The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...The biggest stories of any year in Austin tend to unfold over weeks and months, sometimes fading..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

25 Bars That Define Austin

Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar

"...of a city more defined by its bars than Austin, but choosing just which bars define the city sure..."

July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Austin, Texas Cities Promise Legal Fight Against SB 4

City Council to vote on SB 4 lawsuit resolution Thursday

"...Joined by advocacy groups, elected officials from Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso made clear..."

May 16, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin Music Awards show audience visited the genre’s desired effect..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...Austin's character is made by its people, objects, and places...."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Austin State Supported Living Center to Stay Open

Bill to close it dies before end of session

"...protesting and organizing against the proposed closure of the Austin State Supported Living Center, Parker and dozens of other..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin And the Wider World

State department visit puts global spotlight on tech center

"...Many Austinites already know that their city is one of the..."

May 19, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Who Gives a Damn About Big Range Austin?

The answer might be a lot closer than you think

"...Here comes the Big Range Austin Dance Festival again, for the fourth annual time, but..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Streetcar Proposal: A Play in Two Acts?

Plans unveiled for rail transit

"...Here's the latest political drama for the Austin streetcar project: In how many acts should a city..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Austin @ Large: Money for Love

There's a word for that sort of thing. It starts with an 'F.'

"..."substantial" incentives to keep the corporate headquarters here in Austin. "Substantial" as in the biggest Austin incentive package ever,..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: A Bad Precedent

The courthouse deal is another chapter in Austin's same old sad Downtown saga

"...it seems pointless to conceive of a downside – Austin excises an unsightly (Smart) growth attached to Downtown's posterior,..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: What Happens Next?

Suggestions for a 2004 City Hall to-do list

"...Forgive my Grinchiness, but here on the Austin-public-life beat, the happiest tiding of the season is that..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Smart Growth wouldn't be dead if it had stayed in touch with reality

"...of the Smart Growth tribe, at which Kirk Watson's Austin was held up as a model of intelligent regional..."

July 4, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

For mayoral candidates, the rubber has yet to meet the road (or rail).

"...the same old activists but of the mythical Average Austinites. And it's an article of faith that said Average..."

April 25, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin girds its loins for its biennial journey up Granite Mountain.

"...stations reported, with appropriate shock, that the city of Austin spends your tax money on lobbyists. Apparently, this "news"..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large: Mixed Signals

Why is the City Council trying to undercut single-member districts?

"...been seeing, though, is how politics actually works, with Austin's green people -- be they backing Griffith, or Daryl..."

March 8, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...editors, have worried that our "Super Heroes"-themed "Best of Austin" might seem flip...."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

How $50,000 Is Shaking Up Austin's Black Artists Buried Treasure

"...an elusive miracle cure for any number of worthy Austin groups who are feeling the lack-of-funding crunch that reverberates..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Kick Me, I'm From Austin

Visiting the Lege, City Council, and Bergstrom

"...pretty at all. Attacks on the city's home rule powers at the Legislature continue. Our own state senator amended..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

Flamboyant Musician Dorian Electra Gives Masculinity a "Groovy" Makeover

In their debut tour, genderfluid artist celebrates camp

"...Let’s talk, briefly, about Austin Powers...."

Sept. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

The Love Guru

Is it redundant to mock self-help culture? Not if you're Mike Myers and have a new sketch-comedy character to introduce.

"...Myers, the same fevered sketch-comedy mind that gave us Austin Powers, Wayne Campbell, and (king of them all) Dr...."

June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Johnny English

"...their riotous sex scene. Here, however, in a limp, post-Austin Powers riff on the spy game, he’s working from..."

July 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Meet the Parents

"...There's Something About Mary. Director Jay Roach helmed both Austin Powers movies, and co-writers Jim Herzfeld worked for It's..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mystery, Alaska

"...fate we'd all be better off without. Teaming with Austin Powers helmer Roach, Kelley (one of Mystery, Alaska's co-writers..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Shrek

Animated comic gem.

"...aimed in the direction of old Walt's Magic Kingdom. Powers' Myers is the titular Shrek, a hulking green ogre..."

May 18, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Memorable Moments From Levitation's Halloweekend

Standout sets from the four-day Austin fest

"...paraded gloriously in a cheeky group costume of blue-velvet Austin Powers with a quartet of sexy, gun-boob-adorned pink robots...."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Earth Day 101: All Things Consignment

Clean the city and your guilty conscience

"...or volunteer for large-scale sustainability events like Earth Day Austin to save the planet and enforce green habits...."

April 20, 2017 Events Post by Chelsea Pribble

The Image Formed

Previewing the 12th Austin Film Festival

"...a parody more in line with Dr. Strangelove than Austin Powers. One might fault Kutzera for dropping a love..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

The Good Times Ain't Over

Freddy Powers keeps on truckin'

"...to both commemorate the opening and benefit the Freddy Powers Parkinson Organization. The crowd crams to capacity inside the..."

Aug. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

UT Chancellor to President: Resign, Or I'll Fire You

War over UT leadership escalates into full blown bloodbath

"...The war over Bill Powers' tenure as president of the University of Texas at..."

July 8, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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