SXSW Announces the Lineup for Its Free, Outdoor Concerts at Lady Bird Lake

Sammy Hagar, Mt. Joy, and Golden Dawn Arkestra headline

"...three-day music festival at their SXSW Outdoor Stage at Lady Bird Lake March 17-19. Gates open at 4pm each..."

March 2, 2022 Music Post by Ellen Daly

The Common Law

You can't do what on Lady Bird Lake ...?

"...Recently I saw some kids wading chest-deep into Lady Bird Lake under an overpass. Can you swim there?..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Luke Ellis

Trains! Tunnels! Billions! Austin Gets First Look at Proposed Transit Plan

Next steps: public input, May Council vote, November election

"...to serve UT and ACC Highland, new crossings of Lady Bird Lake, and more...."

March 6, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: School’s Out for Dayglow

Nineteen-year-old Sloan Struble leaves UT for the bedroom-pop big leagues, while two new area record stores make their debuts

"...Electric Lady Bird, the Austin Public Library's online music-streaming site,..."

June 21, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Islands in the (Live)stream

Crossing over from 3D to the pixelated world of livestreams

"...Electric Lady Bird, the Austin Public Library's online streaming service,..."

May 1, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: The Indestructible Mr. Lewis

The trials and tribulations of Mr. Lewis & the Funeral 5, plus a UtopiaFest report, and the passing of Seth Gibbs

"...Artists can submit up to three songs via the Electric Lady Bird website before Nov. 30, after which material..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Color in Sara Hickman’s An Eclectic Array of Texas Musicians

Presenting two illustrations from Sara Hickman’s new volume

"...• Electric Lady Bird, for those trying to stay off Spotify,..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Venues React to Stage 5

New city recommendations halt shows at many venues ahead of New Year's Eve

"...Electric Lady bird, the Austin Public Library's program offering local..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Barbie

The doll that changed the world faces the world she changed in this fizzy meta-comedy

"...two-time Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig, writer and director of Lady Bird and Little Women, is a live-action Mattel production,..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...First Night's big City Hall backer is Austin's first lady, Anne Elizabeth Wynn. – M.C.M...."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...a hotel, a "dragon" made of light floating on Lady Bird Lake, a chalk drawing the length of the..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...got very involved in the sonic aspects of the electric guitar. I worked really hard. I wasn't interested in..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era

Turn this train around

"...Downtown (complete with snazzy renderings) and a tunnel under Lady Bird Lake, as well as the maybe less tantalizing..."

April 7, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

'Thirst' Installation Opening

October 3 2013. 20 photos.

"...dead tree have been strung around the area of Lady Bird Lake between the Drake Bridge (South First) and..."

Oct. 3, 2013 Photo Gallery

Beili Liu's Sculpture Cloud Pavilion Shimmers at Seaholm

How this glistening steel sculpture by the Austin-based artist became a permanent fixture of an evolving Downtown

"...Perched on a street called Electric Drive in the walkable Seaholm EcoDistrict, the 14-foot-tall Cloud..."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

Sara Hensley Turns Over a New Leaf

The new PARD director has big ideas – to realize them, she'll have to raise big bucks

"...services more universally in demand are city water (95%), electric service (92%), and garbage collection (91%). By contrast, 72%..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The B&C List

"...PUD, Barton Springs Pool Master Plan, Boardwalk Trail at Lady Bird Lake, reinstating Environmental Awareness Awards Design Commission..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

Top 10 National

One hundred lines of album art

"...5) Janelle Monáe, The Electric Lady (Bad Boy)..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature

Slam Week Events

"...Electric Lounge: 302 Bowie, 476-FUSE..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature

Big, Bold, and Costly: Austin’s Makes a Third Try at Rail Transit

The train is here

"...a new transit tunnel and with new crossings of Lady Bird Lake. [inset-2-right]..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The One-Man Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Park Conspiracy

“Do you see it? Cuz if you don’t, then I’m crazy.”

"...showed a hand-drawn, aerial view of Auditorium Shores with Lady Bird Lake on the bottom and Riverside Drive at..."

Dec. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

New Data and Rules for Dockless Scooters

Open data on 2 million dockless trips, plus new rules for riding on trails

"...It's been a big news week for electric scooters. UT baseball star David Hamilton had his 2019..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: April Is the Coolest Month

Council staffs up, swings into committee action

"...2040 plan that includes massive new MoPac flyovers at Lady Bird Lake...."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

One More Detour on Holly Street

Power plant demolition delay reprises neighborhood history

"...knocking it down to make way for a new electric generating facility...."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...full report, see www.coolaustin.org.) The report goes to the Electric Utility Commission Oct. 20, the Resource Management Commis­sion Oct...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...or send your own postcard with name, address, and electric account number to Austin Energy GreenChoice, 721 Barton Springs..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Feature

The Johnson Treatment

It's been a dozen years since Robert Caro's previous book about Johnson, and now he's back, this time with Master of the Senate, an exhaustive and exhausting examination of the United States Senate during the years of Johnson's time there.

"...vivid presentation of the Texas Hill Country in the pre-electric era and his finely drawn character sketch of LBJ's..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Council: I Get Around

On Birds, byways, and bridges

"...Amid our own municipal affair with electric scooters, it's easy to forget that a dusting of..."

April 27, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: The City's Day in Court

Plus: $100 million buses; $0.00 fares

"...board on Wednesday approved the purchase of 197 new electric buses over the next five years, plus charging equipment,..."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Headlines

"...on V-J Day, and working as a mainstay on Lady Bird Johnson's TV and radio stations...."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature

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