Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...Austin politics is here once again: the 2009 City Council elections. And compared to bouts past – in 2003..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Kirk Watson, who filed suit alleging illegal use of corporate cash against him in the 2002 attorney general's race...."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Sarah Bird is coming over for lunch and she's promised to bring her..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Gung Ho

Q&A with punk priestess Patti Smith.

"...writer, and music scenester had helped lure to the conference in the course of their conversations for a promotional..."

March 31, 2000 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

First Layoffs in Texas Tribune History Raise Questions About Future of Texas News

Still unclear why criminal justice coverage was first to go

"...people – an engineer, the entire multimedia team and copy desk, and two reporters and an editor covering criminal..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Communication Breakdown

Rocked by financial crisis, AISD goes to war with itself – and everyone suffers

"...Somehow this all happened just when the district needed community support most, as the state threatens to cut a..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...starts Monday, April 28. See endorsements, plus lots of coverage, beginning with "Point Austin."..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...life has a history, but rarely do the two commingle to such a fantastic and phantasmagoric degree as they..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Down We Go

Revisiting Renaissance man Robert Thom's prolific and hellish Hollywood visions

"...was the Saks Fifth Avenue, the Wal-Mart, and the discount dollar store of exploitation drive-in productions all at once...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...named George Bush." – Jeanny House, one of several cousins of the president whose blood is not thicker than..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Happenings

"...be something like Janet Reno's Dance Party. 9pm-2am. E-mail onemarva@yahoo.com for more info...."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A T-Rex, Trivia, and Twilight, in This Week’s Recommended Events

Take those long arms and find a weekday happening

"...Spanish cinema contains some of the most eerie, beautiful, and passionate offerings..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...reinstate provisions, struck down by the state's highest criminal court, governing "walking quorums" – serial private meetings of public..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Here Comes the Spin

CodeNEXT draft three winners & losers?

"...morning, when the Statesman's front page headline came out: "CodeNext's third draft neighborhood-friendly." Of course, that ought to be..."

Feb. 16, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Government by Committee

Council committees get up to speed

"...This upcoming week is City Council's busiest period of the month..."

April 24, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...bill to repeal the Top 10 Percent Law regarding college admissions; Wentworth said the law is moot since the..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Short Cuts

A new Vietnam Film Series, a Cine Las Americas call for entries, aGLIFF's "Secret Cinema," and a fond farewell to AFS film programmer Salvatore Botti.

"...in Love & War Dept.: Veterans Day may have come and gone already, but fans of the cinema of..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

From the Bottom Up

"...Author and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich visited UT's LBJ School last week to deliver a talk sponsored by..."

May 31, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Field of Dreamers

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

"...assistance programs -- quickly emerged with a well-organized campaign complete with many of the players who ran Greenberg's efforts..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...About an hour into Urban Cowboy, Scott Glenn is explaining to Debra Winger the intricacies..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Lasting Legacy

Kneeland Raised Standards

"...The late Carole Kneeland I have to confess that I was only vaguely familiar with Carole Kneeland..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...Stanley, Dean Rindy, and David Butts, Austin's premier liberal/Democratic consultants. Over the past 25 years, they've changed the face..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

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