Beside the Point

Attempts to debate Props. 1 and 2 produce only polarized statements and crowd heckling

"...was quick to respond over the laughter: "But his [language] does not get into the charter!"..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Pondering the Props

The ballot language of the proposed charter amendments, with Chronicle translations

"...The City Council has adopted ballot order and language for seven charter amendment propositions in all, to be..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Clean Is as Clean Does

When you signed that petition, did you get to read the fine print?

"...Allowing for details and nuances of language (and in legal matters, the devil is always in..."

March 3, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Get Your Rees On

Comic artist David Rees and the theatre of 'War'

"...it, there was a lot of energy in the language. And I was afraid that if you had people..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'To the Limit': Austin Radio Spanish

Austin's Hispanic broadcasting market makes huge changes, too

"...radio market is generally "flat" – but stations with Spanish-language formats are posting double-digit growth. As a point of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Equalized

Seguin fest puts deaf, hearing audiences on level film ground

"...many people who are deaf, English is a second language; sign language is their preference, and it's as different..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Fostering Family Values

The Legislature engages in its biennial exercises in gay-bashing -- families be damned.

"...unclear whether the narrower -- and more biased -- language of the bill will improve its chances of getting..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...not be able to read well in their own language...."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Cicadas

Honorable Mention

"...from the point of view of the structure of language priestesshood alludes to; with priestesses we find spoken not..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Billy Cope

Imagine

The music business in a post-911 world

"...also took the opportunity to add some more opportunistic language to legislation being sped through Congress. There is a..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

World of Books

The Fifth Annual Texas Book Festival

"...of staying war." Lopez wants to play with the language and our notions of story. He's challenging himself, and..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Books Feature by Lissa Richardson

In Good Company

A casual spectator might not realize just how much Robert Creeley's long literary career -- he's 73 this year -- has been conducted on the edge. But Creeley not only had a finger on the pulse of American poetry, he's usually been a heartbeat or two ahead of it.

"...or most recently the assorted avant-garde who style themselves Language Poets. It's arguable that poetry slammers across the nation..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Craig Arnold

In With the Old, In With the New

"...couplets with style, flair, and funny, refreshing twists of language. Included are some of his most stage-tested pieces, like..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Books Feature by Phil West

Piercing Unreality

A UT Radical Paper Both Fails and Succeeds

"...for social justice, his optimism was epic and his language incandescent...."

Dec. 6, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Right-Wing Revolution

Conservative Christians Target Texas Board of Education

"...also alleges that Davis has been a supporter of whole-language reading instruction in Texas. Davis says that's not true...."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Naked City

"...Voting Rights Act to find national origin discrimination is language-based discrimination," wrote TCRP attorney Jim Harrington in the July..."

Aug. 18, 1995 News Feature

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites

After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites

"...their colleagues during meetings, sometimes trying to craft amendment language from the dais. This approach to running meetings fit..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot

May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight

"...The language included within each ordinance is remarkably similar. Prop B..."

April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Man Called Otto

Tom Hanks' "grumpy old man" phase stumbles with this discordant comedy about death

"...America,” then you’ll know to steer wide of this English-language adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s bestselling Swedish novel, A Man..."

Jan. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Silent Twins

True story of siblings gives little insight into their inner lives

"...them remain a mystery in this film. The girls’ language becomes more idiosyncratic and their behaviors and movements often..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 17-23

"...report that they feel like different people in different languages. It is often assumed that the mother tongue is..."

June 17, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Vikram

Star power and muscles power this gritty Tamil action thriller

"...me up for a lifetime membership in the Lokeshverse! Tamil-language film director Lokesh Kanagaraj has returned with his sophomore..."

June 10, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

RRR

Tollywood historical epic is bromantic action nirvana

"...not from Bollywood, but from its southern cousin, the Telugu-language film industry known as Tollywood. Director S.S. Rajamouli, whose..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Hurtado

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nic Cage and Sion Sono craziness is not the sum of its parts

"...subgenre, and of course he would for his first English-language film. It's such an obvious melding for his deliciously..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: Help for Former Prisoners, An APD Shooting Settlement

Also, a split decision in SAN 2.0 ballot language suit

"...Texas Supreme Court to revise the Proposition A ballot language it adopted on Aug. 11. The court agreed with..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

hellsite.austin.gov

Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?

"...sense of all of austintexas.gov's information. In addition, the language on some pages is written at a college reading..."

June 11, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Terror in the Skies in 7500

Director Patrick Vollrath on reinventing the hijacking drama

"...some sequences in English because it's the agreed common language of air flight. What impact did that have on..."

June 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

This Is Who We Are #5: Salvage Vanguard Theater's Death of a Cat

A daily affirmation of Austin's creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...if for a portrait – and speaks in the language of commerce and finance, weighing assets and debits and..."

May 8, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 23 Words That Changed the Way Texas Sells Alcohol (or Not)

Say what, Governor?

"...quick serve food operations. As a result, the broad language of GA-16 gave all bars, restaurants, and brewpubs (and..."

May 8, 2020 Food Feature by Kareem Hajjar

Promare

DayGlo anime explosion makes firefighters cool and kinetic

"...Rescue. There's hair-trigger tech Lucia (Mayumi Shintani in the Japanese-language original soundtrack, and Kari Wahlgren in the U.S. English..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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