Lebanon Calling

The Lebanese connection: ACL booker Charles Attal's bond with Zilker Park

"...and the park's Great Lawn was in the process of being transformed into the setting for the Austin City..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Cosplay All Day

Dragon's Lair holding fantasy costuming symposium

"...one-day even, going on now at the Norris Conference Center, is a newbies-to-experts introduction to the skills, crafts and..."

July 13, 2013 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...In 2007, the series' first book followed the exploits of 17-year-old Quincie, a riff on the strapping Texan dude..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

Brass Ring Lessons

How TexARTS' first two go-rounds in staging classic musicals are helping to make its new Carousel ride a winner

"...American lexicon as a way to describe the pursuit of a special reward, typically one involving some effort. See,..."

June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week: "So, this cloud that you bring forward,..."

Sept. 5, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Wants to Be a Theatre Geek?

A quiz to find out who knows what about theatre in Austin.

"...Okay, class, if you think I've been spouting off here, week after week, just to hear myself talk,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Austin Fared

Despite Austin's reputation as the most expensive rental market in Texas, the state Department of Housing and Community Affairs has approved only one low-income housing tax credit project for Austin this year.

"...the rain away all summer, but politics at the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) may have..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

A Mission From God

"...photograph by David Bedrich..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

News Fit to Censor

Observer Among Media That Went After Real News

"...Oil and the Environmental Protection Agency published by The Texas Observer made project Censored's top overlooked news stories of..."

May 30, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

Turkey Prep, Indigenous Films, and More Weekday Events

Events to attend before you're too stuffed to move

"...Essential Cinema: The Eyes of Peter Lorre..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Live Election Coverage

Is it over yet?

"...Will our democracy survive the night? Will Texas inch a little closer to turning Travis-County-blue? Will D6..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

UT Hockey vs. Austin Roadrunner Mini-Mites to Benefit Make-a-Wish Foundation

"...Austin Roadrunners Mini-Mites (ages 4-8) at the Chaparral Ice Center (14200 I-35) Sunday, Feb. 25, 3:30-4:30pm. Expect some big..."

Feb. 15, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...It's one of the most contentious land battles in the Hill Country..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...she requested the opportunity to get a "good" picture of me, I could have saved you the trouble and..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Signed and Sealed

With Bradley Out of the Way, Council Turns Attention to Stratus

"...Well, it's over. The city of Austin's settlement with Gary Bradley no longer has the..."

March 31, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Two Generations, One Art

Like twins who have grown up apart and are finally reunited, writer-performer Terry Galloway and the Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals are creative soulmates who have at last discovered their kinship through their collaboration on Galloway's dark comedy In the House of the Moles.

"...purely coincidental. After all, these women are not her blood relations. Still, they are close kin to Galloway --..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Waste Wars

City Tries to Seal Best Deal for Trash and Recycling

"...averted at the last minute, thanks to the election of a trio of new councilmembers and a thorough airing..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the life of Leon Theremin is wilder than anything a storyteller might..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...just write themselves. This fascinating documentary about the life of Leon Theremin is wilder than anything a storyteller might..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Gay Place

What's at the fest through a queer lens

"...SXSW, many chapters were added to the LGBTQ litany of survival, thriving, and making waves. From tales of struggles..."

March 20, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...years as Pct. 2 Commissioner, working on all kinds of initiatives to improve quality of life and making the..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...Before this session of the Texas Legislature ends, however, there could be at..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Day Trips

The exhibit of flags in Houston reminds us of what it took to come this far.

"...The Texas flags exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Whose House

Making a Place for Black Theatre in Austin

"...actually just killing time, thumbing through the September issue of American Theatre that I had had in my bag..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

AGLIFF Going Online, Holding Weekend Teaser Festival

House of Cardin and more streaming free for Pride Weekend

"...Queer cinema enters the virtual zone, as the organizers of All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF) announced..."

June 11, 2020 Screens Post by James Scott

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...investors, musicians to Muppets, and from the joint chiefs of staff to the wrestling ring: SXSW just unleashed a..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Shock and Awe ... Once Again

Our wars return to roost, and we blame the victims

"...in Paris by declaring opposition to any U.S. resettlement of Syrian refugees – as more than two dozen (mostly..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Column by Michael King

American Dreamer

Tiffany Harelik writes her own story through her cookbook series dedicated to Austin's food trailers

"...both natural-born and otherwise, could climb the metaphorical ladder of their choosing to achieve riches and acclaim regardless of..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

One Big Gay Happy Family?

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...Members of QueerBomb, Austin's renegade counter-Pride, and members of the official..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...Quote of the week..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

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