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Your weekly horoscope, October 8-14

"...aphorist Daniel Liebert. I trust you're not one of them. But if you are, I beg you to change..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...El Federico wasted no time making his feelings known about the pandemic. No sooner had..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

C.D.A. Merger Plan Stumbles at Finish Line

Commissioners Court won’t pursue merger of prosecutors

"...In the end, District Attorney Margaret Moore's forecast – "Maybe..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Review: Revel's Existential Solstice

In a concert evoking winter's cold and darkness, warmth

"...The wind blew, the snow fell, and the darkness of..."

Dec. 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Classical Guitar's dream

The quality of the music in this concert was exceptional, but what made it special was the quality of the listening

"...One by one, the young people described a similar dream: of being chased..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lone Star State of Mind

Neal Barrett Jr.'s characters, clues, and unparalleled career

"...you he's a writer. You'd have to look for the details: the books on the shelves, the awards on..."

June 7, 2013 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Dark Skies

Keri Russell is a modern suburban scream queen

"...Remember when we still liked Nicole Kidman? No, I'm not running for..."

June 3, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Growing Pains

HausBar dispute shadows city's urban farms

"...Public reactions to initial reports of the closure of HausBar Farms (see "Com­mun­ication..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Anna Toon

'Sheds'

Short Story Contest third-place winner

"...I went out to the mailbox in my bare feet. The..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Melanie Westerberg

Michelle Mayer: Departure/Return

A beautiful display of footwear cobbled as if from bark, moss, foliage, and fungus

"...Imagine a young and elegant Mother Nature on the catwalk,..."

April 8, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: Expiation Day

If apologies are in order, the line forms here

"...The mountain labored, and brought forth a mouse. – Horace..."

March 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Monkeys Gone to Heaven

Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago sounds the call ... for balut!

"...Born in Manila, Joey Santiago left his native Philippines in the..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Ringing True

The Constitution and the films of Joan Micklin Silver stand above the noise as the alt-weekly series concludes

"...I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...Inside a dark room at the Salvage Vanguard Theater, a..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Letters at 3AM

At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be

"...such a simple song. It said such a simple thing: "I want to hold your hand." An impulse basic..."

July 3, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

All That Remains

Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

"...The dreams are all strikingly similar...."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3am

A bounty to getting older is that you grow tired of the uselessly dramatic aspects of yourself, and most of your fears evaporate

"...Long ago, writing for a paper in a city by the sea,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Immigrants Tell Country to 'Listen Up'

Thousands take to Austin streets for immigrant rights rally and march

"...For the second year in a row, a flood of flag-waving,..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

To Choogle or Not to Choogle

Everything you never wanted to know about choogle

"...words are so much fun to say it almost doesn't matter what they mean. So it is with the..."

April 18, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

Secrets Shared

The documentary photos of Donna DeCesare

"...Donna DeCesare's photos raise a curtain on the darkest side..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Downtown's Tall Order

Where can we put 20,000 new residents?

"...Austinites startled by the height of the latest downtown residential..."

June 23, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Red, White, and Blue

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

"...I sit crumpled like a sack lunch in the coach class of a discount airline 30,000 feet..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Books Feature by Garth Mueller

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Michael [King]:..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

Postmarks

"...Sophia King Family Responds..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...Aquifer Springs Eternal..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Blood Feast

Shadow of the Vampire isn't just an imaginative riff on the making of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. "It is an allegory of an aspect of what cinema is at its heart," says director E. Elias Merhige. "It's this dangerous, mad kind of science."

"...Cinema pumps images into our souls just like hearts pump..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...AISD Troubleshooting..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

Festival of Lite

Arts writer Robi Polgar finds the true meaning of Chanukah, if not the true spelling ...

"..."Chanukah is that time of year between Christmas and Misgiving when all the bestest holiday shows..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Robi Polgar

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