Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...30]. While the Statesman refuses to tell the real story, you have made clear that all of AMD's on-site..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Column

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...the company's plans to build a major real estate project on the banks of Barton Creek, about a dozen..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...memo – and blown off its own regional planning project – as it barrels ahead with pipeline plans on..."

May 14, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...hearing, saying that he testified that the human genome project supports evolutionary theory. Although Dr. Hillis never mentioned the..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Money for Nothing

Millions of Williamson County taxpayer dollars pour into a contractor's pocket, and no one seems to know why.

"...This is a story about the practice of government in Williamson County: about..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...become as "security conscious" as the Israelis. As an American Jew, I'm well aware of how insecure Israel remains..."

July 5, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...planning we have done" ["Postmarks: More to the Villas Story," Feb. 8]. Mike McHone, the developer's agent, happens to..."

Feb. 15, 2002 Column

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...through April 2001. Participating critics this year include Austin American-Statesman staff reporters Michael Barnes and Jeanne Claire van Ryzin..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...thaw out some verse from chilly Minnesota; New England's Project Kids spin yarns about the hard-knock Roxbury life; and..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Double Take

Austin Scribe Lawrence Wright Tackles Noriega -- Twice

"...novel based on the screenplay, Wright will escape a story that has occupied him for more than a decade,..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

The Art of Conversation

Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication

"...Friday night is Movie Night at the Austin Men's Project, a "community building project" that aims to foster a..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Clay Smith

Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...new literary adaptation/deconstruction of Lipstick Traces, Greil Marcus' "secret history of the 20th century." In the audience one night..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

CSC: It's a Good Thing

"...these types of changes often add to the colorful history of the Austin music scene. J'net Ward, the owner..."

April 2, 1999 Column

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...with no regrets and a hell of a recording history. He also lights up a stage like whiskey on..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...less than a month after the publication of that story, Eways had resigned her position as executive director and..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

West Coast Meets South of Texas

"...At the most basic level,Los Super Seven is a Mexican-American all-star band made up of Tex-Mex legends Freddy Fender..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...and Butt-head Do America, One Fine Day, My Fellow Americans, Scream, The Crucible, Sling Blade, Joseph Conrad's The Secret..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...of color in more active roles in our country's history. A few highlights:..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

Home, Sweet Home

(Or Slum, Slum, Slum?)

"...today's overheated real estate market. The company developing the project, Global Southwest Development, Inc., can keep prices low because..."

Feb. 16, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...• Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author Ruha Benjamin, activist..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Critics Table award process this year were the Austin American-Statesman's Andrew J. Friedenthal (theatre), Claire Canavan (theatre), Luke Quinton..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

TFPF Awards Filmmaker Grants

AFS' funding arm awards $121,000 to Texas filmmakers

"...ABOVE ALL ELSE
John Fiege
The story of the Keystone XL pipeline project and of the..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...Sheiks tribute record, but eventually decided to expand the project into a celebration of traditional American music."..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sundance Announces Shorts Program

Texans get the nod

"...In the short doc category, Amy Grappell will screen..."

Dec. 8, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

"...Brendan Nash – his mother told the television show American Justice – said the Kellers had held a gun..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...120-plus feature-length and short films is a roster of non-American-made masterpieces from every corner of the planet: Iceland to..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"..."The district attorney is a woman – how cool..."

April 11, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

March 27-April 3

"...ROBIN HAHNEL The American University economics professor gives two talks questioning the assumption..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature

Jazzin' Up Catfish Row

After 70 years, Zach creates a Porgy and Bess for Austin

"...both accessible and sophisticated, satisfying but enigmatic. A love story set in a fictional tenement on the waterfront in..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Graham Reynolds

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...and regional partnering. Both are bigger than the streetcar project itself. As Central Texas slouches toward a regional vision..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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