"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...those districts as established by the public art project Drawing Lines. A few years ago, as our growing metropolis..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin at Large: Counting Heads, Drawing Lines

Next year, when (if?) the current crises recede, we may be surprised at what we find

"...for an independent commission (the ICRC) to draw district lines without any political interference. At the time, at least..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Drawing Lines on Prop. 1

The city debates campaign finance reform.

May 3, 2002 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SCOTUS: Back to the Redistricting Drawing Board

State, local politicians respond to latest shifts on the maps

"...in San Antonio has to go back to the drawing board and develop yet another set of maps. So..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Back to the Drawing Board

Process for Mapping School Boundary Lines Improved, Still Difficult

"...Taylor Parks doesn't understand the politics of school boundary lines. She doesn't know about socio-economic factors, projected enrollment, development..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Geopolitical Fault Lines

Austin's latest attempt at single-member districts is getting a mixed response

"...against the hybrid, the hybrid is likely to win." Drawing the Line-Drawers..."

July 6, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Planned 20K-Seat Amphitheatre Back to Drawing Board After Enviro Board Loss

Violet Crown venue withdraws city water and sewer extension request

"...commission's decision. His engineering team argued that running water lines right along Texas 71 would not hurt the surrounding..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...including oil and gas facilities, water treatment plants, and pipelines. Intentional acts that damage critical infrastructure could result in..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Lege Lines

Committees, school finance, and more

"...for infrastructure, and Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Nederland, has proposed drawing $2 billion out to create a water infrastructure bank...."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crossing the Lines

Women Comic Strippers

"...sexist, but concedes that the kids who grow up drawing superheroes mostly grow up to be men. As a..."

May 12, 1995 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Seeing Stars

A Constellation of Latin American Drawing Shines at UT

"...the exhibition "Re-Aligning Vision: Alternative Currents in South American Drawing" was conceived as a "constellation" rather than a general..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

For the Love of the Line

In the exhibitions “Old Master Drawings From the Suida-Manning Collection” at the Blanton Museum of Art and “Selected 20th-Century Master Drawings” at the Norwood Gallery, we can indulge our eyes in samples of art spanning five centuries.

"...Drawing is that simple and that profound. It can be..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Painting by Numbers

Wherein we recall how we got here ... and contemplate the baleful map-drawing future

"...In theory, redistricting – the periodic redrawing of political boundaries within each state to equalize representation..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Mia Madre

A filmmaker says goodbye to a mother

"...American actor named Barry (Turturro), forever flubbing his Italian-language lines, and the unruly production is getting away from her...."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Phat Girlz

Comedian Mo’Nique’s first starring film vehicle, Phat Girlz, suffers from a bad case of undernourishment.

"...Large women deserve equal opportunities in love and clothing lines, but fat men are better off unseen and unheard...."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kicking & Screaming

Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, and Mike Ditka all appear together in a film that sings the praises of kids soccer and caffeine addiction.

"...take his first sip of victory and ends up drawing as close to meth addiction as a PG film..."

May 13, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lone Star

Writer/director Sayles squeezes lots of metaphorical juice from the idea of borders in this story filmed on the Texas side of the Rio Grande. Ostensibly a murder mystery, the story exposes many other town secrets.

"...a clear line separating them. But instead of just drawing out the dramatic tension of opposing forces, Sayles takes..."

June 28, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Ghost Town

A sweet, old-fashioned kind of picture content to burrow into the quiet spaces, where boring, ordinary adults live and fitfully try to love again. Oh, and occasionally talk to dead people.

"...ill fit for leading man in a romantic comedy. Drawing from those previous roles, Gervais still plays a jerk,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Fast Food Nation

Richard Linklater and Eric Schlosser's noble and worthy film about meat processing and consumption smacks of good-guy agitprop and fails as a character-driven narrative.

"...up with the impossible pace of the mechanized inspection lines, and the daily loss of life and limb to..."

Nov. 17, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain

Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender

"...Rotoscoping is dead, they said. Creating animation by drawing over live-action footage is too complex, too costly, too..."

Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sonya Coté Debuts A Table in the Garden

Community cookbook pays tribute to District 5

"...on a year long residency as part of the “Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place” exhibition commissioned to honor the..."

March 9, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

In Person

Funny Papers, April 24

"...and capture the spine-tingling action that is four people drawing lines on a white surface, providing us with much..."

May 14, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Good Eye: Girl, Illustrated

The fine lines between the lines

"...water is rising. With their delicate tints and precise lines, Polk's prints evoke, alternately, paper dolls and tattoo-parlor flash..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...Saddest Factory “corporate retreat” at Mohawk and Wet Leg drawing a crowd so big at Half Step that there..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...sized South by Southwest. The streets are strollable, long lines are scarce – though hot shows did hit capacity..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Unsuspended Judgments

Battle lines drawn over the police shooting of Kevin Brown

"...it is important to "wait for more details before drawing any conclusion."..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...her three standing ovations and more than 20 applause lines. For Strayhorn, it was all in a day's work.Seeking..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Most Memorable Moments of Saturday’s ACL Fest

Adrian Quesada, Big Boi, and painting the town P!nk

"...Zilker than the day prior. Some fighting expectedly treacherous lines around peak 5pm entry times, the Chronicle writers found..."

Oct. 9, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sword Guitarist Kyle Shutt: Self-Portraitist – By Request!

Out-of-work shredder began re-facing his solo LP for fans

"...Shutt discovered himself a new artistic medium – literally: drawing album-sized portraits of his own face. That came in..."

May 19, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

In Production: A Trip to Rehab in Addict Named Hal

On-set for the upcoming feature from the front lines of addiction

"...Named Hal is a deeply personal project for Stanley, drawing from their own experiences with addiction after the death..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

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