Half Step Garners Top Industry Nom

UPDATED: Chris Bostick hoping to take home 2014 Spirited Award

"...the short months since opening his craft cocktail house, Half Step, on Rainey Street, he’s found his concept to..."

June 6, 2014 Food Post by Gracie Salem

Qmmunity: A Step Toward Reconnection

Getting back into going out with the latest Austin queer events

"...Kingdom, but I also felt a little out of step – awkward and unpracticed in the sparkling Fourth Street..."

March 11, 2022 Column by James Scott

Step Right Up

The terror and the wonder of the Museum of the Weird

"...it's the other business that's run in the back half of the building: the Museum of the Weird...."

Sept. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Next Step

They've made their films. They've done the festivals. Now, four filmmakers share stories about finding -- and losing -- distribution.

"...the white balance on a TV crew's Betacam from half a block away, but face it, what good is..."

April 20, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"..."Good," he says, only half mollified...."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Council Recap: A Big Step Forward in St. John, but Much Work Remains

Greystar, HACA selected to redevelop Home Depot site

"...has wanted and needed for generations. This is a step in the right direction, but we know there is..."

July 30, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Step Outside

California's Smoking Ban... Coming to a Club Near You?

"...smoke at all and I drink plenty," he quipped half seriously before speculating sans the chuckle. "I don't know..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Half a World Away, and at War

How one journalist went from a desk job to covering the war in Congo

"...legs, barely hanging to life – and realizing I'd stepped into this lost and forgotten war where millions had..."

May 16, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

999 Eyes Freakshow & Surreal Sideshow Invites You to Step Inside an American Tradition

The beauty of the bizarre

"...bus "with the Lobster Girl, the Elephant Man, the Half Girl, and the Giant, and they were having conversations..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

La Condesa’s Lucky 13; Graeme Little Goes Big; Lucy’s Loses a Leg; Pasta | Bar Opens on East Sixth; Indie Chefs Community Is On Its Way to Town; and the Hajimaleki Bros Step Up Like Champions

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Garfield) should definitely check out Suerte – because those half-price pours are in effect all day long on that..."

March 9, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Planning Commission Leaders Step Down to Chart Housing Waters

Conor Kenny and Fayez Kazi look to bring more affordable housing to Austin

"...Chair Conor Kenny and Vice Chair Fayez Kazi – stepped down from the high-profile city board on Aug. 25..."

Sept. 4, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Step One: Create an LGBTQ Commission

It takes a village to forge a better quality of life for everybody

"...After Flannigan, Paige Schilt, a local memoirist, facilitated the two-and-a-half hour discussion between community members, including well-known figures Paul..."

Jan. 19, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

A Small Step

Texas Lege allows anyone to get a prescription for Naloxone

"...now sober for one year after two and a half spent abusing painkillers, crack cocaine, and heroin, believes changing..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Texas Two-Step

Richard Linklater and Matthew McConaughey on their true-crime comedy, 'Bernie'

"...Stepping into the interview suite at the Four Seasons during..."

April 27, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hurricane (Half)Day

AISD to close schools early on Friday

"...Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center. “This is a precautionary step to remove students and buses from the roadways as..."

Sept. 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Latest Rainey Street Revamp Open At Last

Much anticipated cocktail menu from Chris Bostick getting warmed up

"...Opening to the public last week, Half Step is the newest bar to join ranks on..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Food Post by Gracie Salem

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Wednesday

The buzzy, the brave, the thrash-able twee-pop

"...and Wet Leg drawing a crowd so big at Half Step that there were as many waiting outside the..."

March 17, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Sillakh Wants To Change the Way You Look at Boxing

And save his sport in the process

"...and you see the whole charade as just a half-step removed from watching prison gang fights on YouTube...."

April 26, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...which conquered local radio and led to festival appearances. Half a decade, a near-breakup, and a couple of albums..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Fri. 16, Half Step, 9:30pm; Sat. 17, the Main II, 10:15pm Colombia..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: DJ Shani Unites Black Women in House Music

Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues

"...Following years of slinging cocktails on Rainey Street, Half Step stopped broadcasting music outside over the P.A. in..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Where Is Your Bartender Drinking Tonight?

Pro tips on where to find the best crafted cocktails

"...also gives big props to the barely opened, much-talked-about Half Step, down busy Rainey Street from the Blackheart. "It..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

The Staff of Life: Grandma Dottie's Oatmeal Bread

Step-by-step, foolproof instructions

"...I've broken down the recipe into elaborately explained, this-cannot-possibly-fail steps. – Kate Thornberry Grandma Dottie's Oatmeal Bread: Step-by-step foolproof..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Residential Address: Mac McIntosh

At an age when most perferformers are preparing to take a bow, jazz singer Mac Mcintosh is hitting the stride.

"...Tuesdays @ Half Step, 9-11pm (w/ Michael Hale Trio)..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

SXSW Music: Must-See Latin

Puerto Rican rap, Mexico City shoegazing, and seven other acts en español

"...Las Kellies Wed. 15, Half Step, 9pm; Thu. 16, Tap Room at the Market,..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

SXSW Panels: The Future of Food and Drink

Highlights from the 2017 food track

"...of Cocktail Culture in the U.S. Saturday, March 11, Half Step Chris Bostick gathered a group of cocktail enthusiasts..."

March 12, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Goodbye Lover

"...blacker-than-black murder mystery that struggles valiantly to stay one step ahead of the viewer and succeeds more often than..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Species

"...movies in which our hero is always one stupid step behind the villain who, in this picture, doesn't really..."

July 7, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...covers LP declares influences from Townes Van Zandt to Stephin Merritt. Doug Freeman My Jerusalem..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

'Possession Arrow': Barnes<->Huggins

"...Badgley, Rick Barnes. All clock times are approximate.] First Half Barnes, 17:41 I am going to hold this Rodin-esque..."

Feb. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

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