Greenbacks for Green Space

City moves to make development pay more for parks

"...by cautious city bureaucracy lifers, and the hustling development community, for whom PARD has not adequately painted a vivid..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Endorsements

"...committed leaders with long and successful track records of community service and smart ideas for leading Austin into the..."

May 5, 2006 News Feature

The Downtown Dominoes

The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be

"...Downtown Initiative – the city's first venture into public-private partnership to turn its underutilized properties into parts of the..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...As partners, Townes and I own this ongoing live series. We..."

June 28, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...at the beginning of April with Department of Justice Community Relations Official Efrain Martinez, at the request of APD..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

The Mahogany Project Makes Space for Queer People of Color

The latest performance by the theatre collective embraces joy

"...Unrestrained and unapologetic, Washington and others from a long-silenced community are taking the stage to speak their piece...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Public Notice: Stating the Obvious

Adler "Austin Bargain" missing some fine print

"...Endeav­or to its original promises of affordable housing and community-compatible, human-scale building height," they said in a statement released..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Ballet Austin

Ballet Austin shines a light on human rights and the Holocaust in reviving its 2005 work

"...2005, the company made the work as much a community conversation on tolerance as the premiere of Stephen Mills'..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...around town. Sample projects include helping expand the Clarksville Community Garden; mulching historic trees at Wooldridge Square; constructing an..."

Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

"...are being sent to candidates' home communities, although Austin community groups continue to complain that the search process has..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature

Endorsements

"...committed leaders with long and successful track records of community service and smart ideas for leading Austin into the..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...approved the transfer of nearly $1.2 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funds to the Community Partnership for..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature

Commission Mission

UT's Performing Arts Center Spawns New Art

"...The PAC joined forces with three other arts and educational institutions in the western United States to commission a..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alphabet City

'Tis the season to give 'til your ears ring

"...will help. Even then, the letter game in Austin's community conscience is unique even among other rare, self-sustaining music..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

"...Todd Young, the Grace Foundation (www.thegrace-foundation.org) provides health care, education, career training, and job placement to young adults whose..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...annexation of the Lost Creek neighborhood. A tony bedroom community east of West Lake Hills, Lost Creek is home..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature

AISD Gets the Ball Rolling on High School Redesign

Gates Foundation grant pushes attempt to completely rethink high school

"...school redesign. Redesign, or breaking large high schools into "educational condominiums" of autonomous schools-within-schools, is the Big Idea in..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

"...other large urban districts on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a trial test for math and reading. Of..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Peter Soderbergh (Stephen's father), then an education professor, and myself led the petition drive. And it..."

July 11, 2003 Column

About AIDS

"...do not disclose HIV status to their new sex partners nor, I suspect, to their drug partners...."

June 11, 1999 Column

AISD Explores Its Options

AISD has at least 10 properties it could be making better use of

"...the RFP means that more unconventional solutions, like leasing, partnerships with external entities, expansion, relocation of departments, even land..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Moving Mountains

Turk and Christy Pipkin are keeping busy changing the world

"...films chronicling their work in building infrastructure and secondary educational outlets such as Mahiga Hope High in rural Mahiga,..."

June 12, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Place 2 Contribution & Expenditure Reports

"...Duncan, $100; Cynthia and David Galvan, $100; Kirk Watson's partners Tom Harkness and William Whitehurst, $250 each; Clarke Heidrick,..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature

Stage 4 Risk of COVID-19 Shapes Austin's Holiday

No-virus November

"...and ICU admissions. Weeks earlier, Escott had warned the community that those trends would likely prompt a move to..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Election Ticker: Are We There Yet?

The latest – and last! – news from the campaign trail before Election Day

"...Carrie Isaac helms the nonprofit Digital Education and Work Initiative (DEWIT) that claims to connect veterans..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Gay Place

The Contemporary Austin kicks off a QTPOC film series for the month of May

"...Andrea Mellard, the museum's director of public programs and community engagement. Curating the show was a collaborative process between..."

May 5, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Closing the HIV Gap

More education, preventive tools needed

"...For Walker, sex education is both necessary and currently lacking in Texas. "I..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Civics 101

"...the 10 geographic single-member City Council districts. 10am. Goodwill Community Center, 1015 Norwood Park Blvd. www.austintexas.gov/10-one...."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Column

Setting the Stage

Austin's art scene spent 2012 prepping for the big things to come

"...Barrera, Phil Aulie, and Phyllis Slattery – our cultural community saw many more beginnings in 2012. Zach Theatre realized..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...meals more palatable, as well as healthier; the Texas Education Agency has hired a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef from..."

Oct. 20, 2006 News Feature

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