'The NFL Beat': Maslow's Hierarchy

True NFL team needs

"...Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is a well-known theory of human motivation..."

July 20, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The Art of Film Producing

Lynda Obst's Hollywood Survival Manual

"...Hollywood producer Lynda Obst is the author of Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths From the Hollywood..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rancho Alegre Fights to Be the Cadillac of Conjunto Festivals

The music fest returns the native Texas genre Downtown where it once flourished

"...When his mother fell ill and under professional care, a young Baldomero "Frank" Cuellar called her from..."

May 3, 2019 Music Feature by César E. López Linares

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...over to look. "Huh, I'm not sure either. None of this used to be here."..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM: 'Suppose I Said I Was the Queen of Spain?'

In the early part of the Sixties, television's "Route 66" offered a taste of the new American consciousness

"...Watch the new box set of Route 66's 116 episodes and you may wonder why..."

June 15, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Mothers of Invention

"...isn't rock & roll supposed to be the province of rebellious youth bent on annoying their elders? And isn't..."

May 7, 1999 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Qmmunity’s 2020 Guide to Gifting Queerly and Locally

Gifting queer cheer after one helluva year

"...It’d be an understatement to call 2020 a $hit$how of a year. If there’s one thing that’s certain despite..."

Dec. 3, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Different Drugs, Different People, Different Effects

Fusebox Festival's Hank Cathey talks alcohol and its attendant joys

"...a bit more fully, to infuse this issue's menu of mixology and mind-altered mafficking with a higher concentration of..."

July 3, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Scaling the Pyramid

City moves to reprioritize social service programs in the new year

"...Psychologist Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs theory states that basic physiological requirements (e.g.,..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Closing Johnston Is Just Closing the Symptom

"...to close Johnston High School in East Austin because of perpetually low test scores is a reminder of the..."

Oct. 3, 2007 Postmarks

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...Centered within two columns of text, because it's an article about auto accidents, there's..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

More cultural philanthropy and a disturbing Statesman report on same.

"...one for local arts projects. Both the Austin Museum of Art and ARTS Center Stage announced major gifts of..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...It's the bales of stuffed animals that elicit the gasps on the Goodwill..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Luv Doc: Prohibition

God help the affable, chubby, slow kids with thick glasses

"...has been living with his girlfriend for a couple of years now, and he has basically become a prisoner..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Street Soccer Austin – Unhappy With How Her Views Were Reported

"...So, for the record, as the organizer and coach of Street Soccer Austin, I will correct the article. I..."

July 7, 2008 Postmarks

Playing Through

Residents of Austin's ARCH traveled to Washington, D.C., to take part in the Homeless USA Cup

"...getting homeless ex-cons like Hamilton playing soccer. Yes, soccer. Of course, she also leads a Bible study group at..."

July 4, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

The Canada Model

Author Paul Tough on education innovator Geoffrey Canada

"...that project has been credited with breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty and low achievement in a 97-block area of..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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Don't Cry for Rainey

"...I was awakened every morning by the first clatter of the 6am trolley rolling by 30 feet from my..."

July 23, 1999 Column

Why Portland Doesn't Look Like Austin

Rose (City)-Colored Glasses

"...wet in the Northwest tonight, and the auditorium of the Portland Adventist Hospital feels a long way from..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The AggreGAYtor: November 19

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...roil, faith groups toil, and conservatives broil (wearing hats of foil?) as your AggreGAYtor whispers, "Rosebud."..."

Nov. 19, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Bag Ban Aftereffects

Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance

"...to City Council a report on the environmental impacts of the bag ban two years after it went into..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Jessi Cape

13th Floor Elevators

Levitation interviews

"...quintet's late-Sixties recordings, most notably the mind-expansive garage rock of their 1966 debut and the free-flowing perfection of follow-up..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...road out, the venue exists as the South Pole of Austin's musical axis. Lately, the city's least visible venue..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Devil in the Details

After 10 years, the Great Streets master plan runs into controversy over two-way streets.

"..."A pedestrian oriented hierarchy of transportation promotes density, safety, economic viability, and sustainability...."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Word Made Flesh

Ebenezer Baptist Blends the Spiritual and Temporal

"...decrepit housing, and chronically vacant lots, the popular image of East Austin, crowded in the shadows cast by the..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Climbing Mount Compost

Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program

"...In its past life, the steaming pile of compost at Organics "By Gosh" was jack-o'-lanterns and Christmas..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Unsung Heroes

Chefs get the credit; sous chefs get dinner on the table.

"...and you're making reservations for dinner at any one of Austin's well-known fine dining outlets. In addition to your..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Use Only as Directed

Patenting the Formula

"...Citizens Planning Committee, whose report is the Magna Carta of Austin's neighborhood ascendancy -- we still considered "planning" to..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Lewis File

Park Police personnel record casts a harsh light on small law enforcement agencies

"...On January 24, 2005, Warren Struss, director of the city's Parks and Recreation Department, wrote a three-paragraph..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...excellent article on the college pipeline accurately identifies many of the leaks in the pipeline ["How to Get Your..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column

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