Point Austin: Tell Us Something We Don't Know

Capital Metro report discovers that the agency's been badly managed. Who knew?

"...system yet to be executed – has made it impossible for Cap Metro to take on inner-city light rail,..."

April 30, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Daily Hustle: 4/14/10

Gotta get over the hump

"...to KXAN, Lippincott said the city "made it nearly impossible for him to get the proper permits" – his..."

April 14, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Tarka Indian Kitchen

Tarka offers a quick, affordable alternative to its sister restaurant, Clay Pit

"...approach, Tarka features modern decor, clean lines, and bright lights, the earth-toned walls decked with wonderful photos of Indian..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Media Watch: The Rag in the Modern World

Olde Austin Ragsters revive in a digital age

"...Texas in 1966 and then spent 11 years spraying lighter fluid on local culture. A seminal influence in the..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Page Two: The Long Scream

The endless Republican nightmare casts its shadow on health care reform

"...The dark has its own light..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Louis Black

East Side Show Room

East Side Show Room may become a victim of its own popularity

"...Parisian bistro, burlesque cabaret, and steampunk film set. Dim lights flicker along art-lined brick walls. A movie screen running..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Food Review by Rachel Feit

The Tire Mound of Mystery

Thousands of city tires lie moldering southeast of town – and the city is claiming ignorance

"...some delay, Telles responded that the questions "brought to light several issues which the senior management at Fleet Services..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Belle de Jour

Rufus Wainwright's wardrobe change

"...mainstay, and I would be foolish" it would be impossible for me to toss it off because it's my..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Touring Austin's new clubs and digging into Heavy Light Records

"...hood in Detroit, [and being a singer] was my impossible dream. I never thought it would ever come true...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Chon Som

Tastes of Thailand in Central Texas

"...calamari ($6), however, is fresh and tender, with a light, crisp breading and a tasty Thai dipping sauce. The..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Of a Lifetime

Gregg Rolie, the voice of classic rock, and originally, Journey

"...turn out the light.'..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Letters at 3AM

America's ideal of liberty shaped the country's finest authors

"...was fond of. Poe knew darkness, as well as light, was loosed from our depths by liberty. Ravens spoke..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

The Cove

This marvelously made agitprop documentary exposes the dark secrets that underpin the world’s dolphin mania.

"...the speakers in this marvelously made agitprop documentary that enlightens, horrifies, and is a call to action to protect..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM

We did not fall from the Garden; we journeyed away

"...us all. And one more thing, one more beautifully impossible paradox: Like many before and after us, we wanted..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Pearce Meeting Tonight

District seeks community input on saving school and debunks myth of Commissioner Scott's appeal

"...on the future of Pearce Middle School students, in light of the formal notification from Texas Education Commissioner Robert..."

July 15, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Department of Angels

A bureaucratic heaven, as envisioned by a couple of charming clowns, is sweet

"...experience is pure bliss. Others think such bliss is impossible without the contrast of mediocrity and pain. In Department..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Carona Says He'll Filibuster TxDOT Sunset Bill

Senator angered by removal of local-option gas tax

"...Why if LOTA was so impossible, would there be a provision appearing for the first..."

May 31, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Not This Time: Life Without Poodie

"...time he sat at the bar, with a Bud Light and a shot of chilled Hornitos Reposado, he was..."

May 15, 2009 Postmarks

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...ritual abuse" at day care centers, made it virtually impossible for the Kellers to receive a fair or even..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two: The Message

Republicans try to rewrite a history of privileging party over principle

"...heatedly pant over a trillion-dollar bailout budget, it is impossible to see this as anything but pathetic posturing, given..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Balancing Act

Several tiny steps in search of a dance to winter – and a dance toward launching into reverie

"...claimant into uncertain, questionable shadows rather than toward the light...."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Disagreeing to Agree

With contract negotiations suspended, Austin firefighters look inward for a change

"...of variable standards (i.e., selective favoritism) are exaggerated in light of governing law and common practice and also ignore..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Michael King

Reimagining Space: The Park Place Gallery Group in 1960s New York

This trippy exhibit revisits New Frontier artists engaged in their own space race

"...a wooden stairway is suspended in midair at an impossible angle for walking on. But something in the way..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Auld Lang Syne at the Cinema

How Hollywood has created a holiday of unreasonable expectations and why we should probably stop buying in (but never will)

"...is so pervasive that from birth on, it's nearly impossible for us not to think of the world in..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...said, "This lawsuit seeks to shine some much needed light on the Regents' shocking decision." If the cuts stand,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature

Letters at 3am

Obama won the election through a uniquely American combination of inspiration and cash

"...more than pride: the knowledge that what had been impossible was now possible...."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two: The Best of Austin

A concept in search of an author; characters in search of a form; memory in search of meaning

"...people were decent, pot was inexpensive, traffic was always light, and more often than not the cost of living..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Column by Louis Black

A Little Light Music

Branagh's a hambone, and he's better at comedy

"...It's impossible to watch the scene without a good guffaw... and..."

Aug. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

One Quadrillion ... and Then Some

New laser science at UT pushes the boundaries of knowledge

"...its quiet, insignificant business, the single biggest explosion of light and heat and energy the universe had seen since..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Days of Future Past

The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...a trampoline, is enjoying boffo box office for Mission: Impossible, and the nation is afflicted with the musical virus..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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