Book Reviews

Winter's Tales

"...into this tradition. His stance toward his subject seems accidentally postmodern: He knows a problematic nostalgia for some pure..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

Italia With & Without

Week One: The Tour

"...in warm colors, are laid out vertically rather than horizontally. There is one main street, leading to one main..."

May 28, 1999 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW Says...

"...reminds me, mark your TV Guide for next Tuesday's installment of Naked Nashville on Bravo, featuring Dale Watson. Actually,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Column

Our Murals, Ourselves

"...since, Austin's communal and creative spirit has exploded, not coincidentally pushing mural art into the fore. In fact, not..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Character Generator

Why Tom Parker Never Looks the Same Way Twice

"...as the coldly pragmatic explorer Roald Amundsen in Ted Tally's Terra Nova, the fussy, mercurial title character in Ronald..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Eric's World

The Many Fanastic Colors of

"...Eric Johnson's beige stone house is dwarfed by the tall trees that tower above it. Against their late-summer, matte-green..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Living in Art

Nathan Jensen Creates New Frontiers

"...later, Jensen was taking the man - nine feet tall and painted - to its new home, the Schatz..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

The Newbie’s Guide to Green Spaces in Austin

Discover these iconic parks and outdoor spaces

"...the site. An annual highlight is the summer art installation called The Woodland Faerie Trail. Along a collection of..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Chronolog Post by Jasmine Iman Wright

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 1

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 4-8

"...Ghosts, Murder, and Mayhem Walking Tour Take a stroll into Austin's past and follow..."

July 4, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Norwood Trial: Setting the Scene of the Crime

Testimony began Tuesday in long-awaited murder trial

"...Ohio. She’s the one who said she saw someone walking away from the direction of Baker’s house shortly after..."

Sept. 14, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Local Game Poems

Big things come in small interactions

"...games (see That Dragon, Cancer, and Depression Quest) and "walking simulators" (Proteus, Gone Home). Some designers have gone one..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

There Goes the Neighborhood

North/South/Central – redistricting the live music capital

"...is a process now. If you don't live within walking distance and want to go out, you drive, you..."

July 25, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

UPDATE: Ott Asks DOJ For Review of Police Tactics

Request comes on heels of Jackson shooting death

"...and caught up with Jackson as the 32-year-old was walking along the sidewalk over Shoal Creek. The pair somehow..."

Aug. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...love to passing women, propose marriage to the girl walking away from them, haven't even seen her face yet,..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

Excited About Life

Friends keenly mourn the death of Esme Barrera

"...to police and media reports, the 21-year-old woman was walking to her home not far from Barrera's after leaving..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: Before the Impending Flood

An erratic list of memories and some dates

"...dream. In the dream she was telling the new tall skinny guy with a growth of beard her dream...."

Feb. 5, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Day Trips

Drop by the Dallas World Aquarium at feeding time for an exciting show

"...black-footed, penguins. Native to the South African coast, the 2-foot-tall waterbirds had no trouble adjusting to the heat of..."

July 17, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

What Is Life Without Laughter?

"...our collective sense of humor gone? Today I was walking my wiener dogs on the off-leash trail. A very..."

Dec. 9, 2007 Postmarks

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...develop Austin as "a vibrant and walkable city" ["Downtown's Tall Orders," News, June 23]. Excellent, and I agree. Just..."

June 30, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...first one, by young, brave men waving Mexican flags walking miles to the Capitol, and the world took notice...."

April 21, 2006 Column

Letters at 3AM

The Oklahoma City Memorial and Ground Zero stir feelings of the dead calling on us to live

"...There were only me and two cops. They were tall and glum and well-armed, troopers on the night shift,..."

April 15, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

The B-Boys of Beaumont

First place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...The business ward had lots of tall buildings but they were all kind of old and..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Linden Dalecki

Page Two

Meditations on memory, politics, and sexuality, brought on by the Beach Boys.

"...to my house, my friend B and I are walking along; this is 40 years ago in Teaneck, N.J...."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...mostly, but standing up straight in conversation with a taller one. He's laughing. He turns slightly to avoid the..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Raped Twice?

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

"...the time -- I mean, I am six feet tall, and at the time I weighed like 250 pounds,..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...It must be hard to imagine walking to a train station to get to work, or..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...Muellers have added an additional seating area. Architect-designed, the tall, open-air, rustic-moderne space of the new hall playfully counterpoises..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Texas Platters

Surfin' Senorita

"...Reckless Kelly, Dale Watson, and Charlie Robison. That's a tall order and Blind Luck will have to ante up..."

March 5, 1999 Music Review

Exibitionism

Artisans: The Art and Culture of Early Texas Handmade Furniture: Our History in Chairs

"...the capital of this state, where there are more tall tales and legends than you can shake a stick..."

June 12, 1998 Arts Review

Coach's Corner

"...would prove to be an ill-conceived maneuver. Instead of walking to the stern of the wildly pitching craft and..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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