On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...food joints, and enormous parking lots. Hit it at the wrong time, and you'll find yourself working slowly from..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...Last November, a few days after the election, I sent my family a note requesting that..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...have done today? Of course you have. You've put the milk back in the fridge on its expiration day...."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Future of Health Care?

Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care

"...reviewing patient records and X-rays. For roughly an hour, they skimmed through patient records, considering both the monochrome images..."

March 24, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital. A device..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

'Telling' the Truth

Austin veterans perform their pasts to bridge the civilian-military divide

"...Regina Vasquez saw the haircut as a practical choice. Her fellow Marine recruits..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

A Night at the Opera

Opera for dummies: Name one male tenor

"...Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 was a week away, the final music festival of Austin's yearly marathon, but Saturday..."

May 27, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Wizardly Way

Human Centipede, Abe Sapien and more speak at Austin Comic Con

"...Austin Comic Con was enough of a success that the organizers were talking not just about coming back next..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hands That Feed

The groups that care for Austin's hungry could sure use a few more helping hands

"...The sweep of headlights cuts the night in two. The..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Off the Record

Off the Record goes the distance at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore; Snake Eyes Vinyl relocates; Belaire and Tacks, the Boy Disaster ship overseas; and more

"...shop of hardcore, will close its doors Aug. 19. The essential DIY punk and metal outlet, which opened at..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Promoters square off on Red River, Daytrotter comes to Austin, Explosions goes international, and live music in Austin continues grinding

"...Begin Transmission Let's face it, the record industry is dead. The paradigm shift into the..."

July 6, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Page Two: Prayer for the Common Man

In the religious right's new democracy, principles prescribed by man have no value in the war between heaven and hell

"...There is a new prayer to God above, howling up..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Louis Black

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...a trend – or, perhaps, starting a new one. The Downtown real estate broker and his wife have been..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Meet the New Neighbors

A fugitive sect of Mormon polygamists is building a home – and an end-time temple – in the West Texas town of Eldorado

"...The town of Eldorado, Texas, seat of Schleicher County, flanks..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Into the Heart

U2 drops the 'Atomic Bomb'

"...To get an idea how U2 rates on the longevity meter, consider this. Twenty-five years after "That's All..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Fortress of Solitude

Why are we reviewing Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude when everyone else is? Because it's the finest novel of the past five years.

"...The Fortress of Solitudeby Jonathan Lethem..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Name's the Thing

Do the Hugos Really Award the Best in Speculative Fiction?

"...slide rule in one hand and a compass in the other...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Adrienne Martini

The Barkers

Barking at the Moon, except not with Ozzy

"...Stitching together every musical square of red, white, and blue fabric..."

March 3, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

New Wave Schtick of the `90s

Just Can't Enough

"...It's hardly a typical night at the Hole in the Wall when the Prima Donnas come..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

In Good With the Boys

Slusher Watch

"...Daryl Slusher's a hit. In Week One, the rookie delivered on his campaign promise for hard-line scrutiny..."

July 5, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

On the Rails

Bungling Bureaucrats, or Best Hope?

"...Capital Metro just can't seem to stay out of the negative headlines," began a recent editorial in the Austin..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature

Shudder for Charity at Scare for a Cure

Austin's biggest fundraising haunt returns with safety in mind

"...After one of the more frightening years in recent history, Austin's biggest charity..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Cody Song

Council: Passes Corridor Plan, Kills CURE

Council paves the way for a new urban makeover of the strip east of I-35

"...did manage to accomplish some important business, even with the president's visit cutting a hole into its meeting schedule..."

May 17, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

South African Lesbians Raped to 'Cure' Them

South African lesbians face horror

"...South Africa's national female soccer team and one of the first openly lesbian South African equal rights campaigners was..."

March 13, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

Beside the Point: Planning What's Affordable

The Downtown Austin Plan comes lumbering toward its official adoption

"...Arnett Cobb. It can be done, one supposes, but the results are unlikely to sound the same. Nevertheless, we'll..."

Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King

The Water Man

Tale of tales finds strength in fantasy as a young boy goes questing

"...From The Bye Bye Man to Come Play, mysterious urban legends..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Always Late

F that D

"...are always late to movies or plays or parties. The worst thing about it is that he makes me..."

July 29, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: Marriage

An ancient institution created by a bunch of slave-owning, genital-mutilating, agrarian polygamists

"...It’s a bullshit gender dominance mind-fuck dreamed up by the patriarchy. I want to believe, Ricky, that you are..."

May 1, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

Mansion of the Doomed

"...Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Trish Stewart and Lance Henriksen. The "doomed" of the title refers to the eyeless victims..."

Oct. 11, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Brunch Bunch

Heavenly hash, Bloody Mary bars, and eggs six ways to Sunday

"...out for brunch is an established weekend ritual, and there are few places better for the practice of said..."

March 14, 2014 Food Feature

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