This Old House

"...Pratz and his longtime partner in business/companion in life J-Net Ward, now sole owner of Liberty Lunch and every..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fast Times at Liberty Lunch

"...are Mike O'Hara, Michael Guthrie, Dale Watkins, Frayne, and J-Net Ward -- Lunch vets, every one of them. But..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...alternative rock, two of the venue's longtime bookers/promoters, J'Net Ward and Mark Pratz, took over the club's lease with..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

The rains came, sweeping away parking at Noahfest, Boozoo Chavis, and DJ Muppetfucker's name. Clifford Antone, meanwhile, remains in the pokey, while Schatzi prepares to go the same route and sign a record deal.

"...Austin will be … former Liberty Lunch co-owner J'net Ward?!? Well, it's a possibility, if a remote one, and..."

May 11, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...and splat your T-shirt in the bathtub. -- Ed Ward DEAD KENNEDYS..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...heart. Your dad was our shining conscience. He won awards, true. But that's not what he most sought. By..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...near Mo-Pac. We are pleading for someone to come forward with information if they may have seen her white..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...As a result, Pratz and his partner J'net Ward were told during recent negotiations with the city over..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Dancing About Architecture

Happy Anniversary, Baby

"...in terms of capacity (2,000-3,000). Lunch Money Productions' J'net Ward allows that "people are looking at [the Aquarius building]"..."

June 20, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Jazzed Off

"...you ask Pace [Concerts], I'm already gone,"says Liberty Lunch's J-net Ward of the venue's impending, irrevocable demise. "If you..."

June 11, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"...company, thus dislocating the music venue. The club's J'net Ward says she's not too worried, but is aware that..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"...the home of longtime favorite (and frequent Austin Music Awards poll winning) live music venue Liberty Lunch. The city,..."

April 9, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Flipping Your Whigs

"...Taiter flinched when he saw the Yankee fella ambling towards him. The skinny Northerner had been gettin' quite a..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Where's the Fire?

Live Music Venues vs. the Fire Marshal

"...relationship with the boys in red. Liberty Lunch's J'net Ward remembers three years ago when her club was hassled..."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

TCB

Clifford comes home, Steamboat packs up, and Spoon seeks a pianist transplant

"...Wilson, former Liberty Lunch owners Mark Pratz and J'Net Ward, and a few broke-ass writers all showed up. Music..."

June 6, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

G-L-O-R-I-Aftermath

"...asked to leave the stage. ("Eughh!" said owner J'net Ward on Tuesday when apprised of the situation. "I just..."

July 30, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Never Mind the Mayor

"...fly in the ointment is that the Lunch's J'net Ward has not, at this point, cut a deal with..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Long Live Liberty Lunch

"...To a person they had warm words for owners J-Net Ward and Mark Pratz, and wished them luck at..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"..."We won the lawsuit and we were rewarded a judgment," explains former ARC owner Wayne Nagle. "Now,..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of favorite SXSW venues that no longer exist, a few festival hot tips, some non-festival tips, a celebrity-sightings checklist.

"...you to move the Lunch and its keeper, J'net Ward, into a new building next to Stubb's, but that..."

March 17, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Very Select (and Edited) List of Bands Who Played Liberty Lunch

"...-- Mark Pratz/J-Net Ward..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Youth in Crisis

"...us out if you can, there will be a reward for any info, I'm sure."..."

July 9, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sí World

Pulling the Rug Out

"...which could include part ownership for Lunch owner J'Net Ward and a larger performance space. Ward, being the smart..."

March 19, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Dancing About Architecture

Pushing the Envelope

"...The Austin Music Awards has finalized its musical lineup for the Austin Music..."

March 5, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"...just not necessarily with that of its location. J'Net Ward reports she and her lawyer have scheduled a meeting..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Plastic Butthole Band

"...giving people money at the door," says the venue's J-Net Ward of the refunds being doled out to those..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Column

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more

"...from Austin musical history to honor Pratz and J'Net Ward's mythic stage – including the Tail Gators, Kathy McCarty,..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...his bag), getting to know Mark [Pratz] & J'Net [Ward] from Liberty Lunch (they would later book me to..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...been pooling a percentage of their Mardi Gras profits toward the victim's medical bills in a gesture of goodwill..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Bands seek out SXSW, SXSW searches for places to put them; the late (Liberty) Lunch gets later; plus all the news that gives us fits...

"...only, "We're shooting for late summer." Lunch magnate J'net Ward is more optimistic, but just barely, thinking Thomson's roof..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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