Mayor's Book Club Titles Announced

Citywide reading campaign honors two National Book Award finalists

"...two finalists for the National Book Award: The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk..."

March 1, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

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"...names, and the people roll over and accept it. These propositions will cripple the city of Austin. Funny enough,..."

April 21, 2006 Column

Real Life Rat Tales

Carol Brorson consults the experts to get to the roof of Austin's rat problem.

"...like to plant gardens, keep compost piles, and feed birds...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

311 Story in Error

"...are TABC-certified. We do not appreciate the Chronicle making these untrue remarks without checking with the owners of the..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

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"...in Proposition 2, which is affecting the coverage issue. These are the voters, patronized and chided at once, by..."

April 7, 2006 Column

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"...Dog Park," Feb. 22]. Though I can sympathize with these feelings, and have no wish to see our police..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...tell. Perhaps you've encountered the native predator on a walk, or looked outside your living room to see one..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Letters at 3AM

Are the Panhandle's many roadside monuments to Christ testaments of faith or unadmitted doubt, or some of both?

"...(or, as Caroline Casey says, his "kin-dom"). I find these humble statues a sweet relief from the bombast that..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

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"...underhanded as they were when Richard Nixon was around. These Pharisees are relying on the ignorance and indifference of..."

July 11, 2003 Column

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...journeyman's path as a rhythm stringer for the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the age of 18. Soon thereafter, in 1992,..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

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United Way Clarifies

"...previews its contents, and it is not until you walk into the building that it becomes apparent what is..."

June 12, 1998 Column

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...Steve Earle's Dukes and Duchesses. Following up 2012 debut Birds Fly South, the native Texans release Good Luck Charm..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

'Better This Way'

The first-place story

"...shut off. Again. I grabbed your monkey wrench and walked to the curb and lifted the lid from the..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Naked City

Big events such as concerts and fun runs may soon disappear from Auditorium Shores.

"...big concerts of old such as Aquafest and the T-Birds Riverfest (those two formerly endangered species are now extinct,..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Lee Nichols

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...true farmers who can cook with sorghum and leatherwork. Walk-in registration is still being accepted for some day camps;..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...enormously challenging film is that writer/director Todd Haynes leaves these critical decisions to the viewer. The information he provides..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

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Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...human amusements, it was home to any number of birds and game fish, including bass...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Family Flight

Will AISD abandon its shrinking schools?

"...in 1936; the grandparents of many current students themselves walked to Becker beneath the oaks of Bouldin Creek. Becker..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

I'd Much Rather Be With the Girls

What a box set should be:'One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found'

"...Girl Group Sounds crosses the ocean to bring Brit birds such as Lulu, Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black, Julie Driscoll,..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...vines and thorny vines and poison ivy and the birds ... I fuckin' love all that stuff!" he says,..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Revolution of Spirit

Ritual jazz theatre pioneer Sharon Bridgforth premieres a new work, her last in Austin

"...places where rivers pour into the ocean. Light blurs, birds congregate, and things change. The South is full of..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young

Tuber

First place

"...in a forest, but we hear nothing of the birds or streams. The characters are boys, young enough to..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Books Feature by Mark Grayson Mayer

Are You Experienced?

In a new ad campaign, the Blanton redefines 'art,' raising questions about what it means

"..."Experience" has become a big word these days. The common understanding of the word has something..."

June 30, 2006 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 22-28

"...worth of insults at my skull, and I will walk away without even a hint of a concussion. I..."

July 22, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...encourages their leadership. Women in Blue follows three of these police officers as each try in their own way,..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Second night SXSW handicapping

"...of Steve Earle's Dukes and Duchesses, but also with Birds Fly South, their beautifully crafted and intensely melodic debut..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

The Art of the Business of Art

Gallery owners David Berman, Wally Workman, and Steve Clark talk about their lives promoting artists and selling art

"...artist who is selling work and one who isn't. These men and women are promoters and facilitators, but most..."

July 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

'Natural Capitalism' in the Hills

The Crossings' earth- and economy-friendly integration into the Hill Country really is something to feel good about.

"...sued over losing their property rights to some damn birds and predicted nothing good could happen. And they have,..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Basics, With Bogart

"...Nine people walk across the studio floor. Their paths are individual, random;..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Hikes and the Trials of a Fledgling Trailgoer

We got lost, wet, and mildly injured so you don’t have to

"...With these words of encouragement, I set out with exactly no..."

April 15, 2023 Sports Post by Joelle DiPaolo

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