The Full Franklin

It's been 60 years since a biograpy of Benjamin Franklin has been written; Austin author H.W. Brands' The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin makes up for lost time.

"...on finding voices that had gone unheard for a long time and looking at aspects of American history that..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Doubting Thomas

Newly elected Council Member Danny Thomas is in a position to end the fighting over the Place 6 council seat.

"...a religious, church base ... He works from a Christian religious point of view -- and he's honest and..."

Sept. 29, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...might be hired by the campaign of an underfunded longshot challenger in a City Council election, or a suspicious..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Dancing About Architecture

Ken Lieck goes to Florida and leaves readers high and dry with a best of column.

"...a clue) would bring this lovable, smelly, horse-sized animal along to a crowded, smelly party. Then again, you do..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...for wealthy corporate interests and the vindictiveness of the Christian right, he will become King Midas in reverse, turning..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Lucid Dementia Song for Newborn

Texas Platters

"...at Gamefellas. This three-track Lucid Dementia EP goes a long way toward making me miss the black pleather late-nights..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Marc Savlov

Picking Up the Pieces

Karr Conviction Closes Another Chapter in O'Hair Case

"...Texas Monthly at the Pflugerville auction of the O'Hairs' belongings, appeared on the TV show America's Most Wanted, was..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Tiffany & the Gospel Motions, Randy Phillips of contemporary Christian act Phillips, Craig & Dean, Malford Milligan & Lisa..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

The Least of These

UT professor Horace Newcomb reflects on the segregation South on the release of his friend and colleague Paul Stekler's documentary George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire.

"...familiar to everyone. He spoke quietly, and though I've long forgotten his exact words, his comment to me went..."

March 10, 2000 Features Feature by Horace Newcomb

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...that threatens our neighborhoods as much as our environment, along with our mobility, schools, cost of living, and quality..."

March 3, 2000 Column

Lone Star Sweden

"Lars Gustafsson has the air, somehow, of a sailor," Roger Gathman writes about this Austin author transplanted from Sweden. "It is as though he were some Swedish Sinbad come to rest here after a dozen ports. And in a way, that is true."

"...supreme example, in the now-past century, is perhaps the long, exacting homesickness that drove Joyce to devote his imagination..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Sharing the Dance

A new generation of Austin choreographers is expanding our concept of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe, and Barbejoy Ponzio talks to them about the part fusion plays in their work.

"...with the themes and the music. We are no longer using traditional music. I use a lot of funky..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

Trick

"...Starring: Quentin Leupp, Tori Spelling, John Paul Pitoc and Christian Campbell. Its title bluntly suggests the impersonal, the emotionally..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Postmarks

Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...Mark Walters Can't We All Get Along?..."

July 2, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Jesus Loves Hyde Park, Too

"...we expect Hyde Park Baptist Church to do the Christian thing and be good neighbors in return. WWJD? Maybe..."

June 25, 1999 Column

Texas Platters

The Rev. Horton Heat

"...still preach in my tent anytime -- just as long as he keeps his wiggle stick in his pants..."

May 28, 1999 Music Review

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...David Straithairn, Sophie Marceau, Stanley Tucci, Dominic A. West, Christian Bale, Anna Friel, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline, Rupert Everett..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Dancing About Architecture

Hold Yer Liquor

"...waiting for sentencing on his federal drug conviction, which, along with his previous stints in the hoosegow, are the..."

April 30, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postmarks

Economic Cleansing

"...stories themselves. The three best films of the festival, Drylongso, Luminarias, and La Ciudad show the kind of excellent..."

April 16, 1999 Column

Suffer the Little Children

Reality Bites

"...As long as an anti-sodomy law is on the books in..."

March 19, 1999 News Feature by Jordan Smith

On the Lege

Boxed Out

"...of the state's major papers on Wednesday morning. The 30-minute-long speech included Bush's standard presidential aspirations disclaimer: "The big..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Column

Thanks!

"...who are excited by the changes and are working long hours to make those dreams come true. I don't..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Column

Apollo Creed

"...you can't tell one from the other. In the long view of history, going to the moon is going..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...say." His comments were echoed by Craig Smith, a longtime environmental activist recently elected to the board of the..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature

Viva Bilingual Ed

Texas Not Likely to Follow California's Lead

"...Students Christian Gonzalez, Ramiro Martinez, and teacher Sylvia Saenz at Sanchez..."

June 12, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...theatre is unfairly blamed for prostitution and drug peddling along South Congress. He said his theatre has always tried..."

June 5, 1998 News Feature

The People's Court

Justice of the Peace Races Not So Peaceful

"...It doesn't take long to figure out which of the three races for..."

Feb. 20, 1998 News Feature by Lee Simmons

No Prozac for the Wicked

The Cool Capers of Donald Westlake

"...back and forward to drive a narrative that zips along at whiplash speed despite the infinite convolutions of the..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Good Games for Adventurous Imaginations

Away From the Computer Screen and Back to the Table

"...of the Nicene Councils (AD 325-637). Players represent different Christian factions (Orthodox, Arian, Monophysite, etc.) struggling to shape the..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Screens Feature by Allen Varney

Scan Lines

The War Room

"...in, giving her a place to stay, food, clothes, Christian love, and "counseling." Never mind the fact that Dern..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature

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