Chapter 5: An Ongoing Odyssey

Twenty years of The Austin Chronicle: the final chapter and coda

"...Austin: Look around you...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Who You Gonna Call?

Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development

"...up short. "You wade so far out where you can't get back to the shore, but you can't push..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Day Trips

Eat barbecue for breakfast at Zimmerhanzel's BBQ in Smithville.

"...Zimmerhanzel's BBQ occupies a small, red tin building between the Colorado River and the historic business..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Alfred A Leuchter Jr., aren't due to arrive on Austin screens until February. In the meantime, you might keep..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Hot Butts!

"...Surfers' big U.S. tour kickoff last Thursday at the Austin Music Hall. I knew that Paul Leary's mother was..."

June 21, 1996 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Conversation with Stephen Harrigan Telling Ghost Stories

"...Monte Carlo. For those of us who are always letting our subscriptions to Texas Monthly lapse, we can be..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature by Robin Bradford

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...is interviewing her elders in the shade of a pecan tree in Chicano Park. The interviewees arrive single or..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Public Notice: Which CAMP Are You In?

Privatizers launch new strategy for school board elections

"...reason the privatizing camp is so hot for standardized testing, including Texas' new widely decried A-F Accountability System. The..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

After Intimidation, Pro-Palestine Students File Civil Rights Complaint

PSC students have filed a formal complaint with the university

"...Twelve students of the Palestine Solidar­ity Committee at UT-Austin sought to deliver a two-minute..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

My Dove Springs ... and Ours

What life in 'the 44' says about the two worlds of Austin

"...toys, grills, and, often, stray potato chip bags, beer cans, plastic bottles, and occasionally larger piles of debris, used..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the state, and beyond

"...formed "community action group" Design Voice, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects-Aus­tin, HousingWorks Austin, and Real Commun­ity Austin,..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Postmarks

"Alex Jones is to patriotism ... what hot dogs are to meat."

"...10 minutes is that they have a hard time contemplating, much less accepting, the basic message that Alex puts..."

July 21, 2000 Column

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...band that he puts into scrubbin' dishes, we'd be fartin' through silk. But he'd rather do dishes."..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...touched the lives of just about everyone in the Austin theatre community. If you lived here during the past..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

Nine Essential Albums From Willie Nelson’s 90 Years

Wishing the Texas outlaw icon a Willie nice birthday

"...Ninety years later, we can forgive the Texas country giant for opting to celebrate..."

April 28, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Changes Everything: Austin Witnesses to Sex Pistols' Chaotic Randy's Rodeo Show Go Home and Start Bands

UK instigators blow the roof off San Antonio dance hall in Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...crazy, life-altering concert. Chapter 4, Part 2, of the “Austin Punk Chronicles” zeros in on the Sex Pistols performance..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

A DIY Approach to Helping the Unhoused Pays Off at Camp Esperanza

No funding? No resources? No problem.

"...be the catalyst that's going to lead them to getting a driver's license, opening a bank account, and all..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin's Growing Venezuelan Population Showcases Its Diverse Cuisine

Four food trucks prove to be more than arepas

"...the week on a blazing summer day in COVID-era Austin, and the Burnet Road food truck park has never..."

July 17, 2020 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Mill Scale Metalworks Handcrafts Barbecue Smokers of the Stars

Appreciating the artistry in steel – and smoked meats – is part of their business model

"...Johnson are producing work so far beyond the thin tin jobs at Home Depot that it's almost a travesty..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Feature by Rod Machen

An “Awesome First Year” for Austin's Office of Police Oversight

OPO fields more than 800 incoming contacts – comments, complaints, and kudos – in 2019

"...incoming contacts – comments, complaints, and kudos – from Austinites regarding their experience with the Austin Police Department. Those..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Duality of Southwest Key

An East Austin nonprofit in the immigration debate

"...adorns the side of South­west Key's headquarters in East Aus­tin. A yellow-canopied playground sits on the opposite end of..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...the "compact and connected" city idealized in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. But CodeNEXT is not the code itself...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Spatula City Limits

Austin music journeys to the desert – and you're not invited

"...There's a secret tradition amongst a certain sect of Austin musicians and venue workers. In late March, after the..."

April 6, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sheriff Sally Hernandez Continues to Do "What’s Right"

Besieged by the state GOP, Hernandez shows no sign of backing down from her immigration policies

"...circle, today the Travis County sher­iff finds herself fearlessly fighting to ensure local families – who've secured shelter in..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Oral History of Austin Beerworks

How the local brewery became the heir to the aluminum throne

"...As far as plucky hometown breweries go, Austin Beerworks might be the pluckiest. From the shoestrings that..."

March 10, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Medicaid Patients Face a Future Without Planned Parenthood

“I don’t know where I would go”

"...transferred to a group home when she moved to Austin. The 20-year-old Medicaid recipient needed birth control, but as..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...Last Saturday, Dec. 12, Austin was weird – even weirder than usual...."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

All or Nothing

Ian McLagan: Small Face, Face, auxiliary Rolling Stone, A-list sideman, Austinite

"...The British punk troubadour is on the phone from the UK, reminiscing about the 10 years he..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...and at night, the faint lights of San Antonio can be seen far to the southeast...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4     NEXT ›    4 »