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Goodbye to Summer
Onward Into Fall
"...is delicious to read: when they drive past an amusement park Frannie imagines the cars are packed with newlyweds..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Arts Feature

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Slusher Kicks Ass!
"...huge mobile home rental-lot schemes, whether they're called "trailer parks" or "manufactured housing developments" is not the same thing..."

March 13, 1998 Column

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SXSW Diary
"...necessary to make a truly dense downtown workable, and parking in the area is already at a premium" makes..."

March 20, 1998 Column

Day Trips & Beyond: Pandemic's Effect on Travel
Out of town closings due to the threat of COVID-19
"...Texas State Parks are all open as of March 13. Most events..."

March 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips
"...held patents for a lamp and smoking stand, an amusement apparatus, and an amusement device, among other things. The..."

March 2, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Man Without a Past
A man, beaten into amnesia, builds a new life in this Oscar-nominated Finnish film.
"...newly arrived in Helsinki, who falls asleep on a park bench and is mugged and beaten savagely (the cartoonish..."

June 6, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lebanon Calling
The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park
"...and walked the mile down the hill to Zilker Park. This was late September 2008 and the park's Great..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

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Our readers talk back.
"...I read with amusement Mr. Black's eloquent homage to the wisdom of the..."

April 19, 2002 Column

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Speaking With Authority
"...I've read with amusement as the Chronicle week after week lambastes its former..."

May 29, 1998 Column

Day Trips: Top 10 Events in 2022
Cap’n Day Trips reflects on a year of adventure
"...1) Guadalupe Mountains National Park turned 50 years old in September. It is one..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Celebrating Crime Month
"...are back with a plan for an $800 million park heist ["New Plan Reimagines Walter E. Long Park," News,..."

July 5, 2019 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.
"...Federal Judge Sparks and even Christopher Gray seem unconvinced that the drop..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Column

Like Wildfire
Welcome to the 13th annual 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival.
"...and the Austin Chronicle staff have little control anymore. Sparked by Austin's hot-sauce mania, this monster has taken leave..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

Jesus Gonna Be Here
Johnny Toxic
"...arriving anywhere interesting, the panel failed to leave the parking lot. Blame the moderator (for giving the panelists so..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Day Trips
"...McKissack dreamed of a little amusement/health park where visitors would have fun and learn about..."

July 7, 1995 Column

'The Whale'
Shanon Weaver puts on 600 lbs. for A Chick & a Dude's latest show
"...Weaver from his popular show, HIT., staged at Hyde Park Theatre under the aegis of production company A Chick..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

After a Fashion
It's always a fiesta in Texas, but what is it when your Style Avatar goes to Fiesta Texas?
"...I alone had to chaperone teenagers in a theme park. As a kid, amusement parks were sheer heaven. I'd..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across the Disciplines (In No Particular Order)
Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2008
"...Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Hyde Park Theatre) Sometimes you don't need a multiring-circus structure to..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...his songs are. He's twice as charming onstage. (Waterloo Park, 7pm) -- Andy Langer..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

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Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.
"...Just read with amusement about the "A-Train" plans for Austin ["The Road to..."

July 28, 2000 Column

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...lands on the PC's agenda. The Neighbors of Triangle Park and other neighborhood reps also met on Monday with..."

Feb. 27, 1998 News Feature

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...as the confused center of attention. Despite these sustained sparks of interest, the intrinsic storytelling technique too frequently bungles..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...really young, easily entertained children may find some slight amusement in this inane mess, adults will most likely find..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...really young, easily entertained children may find some slight amusement in this inane mess, adults will most likely find..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Review: The Book of Mormon
Unapologetically un-sacred musical a welcome treat
"...Enter Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone, the authors of The..."

Dec. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?
Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.
"...that Wilson frames it. From his office off Cross Park in Northeast Austin, the man reviled and revered for..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Film What You Know
'Ping Pong Summer' draws on filmmaker Michael Tully's own experience
"...three sisters and two blue-collar parents, he'd hit the amusement parks in the summer: Hershey Park in Pennsylvania and..."

June 20, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death From Above 1979
"...Death From Above 1979Zilker Park, Sept. 18..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record
Slow, Stoned, Rugged: A tribute to Austin's original cosmic soulman Rusty Wier
"...Andy Burr, the singer/guitarist for Woven Bones, with mild amusement. That hefty price tag is undoubtedly a testament to..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Journey Through the Past
Down the digital rabbit hole of the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1
"...years later, of the youngest Young, prompts your ear-to-ear amusement with its Howdy Doody glee...."

Aug. 7, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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