Review: Into the Woods is a Breath of Fresh Air

Zach Theatre's al fresco production is best at its most timeless

"...the stage tentatively reopening and people worrying about enclosed environments, and wondering how many seats they can move away..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...pandemic, many have experimented with some kind of virtual environment, such as the 16bit lobby of the Alamo South..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Share Some Truth, Justice, and Sustainability With These Civic-Minded Gifts

Keep the holidays real

"...who loves ambient synth music, cool shirts, and the environment? This Dajve merch from homegrown tape label Growth in..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

How Two Texans Helped Make it Snow for Frozen II

Disney worldbuilders Jay Jackson and Brandon Jarratt explain the technology and art of the animated smash

"...Jackson is someone who straddles both worlds. As an environment look supervisor at Disney Animation, he's part of the..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

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

"...have got to go!" chanted around 100 labor, immigrant, environmental, disability, and social justice advocates outside the JW Marriott..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Envisioning a More Flavorful Future With Emmer & Rye’s Fermentation Program

Chef Alfred Francese becomes a self-made flavor scientist

"...think it's gonna become too expensive to damage the environment, to transport these ingredients so far. It won't outweigh..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...homelessness," Briseño said. "If we put people in an environment they are not ready for, they are less likely..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Army Futures Command Commemorates First Year in Austin

Leaders discuss modernizing the U.S.'s largest and oldest service branch

"...CFTs. Kirby Thomas, an integrator on the Synthetic Training Environment CFT, shared his team's work with the public at..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Austin Contemplates How to Make I-35 Suck Less

The past, present, and future of the man-made barrier through the heart of our town

"...they feel like spending, the nature of that street-level environment could vary widely. The latest concepts developed by the..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Documentary Shows the Beauty of the Border, and the Perils of a Barrier

The River and the Wall captures a wilderness without divisions

"...Big Bend National Park – to show this incredible environment, and highlight the impossibility, the needlessness and the potential..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW VR Cinema: Re-Animated

The last Kaua'i 'ō'ō bird inspires an immersive work of mindwarping art

"...Danish environmental artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen “believes he and other ecologically-minded..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Food-Centric Panels Coming to SXSW

People are hungry for information about policy, sustainability, and curbing a global food catastrophe. And wine.

"...featuring Helena Bottemiller Evich (Politico), Leah Douglas (Food and Environment Reporting Network), Sriram Madhusoodanan (Corporate Accountability International), and Tina..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SAFE Tackles Work Misconduct

Austin nonprofit launches initiative to train workplaces on fostering “zero-violence environments”

"...big and small in an effort to create "zero-violence environments" both in the office and out in the community...."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again

The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill

"...the county, likes to think of itself as progressively environmental. But neighbors and advocates are worried that local government's..."

Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

“Shanie Tommasini: Slippery Clump” at the Umlauf

The Umlauf Prize-winning artist uses big, playful shapes and environmental manipulation to look at art, nature, and conservation

"...biological modifications or laborious mimicry of a previously healthy environment, signs that the buildup of destructive environmental modifications got..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke

Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials

"...religious activists have done. Could he do for our environment what John Brown attempted to do for the abolition..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Ethan Hawke

The Making of Austin

Curator Carter Foster on Ellsworth Kelly's art building

"...world. He was able to create a totally immersive environment of just his aesthetic and his artworks, so when..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Local Musicians on Avoiding the Sophomore Slump

Five trending Austin-hatched acts that sidestepped recording’s biggest pitfall

"...time, and just how to facilitate for a creative environment," she outlines. "Being in the studio and producing, really..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat

Visit these five watering holes while you can

"...are spring-fed,” says Sharlene Leurig, director of the Texas Environmental Flows Project. “Water is a finite resource. We need..."

April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Tell Us More!

"...As an Austinite I like to think I am environmentally conscious and so are my fellow Austinites, yet in..."

March 23, 2017 Postmarks

Austin's Growing Pains

We’ve got “an affordability problem”

"...choose ("if you had to choose") between a "clean environment" and a "strong economy" – a false opposition both..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

The Q&A Hole: What’s the Worst Thing About Austin, Texas?

With Jen Cash, Sam Eidson, Shannon McCormick, Matt Oztalay, and more.

"...related to the traffic. Austin is not a built environment that fosters walking around very much. It’s not a..."

Oct. 11, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Misha Penton: Transparent Vulnerability"

This solo show's elegant, enigmatic watercolors evoke life across the universe from salt crystals to algae to galaxies

"...The show is described as a "watercolor and audio environment," but I'm not sure if the audio was turned..."

July 15, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Page Two: Vote Yes on Prop 1

Why the hell not?

"...two-and-a-half decades back, there we were, insisting on strict environmental restrictions in order to protect our community. The scorn..."

May 20, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...This approach to breaking through environment can also be found on Music for the Rothko..."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

The Tipping Point

By raising menu prices and eliminating gratuity, restaurateurs hope they've found the recipe for a better quality of life for staff

"...You end up with better service and a better environment. And when you have a healthier environment, you sell..."

March 25, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

SXSW Interview: Santigold

Philly pop songstress struggles with change on new disc 99¢

"...is great.” It doesn’t help that we’re in this environment right now where everything is at your disposal, and..."

March 18, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...of The Tree Play, the message is about the environment – specifically, the rain forests, and the action we..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What's the Damage?

The news staff takes a look at the fallout from the 84th legislative session

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...move that allows the script to create a female-only environment, since all the men had been butchered during the..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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