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If Athens, Texas, hosted the Olympic Games instead of its Grecian namesake, we would see an entirely different lineup of sports

How to resolve conflict? Japanese import Iron Chef has the right idea.

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

Another festival weekend, this time jazz; plus Mars Music not going under, and Bill Hicks -- still dead, more CDs.

Statesman editor Rich Oppel blasts Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, but may not have checked his facts.

Dee Dee's dead, everything else is crumbling.

Crooner Chris Isaak plays himself to charming effect on his self-titled Showtime series.

Austin's latest culinary news in this week's "Food-o-File."

A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it

Readers weigh in on the recent Best Of Austin issue, and the Save Our Volente committe rebuts an article.

The Chronicle's style avatar, Stephen M. Moser, explores the fashion program at the University of Texas.

Aqua Fest seems unlikely, but there's plenty of other summer fun to be had; the Austin Music Network is a bit of a mess.

SXSW Records

Confessions of a television columnist; also, strange timing for the 1999 Image Awards, Iron Chef may hit the big screen, and Texas Parks & Wildlife rakes in the kudos.

Welcome to the 1999 Best of Austin issue.

The beefs this week: Chronicle reporter Robert Bryce on CNN, genetically engineered foods, Steamboat, John Aielli, Paul Minor, and more.

Off the Desk:

Testing Tacos, Trajes, and Tequila

South by Southwest 1997

Ongoing Dance Events