SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...Jones, Brooke Bloom, Tonya Pinkins, Eboni Booth, Brandon Micheal Hall, Leon Lewis, Tiffany Villarin (World Premiere) EPISODIC PREMIERES..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...Fourteen months after the Land-Development-Code-rewrite-that-shall-not-be-named went down in flames, amid squabbles over parking requirements..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Music: Lucky No. 7 List

Action Bronson, Deerhoof, Laura Marling, and 160 more

"...Internationally, British folksinger Laura Marling and Irish singer songwriter James Vincent McMorrow top..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Boyhood Nominated for Six Oscars

Academy singles out Linklater, Adair, Arquette, Hawke

"...Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Laura Dern, Wild Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game Emma Stone,..."

Jan. 15, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Budget Stretch Run

City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs

"...City Council officially returns to City Hall today (Aug. 1) from its summer hiatus, to engage..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: Worst of Both Worlds

R. Kelly dies in performance only, while Tony Offender and Traci Lamar Hancock leave Austin's astral plain for real

"...Scratch Acid/Offenders sponsor and local Rabid Cat Records owner Laura Croteau, with whom he had two children, as a..."

May 18, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Charge It: Council Cash on Hand

A flurry of last-minute fundraising – and charges and counter-charges between mayoral candidates

"...lobbyists and other professionals who deal directly with City Hall...."

May 11, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Calendar's on Fire!

Council takes up the contentious subject of the election date

"...bruising debate at its last full meeting (see "City Hall Hustle: Rock the Vote! ... Not," Sept. 30), council..."

Oct. 7, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Voter Suppression Made Easy

Hold the election when everybody votes? No way.

"...As Wells Dunbar reports in "City Hall Hustle," last week council, presented with a golden and..."

Sept. 30, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Tovo Takes Up (White) Lodging

Place 3 action on convention center hotel, social service funding

"...dollars. Not just a one-time hit." However, Council Member Laura Morrison said she was "very concerned about the timing..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 2/28/11

Council preview: Of parking, PUDs, and Project Recovery

"...Item 36: Item from lead sponsor Laura Morrison asking the city manager to incorporate an Educational..."

Feb. 28, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Daily Hustle: 4/9/10 (Updated)

Something fishy with Fire Dept recruiting?

"...at the department. Her motion was ultimately joined by Laura Morrison Sheryl Cole, Chris Riley, and Bill Spelman...."

April 9, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...task force – and probably a habitué of City Hall. But for many, talk of a comprehensive plan can..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The New Council

Changes to citizen communications and zoning hearings spark controversy

"...less weird and a little less longwinded at City Hall. Following a contentious, extended debate, City Council finally approved..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

"...WALLER CREEK CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 6pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second. www.cityofaustin.org/agenda/2009/downloads/waller_071609.pdf. Friday17..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

Your citizen's calendar, Oct. 9-16

"...CITY HALL SCHMOOZEFEST Live music and elbow-rubbing with the likes of..."

Oct. 10, 2008 News Feature

Res Publica

Your civic agenda, Sept. 18-25

"...Austin Dems for their annual award dinner. 5:30pm. AFL-CIO Hall, 1106 Lavaca, 779-2652. $10. www.southaustindems.org. Friday19..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature

Biomass: A Question of Wood, Not Could

Council will vote this week on a proposed wood-waste-fueled power plant, but just because it's carbon-neutral doesn't mean it's perfect

"...to seal the deal fast. But at a town hall meeting last Wednesday evening, organized by Council Member Laura..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Point Austin: A Grain of Salt

Do endorsements really matter?

"...organization); in Place 4, former Austin Neighborhoods Council President Laura Morrison. In Place 3, the BATters bunted – neither..."

March 21, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Next: Thomas Friedman Presents 'World Is Flat' Defense

Laura Hall answers her own question.

"...Colton Pitonyak's traveling partner, would-be Breed & Co. spokesmodel Laura "that's just how I roll" Hall, was carrying a..."

Feb. 12, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Developing Stories

Two downtown projects uneasily launched

"...June – and the expansion of the Austin Music Hall...."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...for Third and Nueces, next to the Austin Music Hall, or the shorter-but-closer-to-the-lake Gables Park Plaza – have drawn..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Arts Bullets

Physical Plant Theater's first Garden Party raised more than $8,000, Ann Hume Wilson has been appointed associate director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Blue Lapis Light is exhibiting – and auctioning off – bras and breastplates for angels, and the city unveils a new mural at the Pan Am / A.B. Cantu Recreation Center

"...garments were created by Austin visual and performing artists (Laura Cannon, Brooks Coleman, Janet Seibert, and Reji Thomas, to..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature

Will Council Take a Stand on PATRIOT Act?

Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman's pro-civil-liberties resolution stalls on the dais

"...represents the kind of progressive-minded, grassroots-driven position that City Hall claims to support -- just as the council declared..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

TCB

Austin (and its Music Network) will endure, Scandinavia and Interpol invade, and local alt-rock is sweeter than ever on Ear Candy.

"...alternative venues such as Jupiter Records, the Parlor, Ceremony Hall, and even the Playland roller-skating rink. Music is much..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin, Central Texas, and the world

"...public hearing on the latest noise ordinance draft. City Hall calls the draft, which sets an 85-decibel limit downtown..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Making Everyone Happy

The state's textbook adoption process focuses more on pleasing everyone than on teaching children.

"...If we are what we teach, who shall decide what is taught? Texas' recent hearings on the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

Live Shots

"...Schlieske, and her backing quartet, which includes her sister Laura on harmony vocals, didn't take the modern day Graceland..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Music Feature

Sxsw

"...Junior Brown, and Peter Wolf at the Austin Music Hall Thursday night, or the Grand Royal showcase at the..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

St. Paddy’s Day, SXSnacks, Sailor Moon, and More Weekend Events

Our recommendations for the waning days of the Fest

"...soap opera. Before experiencing the bisected cinematic story of Laura Palmer’s last days alive – days as chaotic as..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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