Council Gets Un-PATRIOT-ic

The City Council considers making Austin the first Texas city to condemn the USA PATRIOT Act.

"...and supported by a broad local coalition called the Austin Bill of Rights Defense Committee, the resolution is similar..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

News/Print

Eyes only.

"...reflected on Medsker's thus-far successful bid to re-establish an Austin zine library, which he has boldly decided to name..."

June 20, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Food-o-File

March comes in like a SXSW and Virginia B. Wood gets down to business, in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...wonder if I'll have time to sample the great "Austin Music on the Menu" lineup at the Central Market..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...a given Thursday night. The lion of American independent bookstores, Square Books, helps make that happen. Not to mention..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Food-o-File

Bragging rights and the latest flavors round out this week's "Food-o-File."

"...new book from our wine writer Wes Marshall hit bookstores. Look for The Wine Roads of Texas -- An..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

News/Print

Something wonderful is about to happen to you.

"..."to learn how many subpoenas have been issued to bookstores, libraries, and newspapers" using the USA PATRIOT Act, according..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

"...Mystery Convention, which is taking place in Texas -- Austin, if you're going to insist on specificity -- for..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

On Paper

So New Media: something old, something new, something borrowed, something to do

"...publishing is dominated by large corporate publishers and chain bookstores, and you're going to have to tango with them..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Tenant Wanted on South Congress

"...business branching out from its home base on Lake Austin Boulevard to a second location in South Austin...."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

One State, One Book, One Woman

"...not the entire state of Texas? Deborah Hamilton-Lynne, an Austin playwright (Afterlives, E Pluribus Unum: Barbara Jordan, One Voice),..."

March 29, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Coach's Corner

Let's have a little historical perspective here. Rick Barnes is doing a fine job as the UT basketball coach, but he didn't single-handedly create the UT basketball program. That was Abe Lemmons, in 1976.

"...and your wife spends too much time in secondhand bookstores. I did, I'll concede, express some interest in these..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Day Trips

"...to his hometown to open a chain of used bookstores, and the town found a new industry...."

March 1, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TV Eye

Couldn't you use a good laugh?

"...muted TV screens in the video/DVD section of certain bookstores. When I got closer to the dispenser, I saw..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

On select Saturday nights for the past 16 months, an adventurous group of Austin diners has gathered in a chef's test kitchen to taste a cookbook in progress.

"...for the past 16 months, an adventurous group of Austin diners has gathered in a chef's test kitchen to..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

The University Co-Op becomes a textbook monopoly.

"...avoid long lines won't be able to rely on Austin Community College bookstores. A manager at Bevo's ACC said..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Postscripts

This week's literary events in Postscripts.

"...Austin International Poetry Festival, etc...."

April 20, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Upcoming events in Austin's literary life.

"...Very Persistent Gappers of Frip) will be coming to Austin on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30pm in the fourth..."

April 6, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Looking to the Future

"...nearly all of its print business, is based in Austin and, for a couple more months at least, makes..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Amy Smith

Looking to the Future

"..."'I'm coming! I'm coming!'" As the executive director of Austin Free-Net, a nonprofit providing Internet access and training to..."

March 2, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Postscripts

Upcoming events in Austin's literary life

"...taught more than 300 courses for the Foundation, to Austin to spread the word. Jamaica Kincaid, Annie Dillard, Toni..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Short Cuts

Two more movie houses are closing -- the Lake Creek Festival Theater and Village Cinema Art --both part of Regal Cinemas' countrywide house cleaning.

"...Told You So Dept.: It wasn't long ago that Austin seemed to have as many theatres as it did..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...Queen is in the book; right next to South Austin's premier upscale dining spot, Green Pastures. The purveyor of..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hillbilly Hollywood: The Origins of Country & Western Style

"...Given Austin's predilection toward such styles, this masterwork should be sold..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Books Review by Lee Nichols

Mary Karr Reviewed

"...with a smart mouth. Touring with the book in Austin, Karr (more than once) read a scene that embodies..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Books Feature

Everything Is Possible ... Again

Seemingly unadaptable, Greil Marcus' 1989 opus Lipstick Traces proved to be the foundation for the Rude Mechanicals' strongest theatre work to date. As they revive their hit adaptation, the Rude Mechs reflect on its creation, its success, working as a collective, and being told by Marcus, "You staged the book I wanted to write."

"...series of beginnings. Two such occurred at two independent bookstores hundreds of miles and a few years apart. One:..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Postscripts

Toad Hall Children's Bookstore is closing at the end of August, and store supporters are none too happy about it.

"...Hall Children's Bookstore, which has a 23-year history in Austin, will close on August 31. The recent decision by..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Hitting the Sauce

Scoop. Crunch. Swig. Vote. Pass.

"...seemingly intelligent people gather at the peak of the Austin summertime for a masochistic Tex-Mex marathon? Who in their..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Better Living Through Porno

... or What I Learned as an Adult Industry Worker

"...to friends for Slurpee and beer money. This was Austin, when the job market was as tight as the..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Features Feature by Kelly Petrash

Throwing Down Love

The seven-year rise of Knolly Williams, the Master P of Christian hip-hop

"...players call Nashville home. And yet, just like with Austin's country contingent, there's a handful of legitimate players thriving..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postscripts

Writers coming and going in Austin's literary scene.

"...stretch me in new ways." She will return to Austin next June... Former Austin scribe Marion Winik and her..."

July 28, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

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