UT Department of Theatre & Dance: Gotta sing! Gotta dance!

The new Musical Theatre Pilot Project aims to prepare UT undergrads for belting for Broadway

"...If you seek entertainment of the musical theatre variety in the Austin area, you..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...BBS is a computer - usually with a lot of memory - that has one or more phone lines..."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

The Journey of a Gun

Gun traveled circuitous path to Kevin Brown's hands

"...call from his friend Wesley Smith. Smith, who wanted information about an Eastside drug dealer known as "Icy Mike,"..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Health Advocates Deliver Thousands of Comments to Oppose Texas' Pre-Abortion Booklet Revisions

Austin Rep. Donna Howard calls state-sponsored booklet "propaganda"

"...While Kryston Skinner dreamed of starting a family one day, she knew it was..."

July 27, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...in long rows and towering piles in the middle of a field southeast of Downtown are thousands of tires..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Future of Austin’s Crime Lab

The backlog of DNA evidence is moving, but is it shrinking?

"...Six months have passed since the Austin Police Department announced the shutdown of its DNA lab due to..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Standard of Care

Are pregnant inmates receiving adequate medical treatment?

"...In Texas, it can be hard to keep track of every assault on reproductive freedom. While the constitutionality of..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Health Department Adds More Faulty Science to Pre-Abortion Booklet

Public comment period on revisions ends July 29

"...Leave it up to Texas officials to pump even more factual inaccuracies into already factually..."

July 19, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Public Notice: Clowns to the Left of Us, Jokers to the Right

The overwhelming hubris and audacity of Uber continues

"...Returning to a few of my favorite topics today: the overwhelming hubris and audacity..."

June 10, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Flow of Energy

Beili Liu makes an art of channeling the forces within objects and us

"...A cloud of scissors – 1,500 pairs – is suspended in air..."

March 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

West, Ammonium Nitrate, And the Myopia of Terrorism

House hearing shows emphasis on public safety, not health and safety

"...supposed to: That was the takeaway from Wednesday's meeting of the House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety..."

May 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Day of Resistance

Where to commemorate the first anniversary of the Women’s March

"...The anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration is Saturday, but instead of sobbing..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...as they paced and pivoted, evoking the human machine of mass transit in Ellen Bartel's MFA thesis dance, "Watch..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Four Horsemen of the Deficit

Examining the new House committees on state spending

"...that will tackle the operations, demands, and tax base of the state of Texas...."

Jan. 13, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Inhuman Resources

City HR employees rebel over director's actions, city response

"...The bureaucratic face of the city's Human Resources Department – charged with managing..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Shape of Things to Come

What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.

"...but nobody does anything about it. At least, that's often how it feels in Austin, where folks seem to..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Democrats and Republicans Disagree on Cause of Sex Trafficking Scandal

Twisted priorities at DFPS-contracted Bastrop facility

"...that minors had been sex trafficked at a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services-contracted home for formerly sex..."

March 25, 2022 News Feature by Morgan O’Hanlon

Austin Resources for Those Experiencing Income Loss Due to COVID-19

Efforts to help Austinites struggling to make rent or pay bills

"...to spread many Austin residents find themselces in need of a little help. That help can be financial, psychological..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Post by Evan Rodriguez

Resources to Support Black Austinites During Police Brutality Protests

How to help and how to find help

"...and police violence against Black people. In the wake of the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Mike..."

June 3, 2020 News Post by Selome Hailu

In Wake of SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade, Austin City Council Fast-Tracks Abortion Decriminalization Act

Special called meeting set for week of July 18

"...and Vanessa Fuentes have requested a special called meeting of the Austin City Council to approve a resolution, authored..."

June 24, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...homes and uproot families. But just beyond the memory of those squalls, another form of watery overflow has washed..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Faulty Files at the City's Minority Business Department

Auditor's report: City's SMBR has operated with faulty info

"...Under a previous agreement, the city's Department of Small and Minority Business Resources was operating with..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Other Side of Prison

Inmate Population Swells

"...state's inmate population grows, so, too, does the number of inmate families in Texas. At the end of 1998,..."

April 30, 1999 News Feature by Mike Butts

Season of Risk

What can be done to stop the rising rate of HIV in Austin?

"...practices. Then, after attending a conference in the fall of 2014 on the current state of HIV, where speakers..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest

Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance

"...shouted toward the marchers as they moved northbound. Most of the marchers continued to the Capitol, but a small..."

Feb. 17, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Details on Would-Be Bombing of Women's Clinic

APD delivers details of bomb-squad's call to Austin Women’s Health Center.

"...From the Austin Police Department's Public Information Office: LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE EXPLOSIVE..."

April 26, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...Brenda Ramos wanted to talk about the loss of her son, Mike, about what his absence means in..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Hurricane Harvey Resources

Sites, social media, and emergency resources to help weather the storm

"...is likely, move valuables and furniture to higher levels of your house;..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Emergency Post by Katarina Brown

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...didn't take place in the high-volume inner-city cocaine rings of Houston or Dallas, or in a major trafficking hub..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Wrong Side of the Tracks?

Light Rail May Be a Heavy Burden for East Austin

"...fear that they'll find themselves on the wrong side of the tracks if Capital Metro is allowed to go..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

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