Off the Stack: Home From the Hardware Store by Stephen Antonson and Kathleen Hackett

Finding new inspiration from hardware

"...a thrill on a routine trip to the hardware store? All of those strangely-shaped fittings and L-joints are begging..."

Jan. 27, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

Day Trips: Waymore’s Package Store, Littlefield

The High Plains outlaw lives on in family’s tribute museum and drive-through liquor store

"...Waymore's Package Store, a few blocks off Highway 84 in Littlefield, has..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Beer Today, Framed Tomorrow: The Art of the Brew Returns

The annual celebration of suds & art & music is back with even more

"...Anybody tells you that making art isn’t hard work, they probably haven’t made enough art..."

Aug. 31, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

What's In Store

The city's self-storage business is changing as corporate giants push mom and pop operations aside.

"...Austin neighborhood's aesthetic sensibilities. Still, I wondered, who on Earth would throw away such a remarkable piece of art?..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Talking Art at the Top

The executive directors of the city's museums shed light on the local visual arts scene

"...If you didn't know, the Austin Museum of Art is not going to build its new downtown facility..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Big Eden

"...by: Thomas Bezucha. Starring: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Nan Martin, O'Neal Compton, Louise Fletcher, George Coe, Tim Dekay and..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Daytrips

"...Art, Texas, is more a state of mind than a..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

"Premember" Drawings Capture Austin Shops Before They're Gone

Northern-Southern gallery is showing Drew Liverman's art series focused on quirky local businesses that are still here, but maybe not for long

"...a universal notion found in the work of many artists Liverman admires, from the French post-impressionist Jean-Édouard Vuillard to..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Fifth Officer-Involved Shooting of 2016 Reported Friday Night

Subject shot dead after charging at officer with knives

"...officer shot and killed a man Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo says charged full speed at the officer with..."

April 25, 2016 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Day Trips

"...Small-town general stores once served as the center of commerce for..."

Nov. 17, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Meghan Shogan Carves a Career Path Through Solid Rock

With hammer, chisels, and steel brushes in hand, the Austin artist is on a trajectory in stone

"...against rough raw rock: Shogan carves stone for her art and she carves stone to make a living and..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...century with historically correct homes, animals, and clothes. Children participating in the week-long camps dress in 19th-century working clothes..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Day Trips

St. Mary's Grotto in Windthorst isn't your normal piece of modern sculpture

"...simplicity. Besides the shrine's statement of faith, it is art by the people for the people...."

June 4, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The back roads of northeastern Travis County snake around enough to make a Sunday drive seem like a journey.

"...years hundreds of towns had cropped up anywhere a store could convince the post office to deliver the mail...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Get ready for baby sea turtles, balloon launches, and more

"...after Oct. 1, 2020. REAL ID compliant identification cards generally are marked with a star in the upper right..."

April 30, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Fayetteville, Texas, pop. 500.

"...Chovanec. She and her husband Jerry own the local general store. Folks drive from as far away as Houston..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dream On

Austin Museum of Art Re-Examines Its Downtown Plans

"...The future home of the Austin Museum of Art at the corner of Third and Guadalupe photograph by..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...one reason only -- to conduct business at the headquarters of the most Republican state in the union --..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

"...more than 160 years old and once was a general store supplying cattle drives and travelers on the old..."

May 29, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Everybody's Talking at You

Austin's reading series scene is booking good

"...and Great! Reading Show. For the Bat Cave's Story Department. For local instances of national phenomena Mortified and the..."

July 30, 2010 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Vulcan Video Hammers Southward

Video rental institution finds new home on Ben White

"...Who said video rental stores are dead? Turns out, in Austin they're just migrating..."

July 13, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

EAST, at Ease

The 2006 East Austin Studio Tour reveals 86 studios and one stacked pod art city with a shared alphabet

"...(past 51st and Springdale). Spearheaded by Michael Abelman, they articulated sentiments common to all the artists participating in the..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

All 'Round Republic Square

A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park

"...mixed-use development to the north, the Austin Museum of Art to the south, and the new federal courthouse to..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Day Trips & Beyond: New Orleans School of Cooking

Cajun cooking made simply good

"...It was a rainy weekend in the French Quarter. Showers and lightning had canceled the last acts on..."

May 18, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar narrowly escapes a poke in the eye by ... something, while wearing faux faux Versace

"...BLOOM This year's Bloom felt like an Octopus Club's ArtErotica (similar fixtures and basic concept). It also had some..."

July 30, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Fancy New Foxtrot Opens, Jo’s Celebrates the Austin Marathon, Olamaie Offers a Southern Exposure, Austin Craft Beers Win a Mess o’ Medals, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Foxtrot, the state-of-the-art convenience store brand that’s a sharp mash-up of local..."

Feb. 15, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips

The Gonzales Food Market makes headlines as well as terrific barbecue and sausage

"...the time to do it all right is an art," says Rene Lopez Garza, one of four co-owners. "Basically..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Honorable Charlie Baird

Judge Charlie Baird is ruffling official feathers at the Travis County Courthouse

"...of all criminal cases end in a bargain – generally, a sentence negotiated between a prosecutor and defense counsel...."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Faster Than Sound: 523 Thompson Sticks Around

DIY venue co-runners recap a year ahead of Vans event, Rev. Merrill Wade ends the Soul of a Musician Series, and Hi, How Are You Project announces Daniel Johnston tribute

"...Park under the big horse mural at Callahan's General Store, carefully cross Thompson Lane – a side street..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Roadside Fuel

Gas station eats by the lake

"...working at his folks' Italian restaurants and learned the art well. He and wife Priscilla, along with cooks Frank..."

July 4, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

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