Public Notice: Think Globally, Act Locally

Planning for mobility, hoping for democracy

"...Read Maggie Quinlan's story about some Austinites with Ukrainian ties here. Back to Austin..."

March 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Rosemary Renteria's Family Responds to Her Death and the Encampment Sweep That Continued Despite It

Out of sight, out of mind

"...grass at Longhorn Shores, just south of the namesake dam. Look up, and one sees Downtown across the water...."

March 4, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Crucial Free Week Concerts

Grab your mask and hit some gratis live shows

"...Per tradition, the fiscal year of Austin music launches with a run of shows priced $0.00...."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Dodson, a pediatrician at Children's Medical Group in Central Austin, was shot and killed Tuesday night by Dr. Bharat..."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Feature

Spirit Adrift's Nathan Garrett Lands His Astral Metal Rocket in Bastrop

Ride into the light

"...from end to end. Inside a steamy Hotel Vegas, Austin death metal trio Skeleton blows a blackened Nordic gale...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Public Notice: Whose Streets?

Imagine if you can... No police, no cars...

"...reactions poured in from various corners, ranging from the Austin Jus­tice Coalition's "$11 million? We have a long way..."

July 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Healthy Streets Program's Partial Closures Give Nondrivers Room

Share the streets

"...Austin has joined a growing number of global cities that..."

May 29, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Music Rolls Out Second Artist List

Wire, Jucee Froot, plus 207 real acts and one Hollywood contrivance

"...Arp Frique & Erik “Keysie” Ritfeld (Amsterdam, Netherlands)..."

Nov. 13, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...into this small cave. Thuesen, a land manager for Austin Water Utility who loves to tell jokes and talk..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Headlines

"...Tuesday, May 3, in the May 7 city of Austin election over a single proposition: Prop. 1, the ordinance..."

April 22, 2016 News Feature

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...numbed noses. But it didn't stop the throngs of Austinites from descending to the concrete path along the creek,..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Once and Future Library

New library committed to creating community gathering space

"...feel at home in." In an early October conversation, Austin Public Library Director Brenda Branch was summarizing the goal..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Schools and Environment

Big Saturday events for education and environment

"...Question: Is Austin truly a progressive city or just a pricey hipster..."

April 17, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Move Any Mountain

Balkan Cafe rises to the top

"...is of Serbian stock, by way of Austria and Amsterdam. His father Milenko followed a long-lost buddy to Amster­dam,..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Playback: ACL Fest Platinum

Lucky 13 marks the biggest ACL Fest yet

"...Austin's largest outdoor music festival commences this weekend with ACL..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback

Stop complaining there's no hip-hop scene here because now it has its own festival

"...city to hip-hop with a concert at Palmer Auditorium, Austin's rap scene – which has long endured stepchild status..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Becoming Drought Tolerant

Central Texas looks for ways to balance population growth with future water supplies

"...be a recurring theme in Texas. But in booming Austin and the surrounding areas of Central Texas, the ongoing..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Then There's This: Saving Water From Ourselves

Task force urges 'aggressive' conservation and reuse strategies

"...of a draft report containing far-reaching recommendations for ensuring Austin's water future...."

July 4, 2014 News Column

Just Don't Call It Wakeboarding

"...It's a perfect Austin afternoon; we walk the dock between Hula Hut and..."

May 16, 2014 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Saturday Showcases

Park your hiney at a Saturday night SXSW showcase

"...Orange County cassette label Burger Records and Ben Tipton's Austin vinyl imprint Burger City Rock N Roll began around..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Then There's This: Green Is as Green Does

Robbins' latest 'Directory' follows the flows of water – and power

"...talking point of Paul Robbins' latest edition of the Austin Environmental Directory – a semi-regular, comprehensive resource guide with..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...Texas English professor's decades-long love affair with one of Austin's main urban creeks. For years Jones strolled the creek,..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...this warm June evening on his other project, the Austin All-Star Band, composed of area band students and slated..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...C-107, Lakeway, 512/263-8728 Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-3pm, 5-10pm; Sunday brunch, 10am-3pm www.artisanbistroaustin.com..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Ride and Compare: Navigating Two Different Bike Maps

Google Maps and Ride the City take different routes to same destinations

"...of Google Maps just made it worse. It's so damned functional. If I don't know where I'm going, it..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

No Wastewater in the Lake, Please

Austin area officials oppose discharging treated wastewater into Lake Travis

"...With Lake Austin and Tom Miller Dam as a backdrop, a group..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

South by So Real 09

Rapping with Matt Sonzala about SXSW hip-hop

"...Welcome to the second annual edition of South by..."

March 10, 2009 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Hill Country Militia

Grassroots homesteaders tighten ranks to fight urban encroachment

"...aquifer is best known on its northern end, in Austin, as the fount of Barton Springs, but at its..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Greg Harman

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...something feels different. At events organized to address how Austin can best develop and grow – whether convened by..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Beside the Point: An Open Letter to Rich Oppel

Sometimes it's hard not to agree with Rich Oppel

"...Austin American-Statesman..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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