Moontower 2018 Reviews: A Comic a Day

A schooling in stand-up from Notaro, Haddish, and more

"...week, though, Moontower Comedy Festival gave me an auspicious schooling in the state of stand-up...."

April 24, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

R.I.P. Barry “Frosty” Smith

Austin’s pre-eminent beatkeeper passes

"...Barry “Frosty” Smith, 71, died unexpectedly last night at home, but he’ll live on forever when locals discuss Austin’s..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Smitherman: 'Make More Babies'

AG candidate flies to the far religious right

"...for large families to leave failing public schools, pursue home schooling or online options."..."

Sept. 6, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Smitherman: It's Always The Quiet Ones

AG candidate flies to the far religious right

"...for large families to leave failing public schools, pursue home schooling or online options, and eventually get a college..."

Sept. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Proud To Be 'Unacceptable'

Superintendent Kuhn delivers rousing speech

"...take them.' We say: 'Send us your poor, your homeless, the children of your afflicted and addicted. Send us..."

March 18, 2011 News Feature

AISD Run-off Running Downhill Fast

A nonpartisan race turns partisan

"...the campaigning on her behalf by conservative supporters and home-schooling advocates but called the class warfare rhetoric "really bizarre."..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Freedom Network's 13th Annual Celebration

La Zona Rosa, Saturday, October 4, 2008

"...heaven. After all, they’ve been holed up for years home-schooling with legions of other knuckle-draggers and slack jaws, learning..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Who's Funding the Voucher Campaign?

"...1445 promoting a "virtual" voucher school network, for online home schooling...."

March 25, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Naked City

The State Board of Education shows the Lege its backside on "virtual charters."

"...charter schools" -- using public school funds for online home-schooling -- during an otherwise extremely conservative 78th Legislature, the..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Feature

The Kids Are All Right

Not your parent's summer camp, rock & roll camp!

"...camp. I didn't cry, wet my pants, or get homesick...."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Recent coverage of light rail and of access-TV personality Alex Jones pushes readers' buttons this week.

"...retail and commercial services within walking distance of people's homes. The East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan recommended that some..."

July 28, 2000 Column

Nothing Is Terrible

"...City, Mary and Skip conduct their daily activities (sex, home schooling, etc.) just as any married couple would, and..."

May 5, 2000 Books Review by Barry Johnson

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Mexico, or entering private or alternative education (such as home schooling or G.E.D. classes). Public schools don't have to..."

March 19, 1999 News Feature

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...reform." There's no standard formal definition of what community schooling means, but Weeks sees some common components. "They generally..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blue Monday

Antone's Blue Mondays continues, 25 years later.

"...Thunderbirds' most successful era. "Nothing felt more like coming home than being on that stage."..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Capitol Chronicle: Patriotic Gore

The Texas House wants to cut health care, human services, and education, but it's really enthusiastic about war.

"...amending the otherwise "emergency" (and largely counterproductive) SB 14 homeowners' insurance reform to outlaw completely the notorious "skin tax":..."

April 11, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Chest Cavities, Empty Kneecaps, and Elbows

A week at Austin's all-ages live music venue Redrum and the 'School of Rock' lessons learned

"...into authority-thwarting rockers through months of intensive undercover rock schooling. It's a coming-of-age tale, full of rock star dreams..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...a part-time nanny who helps in the mornings with schooling for the children so I can squeeze in five..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

Meow Mix

Texans Are Wild About Exotic Cats, but at What Cost?

"...When David Ramirez brought Simba home, it never occurred to him that the fuzzy 20-pound..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...than Ike Ritter, head of all things psychedelic, a down-home cosmic traveler of the first order. Token straight David..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...front of 823 Congress proclaims it the new temporary home of the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA), a joint..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Allan Rising

The Allan Early Childhood Center is home to a flourishing collection of nonprofits

"...new life as the Allan Early Childhood Center, a home for nonprofits that the district hopes won't just fill..."

Feb. 5, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...chair in Tarrant County. I’m a Christian. I’m a stay-at-home mom, been married for almost 25 years. We’ve got..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...to everlasting matriarch Susan Antone, women built Austin's world-famous Home of the Blues, now staging three separate spotlight events..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

For Many AISD Teachers, It's Career vs. Family

AISD forces reluctant teachers to return to campus

"...those with little or no broadband internet access at home. Other priority groups include Austin's youngest students, recent immigrants,..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

We Have an Issue: Greetings From the Very Near Future

Notes from a week in isolation

"...my dumb joke again on Tuesday, when the official stay-at-home order went into effect, requiring individuals to “remain in..."

March 27, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...be there. Wherever there's a public official who needs schooling on the value of creativity in education or civic..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Revolutionary Letter on Education

Letters at 3AM

"...shoes, or skills like blacksmithing. Food was prepared at home, from scratch. Except for the very well off, clothing..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

After a Decade of Decline in Teen Parents, Support Services Brace for Rising Demand

It takes a village

"...ISD, teens can also access on-campus day cares and homebound instruction to accommodate parenting students. But for the last..."

Dec. 23, 2022 News Feature by Sara Hutchinson

A Long Activist Legacy Survives on the Eastside

Holding on to El Barrio

"...streetlights, where septic tanks and outhouses served the neighborhood homes. He attended schools that were over 95% Mexican American,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

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