Diverse Portfolio

The boom in Austin may be busting, but the 183 / MoPac tech force will always be hungry around noon, Pableaux Johnson writes in his review of Sushi Sake.

"...often comment that "food follows the money," and in Austin's case it was a near-textbook case of nigiri/NASDAQ connection...."

June 8, 2001 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Digitizing Austin City Limits: In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Austin..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

Help Desk

Surviving Austin's rising cost of living with some help from the "sharing economy"

"...Digital Yuppies (CATLADY), who is feeling priced out of Austin by the tech boom. This is our last word..."

July 10, 2015 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

Baghead

Kind of funny and kind of scary, the lo-fi Baghead is not so much a horror movie as a four-character study of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work.

"...horror mavens quicken their step. The Baghead directors (formerly Austin residents who filmed most of Baghead in this area)..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting School to Work

Aided by an infusion of new tax dollars from high-tech and other industries, Del Valle ISD finds success by investing heavily in school-to-career programs.

"...era of promised wealth descending on the wings of technological innovation -- present-day realities in the state's school system..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Fueling the Algorithm and Finding Community: Music Creators Thrive on Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram

On discoverable platforms, Austin musicians experience encouragement, engagement, and unexpected viral moments

"...leaving content creators yet again underrecognized as viable artists. Austin-based musician Allie, one half of the popular Twitch channel..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...how hard it is being a venue owner in Austin with the way things are changing and growing. Venue..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Small Town, Big Find

The energy debate gets personal in Haynesville

"...Kallenberg, who cut his teeth as an Austin American-Statesman technology reporter as the tech boom was blossoming..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

SXSW Film Review: BlackBerry

The rise and fall of the original smartphone as a tragic satire

"...be submerged in the morally murky and ultimately ruthless tech satire of BlackBerry...."

March 13, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gus Baldwin, the Sketch, and a New Era of Old School

Genre-agnostic quartet debuts with classic rock energy and brassy punk politics

"...Gone) Arigato,” for instance, alludes to the divide between Austin’s eclectic locals and tech boom newcomers...."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Feature by Kyra Bruce

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...seriously starting to do -- then the health of Austin's actors, painters, musicians, dancers, sculptors, singers, directors, and designers..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movies and Shakers

The production companies behind – and ahead of – the boom, and how they might be able to help you

"...Film is booming in Austin. That's hardly news: It's always booming, it..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?

Austin's plan to end wholesale euthanasia at Town Lake shelter remains a distant dream

"...the dead. Margaret Shroyer, one of the two vet techs on Room 10 duty today, grabs a black garbage..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...-- Representative Debbie Riddle, Austin, March 5, 2003..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming baritone, and Ernest Tubb disposition. How can you miss..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Men Who Would be Mayor

Scrambling for Money, Consensus, & Power

"...neighborly audience from the Lakewood Homeowners' Association in Northwest Austin. They are fielding questions that touch the heart of..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Alex de Marban

That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...for this aesthetic. In the fall of 2005, the Austin Museum of Art opened the second exhibit in its..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

The Making of Downtown North

The Domain may sound like just another fancy mall – but planners say it's the seed of a second Austin

"...a shopper's Disneyland and pre-emptively dismissed by many Central Austinites as a strange, upmarket interloper, more suited for the..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Barton Springs is located outside of the city of Austin jurisdiction in Hays County. The water from the contributing..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...Amtrak's woes have touched the hearts of the Austin City Council, which is asking President Bush to intervene..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Economics From the Bottom Up

A profile of Accion Texas, CDC, and other microlenders

"...were riding the crest of the biggest economic swell Austin's ever seen convened their second 360 Summit: a flashy..."

Aug. 10, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

This year's Greater AustinWork job summit features talk of layoffs, better and earlier training, and sagging profits at companies around the city.

"...time to accept that the New Economy has taken Austin for a long walk off a short dock? Thursday,..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Library Fails to Carry

Commission Votes for Local Over Regional

"...expected such a huge turnout for an event most Austinites simply ignore, but more than 50 citizens turned out..."

Feb. 13, 1998 News Feature by Walter Cole

Forced Growth

"...Dear Editor, For the most part, your article "Austin at Large: Don’t Go Away Mad, Just …" [News,..."

Nov. 29, 2022 Postmarks

Getting a Read on the State of Anti-State Bookstores

Brave New Books and Monkeywrench Books keep thinking outside the mainstream

"...Around the turn of the century, Slacker-era Austin was on its way out. The city saw "yuppies..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Taylor Prewitt

Luv Doc: Vice Without the Ad

Existentially speaking, it's probably best not to go apeshit with the featherduster

"...Although readers are routinely confused about the content of..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

What Did You Expect?

"...I am quite curious how those who are defending Austin's current trends think the city will maintain its supposedly..."

June 2, 2016 Postmarks

Theresa Duncan's Girl-Centric CD-ROMs Are Reissued for a New Generation

The games get their "21st century premiere" in Austin

"...computing's pubescent years can be lost to time as tech inevitably shifts into higher gears...."

Feb. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties - Amy Simmons

Ice cream entrepreneur wants to make your day

"...for her new venture and was prompted to consider Austin by an article she read in The Economist about..."

Jan. 12, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

A Way Back to Tenderness

Writing workshops serve Austin's aging and their caregivers

"...they moved to Houston, then Boston, then finally to Austin, where they got married and have lived ever since...."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

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