Pit's End

Dog owners face an unwelcoming housing market

"...was no happy dog to greet us." The Intake Desk..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Talking Curation With Art Alliance Austin's Asa Hursh

Lora Reynolds Gallery's exhibition of work by Troy Brauntuch, Andy Coolquitt, and Jeff Williams proves a good case study in putting together an art show

"...coalition of arts supporters retooled under his leadership to help grow Austin's visual-art scene. Hursh has done admirable work..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Conviction

Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell star in this real-life legal drama in which a woman goes to law school in an attempt to exonerate her brother.

"...GED, in another we see her asleep at her desk with an unfinished torts paper, then the next thing..."

Oct. 29, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

On the Lege

Looking back at the Lege through local eyes

"...chances of successfully moving his bills onto the governor's desk. "We had so many good Democrats who played a..."

June 8, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar searches for the greenroom at the county tax assessor's office

"...million in a half-dozen arts and cultural facilities that help keep Austin's creative energy flowing. Among so many other..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...I was going to go crazy." She left her desk, locked herself in the bathroom, beat the wall, and..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...first time they witnessed him either stand on his desk to make a point, or clear it with the..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...you have a picture of your family on your desk?' 'Uh-huh.' 'At the end of the day do you..."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...Sitting bolt upright at her desk in a nondescript cubicle at an even-less-descript office park..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Wonderland

"...in this lachrymose vein much longer) that you can't help but feel somewhat manipulated. I kept thinking, for god's..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oh No, It's Mr. Bill!

Do Bill Bunch's Tactics Hurt the Springs He Loves?

"...plenty of kicking and screaming. Five years ago, he helped forge a once-ineffectual environmental community into a viable political..."

Oct. 18, 1996 News Feature by Alex de Marban

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on the concept, here, Dwight, so I thought I'd help you out...."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...their finger on a word in a book, and help them sound out the letters...."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

How Not to Ingest Fentanyl on Campus and Beyond

Rule No. 1: Have Narcan

"...students can access Narcan at any residence hall front desk and at the security desk in the Perry-Castañeda Library...."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

New Multimedia Exhibit Captures East Austin Then and Now

Bear Lopez collaborates to celebrate his disappearing neighborhood

"...back streets in the dead of night with the help of his 20-year-old chihuahua Star. He has witnessed the..."

Oct. 16, 2019 Arts Post by Saskia Henn

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...Brooklyn soul singer Josh Karpeh already achieved a Tiny Desk appearance and John Mayer collaboration off distinctively weightless, chilled-out..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Eurythmics' Annie Lennox Encountered a Friendly Ghost at The Driskill Hotel

Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano wrote a song about it

"...Bridges, a hotel employee who allegedly worked the front desk for several years in the early 1900s. As any..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...Power's animation studio is really a desk, with a paper cutting board, a stack of colored..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...running the program and more hours at the writing desk. "Time for somebody else to deal with all the..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas House Advances Anti-Choice Package Bill

SB 8 bans safest type of second trimester abortion

"...It now inches closer to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk...."

May 19, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Good Eye: A (Tiny) Room of One's Own

You call that a small house? This is a small house!

"...puny, built by a silent-era film star with the help of Hollywood set designers, features mother-of-pearl floors, jade bathtubs,..."

April 11, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

The Animated Adventures of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

The men behind 'The Secret of NIMH' visit Austin this weekend

"...Don was very generous with his animation knowledge. He helped me tremendously, especially with my screen tests, which I..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: The Score

How the 83rd did on water infrastructure, the budget, education, the environment, and transportation

"...contrast, SB 1114 by Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, could help many students' records, including those at AISD, by making..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Brandon Watson

Perry Signs Education Bill: Now What?

Gov signs off on HB5 after veto speculation

"...the number of charter schools, was sent to his desk on May 29, the same day as HB5. It's..."

June 10, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Criminally Innocent

How can you be exonerated of a crime that never happened?

"...exonerated of sexual offenses they never committed with the help of DNA evidence, the Arena brothers faced no biological..."

Nov. 5, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

That Was Then; This Is Now

The latest version of 'New Art in Austin' shows how much has changed in three years

"...Peat Duggins' drawings and installation of the mysterious architect's desk most directly discussed city planning and infrastructure. Now, Eric..."

April 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

Wish List

Give 'Til It Helps, Part 2

"...Office desk and chair..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Features Feature

Cops Still Looking for Student Accused of Sexual Assault

Eighteen-year-old wanted on attempted aggravated sexual assault charge after allegedly holding pair of scissors to his Reagan High School teacher's neck

"...during the final class period last Tuesday, to get help with a writing assignment, and stayed behind when school..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Here Today, There Tomorrow

Austin ISD Schools grapple with high student turnover – and all its consequences

"...the district currently tracks. Imagine a school with 100 desks, and 99 of them are occupied by students who..."

March 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Right Man for the Job

Steve Lawrence has succeeded at just about everything in life – especially importing and distributing European wines in Texas

"...about the time he got tired of being a desk jockey, a management job that no one else wanted..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

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