Barbecue and Good Ol' Boys

A promotions scandal suggests the good ol' boy network is alive and well at DPS.

"...need to know is a name really -- the "Houston Barbecue Club," or HBBQC for short. HBBQC is the..."

Nov. 21, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Articulations

The stars come out at the Paramount when the Texas Medal of the Arts Awards are given, and the Bastrop Opera House shoots for a national title in the American Association of Community Theatres competition.

"...(Literary Arts); singers Lydia Mendoza (Folk Arts) and Charley Pride (Music); performers Tommy Tune (Dance) and Fess Parker (Media-Film/Television..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, another bunch of Lone Stars are being honored by the Texas Cultural Trust Council with Texas Medal of the Arts Awards, and John Walch wins an award from the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...Lydia Mendoza (Folk Arts); Fess Parker (Media-Film/Television Acting); Charley Pride (Music); Tommy Tune (Dance); the State Capitol Preservation Project,..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...we presented three years ago, along with models from Houston, Albuquerque, and the Travis County Sheriff's Department (which has..."

June 28, 2002 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Houston..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...Houston..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Back Door Man

A profile of Bill Bentley, former Austin Sun writer, current music industry impresario, and producer of tribute albums of Roky Erickson and Skip Spence

"...Bill Bentley was born in 1950 and raised in Houston, the son of Houston Post newspaper cartoonist Bud Bentley...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Trunk Full of Funk

First Degree Hip-Hop

"...canvass hip-hop's widening landscape, integrating elements of the hot Houston/Atlanta/New Orleans Southern Funk school with classic East and West..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Papi Churro’s BDE in a Queen-Dominated Scene

Drag king aims to be a voice for the voiceless through performance art

"...personally came under bizarre, right-wing fire last June. A Houston-based anti-LGBTQ hate group (as declared by the Southern Poverty..."

Jan. 22, 2020 Qmmunity Post by A. Micah Mills

The Make It Movement Wants You to Learn a Trade and Love What You Do

Can skilled jobs and career education change Texas culture?

"...state into stopping their littering ways, they challenged their pride in Texas. Within three years, litter along roadways fell..."

Dec. 27, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Gay Place

This week it's all about the Tops and the Bottoms, loves. How do you like your 2013?

"...9) ANNISE PARKER RE-ELECTED Just, ya know, Houston's first openly gay mayor re-elected for her third time..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Top 10s from the bottom to the top

"...3) AUSTIN PRIDE 2010 Can we be proud of a festival so..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Day Trips

The Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains modestly holds the story of the creator of 'Conan the Barbarian' like a thin-shelled egg

"...made good. In conjunction with the civic organization Project Pride, the Houston-based writer started the restoration project and Robert..."

July 14, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...by Watts, Ron C., Magno, and Mike Jones of Houston's Swishahouse clique. Paul Wall's former partner in rhyme Chamillionaire..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Public Notice

Twister: This Ain't No Summer Movie

"...in October this year. Music starts at 6pm with Houston's a capella quartet Nobody's Reel, then Austin's Scottish Bard..."

May 30, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...her balladic pop sensibilities stateside. Cumbia, reggae, and LGBT pride sneaks into her international set lists. – Abby Johnston..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: April Monthly Planner

Woody Guthrie Center, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, and more

"...Brady Arts District while the center is also hosting “Pride & Joy: The Texas Blues of Stevie Ray Vaughan.”..."

March 30, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Fire This Time

String of black church burnings a reminder racism isn’t in the past

"...The most recent arson, which hit Houston’s Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church, took place on July..."

Aug. 5, 2015 News Post by Kahron Spearman

Meet Your New City Council, Austin!

Recapping the run-offs

"...not exactly a cliffhanger in District 1, where Ora Houston led DeWayne Lofton 73-27% in early voting, and ended..."

Dec. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Point Austin: Memo to Cap Metro

Stop Union-busting, or Take a Hike

"...contract negotiators, led by a self-proclaimed union-busting lawyer from Houston, do their level best to destroy the transit workers..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...name emblazoned in silver are straight outta south side Houston, the H-town underground, hip-hop epicenter of the Dirty South...."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Texas in the Title

"...great Freddie King traversing the state from Lubbock to Houston and all points in between. Although its train theme..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...know at the time was that many shows at Houston's legendary Gilley's dancehall ended with more people onstage than..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

After a Fashion

Dreams from Your Style Avatar's father

"...Never again did he hold his head up with pride, and his mental condition went from bad to worse...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Show Them the Need

The great GOP wave breaks on the realities of the actual cost of government

"...As House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, repeatedly told anyone that would listen, the only real..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...Sunset Advisory Commission: One of the state's points of pride is that it reviews every single state agency every..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...state's first politically independent chief administrator since Gov. Sam Houston was running things before the Civil War...."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...The only thing they understand is force -- force, pride, and saving face." -- Capt. Todd Brown, Fourth Infantry..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...flag are Austin fixture NOOK, neighbors T-Roc and Ballistix, Houston's Ukalipthis (featuring DJ Disabled), and P.E.A.C.E., jumping the fence..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

A Honky-Tonk Song

Profile of piano man Earl Poole Ball

"...suit of clothes, and a one-way bus ticket to Houston," says Ball. "He said, "Son, you've got to get..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

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