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"...I commend U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Martin Frost, Sheila Jackson-Lee, and Ciro Rodriguez for co-sponsoring the Early..."

April 16, 2004 Column

Kudos to New Restaurant

"...opening of their restaurant bar in the beautiful new Frost Building. The property is a breath of "fresh air"..."

April 12, 2004 Postmarks

The Downtown Dominoes

The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be

"...as the site of what is now the new Frost Bank Tower. Though the RFP makes the ground-floor retail..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Switching Tracks

The Union Pacific offer to move east symbolizes a new era in regional transportation politics

"...road less traveled, so to speak. And, as in Frost's poem, that has made all the difference. Though Krusee..."

April 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Supports Early Treatment for AIDS Act

"...Mr. Black, I commend U.S. Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Martin Frost, Sheila Jackson-Lee, and Ciro Rodriguez for co-sponsoring the Early..."

April 8, 2004 Postmarks

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"...Observation: Has anyone else noticed that the Frost Bank Tower resembles Bubo the owl from the movie..."

March 12, 2004 Column

Austin's Bubo the Owl

"...Dear Editor, Observation: Has anyone else noticed that the Frost Bank Tower resembles Bubo the owl from the movie..."

March 9, 2004 Postmarks

Austin's Cultural Makeover

Which arts facilities from the boom years were built, which weren't built, and why

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Elsewhere, They Have Congressmen

The congressional landscape, Tom DeLay style

"...weren't busy chortling about tossing Democratic congressional incumbents Martin Frost, Lloyd Doggett, and Chet Edwards on the scrap heap,..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Here's Your Congress!

The U.S. Supreme Court refusal to stay the new Republican-drafted congressional map formally inaugurates the electoral season

"...profile race, featuring longtime District 24 incumbent Rep. Martin Frost, bumped out of his district into the Republican-leaning back..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

"...meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 20, 3:30-5pm at the Frost Bank building (the old one at 816 Congress, not..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dred Scott, Revisited

The federal court decision on re-redistricting opens an old wound in Texas politics

"...24 in the Metroplex (a custom-designed fiefdom for Martin Frost that was eventually rejected by the Supreme Court) whenever..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Column by Michael King

After a Fashion

Who was tops in 2003? Who will last into 2004?

"...4) Frost Bank Building Love it or loathe it, it's here..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

A verdict is expected this week in the federal case against the congressional remap

"...22% African-American voters and represented by Democratic Rep. Martin Frost, deserves protection as a "minority opportunity district" under the..."

Jan. 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

On the Road Again

Ballet East's Paths traces some of the many passages through life.

"...Robert Frost wrote about "the road less traveled." Joseph Campbell described..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Austin Ice Bats vs. Laredo Bucks

Travis County Expo Center, Friday, December 5, 2003

"...grass some mornings might be glazed with a silvery frost; you might wake up to find a delicate veneer..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

"Selections from the Permanent Collection"

Mexic-Arte Museum's showing of selections from its permanent collection is a little confusing in setup and somewhat rough, but there's also something charming about its rusticity.

"...the downtown around it has. The sleek, tall, Fortress-of-Solitude-like Frost Bank building next door stands in stark contrast to..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Arts Review by Sam Martin

Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom

UT composer Dan Welcher commemorates JFK: The Voice of Peace 40 years after the President's scheduled visit to Austin.

"...poet Alan Seeger; Shakespeare's Henry V; poems by Robert Frost and Langston Hughes; letters from Peace Corps volunteers in..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Music Feature by Robert Faires

On the Lege

The Democrats file federal lawsuits against the new congressional map.

"...(the eviscerated Dallas district currently held by Democrat Martin Frost). During the re-map discussions at the Capitol, both legislators..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

Redistricting: the end? the feds and the courts pick up the shattered pieces of Texas

"...violations" of minority voting rights: the conversion of Martin Frost's currently minority-impact District 24 into a white GOP suburban..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Michael King

On the Lege

The redistricting conference committee doesn't look like Texas, and Strayhorn gets slapped

"...dismantle one or more other majority-minority districts (e.g., Martin Frost's District 24 in Dallas) or go after Travis Co...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Sheet Music

Summer Reading

"...fave Hellhammer, who would later, as the remonikered Celtic Frost, record the single most bizarre cover in metal history..."

June 6, 2003 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Best of International Artists

In Box

"...on "Let Me Be." The main attraction is Jimmy Frost's stinging leads, which appropriate early Keith Richards with aplomb...."

May 16, 2003 Music Review by John Morthland

The House Adjourns to Oklahoma

The House Dems may be losing the legislative wars, but they're finally winning the PR battle.

"...districts, along with DeLay's special personal enemies: Dallas' Martin Frost and Austin's Lloyd Doggett. (Doggett is the only Texas..."

May 16, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Re-Redistricting

If Tom DeLay has his way, Austin will have no voice in Congress.

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Key Court Rulings Expected in T.A.B. Case

The Texas Association of Business's legal future rests in the hand of two Travis Co. judges.

"...that Earle's case is "as weak as a June frost" if a $1,400 payment to McDonald was all the..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Need for Sleaze

Bill Landis will be at the Alamo Drafthouse Downtown on Feb. 23 to introduce two films and talk about his new book, Sleazoid Express: A Mind-Twisting Tour Through the Grindhouse Cinema of Times Square.

"...of Sadomasochism" on writer/producer Bob Cresse and director Lee Frost (Mondo Freudo, Mondo Bizarro, Love Camp 7). Where else..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Even though 2002 was an exceptional year for American cinema, American art has never been more marginalized, ghettoized, and controlled, than it is today.

"...of Carl Sandburg, Kenneth Rexroth, Marianne Moore, and Robert Frost were still loud in the land. E.E. Cummings died..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

If the City Council approves a proposed noise ordinance, Austin will have to stay weird quietly, and possibly without many nightclubs.

"...Robert Frost once said that "Poet" was a gift title: Others..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Articulations

People and organizations on the move: KMFA and the Austin Circle of Theatres look for new homes, and Austin Theatre Alliance CEO Dan Fallon and KMFA Director of Broadcast Operations Randy Harriman leave their respective companies.

"...Some property on Toomey Road owned by Susan Toomey Frost, which puts it in the neighborhood of the Zachary..."

June 28, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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