Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...A block-long stretch of blah. And everybody has a different idea for it...."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Long Incubation of the Incubus

Playwright David Hancock and director Vicky Boone reveal how they developed the play The Incubus Archives over six years, through 11 sometimes radically different versions.

"...fine-tuned; it was reconceived and reconfigured almost a dozen different ways, in local workshops as well as at the..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Time is it There?

"...Yip. Like a peevish schoolgirl, harrumphing for recess, wondering when it's gonna get good, my initial assessment of What..."

April 26, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Beveridge Man

How a little Austin distillery caught the attention of worldwide vodka drinkers.

"...until their faces turned beet-red. Now imagine their chagrin when Tito's Handmade Vodka won the 2001 Double Gold Medal..."

April 19, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

True Crime and Punishment

True crime writer Suzy Spencer interviews fellow true crime writer Vanessa Leggett about how she snatched the record for the longest contempt of court imprisonment of a journalist in United States history.

"...Angleton, accused of ordering the death of his socialite wife. Vanessa's incarceration drew international attention as she snatched the..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Suzy Spencer

A Colossal Wreck

The Intel Building and its discontents

"...Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,..."

Nov. 16, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Bubble Boy

"...Sheridan, Brian George and Patrick Crenshaw. It's a shame if the controversy surrounding Bubble Boy distracts people from what..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Unbreakable

"...Nine-year-old Elijah Price is a boy with a burden, specifically a degenerative bone disease that has rendered his thin..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Days

Six years ago, Marc Singer wasn't homeless, and he wasn't a filmmaker. With Dark Days, he became both.

"...path and experimenting a little bit too much with different things. I wanted a fresh start." Years later, Singer..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

He's Coming Back

Who gets punished when George W. Bush comes home to Austin after losing the election.

"...But Nixon admired Barbara Bush -- because "she knows how to hate."..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Louis Dubose

That Figures

City Manager Jesus Garza introduces a budget that focuses on roads, utilities, and cops, and skates around a needed tax increase.

"...Don't know if you'd call this an achievement, but ever since Kirk..."

Aug. 18, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

Why a sizable number of heterosexuals feel threatened by the concept of gay marriage

"...hotbed of radicalism -- at least not since 1777, when, declaring independence from England, it was among the earliest..."

April 28, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Knockout

"...that it could be used as a textbook for how not to shoot your sweaty ring epic. Doumani, who..."

March 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ideas Through Movement

Political and philosophical issues aren't just topics for writers and dramatists. Several Austin choreographers are using themas subjects for dances. Toni Bravo, Jeffery Bullock, Lisa Fehrman, and Andrew Long explain how they see ideas through movement.

"...the thorny matters of why we are here and how we are to live in this world, we think...."

March 3, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...Even so, we all yeah, yeah-ed six years ago when they bagged their University of Michigan baccalaureates and took..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Visions of Sugar Plums

It may be old news to most of us, but every December thousands of children discover The Nutcracker for the first time, and it inspires many to take up dance. Dawn Davis was one of them, and she talks to three young ballerinas about what The Nutcracker means to them.

"...We are caught in the holiday whirlpool of cards, gifts, office parties, and exhausting waiting lines. Excerpts of Tchaikovsky's..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

Stop, Thief!

Austin Among 10 worst cities for bike thefts

"...relationship with it by straddling it each day. Even if it's a clunker and you look forward to a..."

Nov. 26, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Eve of Destruction?

The City plans for a big New Year's Eve party downtown while East Sixth Street merchants complain of threat of competition

"...they'll be there with their fingers crossed, sweating, even if the temperature dips into the 30s. Since the city..."

Oct. 29, 1999 News Feature by Andy Langer

A Rural Riddle

Hays County Water Planning Partnership forms to try and stop unmitigated growth

"...gave her son a serious case of dysentery. "That's how I got concerned about water issues," Foster says over..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Art of Conversation

Austin Men's Project encourages young gay men to hone their social -- and safe sex -- skills through communication

"...for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) at the University of California at San Francisco, which funds the men's project, has..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Feature by Clay Smith

The Growing Chorus

Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C

"...photograph by John Anderson The past two and a..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Deep in the Art

How In the West Became Deep in the Heart (of Texas)

"...the state, from the fall of 1985 until 1991, when it was performed at the Kennedy Center for a..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

The Great Critic Test

How Much Do You Really Know About These Freaks?

"...Ransom Humanities Research Center in the exhibition "The Critical Difference."..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Making Movies on Cyber-Location

Doug Block's Film, Home Page, and How It Grew

"...was already an award-winning independent director, cameraman, and producer when he encountered the World Wide Web and found Justin..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

My Slammer Vacation

How I Spent...

"...order to impress and inspire each other: This is how we spent our summer vacation. And we wouldn't have..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Books Feature by Phil West

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...an unusual length for a theatre project. But this show was special and required the theatre to chart each..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Still the Greatest

When We Were Kings

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March 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Twelfth Night

"...Stephens and Imogen Stubbs. Too gorgeous for words? That's how you might be tempted to sum up Trevor Nunn's..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...& Human Services Department (HHS). Although Linda may eventually qualify for welfare and Medicaid, since she plans to quit..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Restoration

"...of its milieu, the period in 17th-century English history when Charles II reclaimed the government of England -- the..."

Feb. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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