Council Watch

Council moves out of City Hall annex, addresses the needs of poor, examines csc's record on hiring minority contractors, approves neighborhood proposal for the chamption tract, names a designer of the Mexican American Culture Center.

"...Did you know that in German towns they call their city hall the "rathaus"? If this reporter..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Cream of the Tech-Top

The Year in Multimedia

"...3. The release of Microsoft's Windows 95, as much for the..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Screens Feature

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Demons' / 'Witchboard'

Director Kevin S. Tenney talks scream queens and classic posters

"...If you've never seen the UK poster for Witchboard, it may just have been..."

Feb. 4, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Running to Stay Sober in Woke the Monster

Austin filmmaker Andrew Shebay on addiction and virtual fests

"...Andrew Shebay should have been in Denton today, for the second festival screening of his film Woke the Monster;..."

March 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: March 7

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Elton John tries out the suite life, Stephen Fry eats some phish and chips,..."

March 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Evan Smith on the Secret of Texas Tribune’s Success

Founder and CEO on the present and future of nonprofit journalism

"...wedding toast and a reprise of Robert Preston in The Music Man. Delivering his one-man panel Wednesday afternoon, Smith..."

March 13, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Council: A Busy Week at the Lege

City Council and the mayor confront the controlling state

"...last week, City Council's beat goes on, especially during the legislative session, when the folks under the Dome exchange..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

I Like to Watch

The Oscars may be so white, but TV is all Grey's

"...At the end of March 2005, I'd been writing about TV..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

The Way It Is and Isn't

Ben Rubin's art installation at UT shows the gap between TV news in Cronkite's time and now

"...time – and not just because it kicked off the cocktail hour. That was the time, in the Central..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: The Cost of Community

The city budget is where Austin decides how to live

"...year I'm really going to get my arms around the city budget – no doubt you made the same..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...Bryan Poyser was driving to the wrap party for The Cassidy Kids in 2005 when..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Death and Life of Free Radio

Austin microradio lived fast and died young -- can the movement live to broadcast another day?

"...We're listening to the sound of a man kicking in a door...."

June 22, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Council Watch

Peace at Last? City, Gary Bradley Strike the Deal to End All Deals

"...Central Texas that got a cold snap last week. The gates of hell must've been swept by a cool..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...remembers his son Holden’s first year of preschool in the 2020-21 school year. “Imagine being a 4-year-old who doesn’t..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Why Natural Wine Is the Biggest Drink Trend in Austin Right Now

Act natural this summer

"...A rich orange liquid that catches the light and gleams like amber when I swirl it..."

May 26, 2023 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

The Chaperone

The fascinating true story of Louise Brooks falls out of focus in this anachronistic fiction

"...by: Michael Engler. Starring: Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Géza Röhrig, Miranda Otto and Robert..."

April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...It's the third Wednesday morning of the month. Rosewood Apartments resident..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Luv Doc: The Old Dude

The word "immature" is both overused and ineffective

"...When we get in a fight, my girlfriend always..."

May 10, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Wandering Earth II

China's sci-fi apocalypse blockbuster gets an equally massive prequel

"...There are two types of people in this city: those..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Luv Doc: Falling in Love

Mac people are annoyingly fond of their computers

"...Doc, I think I am falling in love with the Google Maps lady. Every time she mispronounces Koenig or..."

March 7, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...– Billy Joe Shaver, "There Ain't No God In Mexico"..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

Fall X: The Good News

Standouts From the Fall 2010 Fashion Front

"...finally, we too get to feel cool breezes in the morning and a bit of iron at night...."

Sept. 28, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Raising the Dead

Actor Joseph Fotinos Wants to Resurrect Local Television

"...and displayed in a collection of horror-movie memorabilia in the "Monster Room" of his South Austin home. He's known..."

July 6, 2001 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Accepting the Challenge

Meet the candidates for AISD Board of Trustees.

"...myself saying to people that it is astounding how the school board is held accountable for what happens to..."

March 29, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

King Gizzard, Godspeed You!, and more lengthy band names

"...During the first two nights of Halloweekend’s Levitation, the Chronicle music..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...We asked our readers how they were feeling about starting the fall semester, now six..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...stops as a shrill siren cry starts howling from the bank of walkie-talkies on the shelf, and the teletype..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

'The NFL Beat': Saints and Patriots Camps

Lots of win, from North to South

"...kick this Beat off in Foxboro, Mass., before spinning the globe south to the Big Easy...."

Aug. 4, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

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