A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...something is changing. In fact, over the last couple of years, the campus has seen double-digit improvements in test..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Declaration of Independence

Unexpected fare in way South Austin at Independence Fine Foods

"...Not so long ago, anywhere south of Slaughter Lane would have been considered by many Austinites..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

It Is the Soldier Not the Declaration of Independence ...

"...not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press. "It is the soldier not the poet..."

May 26, 2004 Postmarks

Celebrate the Declaration of Independence

"...the national election as a distraction from the crimes of the Bush administration. As a sovereign citizen I demand..."

July 1, 2008 Postmarks

Andrew Cyrille Lays His Declaration of Musical Independence on UT

Rarified improv comes to campus

"...The list of artists with whom he’s collaborated, onstage and in the..."

Jan. 16, 2020 Music Post by Michael Toland

Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness

"...living. The focus is life-affirming and joyful. While Living Proof does not deny the inescapable horror of this disease..."

March 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Kings of Mean

The worst legacy of this administration is the terrible behavior it fostered in its citizens

"...that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Patti Smith: “I don’t claim to be a progenitor of any particular movement – I just did my work”

Ever-evolving singer, writer, & artist communes at ACL Live Saturday

"...beaming into America’s living rooms and bedrooms, including those of a few children whose parents might have been upset..."

May 2, 2022 Music Post by Tim Stegall

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Coen brothers head West, but it's a bumpy ride

"...six-episode series for the Netflix streaming service, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – the latest from Joel and Ethan..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Land of the Freberg

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

"...At the grand old age of 78 years, most folks are enjoying their retirement, sitting..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Birth of Texas Independent Movement

"...Dear Editor, The state of Texas came into existence with bold assertions about government..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Postmarks

More of the Same

"...Dear Editor, Robert Bork, rejected Supreme Court nominee, has offered his criticism of nominee Sonia Sotomayor: Obama’s description of..."

June 26, 2009 Postmarks

Day Trips: Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, Goliad

The little Loreto Chapel stands tall in history

"...Our Lady of Loreto Chapel at Presidio La Bahía in Goliad is..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Does SBOE = 'Sons of Bigots Opposed to Education'?

"...bigots Gov. Perry has sponsored for the State Board of Education (now known as the “Sons (& Daughters) of..."

March 19, 2010 Postmarks

'Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins'

Twin sisters revive the feisty Austin journalist in a new solo play in Philly

"...smart and funny as ever, thanks to the miracle of the stage. Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Local Bestsellers of 2000

The Year in Austin Bookselling

"...3. Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Books Feature

Letters at 3AM: The Lincolns of Hollywood

It is dangerous to view history through the eyes of sentimentality

"...then called, were privy to the grit and grind of film production, so even the sophisticated prince of Fitzgerald's..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: Ounces of Prevention, Or

How is a Health Clinic Not Like an Investment Bank?

"...This might have been the year of health-care reform...."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...A history of Texas is not something that should be entered into..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Music of Our Sins

Letters at 3am

"...We've stuck the words "great" and "culture" to gobs of hype but let's pretend they still mean something and..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Top 10 National Albums of 2016

Our favorite picks from across the country

"...1) Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial (Matador)..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

The Gods of War

America is distracted by the Pledge "crisis" while our government readies for war.

"...are few public spectacles more entertaining than the tribe of politicians in a chorus of full-throated sanctimony. We enjoyed..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Michael King

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Yes, the era of chasing ultra-rare, saccharine-sweet candy beer all over town, brewed..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...eat the nails. Then wash ’em down with one of Austin’s magnificent lagers being brewed right here in the..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

Point Austin: Conflict of Interest

Facing corporate tyranny, we're all "interested parties"

"...as a bad apple, but as the crowning achievement of an economic and political system that has greatly enlarged..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Revolutionary Score

The Founding Fathers' first declaration: 'We're an American band!'

"...news Keith Womer wants to break to you this Independence Day. The artistic director of La Follia Austin Baroque,..."

June 29, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

National Treasure

Odd casting and unimaginative, workmanlike direction make the painfully overlong National Treasure an exercise in mediocrity.

"...loaded to the gills with that producer’s innate love of car chases and errant gunpowder, while maintaining a very..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: And So It Begins

International spectacles of darkness and light

"...South by Southwest 2010 kicks off Friday, March 12, the cover date of this issue...."

March 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Amreeka

In this delightfully human and sweetly comic ode to the contemporary immigrant experience in a post-9/11 “Amreeka,” a Palestinian mother and son create a world of possibilities.

"...Shawkat, Daniel Boiteau, Jenna Kawar and Selena Haddad. Too often in these paranoid and partisan times, we tend to..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Welcome to the Funhouse

Republicans' rhetorical sleight of hand has allowed them to distort this country's founding principles while seeming to uphold them

"...in my early teens, my mother took a group of us to Freedomland, a New York amusement park. One..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Louis Black

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