R.U. Steinberg
R.U. Steinberg joined The Austin Chronicle as Listings Editor in 1982, a position he held for six years. In 1988, he came up with the idea for Mr. Smarty Pants Knows while working as a proofreader at the Texas Capitol and has been writing it weekly ever since (he also writes occasional feature stories). Despite his column's logo – drawn by an Austin artist friend who prefers to remain anonymous – he gave up smoking his pipe in 2010.
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Baseball Hero To Be Honored With Mural
The late Willie Wells to be immortalized by Tim Kerr
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Create a Holiday Memory, Learn Something New
East Side Glass Offers Christmas Ornament Classes
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It’s a San Antonio Squeeze Box Invasion!
From Argentine tango to Zydeco, the accordion is versatile
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sxsw: Japan night at Spider House
Bands from Land of the Rising Sun meet River City
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sxsw: Schmoozing with Ed Ward, et al.
SXSW involves a lot of something called “schmoozing”
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You Want to Do What? Where?
Internal Pelvic Floor Therapy gives new meaning to inner journeys
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Cookin’ Good for the Holidays With the Cola Sisters
The Colas on Christmas, cyanide, and serial killers
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Listening to the Bones
Texas State opens the world’s largest forensic anthropology research facility
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Blind Leading the Sighted
Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired