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July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Rent Party Blues
Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?
"...Beaver Nelson fell into a classic Austin musician day job -- house painting. More property changing hands meant more..."
Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer
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"...is, in my opinion, the best candidate for that job. He has 17 years of experience as an auditor,..."
May 3, 2002 Column
How to Be a Popular Girl
What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.
"...Sarah Bird Résumé, p. 2:Jobs:..."
June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland
Naked City
The Greater Chamber of Commerce wants AMD to build its next mega chip facility in Austin; Gary Bradley is calling on his friends at the Lege for help; the city's libraries have been hit with a budget crunch; Molly Ivins is glad she's left the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Austin police spokeswoman Sally Muir has moved upstairs to become Chief Stan Knee's assistant.
"...Austin will become outdated; it will shut down and jobs could be lost...."
April 27, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith
All the Gory Details
The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.
"...it was really awesome, but that's what CGI is training audiences to do, to pretend it's really there. You're..."
March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Silent Partner
You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.
"...for all facets of the $60 million (and counting) job -- the hub, from which extend the many spokes..."
Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar
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Don't Shelve Smart Growth
"...I live about 10 miles from my job and bike to work about four days a week..."
July 2, 1999 Column
Down-Home for His Hometown
"...for excellent down-home food. Recently, he reminisced about the job that set him on the road to success. "I..."
April 16, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood
Something to Live For
"...moved back to Austin and worked a series of jobs, including 10 years as a porter, janitor, and shoeshine..."
Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig
Art Fights the Power
The Liberating Artwork of Malaquías Montoya
"...artist in the family, although she had no formal training -- she only went to second grade. She just..."
Aug. 28, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin
Confessin' the Blues
Soul Man W.C. Clark
"...his mother and stepfather. With the exception of brief, job-oriented stints in other cities, he has lived here all..."
July 31, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess
The Message of Dreams
Violet Crown Winner Lisa Sandlin
"...LS: I took teacher's training, but I didn't teach... I waitressed, I was a..."
Feb. 6, 1998 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland
Needs More Color
Progressive Papers Grapple With Chronic Complaint
"...who started these publications. And also, they've served as training grounds, and it has been middle-class white kids who..."
Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols
A Chip off the Auld Sod
Off the Bookshelf
"...sitting at a table. He is the lector. His job is to read aloud while the cigar-rollers roll on."..."
Oct. 24, 1997 Books Review
Kerry Is So Very...
Not Just a Torture Chamber Any More
"...Bill McLellan on January 1, actually has a bigger job on her hands than prodding the age-old business organization..."
Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature
Touring the Technology Factory
Human Code's Award Winning Multi-Media Mission
"...titles to be used as interactive publicity or in-house training tools, just spun off into a separate business. And..."
Dec. 8, 1995 Screens Feature
Cinco de Mayo, May the Fourth (Be With You), and More Recommended Events
The week in community happenings
"...library locations. – Lina Fisher May Day Union Job Fair..."
May 3, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
APD Chief Joseph Chacon’s Legacy
Assessing the final years of a career that saw a rise from beat cop to chief of police
"...become the only internal APD candidate up for the job. City Council made it official in October of 2021,..."
Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
The New Atticus Finch
Richard Thomas deconstructs an icon in To Kill a Mockingbird
"...that some writers are more restrictive than others. "My job is not to create the voice on stage, my..."
May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Scientists Focus on Helping AI Do Good
Weighing the pros, cons, and concerns of humanity's future overlords
"...he is not worried about robots taking over his job. "It can only go where the dentist places it,..."
March 10, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham
Council Balks at Deadline Pressure on Police Contract
Under the gun
"...In our feature this week on the aftermath of..."
Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
City Council Gets Some Breathing Room on the Budget
Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?
"..."base cost drivers" like health insurance or mandated safety training or fuel for the cop cars. "Regardless of whether..."
July 22, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Tribeca Film Festival Review: Ascension
Life getting ground up in China's consumer culture
"...workers with reasons why their company’s the best (a job sitting down and a dorm with only four other..."
June 24, 2021 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki
Once Again, Redistricting Looms in Texas
Republicans hold all the power to draw new lines, but there's more attention on the process than ever before
"...of Houston, speaking at an All on the Line training held last weekend. "I remember camping outside the door..."
Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years
Entrepreneurial farmers navigate state regulations and unsteady market, but still sees a bright future
"...both "high profit" and "high risk" in April. "My job was to get this program started," he said. "It's..."
Nov. 6, 2020 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin
Hundreds Tell Council, APD That Big Change Must Happen – Now
Voices of sorrow and rage
"...teacher said the young honors student was leaving his job at a sub shop and wanted to see the..."
June 12, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Introducing Chronicle Cooking, Our New Recipe Hub
Check out our growing list of dishes, drinks, and techniques
"...in nearly every aspect of my life. There's my job reporting on other people's cooking, obviously, but it's also..."
April 3, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape
Austin-Travis County EMS Saves Real Lives on First Responders Live
Why are local emergency medical services on Fox's popular TV show?
"...part, that's because of the years of extra medical training that medics and paramedics go through, and that's what..."
June 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Great Feckin' Depression of Seamus O'Doherty
Th' dark-eyed Dubliner & his ginger mog: Captured by Austin's Izzi Ross
"...but you draw them. That’s gotta also require some training?..."
