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Nov. 21, 2003 Column
Naked City
Beyond City Limits
"...the Dallas Stars planned to build the ice rink/venue complex that Cedar Park voters shot down in November. That..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...Austin Ice Bats -- if the Stars' proposed ice-rink/arena complex in Cedar Park is approved by that city's voters..."
Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Innovators
Part 2 of "Jazz," by Harvey Pekar
"...first free jazz group recordings, "Intuition" and "Digression," for Capitol. A few more followed, including "Abstract No. 1," contained..."
June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar
The Year It All Went Wrong
Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.
"...felled -- by a heart attack. The Austin Rehearsal Complex was forced out of its building and out of..."
Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin
Dreaming ART
This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.
"...Arts to come oversee UT's blocky brown performing arts complex. A few years after that, a couple of accomplished..."
Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
House of Cards
Critics say the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs awards low-income housing tax-credits to undeserving developers.
"...the area YMCA to build a gymnasium in the complex and run after-school activities. They proposed low-density fourplexes on..."
Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
photograph by Todd V. Wolfson
Bruce Hughes
"...is simply offensive: a drunken loudmouth with a Napoleon complex. "I've definitely alienated a lot of people over the..."
June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Reissues
"...his penchant for playing fast. His solos were more complex than theirs, partly because of his terrific chops. From..."
Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature
Get on the Bus
illustration by Doug Potter
"...diverse group of approximately 30 people who boarded a Capitol Metro bus for a historical tour of East Austin..."
July 25, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy
Infill On Trial
What's the Verdict on the Latest Central-City Boom?
"...construction there is retail -- the Whole Foods/Book People complex -- and the most anticipated draft project is residential..."
Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature
City Council Gets Its Head in the Game
With only one first-term Trump-era vet and several rookies, Council squares up
"...as right-wing as that currently at work at the Capitol. But those two forces are creating the undercurrent to..."
Jan. 31, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Does Farm-to-Table Still Matter?
What happens to a trendy movement once the buzz dies down
"...The aisle-crossing work at the state Capitol helped build an infrastructure still enjoyed today. Among the..."
Jan. 17, 2025 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
Follies, Samurai, and a Few Non-Alcoholic Events for the Weekend
Got a resolution to get out more? No problem.
"...political storm kicking up from Washington to our own Capitol, the talented comic crew at Esther’s have cooked up..."
Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott
The Right-Wingification of UT
Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools
"...mistaken because professors are trained to think in more complex terms than right versus left and many are politically..."
Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Point Austin: Everything Old Is New Again
The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”
"...and what President Eisenhower presciently described as the “military-industrial complex.” Turns out you don’t need a physical copy anymore..."
May 4, 2024 News Post by Michael King
12 Jurors Found Him Guilty of Murder. Gov. Abbott Thinks He Knows Better.
An Army sergeant thought he could get away with murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, and he might be right
"...then took over the Downtown streets, stopping at the Capitol and City Hall, then returning to APD between 10pm..."
April 14, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
What State Police Patrolling Austin Means
Send in the troopers
"...positive working relationship between the capital city and the Capitol of Texas … [that will benefit] our shared constituents,"..."
March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Public Notice: What’s Wrong With Mineola?
Should we follow the model zoning in Sen. Bryan Hughes’ hometown?
"...Texas State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) has stepped out..."
Feb. 10, 2023 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin
The rise and fall of the Junkyard King
"...relationship because L.A. is, of course, a global noir capitol, of crimes both real and imagined. It's the city..."
June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross
Fareground’s Triumphant Return, Johnson’s Backyard WTF, Wanderlust’s Wine Expansion, Hilton’s Analog Debut, and Never Mind That Got-Damn Pumpkin Spice …
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...last year, Fareground’s roaring back! There in its elegant complex at One Eleven Congress, with Emmer & Rye spinoff..."
Aug. 25, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Austin at Large: Be of Good Cheer, Be Not Afraid
When venomous fear becomes a weapon, we ourselves can become the antidote
"...about their business and even show up at the Capitol as they feel the need, just not in numbers..."
Aug. 13, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...85 families at the Rosemont at Oak Valley apartment complex who were told they would have to leave their..."
July 16, 2021 News Feature
Austin at Large: On the Ground, in the Sky
Council tackles Austin’s intractable housing crisis in several dimensions
"...housing – Austin's lack of it, City Hall's increasingly complex and costly efforts to produce more of it, and..."
April 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
Austin at Large: Help Is Not on the Way
By design, decadence, and default, Austin and Texas have entered a DIY era
"...to shut off water to your unit within a complex), how to disconnect a water heater, and how to..."
Feb. 26, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
The Eighth Street Survivors
They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.
"...became separated. Anthony looked for his brother at the Capitol, then returned to APD. The scene was tense. Rows..."
Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Attica Locke on Solving Crime on Highway 59
Heaven, My Home author talks her East Texas roots and the blues
"...a protagonist, its arresting evocation of East Texas, its complex comprehension of race relations there and how it portrays..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Texas Book Festival 2019: Who Belongs?
Authors explore what it means to be an American outsider
"...Writing about complex experiences with a higher (or whiter) class of Americans..."
Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Post by Saskia Henn
Book Review: The River at Night
In Kevin Huizenga's graphic novel, one man's speeding mind breaks time
"...suburban place – to ease a reader into the complex and often churning headroom of this young Ganges as..."
Oct. 24, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Highs and Lows of Houston Life in Lot: Stories
Bryan Washington depicts residents with warmth and discernment as they live, fight, work, and love in a city that can be both a home and a challenge
"...second piece, "Alief," turns the occupants of an apartment complex and the surrounding neighbors into a Greek chorus chronicling..."
