Beside the Point

The future is sunny, cab drivers are stormy, and water treatment's horizon is cloudy

"...won't take place until 60 days after third and final reading – if it comes.) Speaking to the other..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...sure that we left no stone unturned in the final hours of these negotiations." – Mayor Will Wynn, following..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Feature

Point Austin: Kicking Around the Bonds

T he Sisyphus bond committee just rolled the stone up the hill – be ready to duck

"...vexed questions that bedeviled the citizens, especially during their final weeks. Here are just a few:..."

Jan. 20, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Temporary Dividers

Ars Ipsa's exhibition Temporary Dividers temporarily divides its contents into 'art,' but the ideas of these contents, viruslike, are likely to permanently accompany your life

"...in flux, currently, as it searches for a new space but refuses to stop mounting shows just because it's..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Review

Fino, Finally

The Foxes' second success

"...potential locations and took over the former Granite Cafe space just north and west of the UT campus area..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

County Gets Bonded: Roads and Parks and Jail, Oh My!

Local voters easily pass county bond package

"...strong at 57.1%, and Prop. 2's park & open space bonds – the subject of most of the prevote..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Comet

Record review

"...explosions of bombast and beauty. At their worst (the final two tracks), the songs never go anywhere, content to..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Naked City

"...a Houston TV reporter, after he misunderstood the reporter's final question about Perry's school finance plan. Later Perry apologized..."

June 24, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

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"...the school that approaches learning in a holistic way. Finally, look at the children when you visit: their bright,..."

May 27, 2005 Column

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...and finding creative ways to make use of underutilized space, there isn't much AISD can do directly about declining..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...body's assimilative, defense, and repair capabilities, until these "medicines" finally kill you...."

April 22, 2005 Column

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"...Public space – Plaza at Second Street: 15,200 square feet..."

April 15, 2005 Column

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...add-on request that all B21 (and Seaholm) proposals include space for a nonprofit cultural institution, supposedly nipping into developers'..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Whack-a-Pol: The Finals

Stick and Baxter – and Mrs. Baxter! – get nasty in the House races

"...Todd Baxter and Jack Stick of Austin entered the final leg of their re-election bids without the luxury of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...in People (Arts & Crafts) documents glorious nuggets of space rock alternated between synth work and electronica. – Darcie..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

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"...least, I thought to myself, here would be a final nod from Austin, an acknowledgement of all the hard..."

July 2, 2004 Column

Our Country Mapped in Music

The Austin Symphony's concert with Grantham's Southern Harmony, Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite, and Gershwin's Second Rhapsody gives audiences a chance to hear how some composers describe an American sense of place through music

"...clapping accompaniment"); and in combining shape note tunes ("the final movement, combining 'The Soldier's Return' and 'Thorny Desert,' is..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

Attorney General John Ashcroft is stuffing our Bill of Rights into the shredder

"...In the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucuses, the presidential candidates..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Last Call for Lowe's? Council Ready to Split

It's still 4-3 and holding as the controversial big-box deal goes up for final approval

"...Lowe's Home Centers -- may win the City Council's final round of approval without a single endorsement from ......"

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

TCB

There's like some shows and stuff, and some new places to see bands, and, like, people are getting shot, too.

"...Emo's Saturday for the Grillers Ball, where Tia joins SpaceTruck, Moonlight Towers, Masonic, and Victor for an afternoon of..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

'Spy Kids,' Small Planes, and Surly Senators Star in Mueller Sequel

The State Aircraft Pooling Board's long goodbye creates turbulence at Mueller for the city -- and Robert Rodriguez.

"...and the fate of its assets -- including the space leased by Rodriguez for his studio complex at the..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Seton's Getting the Kids

"...Council today (Thursday) could give Seton Healthcare Network the final nod to move forward on plans to build a..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Quake

Every visit to Hyde Park Theatre brings a discovery of something new, and in the case of Quake, it's playwright Melanie Marnich, whose surrealistic tale of a woman in search of a perfect love, a big love, a love that makes the earth move, is witty and perceptive.

"...production by Hyde Park or another company renting the space, the theatre is filled with people, and every time..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Wal-Mart or No, Council Defers to Endeavor's Domain

Only Daryl Slusher votes against the city's $37 million tax rebate for a North Austin "urban village."

"...Domain toward the city's affordable housing trust fund. The final deal gives Endeavor an 80% sales tax rebate during..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Smart Growth Is Dead, Long Live Smart Growth

As Sixth + Lamar teeters, the Domain aims to pick up Austin's new-school incentive package.

"...includes more than 2 million square feet of work/living space, an estimated 670,000 square feet of retail, at least..."

May 2, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin Makes Federal Case Over New Courthouse

Austin leaders try to influence the feds' new U.S. courthouse project.

"...your father's GSA -- they "truly seem to have finally abandoned the Stalin School of Architecture," says Wynn. "This..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...AC: How did it happen that this was the final shape? Was it that someone decided to produce it,..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...just that performed in the clubs that buy advertising space from you. Once again, the ball is in your..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

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"...ordinance and city code do not even address (open space, greenbuilding, bonded water-quality controls, architectural standards, increased neighborhood setbacks,..."

July 12, 2002 Column

An UnStratusfactory Process

Stratus plan heads back to the City Council for round two

"...and a series of zoning changes. A third and final vote, scheduled July 18, would cap two years of..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

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