Clouds Over Campus

With less funding, more competition, and a wavering vision, UT-Austin faces an uncertain future

"...regional definition. The consensus is that it's about research. Beyond that, there are no clear guidelines for what a..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege: Give 'Em More Founding Fathers!

Testing our true American values with Western civilization

"...optional curriculum that emphasizes ethics, Western civilization, and American traditions to satisfy portions of the Texas Core Curriculum." While..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The HighBall

If this is diner food, then it's from the best diner in the universe

"...your point of view); in a novel break with tradition, the anchovies are battered and fried, adding a crunchy..."

April 23, 2010 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...the decades to a half-dozen classic rock radio basics. Beyond the British Invasion's two biggest bangs covering the Panhandle's..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Beads Are Power

Bob Uhler's Krewe of Utopia takes over Maggie Mae's this Mardi Gras

"...Krewe of Utopia. Their ball has become an annual tradition, now held at Maggie Mae's. "The club loves it..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Food Feature by Kate X Messer

'aRrrrrrr, play us a song there, Matey'

The chamber concert's piratical theme was cheeky, but the music was tremendous

"...scintillating opportunity to go beyond the cult of personality and explore the act of..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Fucked Up

Hardcore rules, falls count anywhere

"...Extreme Championship Wrestling did for sports entertainment: elevate the tradition to an art. The group's Polaris Prize-winning third album,..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Willie Nelson

"...of jazz ringers that squares the Texan with the tradition rather than upsetting it, and only Joe Sample's piano..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Shadowplay

Marching to the beat of Manikin's No Wave

"...quartet sculpting and resculpting its sound. There's no experimentation beyond its three-minute marches, no wanky solos or rock &..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Big Legebowski

The session will be remembered largely as an opportunity lost to partisan displays

"...rancorously by suspending their venerable two-thirds rule – the tradition that two-thirds of the Senate must agree to bring..."

June 12, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What's Wrong With Cap Metro ... and What's Right

The transit agency is good at a few things – like digging itself into a public relations ditch

"...respective obligations under this Agreement due to any cause beyond the control and without the fault of such party."..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM

Obama's bank policy is good for bankers and reckless for us

"...at least 50 billion government dollars is, in the tradition of George W. Bush, secret (The New York Times,..."

April 10, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing Thursday night SXSW 09 talent

"...amazingly radiant, powerful voice is steeped in the gospel tradition, although she feels equally at home singing blues, country,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Every Step They Take

Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker

"...Bigelow has delivered numerous genre films that obey the traditional conventions yet never fully conform. The characters always provide..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Cacophony of Passions

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

"...Thanks to Austin's long activist tradition, our community is rich with mission-driven folks who prize..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Welcome to the 81st

Will a new speaker and more Democrats spell 'change' at the Capitol?

"...$1 billion. In what has become a Texas biennial tradition, Gov. Rick Perry has already told state agencies to..."

Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Early to Rise

Daniel Johnson loves early music's purity of sound and intimacy, and he's not alone

"...specialists, for students of prehistory in the Western musical tradition. But in the 1950s, a few people began to..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...on Dec. 7 in what has become a holiday tradition at the Taylor facility. The group will gather at..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature

A Diva's Best Friend

Stuart Moulton knows what becomes a legend most. Just ask Carol or Charo or Eartha or Elaine ...

"...will never be treated as well – he goes beyond the call of hospitality duty."..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chac-Mool

A rare glimpse inside the inner circle of accordion pioneer Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

"...and his brother, Santiago Jiménez Jr., continued their father's tradition in the 1960s, an era when the accordion suffered..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Craddick Rebuked for Reps' Rule-Breaking

"...footage of members seemingly voting twice, although the long-established tradition was scarcely a revelation...."

July 4, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Don Quixote

In Ballet Austin's take on Cervantes' old knight, youthful vigor and good humor pretty much carried the day

"...even lighter, and though the ballet's burlesque of romantic tradition occasionally suffered from gags that were overly corny or..."

May 16, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Dynamics

"...Jamaican music gets labeled green for reasons beyond the island's preoccupation with collie herbs. After all, no..."

April 25, 2008 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Friday Showcases

"...relatively new to the scene, add to the Stomp tradition. – Jim Caligiuri Ecstatic Peace!..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Working on the Railroad

The regional Transit Working Group is poised to make progress on passenger rail

"...change: Wynn's message has found favor even with the traditional business community. On Feb. 12 the Austin Cham­ber of..."

Feb. 22, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Prosecutor Times Four

Part 1: Meet the candidates for Travis County district attorney

"...In that context, this primary race has unusual importance beyond county borders – and powerful interests at the Capitol..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"..."The Bigger Picture") hampers us with a weak planning tradition. Relatively few community leaders, activists, and stakeholders have recent..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Off the Record

Max Dropout's garage-punk festival levels Beerland to Ground Zero; David Letterman hosts a Late Show spectacular at Antone's; What Made Milwaukee Famous grapples with success on second LP

"...last March at Stubb's and a solid new album, Beyond (Fat Possum), it's safe to say that Dinosaur Jr...."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Temples and Playgrounds

Previewing the 2007 Texas Book Festival, Nov. 3-4

"..."college undergraduates ... didn't need to be middle-aged or beyond to make sense out of one's life experience."..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Inherit the Wind

Austin Playhouse revival reminds us that the war between creationists and Darwinists still isn't finished

"...But the never-ending war that Drummond refers to goes beyond the immediate evolutionary question. It strikes at something topical..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

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