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Dec. 8, 2023 News Feature
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Tesla Invests in County Workforce: Last week, the Travis County Commissioners Court approved Tesla's $750,000 community investment..."
Oct. 27, 2023 News Feature
Review: The Filigree Theatre's Fire in Dreamland
This compelling drama ignites but doesn't blaze
"...The historic Coney Island amusement park in Brooklyn is known..."
Feb. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A few fests, Nineties Brits, AfroTech, and more shows worth seeing
"...Local screenprinting/record label conglomerate Feels So Good (formerly Fine Southern Gentlemen) celebrates its rebrand, huge new storefront, and 15..."
Nov. 11, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Tuesday to set a date for Sept. 30 at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg. O'Rourke, on..."
Aug. 12, 2022 News Feature
The Verde Report: The End of the Beginning for Austin FC
Major League Soccer’s 27th franchise officially debuts – finally! – on Saturday against Los Angeles Football Club
"...Milestones are nice. They make long journeys memorable. They make long waits bearable...."
April 16, 2021 Sports Column by Eric Goodman
For One Austinite When the Pandemic Closed the Border, Uzbekistan Rolled Out the Welcome Mat
Jennifer Whiddon reflects on what it was like getting trapped abroad for six months
"...A few months earlier, Whiddon had visited the country for the first time. She had longtime friends..."
Dec. 25, 2020 Food Feature by Sara Hutchinson
Workers of the World, United in Time
UT Lecturer Anne Lewis on her new doc, A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)
"...synonymous with two things: Austin (her adopted home since the Nineties) and films about trade union activism. She concedes..."
May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder
Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet
"...even seated. At 6-foot-5, he towers above most of the hustle and bustle at a South Austin eatery during..."
Feb. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
The Meat of the Matter
Toward being a better carnivore
"...Whether eating meat is ethical is a debate that's not..."
Feb. 6, 2015 Food Feature by Amy Kamp
The Good Eye: Where Everybody Sews Your Name
Leslie Bonnell’s Stitch Lab insists that you are not a number
"...It's no secret that many designers care more about clothes than the women who wear them. This is not..."
May 30, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry
Off the Record
Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll
"...The concept behind Song Island could be a reality TV..."
Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell
Guggenheim on Education and Getting the Job Done
Q&A with the director of Waiting for 'Superman'
"...Davis Guggenheim, the director of controversial new education documentary Waiting for 'Superman,'..."
Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Hightower Report
Surprise! The People Speak.; and Superbugs Go Agro
"...Surprise! The People Speak...."
July 30, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Politics of Food Production
Austin's first Fair Trade Film Festival sparks controversy
"...If you've ever seen the Fair Trade logo on your coffee and wondered what..."
April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Back to the Future
Austin's agrarian past rises again
"...Dorsey Barger doesn't do things halfway. When the co-owner of Eastside Cafe began buying wine for the..."
April 9, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
The Hightower Report
Blackwater's Reward; and Who Benefits From Cloning?
"...are headed to jail ... or worse. But if the gang belongs to a corporation, the perpetrators don't even..."
June 13, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
Tony Mazzocchi; and Read the Fine Print
"...Read the Fine Print..."
April 11, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
Beside the Point
If you can't arrest the homeless, let 'em eat surveys
"...With a recession-bound economy, and winter weather spurting into spring, just when you think Austin's homeless..."
March 14, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar
The Hightower Report
Our "Made in China" Christmas; and Left-Wing Penguins and Devilish Tofu
"...LEFT-WING PENGUINS AND DEVILISH TOFU Maybe it was the election, or maybe it's the decline of their boy..."
Jan. 5, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
Bad Bosses; and a Bill to Ban Sweatshop Labor
"...BAD BOSSES During his 13-year tenure, the recently retired CEO of ExxonMobil paid himself $144,000 a..."
Aug. 25, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Car That Flies
"...didn't already know that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was the creation of Ian Fleming, you might get a clue..."
Feb. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Watching Outside the Box
How many industries do you know of that can capitalize on dated inventory while ringing up sales for "failed" merchandise?
"...Yet, that seems to be a viable segment of the ever-expanding TV DVD market. If it's not a vintage..."
April 23, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
The Hightower Report
Bush leaves millions of children behind; and crazy John Poindexter gets tossed.
"...far away to some quiet place where professionals can soothe his raging, right-wing demons ... and where he can..."
Sept. 5, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
Our tax dollars outfit military contractors, but not the troops; and our representatives are less than representative.
"...Support the Grunts, Not Greed..."
Jan. 24, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
The "outernet industry want advertising on the inside of your eyelids; WorldCom moneyslinger Bernie Ebbers dies by his own gun; and the un-American activities of Stanley Works.
"...Lily Tomlin said, "I worry that the man who invented Muzak might be thinking of inventing..."
June 14, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Lowdown
American CEOs are overpaid; missile defense shield money could be better spent; and art snobs need to not have a cow.
"...Lean Times, but Fat CEOs Time for another Hightower Hog Report!..."
Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Lowdown
A lobbyist "volunteers" for Bush, the WTO plays peek-a-boo in Qatar, and China represses independent unions
"...on your life, and now he's being hailed by the inside-Washington magazine, National Journal, for making a great personal..."
Feb. 23, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Lowdown
A Little Help From My Friends; The Buddy System
"...From My Friends -- You can't fool all of the people all of the time, but the spinmeisters for..."
Jan. 12, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Lowdown
Creative Destruction; Poor People Don't Vote
"...Creative Destruction Look out, here they come again -- wild-eyed CEOs wielding chainsaws. They're going..."
