Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...champions the role of the opinion journal in American culture and gives a fascinating look at the inner workings..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

This Land Is Your Land

This muckraking populist grab bag of a film isn't so much a documentary as it is a harried piece of grassroots agitprop.

"...restored a sparkling patina of genuine art with a capital 'A' to the form via Darwin's Nightmare — grassroots..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Mexico aspired to become (socially just) as about its culture. Indeed, their work also served to teach viewers the..."

July 22, 2005 Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Convention Center opens, becomes home to SXSW, then grows. Capital Metro tries, then stops trying, then tries, then stops..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Media Clips

KUT's new general manager describes his vision for the future of the public radio station.

"...can't help but be a centerpiece of Austin's local culture. For decades, it has been exactly that. Once upon..."

July 28, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

A Big Word With a Small "A"

Sue Graze leads an organization that works to bring the visual arts to the entire Lone Star State. She talks with Rebecca Cohen about her first year directing the Texas Fine Arts Association.

"...What we've done is put the rest of the capital campaign on hold, because I want to work with..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...The heart and soul of a rapidly upscaling Texas capital. At the apocalypse, one expects it's Austin "singer-songwriters" and..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

High Impact

Austin hip-hop promoters Hip-Hop Mecca

"...all that. But my family is Hip-Hop Mecca, my culture is hip-hop, politics, religion, everything, because it's something I..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

A Museum Comes of Age

"...and contemporary Mexican, Latino, and Latin American art and culture -- Mexic-Arte has gone on to establish relationships with..."

July 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...explains why Elgin is now known as the "Sausage Capital of Texas." Fans of Meyer's plain, sage, or hot..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...Culture for Sale..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column

Postmarks

People Place

"...and the court system, were it not for the culture in which it was instituted -- a culture in..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Column

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"...Izod polo shirt, the very symbol of privileged frat culture. The booing started quietly at first, but it quickly..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

All Roads Lead to Bergstrom

Light Rail Ignored as City Airport Planners Encourage Vehicle Use

"...advocates and the airport team, and an agreement by Capital Metro to foot the bill for changing the design,..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature

Connecting a Few Dots

"...who say very grown-up things about the globalization of culture: e-mailing about your favorite topics with folks in Australia..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Public Notice

"...and suggesting alternatives to the horrendous reality in our culture, so often accepted as a given. YWCA joins with..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Column by Kate X Messer

Leader of the Pack

An Interview With the Head Coyote

"...Mark Miller: Austin is the state capital of the second largest state in the United States...."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature by Robb Walsh

What We're Listening to Right Now

Deezie Brown, El Combo Oscuro, Ifé Neuro, Don Leady, Lizzy Lehman, and more locals worth a listen

"...an ornamental spare tire accessory in Texas' slab car culture, but it could also be interpreted as Austin being..."

May 13, 2022 Music Column by Clara Wang

Public Notice: Brave New World

Remaking Austin, one highway and music club at a time

"...this time around. First came Tuesday's update on the Capital Express Central plan to rebuild I-35 through Central Austin..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...(Gov.) Greg Abbott, always at the front lines of culture-war clashes, and in 2020 devoted to raising up Donald..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Dangerous Man

At 18, Billy Joe Wardlow took a man’s life. Nearly 30 years later, the state still wants his.

"...Like any place humans gather, death row has a culture. Billy Wardlow says it's different in many ways from..."

June 26, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX

Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

"...then the settlement of Waterloo – as the new capital of Texas, there is one thing that has stood..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Arts Post by Lauren Jones

Exclusive Interview With Wrestling Legend Duke “The Rooster” Cartwright

Deposed local champ tells it like it is before Soul Grudge Showdown VI

"...your reporter, Wayne Alan Brenner, the goddamn voice of culture in this benighted city, oh yes. Relentless WWE fanboy..."

Aug. 9, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Bug, Capital T Theatre..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

You've Got Rail!

Commuter rail springs to life

"...difference a year makes. A year ago this week, Capital Metro was about as far down in the dumps..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...when testing resumes on the commuter-rail line this month. Capital Metro is attempting to rework some of the railroad..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a statement Monday openly criticizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plan for responding to a U.S. outbreak of bird..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...that marks the denouement of one aspect of popular culture and initiates another: Games are becoming – have become..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Arts Bullets

Bring cans of food to the ballet for a prize in return, holdovers for 'Stadium Devildare' and 'Noises Off,' and it's time for the O. Henry Pun-Off and the Capital City Men's Chorus midnight cabaret

"...• Feed the needy, and get some culture in return. For its production of Cinderella this weekend,..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to corporations who never cared about Austin or its culture? Do we learn to grow in a way that..."

June 28, 2002 Column

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