Sixth Street Survivors

The cafes Paradise and Pecan Street: still plating after all these years

"...Paradise Cafe401 E. Sixth, 476-5667..."

June 4, 2004 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...There's been a lot of attention paid over the years to the deteriorating water quality of Barton Springs. Unfortunately,..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Column

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...on a stool front and center is Rusty Wier, "6-foot-5 with boots and hat." Next to him on a..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...to the United States from Cuba more than 20 years ago. But somewhere between his hassles with immigration officials..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...released from prison; since he hasn't played onstage in years, she's eager to celebrate by performing with him. Hubbard's..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...subject of his son grounds him. What happened five years ago, he says, "is like yesterday to me."..."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ultra-Gallic Gastronomy

Barbara Chisholm elucidates the finer points of dining at Chez Nous.

"...Tue-Sun, 6-10:30pm..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Postmarks

Postmarks Scandal!

"...cover story of your July 11 ["News Boss," Vol. 16, No. 45] issue concerning the Austin-American Statesman to be..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Column

Played Out

After 14 Years, Capitol City Playhouse Is Evicted

"...of the most important theatres in town for 14 years now, having produced an abundance of memorable stage work..."

Sept. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...summer fun, but we've been covering that beat for years. Our own Gerald E. McLeod has been writing his..."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...great about the dystopia genre: Set a story 200 years in the future and suddenly our anxieties become entertainment..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Space Cowboy Steve Miller's Not Joking

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist details the pompitous of musical education

"...I are doing nine shows in the next three years at Jazz at Lincoln Center about blues and Jimmie's..."

July 22, 2016 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Willie's Reserve

Lukas Nelson parlays his DNA into Something Real

"...Meet Lukas Autry Nelson, 26, Austin-born and Abbott, Texas/Maui-raised eldest son of Willie Nelson..."

June 26, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Delighted Lee

Actor Lee Eddy is back onstage in Austin after five years away, and boy, is she happy

"...But a couple of years prior to the move, I had a nagging "what..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Five Questions with Brady Lowe

Cochon 555 founder is high off the hog

"...BBQ Beast started its trek to America hundreds of years ago, and for centuries, BBQ groups have been gathering..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Smart Growth

Reflecting on 20 years of South by Southwest Interactive Festivals

"...imagine South by Southwest without the Interactive Festival. For years, though, Interactive was treated as something of a redheaded..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...too has Austin continually reinvented itself in the intervening years – artsy tech hub, urban living exemplar, official "live..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You Coulda Walked Around the World

The LBJ of Lone Star songwriters lays siege to the Cactus Cafe

"...five nights that spilled over onto a sixth. Twenty years later, on the eve of KUT taking over the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...assaulting Christina Chaviers, and each was sentenced to 48 years in prison. For the Kellers, now 58 and 68,..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...part of the Stop the Violence Movement, and 20 years later KRS is back at it again. He recently..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Shape of Things to Come

What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.

"...ought to be like anywhere from five to 50 years down the line and then distilling and preserving their..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Larger Than Life

The late Luis Jiménez created art on a grand scale – and lived life that way, too

"...at the time of his death in June of 2006 – that literally killed him, tragically enough – was..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Institutionalized Innovation

In its 11th year, the annual Austin theatre celebration FronteraFest is as edgy as ever.

"...Eleven years is a long time. Nowadays, most people don't work..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Age of Aquarius

With a new production of the "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" Hair, director Dave Steakley caps 10 years of making the Zachary Scott Theatre Center rock -- and so much more.

"...is Hair, the infamous "American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" from 1968. You know that, even if you've never seen a..."

July 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Little Station That Could

Austin's AAA station KGSR and its market ascendance.

"...won Gavin's Best AAA station award the past three years. And yet it's safe to say that almost didn't..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 28 - March 6

"...heavenly bodies may have taken as long as 4,000 years to reach us. So we are beholding them as..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara

Based on a true case, a 6-year-old is ripped from his Jewish parents by the Catholic church

"...historical drama Kidnapped, the child is Edgardo Mortara, six years old and the sixth son of Salomone and Marianna..."

June 14, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Judge Replacing Nick Chu in JP5 Will Handle Evictions, Bonds, Misdemeanors

He expects a seamless transition

"...Chu, who was appointed to JP5 in 2017 and..."

Sept. 20, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Preserving the Future of the Texas Memorial Museum

After years of neglect and underfunding, Austin’s only natural history museum reconsiders its role

"...to the piney woods of East Texas; and the 36-foot-wingspan Quetzalcoatlus, a Texas pterosaur, one the biggest flying animals..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Arts Feature by Claire Stevens

Tiny Dive Bar Indian Roller to Close

Far South Austin’s boutique roadhouse calls it quits

"...On Oct. 6, Indian Roller, the teeny bar just south of Slaughter..."

Oct. 13, 2022 Food Post by A. Richmond

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