Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...For more than a year, the city of Austin, its social service partners, and primary..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Local Leaders Unveil the Latest Strategy to End Homelessness

"No plan" no more?

"...In the next three years, Austin aims to "unlock" an additional..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Council OK's Motel Purchase to Help Homeless

Also on the dais: parks, trains, trails, diapers

"...approved unanimously on Thursday, Nov. 14, $8 million for the purchase and renovation of the Rodeway Inn at Oltorf..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Ann Howard Kicks Off Commissioner Campaign

ECHO director hosts first event in Precinct 3

"...The 2020 party primaries may be a year away, but..."

March 25, 2019 News Post by Michael King

A Team Approach

Program to aid homeless seeks more funding

"...and an increase in cost of living that's made the city unaffordable for many people...."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Guitar Pedals

Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up

"..."The World's Biggest Pedal Board" appeared on Facebook Dec. 30,..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Quinceañera

Don't confuse this Sundance charmer with My Big Fat Mexican Debut, for its farcical scenes of high hair and waltzes form a genial, light-comic prism for watching race, age, class, and sexuality collide in one of America's most economically and ethnically complex cities.

"...Jesse Garcia, Chalo Gonzalez, J.R. Cruz, Jesus Castanos-Chima, Araceli Gazmán-Rico and David W. Ross. Imagine Gary (Ross), a thirtysomething..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

City rolls out its ambitious 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness

"...On a brisk, wind-bitten Dec. 10 in downtown Austin, the Community Action Network's Homeless Task Force, in conjunction with..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Polyester Prince Road Show 2003

"...Directed by: Various. The show is a traveling showcase of of Super-8 films..."

Jan. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

"...Brian Markinson, Wallace Shawn, David Ogden Stiers and Charlize Theron. “I like your early, funny movies better,” someone tells..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Echo & The Bunnymen

"...Echo & The BunnymenCrystal Days 1979-1999 (Warner Archives/Rhino) Echo &..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...or more phone lines attached to it via modem. The BBS is set up to accept phone calls from..."

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

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring – survival..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

City Ends Contract With Operator of Austin's Downtown Homeless Shelter

Front Steps has run the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless since 2004

"...The city of Austin is cutting ties with Front Steps,..."

July 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin's Most Vulnerable Lives

Can the city keep them open?

"...When Alejandro Hernandez moved into the motel room provided for him this summer, he was..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Decriminalizing Homelessness is Working. Now Austin Needs Investment to Take the Next Step.

The ordinance changes in Austin, designed a year ago to decriminalize the basic human need of having somewhere safe to sleep, have done exactly what they were crafted to do

"...There are many uncertainties about how the COVID-19 pandemic will..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Matt Mollica

A Dem Sweep in Travis County Commissioners Court?

Four vie for a shot at Commissioners Court's last red seat

"...Four Democrats are hoping for the chance to flip the lone GOP-held seat on the..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

People Experiencing Homelessness Are More Visible Than Ever. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Being Counted.

What it was like on the ground for this year’s Point in Time Count

"...When I talked to the experts who help people exit homelessness in advance of..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Fantastic Fest Review: The Deeper You Dig

Family-made home movie is a supernatural eye-opener

"...repeating. And thus it is with microbudget supernatural drama The Deeper You Dig. It was captivating and enthralling when..."

Sept. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Deeper You Dig

Cat-and-mouse horror is driven by empathy for hunter and hunted

"...Ivy (Toby Poser) would do anything when her daughter, Echo (Zelda Adams), disappears. A small-town psychic, bilking old ladies..."

Aug. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews

Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity

"...Pact throws bolts, rolls thunder, and growls menacingly as they drive stream-of-consciousness riffs toward undeviating devastation. On occasion, after..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by The Music Staff

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Bonus Points for Affordability

One council member hopes to ensure bonus program developers are building affordable housing on-site

"...The juxtaposition of towering, luxury-priced buildings dominating the Austin skyline..."

Oct. 2, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

You Got Your Interwebs in My Idiot Tube

Studying WWE's playbook for social TV domination

"...Once, broadcasters grappled with the menace of smartphones and the Internet, and feared they..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Still Looking for a Home

Austin searches once again for a comprehensive solution for homelessness

"...local emergency rooms or, every once in a while, the county jail. Patient No. 1 is a poster patient,..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...I want to tell you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

An Echo in the Bone: A Novel

The time-transcending love story between 20th century doctor Claire Beauchamp and rugged 18th century Scottish Highlander Jamie Fraser continues

"...An Echo in the Bone: A Novelby Diana Gabaldon Delacorte Press,..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Books Review by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Interviews

The Decemberists, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Dan Auerbach

"...The Decemberists..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

The Wild Combination of Arthur Russell

An avant icon gets another look

"...voice moans in melodic reverb, sounding almost disjointed from the bed of electronic beats like a remix of a..."

May 2, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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