Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...much-heralded residential developers, Post/West Properties, pulled out of the project. Word of the Post departure spread like wildfire Tuesday,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"...its work to date -- Peter Pan, West Side Story, Annie, and Gypsy, which it opened last week --..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Postmarks

"...writer was especially self-evident in the presentation of the story's sidebar "Dueling Dreams for the MACC," where the reporter..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...way to creating, often with official sanction, a man-made American mess." - Christopher Tunnard..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...AMERICAN COWBOY..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Infill On Trial

What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?

"...still don't yet have a plan -- tying these projects together and pointing toward future ones -- that packs..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...TBA Americana-tinged songwriting in Bee Caves brands a band named after..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

To Build a Courthouse

Current civil courthouse leaves a lot to be desired

"...the Commis­sioners Court attempted to move forward with the project, disagreements over the cost, the location, the scale, etc.,..."

Sept. 18, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

All the Way With LBJ's Play

Bill Rauch talks staging 'All the Way' and 'The Great Society'

"...commissioned Schenkkan to write All the Way for OSF's American Revolutions cycle of history plays, it only made sense..."

Oct. 9, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...is better for the world and better for the project."..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...and Peace) Michael Brick (Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...genesis as a commission from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's American Revolutions cycle of history plays, what makes Lyndon Johnson..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kickstart My Heart

Austin is one of 10 cities featured prominently on online fundraising platform Kickstarter

"...and something incredibly unique had happened," he explains. "A project that had launched trying to raise [a total of]..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Adam Schragin

Small Town, Big Find

The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville

"...fulfillment of a personal prophecy to save his dirt-poor African-American neighbors. "He truly believes God gave him these riches,"..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Peace Through Pie

A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King

"...the Los Angeles Wave, a community paper, published my story, which encouraged readers to make a Southern-styled dinner menu..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Third Time's the Charm

Andrea Ariel keeps going back to the Gyre, diving deeper and finding deeper truths

"...a noble failure and move on to a new project, Ariel continued to work on it, inviting in new..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

War and Remembrance: Part III

"...intellectual vocabulary they used to make their way in history, that you appreciate the struggles that have been waged..."

April 13, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Our PUD process is broken...."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

This Ain't No Picnic: Minutemen on Patrol

The sinister legions of the 'Drug Cartel' have little to fear from the latest incarnation of border hysteria. As for the rest of us ...

"...the Drug Cartel, the next most-favorite subject was the American Civil Liberties Union – in particular, Ray Ybarra. The..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

War Made Easy

New echoes of Vietnam: 'Withdrawal would cripple U.S. credibility'

"...nation can ever again have the same confidence in American promises, or in American protection," President Johnson said on..."

July 15, 2005 News Feature by Norman Solomon

The Dinner Guest Lecturer

Food historian Andrew F. Smith brings 'The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America' to Austin

"..."The story of Thanksgiving is all made up, you know; it..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

Naked City

"...the Landmark Organization for the Convention Center Hilton Hotel project -- had been suspended due to the city budget..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...Williams and Sears may be closely identified. Within the history of the Tuna phenomenon, from its birth through the..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...Crawford, the former legal director of the Political Asylum Project of Austin, a nonprofit group that provides services to..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...in designing art-related spaces. His work on such high-profile projects as the Dia Cultural Center for the Arts and..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...Warning: By the time you read this story, the information contained in it will probably be obsolete...."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...rise from film-that-could to film-that-did is a Rocky-sized success story in a competitive, money-driven medium. Its very existence this..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Personal Effects

"...Again: A Life in Iran and America, a young Iranian-American woman's history of growing up in two vastly different..."

April 16, 1999 Books Feature by Stacy Bush

A League of Their Own

"...by screenwriter-novelist Stephen Harrigan. God's Favorite, the Manuel Noriega story written by Lawrence Wright (The Siege), is currently in..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Joe Lansdale

The Hardest Working Unknown Author?

"...award four times, the British Fantasy Award, and the American Horror Critics Award, and probably, by now, a Pulitzer..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

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