Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...Writer Edwin "Bud" Shrake, who passed away last week after a battle with cancer, was celebrated locally..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Jewels of Castle Hill

The Heritage Society of Austin's Spring 2009 historic home tour.

"...day for throngs of straw hat and sandal-clad pedestrians to invade the narrow streets west of Lamar for The..."

May 3, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

Day Trips

Mason isn't your normal small Texas town

"...Sandstone Cellars Winery and Santos Taqueria aren't what you would..."

March 27, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

A concert that showed how far the Capital City Men's Chorus has come in 20 years

"...Men's Chorus rang in the holiday season by returning to the scene of the vocal ensemble's very first concert...."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...Some mornings, just before he dashes off to the University of Texas campus to teach a playwriting..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everything Is Illuminated

Loretta Fischer's Tarrytown shed is totally famous.

"...Loretta Fischer is totally famous. Her landscaping and her garden "shed" – really..."

May 8, 2008 Design Post by Cindy Widner

Notes From a Rally

Barack Obama motivates the Austin crowd at his post-debate rally Friday.

"...From Brazos to Guadalupe, from the Capitol gates to the GoVision screen..."

Feb. 23, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

"..."Beyond the obvious damage to Reed Hall, many have expressed to me their concern..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature

WTP4 Still Running?

More on the controversial waterworks

"...Had we spoke too soon Thursday in proclaiming Water Treatment Plant No. 4..."

Aug. 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...rained-out barbecues and the gray layers of humidity sticking to the city like a waterlogged diaper, you'd be excused..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Boys of Summer, Cowboys That Is

"...teams must report in just a few short weeks to build and sculpt their squads and prepare for the..."

June 21, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Johnnie Taylor, Soul Man

Johnnie Taylor's Live at the Summit Club gets released.

"...Eddie Floyd, and Booker T & the MGs roll into town for the “Stax 50” SXSW showcase at Antone’s...."

March 9, 2007 Music Post by Greg Beets

An Alternative Universe Blog I Wrote in a Dream

"...a row? We'll never know, but VY has a history of responding to snubs by getting mad, and when..."

Jan. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...– Lari Burson would've known what killed her father last summer, within about 24 hours of his death...."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

What's at Stake at City Hall?

City elections bring debate over people, priorities, and propositions

"...May 13 municipal elections are threatening – just – to get interesting. Last week a former Playboy model filed..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...all that Vice-President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week." – Austin lawyer Harry Whittington,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...Last week, just before the film Secuestro Express premiered in..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Legislators give homebuilders what they pay for

"...what they pay for, but homebuilders do – thanks to the nearly $9 million they've contributed to Texas elections..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Austin @ Large: Highway Ho-Ho-Ho!

As concrete Christmas arrives, who's got the last laugh now?

"..."They all laughed at Christopher Columbus, when he said the world was round,..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Editor,..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Mission, Not Accomplished

The city's draft budget is on the table, and the cuts just keep on coming

"...first is surely true, since budget season now seems to last all year long. City Manager Toby Futrell's "draft..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Unequal Farce

The 'Statesman' leaps to its own defense … and crashes on takeoff

"...the South," p.28 – and he was kind enough to share this space, in order to follow a continuing..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King

The Marble Falls

The demise of one small town's one-screen theatre comes down to cold logic in a big business. James McWilliams reports.

"...icon of picture-perfect Main Street -- showed the obvious last picture, closed its doors, and called it quits. They..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Editor:..."

March 7, 2003 Column

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

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are women like? What is time like? Most..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Double Jeopardy

The state of Texas jailed Cuban exile Carlos Lavernia for 16 years for a crime he did not commit. Now the INS might send him back to Cuba.

"...Carlos Lavernia may have considered himself lucky to be alive when he climbed aboard the big fishing..."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Trouble Men

The post-SRV trials and tribulations of Texas' most famous rhythm section

"...had been repainted black. That's how Double Trouble bassist Tommy Shannon remembers the months after Stevie Ray Vaughan was..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

New Kid on the Block

ASTI is the perfect addition to Hyde Park's busiest corner

"...ASTI Trattoria & Wine Bar408-C 43rd St., 451-1218..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

High and Dry

LCRA Approves Controversial Pipeline to Dripping Springs

"...The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) continues to proclaim that it is fulfilling its mission as an..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...Forget "compassionate conservatism." While you're at it, toss the "reformer with results." Education, taxes, welfare reform --..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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