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Summer TV used to mean boring reruns, but these days, cable takes advantage of the networks' hibernation to launch their own season of special movie events and series. Belinda Acosta offers a list of some of the upcoming "must check out" programs.

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

Life at Marbridge Ranch defies rehab and assisted living clichés.

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

The Swells gaze on their own footwear.

South by Southwest announces attendees, the Texas Hall of Fame releases names of first honorees, and other news and events of interest to the local film community.

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

Calle Ancha isn't found on any Austin map, but this "wide street" that once ran from the Colorado River to 12th Street, where I-35 is now, was once a vital avenue for Austin's Latinos, a place where people could shop, families could meet, kids could play, and neighbors and friends in from outlying areas could shoot the breeze.

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

The Cuisines Staff Noshes Through 2000

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

In the contest for 390th District Judge, both Karrie Key and Julie Kocurek have big-name support.

Austin is becoming famous for its local brands; Cuisines editor Virginia B. Wood reveals why.

"Alex Jones is to patriotism ... what hot dogs are to meat."

Adios Antone; A wild and Willie Fourth.

Our readers talk back.

Updates on upcoming culinary events.

Action Items

Why is Congress Avenue Booksellers closing?

With two months to go, the Austin police oversight focus group starts finalizing its recommendations for auditing internal APDinvestigations.

While the rest of the nation was rallying around the flag, screenwriter and director Sturges was spitting out a series of rapid-fire Hollywood comedies that showed untruth, injustice, inequality, corruption, chicanery, and illicit sex running rampant across this land from sea to shining sea.

Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...

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

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

Council denies historic zoning for old house on St. David's property.

Doug Lenat discusses artificial intelligence and its increasing presence in the next century.