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News and scores from the U.S. and abroad.

Watching, Breathing, and Eating the World Cup 2006 [06-09-06]
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Saturday June 10 - Sunday, June 11

gAyTX Fun Guide [06-02-06]
BY KATE GETTY & KATE X MESSER
Hot, gay fun in the ATX

TCB Extra [05-26-06]
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Chicks Fly Again, Kerrville Commences, and More

APD Chief Says Farewell [05-26-06]
BY MICHAEL KING
Afghanistan-bound Stan Knee given an Austin send-off

Movies and Shakers [05-26-06]
BY MARC SAVLOV
Compiled from the Texas Film Commission's 2006 Production Manual

Readings [05-12-06]
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Pity the poor costumed heroes of our childhood

Readings [05-12-06]
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
America's Great Depression of the 1930s isn't the backdrop for this story; it is the story

Readings [05-12-06]
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
If James Kochalka is 'Magic Boy,' then Jeffrey Brown is 'Over-Analyze Lad'

Genius and Jive [05-05-06]
BY LOUIS BLACK

Want to Really Celebrate Earth Day? [04-21-06]
BY WES MARSHALL
Drink organic wines

'In the West': Living Portraits Avedon Would Die For [04-07-06]
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The original Austin Chronicle review from Nov. 15, 1985

The Big Break [04-07-06]
BY MARC SAVLOV
An interview with producer David Zito

OilBash [03-31-06]
BY CINDY WIDNER
Literate, greasy ladies throw down on the Eastside

Gay Place [03-17-06]
BY KATE GETTY and KATE X MESSER

Gay Place [03-10-06]
BY KATE GETTY and KATE X MESSER
The Gay Place gets all extended re-mix for SXSW, with interviews, chats, pics, blog entries, and more.

Gay People Like to Party [03-10-06]
BY KATE GETTY
Are the Lesbians on Ecstasy really happy to be coming to Austin?

Hey Willpower! Can I Get a 'Hell Yeah!'? [03-10-06]
BY KATE X MESSER
Imperial Teen’s Will Schwartz goes solo, Top 40, and asks, “Why the Hell Not?” with his new thing, hey willpower!

Transformations [03-10-06]
BY KATE X MESSER
A Conversation with the three directors of the SXSW premiere Cruel & Unusual

Hey Sailor! You Here for a Conference? [03-10-06]
BY KATE X MESSER
The Gay Place polls Austin’s GLBTeratti, who welcomes you with open arms and tells you what’s hot about our town

Panelism [03-10-06]
BY JOE O'CONNELL
SXSW Film 2006

Embrace Your Wipe-Assness [03-10-06]
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Trolling SXSW Interactive 2006

Gettin' Wiffy With It [03-10-06]
BY MARRIT INGMAN
The blogged, branded, and dooced at SXSW Interactive 2006

Court Reporter [03-03-06]
BY MICHAEL KING
At the Supreme Court Wednesday, it was all about Texas and the future

Senate Approves More Benefits for Hurricane Evacuees [03-03-06]
BY CHERYL SMITH
Thirteen-week unemployment aid extension for both Katrina and Rita evacuees just in time

That One Sad One [02-17-06]
BY WILL FURGESON
Second place

Mojo Nixon is God [02-17-06]
BY SUSAN SHIELDS
Third place

An Unfit Man [02-17-06]
BY MARTIN H. BOOZER
Honorable mention

How to Make a Piñata [02-17-06]
BY JENNY BROWNE
Honorable mention

Nuts to You [11-25-05]
The Food writers reveal their favorite pecan recipes

Power, Forward [11-11-05]
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

Coffee Tawk With Maureen Dowd [11-11-05]
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Chatting with the star 'NYT' columnist about Judy Miller, Bush's nannies, and blogs

'Secuestro Express' [10-28-05]
BY MICHAEL KING
Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

Proposition 2 Plus 8 [10-07-05]
BY MICHAEL KING
In addition to sexual obsessions, we get to vote on railroads and mortgages too

Momentum and the Mountainside Sound [09-30-05]
BY LOUIS BLACK
Dylan's bottler of magic, Bob Johnston, on the nicest guy ever, plus Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Michael Martin Murphey, and more

Two From Alternative Comics [09-23-05]
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
'The Cute Manifesto' and 'A Strange Day'

The Report on the Mine [09-23-05]
Based on the findings of EnviroSearch, the Overseas Private Investment Corp. canceled Freeport's risk insurance

Sweet Home Edinburgh [09-16-05]
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble on living in the past

Weekend at Casey's [09-02-05]
BY KATE X MESSER
Thousands converge in the president's back yard to make a stand with Cindy Sheehan

Sparking a Prairie Fire: Cindy Sheehan at City Hall [09-02-05]
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The founder of Camp Casey and her "Bring Them Home Now" Tour arrives to a big Austin welcome

Old King: Neil Young and Jonathan Demme in Nashville [08-26-05]
BY LOUIS BLACK
Neil Young's new 'Prairie Wind' howls for the decades

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards [08-19-05]
A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

Photos From the Vigil for Cindy Sheehan [08-19-05]
BY WELLS DUNBAR

Art, Monkeys, Film [08-05-05]
A clip from Andy Cockrum's Texas Monkey Project doc

The Sounds of Primarily Primates [08-05-05]
The Hill Country's monkeys, chimps, and gibbons caught on tape

Plastered Online [07-22-05]
More hip-hop handbills

Flowing Over [07-22-05]
BY MARC SAVLOV
More with Craig Brewer

Food and Wine With Altitude [07-15-05]
BY WES MARSHALL
The Colorado scene capitalizes on climate.

Recurring Character [06-17-05]
Four Texas writers on fathers and sons

Arts Review [06-10-05]
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Rupert Holmes' adaptation of 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' has more to do with Victorian music hall entertainment than Dickensian literature – and is all the more engaging for it

The Man Who Laughed [04-29-05]
More remembrances of Boyd Vance

Get Your Rees On [04-29-05]
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Comic artist David Rees and the theatre of 'War'

Leffingwell Still In [04-29-05]
City Council candidate Lee Leffingwell will continue his Place 1 run despite recent personal tragedy

Good Cuisine and an Interesting Scene [04-22-05]
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The 'Saveur' Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival

The 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest [02-18-05]
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
The theme wasn't "stripper girlfriends and homo love," as one judge speculated (there was no theme), but gender, class, and orientation were more deeply considerable issues among this year's finalists than ever before. Here's a look inside the process.

Basket Weaving [12-03-04]
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Give the gift of Austin flavors for the holidays!

The Stress-Free Thanksgiving [11-19-04]
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Let the hotels, restaurants, and markets take care of it

The Geek Behind the GURPS [11-19-04]
BY MARC SAVLOV
A conversation with Steve Jackson

More Food Links [11-05-04]

Playing for Time [10-29-04]
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Turk Pipkin's 'The Old Man and the Tee' reviewed

'He's Forked Himself' [10-29-04]
BY MICHAEL KING
Our Full conversation with Louis Dubose about 'The Hammer'

More From 'Iconoclast' Country [10-29-04]
BY KATE X MESSER
W. Leon Smith on freedom of speech, peace, and Crawford

State of Affairs [10-22-04]
BY ROGER GATHMAN
The current political season is reflected equally in an angry Iraq analysis and a soapy novel with a Sirkian sweep

'Tarnation' Sensation [10-22-04]
BY MARC SAVLOV
Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking

Texas Faith and Freedom [10-15-04]
BY RACHEL PROCTOR MAY
Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network

A Smattering of Shorts [10-15-04]
Brief but sweet offerings from this year's Austin Film Festival

The Scenic Route [10-01-04]
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Bob Smeaton on 'Festival Express'

Maddin Comes Alive [10-01-04]
BY MARC SAVLOV
'Cowards Bend the Knee': the autobiography of an original in all senses

TRMPAC Indictments Come Down, 'More Work' Remains [09-24-04]
BY MICHAEL KING
Ronnie Earle and the Travis Co. grand jury announce the initial results of the TRMPAC investigation

Judge Dietz Finds School Finance System Unconstitutional [09-17-04]
BY MICHAEL KING
Court ruling ends five-week trial with a mandate to Legislature to design a new system

Dispatches from the Toronto International Film Festival [09-17-04]

Cool, 'Clean' Air Up North [09-10-04]
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Dispatches from the Toronto International Film Festival: No. 1

Letter From Death Row [08-20-04]
BY JAMES V. ALLRIDGE
Our condemned cover artist makes his case

The McCormick Method, Revealed [08-13-04]
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Analyze anything in three words!

War Drums [08-06-04]
BY MICHAEL KING
The war is over, but all these people keep dying anyway …

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid [07-23-04]
BY LOUIS BLACK
A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

Summer Fun [05-14-04]
BY MEILING GUENTZEL
Where one might rent a boat or other watercraft in Austin should one wish to do so

Summer Fun [05-14-04]
BY KATE X MESSER
How one might get around Galveston should one find oneself there

Liquid Assets [05-07-04]
BY WES MARSHALL
The wines of Chile and Argentina: up close and personal

Lyrics: Ballad of Yvonne Johnson [04-30-04]

Fables of the Reconstruction [04-16-04]
BY JASON VEST
A confidential internal U.S. memo describes a Coalition / Iraqi administration sinking into chaos

Roll Over, Beethoven [03-26-04]
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

SXSW Interactive 04 [03-19-04]
Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

The Sum of 'One of Us' [03-05-04]
More everyday whimsy by sculptor Tré Arenz

'It's Time to Give Them Another Jolt' [03-05-04]
BY MICHAEL KING
Ralph Nader stops to chat in Austin

A Day on Craigslist Austin [03-05-04]
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
Inspired by Craig's call for democracy and Michael Ferris Gibson's documentation of it, I set out one morning to see what the good people of Austin were serving to their neighbors

Give Them What They Want [03-05-04]
BY ROGER GATHMAN
An interview with Virginia Postrel

Red, White, and Blue [02-13-04]
BY GARTH MUELLER
Second place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

Testosterone Rules [02-13-04]
BY AMENI ROZSA
Third Place, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

Melvin and Jeanie [02-13-04]
BY SPENCER DRIGGERS
Honorable Mention, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

Nut Goody Sets the Record Straight [02-13-04]
BY JILL MARQUIS
Honorable Mention, the 12th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

Spacing Out in Round Rock [02-06-04]
BY KATE X MESSER and CINDY WIDNER
Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

The Ellis Memos [12-19-03]

The Toronto International Film Festival [12-12-03]
BY LOUIS BLACK
A first-timer's diary

Standing by Stanley [11-21-03]
BY COURTNEY FITZGERALD
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad interview with actor Karen Sharpe Kramer, the widow of the iconoclastic director.

High Tech vs. High Touch [11-14-03]
BY ROBERT BRYCE
The midwifery debate is not new in Austin -- a Chronicle reprint from June 18, 1993

Phases and Stages [10-31-03]
BY DARCIE STEVENS

Phases and Stages [10-31-03]
BY ROBERT GABRIEL

150 Confessionalists Walk Into a Room [10-24-03]
BY SARAH HEPOLA
JournalCon comes to Austin.

Explosions in the Cinema [10-24-03]
BY MICHAEL CHAMY
Rock band Cineophiles Explosions in the Sky and their favorite celluloid dreams.

Elvis Lives [10-24-03]
BY MARC SAVLOV
An interview with Bruce Campbell of Bubba Ho-Tep

On Ondine on Film: Editor's Cut [10-17-03]
BY LOUIS BLACK
This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

Ondine on Edie, On Warhol, on Ondine [10-17-03]
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN, LOUIS BLACK
A 'Chronicle' reprint

The Eyes of CinemaTexas [10-17-03]
BY LOUIS BLACK
A brief reminiscence

Unrelentingly Hostile: Editor's Cut [10-17-03]
BY LOUIS BLACK and ED LOWRY
This is an extended version of the story that ran in the print edition.

'The New Yorker,' My Mother, and Me [10-03-03]
BY MOLLY BETH BRENNER
An Austin writer courses through her favorite magazine's festival circuits.

'The Austin Chronicle' and Richard Linklater [10-03-03]
BY LOUIS BLACK
The beginning of a beautiful friendship

Soccer Watch [09-19-03]
BY NICK BARBARO

More McCanlies, Texas [09-19-03]
BY LOUIS BLACK
The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

Where the Wild Things Star [09-19-03]
BY MARC SAVLOV
'Secondhand Lions' is only the latest production in which Bobbi Colorado-trained beasts play a part.

Toronto Diary [09-12-03]
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Dispatches from the 2003 Film Festival