of artfully arranged food. They deftly whisked away unused glasses and replaced dirty flatware...."

July 25, 2003 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Post-Minstrel Syndrome

Blackface Is a white fantasy about the way things used to be

"...That's how the freshly minted placard on the shed door read as..."

June 20, 2003 Arts Feature by Verushka Gray

Long May You Run

Previewing the 2002-2003 Austin Music Awards.

"...To recap: The last couple of years have been as kind to..."

March 7, 2003 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

TV Eye

Film actors take flight for the small screen.

"...It used to be that moving from the big screen to the TV screen was a sign..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Austin @ Large: End Games

The end of the Watson Era, Slusher's predicament, and corrected Austin demographics

"...in December, Kirk Watson will only preside over, at the most, three more council meetings, each one filled with..."

Oct. 19, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...someone scribbling notes in front of your house in the next few weeks, don't call the police. It might..."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

A Place, a Time, a Memory

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

"...Catalunya, for centuries a proud autonomous kingdom, and now the northeastern province of Spain. By a quirk of great..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

Not Boxed In

Although filmmaker Carlos Avila grew up in Echo Park, only 10 miles from Hollywood, it couldn't have seemed farther away. With Price of Glory, Avila has finally arrived.

"...Avila. After all, he grew up in East L.A., the veritable Mexican-American/Chicano homeland -- if you believe the few..."

March 31, 2000 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Double Take

Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice

"...Noriega are both eligible for freedom this year. With the release of the Showtime movie Noriega: God's Favorite and..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Naked City

Capital Metro works to secure federal funding and a "recommended" ranking for its light-rail proposals, to be voted on in November.

"...As the Capital Metro board has wrestled with when to take..."

Feb. 25, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Exhibitionism

The Mystery of Irma Vep: Summer Camp

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center's Kleberg Stage..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Arts Review

Postmarks

Don't Blame the Movies

"...letter in last week's Chronicle [Vol. 18, No. 38]. The question was, "How many teens are going to become..."

May 28, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

Ode To the Year Formerly Known as 1998

"...So opens Prince's well-known party anthem "1999," a song born to a destiny far beyond..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Coming of Age

Earth Share Grows Greener Through Payroll Deductions

"...to work. In 1992, Cofer and a handful of others launched a fundraising project based on the idea that..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Heavy Pedal

Will City's Bike Plan Ever Hit the Road?

"...Texas is a wide open state. From the comfort of your car, you answer the call of..."

May 15, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...City election officials are bracing themselves for yet another low turnout Saturday as voters decide..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature

Growing Up in Public

Richard Linklater's Road to The Newton Boys

"...Richard Linklater on the set of The Newton Boys photograph by Clark Walker..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Good Games for Adventurous Imaginations

Away From the Computer Screen and Back to the Table

"...No one in adventure gaming likes the term "adventure gaming" much, but this has become the..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Coach's Corner

"...spent so much time lately listening to strangers on the television screen that they've become part of my extended..."

May 30, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...The room is dark, eerily illuminated with blues, reds, oranges,..."

May 23, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Alternative Signals

UT Student-run KVR-TV

"...KVR-TV photograph by John Anderson After hauling and assembling their heavy camera gear to the Erwin Center, a student..."

May 9, 1997 Screens Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Dancing About Architecture

'Twas the Season...

"...Whoosh! What a year! Bands failed, clubowners found their existence increasingly difficult, and the music scene in general..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Column

Curriculum II: America Is an Artist

Letters at 3AM

"...illustration by A.J. Garces Some thoughts about the election before this column really begins:..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

Country Doctor

The Pickin' Singin' Professor, Rod Moag

"...I'm not the kind of scholar who likes spending endless hours in..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Hard to Be Fragile

The Essence of Abra Moore

"...I like to reach up, grab the essence, and run with it," says Abra Moore, grabbing..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Music Feature

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