Before the Well Runs Dry

The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?

"...Only in Austin would a bona fide honky-tonk hero be tapped to..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...When it's summer in Austin, you can count on at least two things: It'll..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...performing and visual arts to progress and prosper. The Austin Arts Hall of Fame honors this latter class of..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...Her roots in Austin ran about as deep as anyone's could. She came..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...Jeanine Plumer is one of the few people in Austin who still relives the nightmare year of 1885, those..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

These Are the Days

Extolling an Exciting New Era of Austin Theatre

"...Miller work -- Live Oak Theatre staging The Crucible, Austin Community College doing All My Sons -- but it's..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...are smaller than the theatrical one in the current Austin Musical Theatre production of The Music Man. When the..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Cacophony of Passions

Why the City Council changed the boards and commissions system – and what still needs to be done

"..."Any time the citizens of Austin feel left out, it only causes problems."..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: An Immodest Proposal

Preventing the music scene from burdening the city

"...the unfortunate distance between talk ... [and] actually supporting Austin's most vital culture." ("Page Two," Nov. 29, 2002)..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Faster Than Sound: Mobley vs. the Occident Supreme

Virtual tour of new EP caps Mobley's movie-sized year

"...19. Beyond his own cinematic making, Mobley's participation in Austin music over the past year felt equally omnipresent...."

Feb. 19, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...no city's films speak to that as much as Austin. The home town presence is strongest in the documentary..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Margaret Moser Tribute: Leader of the Pack

The importance of being Margaret Moser as told by her peers, mentors & protégés

"...job to clean offices and answer phones at the Austin Sun,” Moser emailed last week. “I bullshitted my way..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Then There's This: Cracking Down on Homelessness

Chief defends police initiative on crime

"...It's that time of year when Austin's charitable spirit comes to life, a time during holidays..."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...ago, Conspirare began to garner serious national attention, receiving Chorus America's prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: A Threat and a Promise

The city takes on live music, again

"...is in its final stages for Public Comment at www.ci.austin.tx.us/wallercreek/survey.cfm [survey since closed]...."

June 13, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Artful Presents

Local gift suggestions from the Art Elf Prize Patrol

"...dedicated to culturally oriented gifts – that works by Austin visual and performing artists are sorely underrepresented under the..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rethinking Reagan ... and LBJ

AISD searches for student and community involvement in high school redesign program

"...Next time, bring one more person. This flourishing of civic involvement couldn't be better timed – the Austin Independent..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

How to Hire an Architect

"...the small organizations, from the three big organizations [Ballet Austin, Austin Lyric Opera, and Austin Symphony], three architects, [scenic..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Postmarks

SXSW Diary

"...crowd as we join hands and break into a chorus of "Kumbaya." The mood turns giddy as the spirited..."

March 20, 1998 Column

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