Cryptic Messages Yield Treasure, Community

Austin Found sends contestants on a carless race about town

"...to a clue at the next location, an Austin landmark within the boundaries of 45th to Ben White, and..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Herbie: Fully Loaded

This deluxe retread is sort of annoying, but it’s so scrappy and persistent that it seems kind of cute in spite of itself.

"...Loaded is not altogether bad. It is not a landmark achievement for anyone involved in its manufacture and execution..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...recommend historic zoning on the property, after the Historic Landmark Commission offered a split vote on the historical value..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Ring Two

Narrative listlessness and a lack of scares makes this mother-and-son reunion a shabby affair.

"...follow-up to Gore Verbinski’s Americanized remake of Hideo Nakata’s landmark Japanese horror film which is (like Takashi Shimizu’s recent..."

March 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steamboy

Japanese anime director Katsuhiro Ôtomo, best known for Akira, here delivers a dazzlingly straightforward rush that thrusts its protagonist into astonishing action set-piece after set-piece.

"...best known stateside as the man behind 1998’s animé landmark Akira and 2001’s equally stunning Metropolis, but Steamboy, 10..."

March 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...people who remember Darger). Creatively, the film is a landmark. In its best moments, Darger’s inner struggles – with..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart

Culled mostly from interviews with plaintiffs, witnesses, and lawyers, this book breathes life into the names and numbers likely to become familiar to us as 'Betty Dukes v. Wal-Mart' plays out

"...Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Martby Liza Featherstone..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Books Review by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...The city Historic Landmark Commission postponed its recommendation on the latest staff proposal..."

Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rainey Street, Ready to Go

Neighbors weigh in on compromise plan to transform Downtown neighborhood

"...their land. This "reverse gentrification" will drive the Historic Landmark Commission nuts next week when it hears the city's..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

The city tries to combine historic protection, urban redevelopment

"...draw praise from Chair Lisa Laky and the Historic Landmark Commission, which has fought vehemently to preserve the historic..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

The Haven

Exploring the grounds and sounds at the International Festival-Institute at Round Top

"...haven is deep in the heart of Texas. A landmark on 200 acres of hilly, tree-covered countryside in the..."

June 4, 2004 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Summer Fun

The recent renovation of Galveston's Hotel Galvez brings the old girl back to her beginnings, as the island's crown jewel

"...One of the finest historic landmark inns on the Gulf Coast, the Galvez was built..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

"...West Lynn in Old West Austin. The city Historic Landmark Commission froze a demolition permit for the homes (one..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Betty Baker Rules

Love her or fear her, Austin's land-use queen rules the city her own way

"...commission should be second-guessing the recommendations of the Historic Landmark Commission and Historic Preservation Officer Steve Sadowsky, specifically on..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

New Rules for Old Buildings: The Historic Task Force

As the task force on historic preservation concludes its work, the outcome remains uncertain

"...to press; Baker discussed its findings with the Historic Landmark Commission Monday night. The panel, created and appointed at..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Short Cuts

SXSW Film front: Kevin Smith to hang around the Hilton. (No, not that Hilton.)

"...– the billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner who just bought Landmark Theatres and is CEO of [high definition national television..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Naked City

As the city reviews historic zoning, neighbors consider buying Bellmont cottages

"...he wants to sell the homes, which the Historic Landmark Commission has deemed worthy of historic designation and protection...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...to pay extra for an Intel shell -- local landmark though it may be -- that it would immediately..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

Short Cuts

Richard Linklater looks to television, and a promotion for SXSW film man Matt Dentler. Dobie manager Keith Garcia departs for greener pastures.

"...Black Elvis -- we mean Keith Garcia, manager of Landmark's Dobie Theatre, who's concluding his year-and-a-half stint as Boss..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

House of 1000 Corpses

"...as the Museum of Monsters and Madmen (a Texas landmark if ever there was one), which borders an infamous..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Downtown's New Year

"...Developer/Owner: FaulknerUSA (formerly Landmark Organization)..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Book Reviews

John Taliaferro's biography of a man and a mountain

"...to the Statue of Liberty as the man-made American landmark, Rushmore is known primarily for its climactic presence in..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

Did SOS Matter?

The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.

"...about the environment but about democracy. As a natural landmark, Barton Springs are eternal because God made them that..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

"...that will show independent and foreign films and documentaries. Landmark Theatres, which operates the Dobie here in Austin, is..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...that will show independent and foreign films and documentaries. Landmark Theatres, which operates the Dobie here in Austin, is..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...that Smart Growth incentives -- specifically, those to the Landmark Organization for the Convention Center Hilton Hotel project --..."

June 14, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Battle Over Downtown Block Continues

A downtown landowner continues his fight to keep the city from condemning his property.

"...The city had originally contracted with the Landmark Organization Inc., developers of the Convention Center hotel, to..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

From Hell

"...for From Hell -- it's based on Alan Moore's landmark graphic novel from a few years back; if you..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Rights

"...Center parking, paying about $21,000 a month. Meanwhile, the Landmark Organization, developers of the Convention Center hotel, is proceeding..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of themselves. If these folks would kill an Austin landmark like Waterloo to build condos for yuppies, who will..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

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