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Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It
Shall we dive in?
"...The pitfalls of Austin's pool system are so enduring that..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Get Out of the City
Aaron Sinclair's band makeover into A. Sinclair rises to the occasion on Get Out of the City
"...Sadie's face is covered in gravy, the wreckage of poutine splayed on the table..."

July 15, 2016 Music Feature by Libby Webster

The Alley Cat Project
MASS leaves artistic surprises in a dozen East Austin backyard byways
"...The kinds of felines that are branded "alley cats" tend..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM
People who might not want anything to do with me look at my car and know there's something about America we agree on – something embodied in a '69 Chevy Malibu
"...by hard knocks at my door. I knew by the knock that I didn't like whomever was knocking. Opened..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

When Tomorrow Comes
"...Policemen ticketing a guy for bathing in the fountain across from..."

Oct. 16, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Death of Brad Will
An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way
"...Oaxaca, Mexico -- Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Gentle Disturbances
Creating ripples in public space with large-scale public art
"...Let's say, just for the sake of argument, that you go strolling up the..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Friday
"...Central Presbyterian Church Perhaps better known as Derek Smalls, the most important completely noninfluential bass player ever, Shearer brings..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.
"...CALVIN OWENS BLUES ORCHESTRA1pm, Town Lake Stage @ Auditorium Shores..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Top 10 Art Installations of 2005
'Chronicle' visual arts writer Rachel Koper names her favorite art installations of 2005
"...2) Sodalitas, East Austin Studio Tour (Bolm Studios Gallery)..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Good Art Hunting
'Cracks in the Pavement' is back, giving Austinites another chance to discover art left on sidewalks, under bridges, beside freeways, in park bushes, and in other unlikely corners of the cityscape
"...The gift was a hand-carved prayer bench with cloth upholstery..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

May I Have the Envelope, Please?
The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...On Monday, June 6, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
Images of coexistence on Auditorium Shores, artists wanted to leave gifts in the urban landscape, LCP on TV, and '25 to watch' at the Austin Fine Arts Fest
"...• As of this Sunday, March 6, look to the shores of Town Lake for more than the usual..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
Tapestry can dance this season after all, Austin artists may be the new Marfa lights, Angelina Eberly fires up the Avenue, and 'Cracks in the Pavement' gets national recognition
"...Dance Company will have a 2004-2005 season after all. There was some question about that last month, when the..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Search of the Wild Art
'Cracks in the Pavement' leaves art objects in unexpected spaces throughout the city
"...But that treats works of art somewhat like animals in a zoo, isolating them in an environment constructed for..."

June 18, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City vs. Statesman: Futrell Comes Out Swinging at the Springs
City and state experts contest the Statesman's hair-raising allegations of toxic pollution at Barton Springs.
"...A shimmering Barton Springs Pool created an incongruous backdrop to a..."

Jan. 24, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks
Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.
"...The recent planning commission meeting that ended in a walkout..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

Scavengers of the Vast Wasteland
Whether they're riffing on punk, metal, funk, jazz, film scores, or even klezmer music, Brown Whörnet attacks each passage with a vociferous intensity that seldom fails to keep an audience at attention.
"...You don't have to wade too deep into the Op/Ed section of any newspaper to find some..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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