On the Move All Her Life, UK Songwriter Jade Bird Finds Her Speed in Austin

"Austin feels quite grounded and down-to-earth, which just sort of mimics the English mentality"

"...in the door of her East Austin house, which is maybe just a little too charmingly on-the-nose British of..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...Benjet has been trying to save Rodney Reed's life for the past 18 years. He leads the Innocence..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

B.B. King Saved My Life

He played blues so we can find a way through ours

"...out one fall day in 1965 that the famed guitarist was playing Club Delta on the outskirts of Houston..."

May 15, 2015 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Life A.D.

Former Austin Sun writer Bill Bentley says a prayer for Doug Sahm

"...the flags for the 12 Texas A&M students who'd perished in a log pile, I also knew that Texas..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...a cue ball to the left. At the jukebox is a showy blonde named Janet Quist, divinely blessed with..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Opinion: Another School Shooting – This Is Our America Now

We are a country that loves its guns more than the children we've lost to gun violence

"..."A shooting, some kid shot up his high school in Colorado!"..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Heather Lewis

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Ramone, and Joe Strummer swirled a cyclone chorus of his inked and illustrated iconography. South by Southwest reconverging physically..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

"...Doyle Bramhall II glanced over his shoulder and gave me a piercing look. Queued up..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Carrie Elkin’s Life-and-Death Folk

Her father's death and daughter's birth upped the stakes of the singer's finest work

"...he left her something that forced her to be likewise lighthearted and outgoing, a radical turn for the folk..."

April 14, 2017 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Prez for Life & Beyond: Lester Young

Tenor sax king helped put Kansas City on the musical map

"...of Cool, Lester Young would’ve turned 106 today. In his soft-spoken slang, the Mississippi-born tenor saxophonist invented a chic..."

Aug. 27, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Gay Place: Gay as the Day Is Long

From Long to Fiesta and night to day, Austin Pride rolls on

"...tell you what year it was, but the memory is still imprinted on the booty. It was Austin Pride,..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

It's a Wrap: A Life in Front of Dad's Camera

AFS Documentary Tour: The Kids Grow Up

"...adorableness of one's own flesh and blood can be irresistible, and Block found himself with 17 years of footage..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Staff of Life

"...my opinion, the best (and certainly the most unusual) is the amazingly flavorful, beautifully textured sun-dried tomato and mozzarella..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...Editor’s note: This is Chapter 6, Part 2 of a serialized history..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Queer Indie Video Game Showcase Is a Gaymer's Delight

Local video game showcase Fantastic Arcade supports indie queer games

"...Fantastic Arcade, will be showcasing queer indie games during this year’s Austin Studio Tour through Nov. 12-13 and Nov...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Central Texas Pig Rescue Is a Haven for Abandoned Pigs

Gone to hog heaven

"...fellow with crinkled, smiley eyes and sleek black hair, is the first pig to welcome me to CTPR. I..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Bonnie Bishop on Who She Is and Isn't

The singer’s new album and how she almost walked away from music

"...have gotten an earful back in September when Bonnie Bishop recounted her music industry version of "I quit." The..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Big, Beautiful Books

Adorn your coffeetables with these hardbound masterpieces

"...Born in the Renaissance, a cabinet of curiosities contained the weird, the arcane,..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Game of Life

An early look at Will Wright's Spore

"...That is, if the six-years-in-the-making epic lives up to the extraordinary..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Saltzman

Elaborate Life

His love of theatre has led 'Aida' director Matt Lenz on an amazing journey

"...to Wagner, a small liberal arts school on Staten Island. I just wanted to get to New York City..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Your Kiss Is on My List

"...This year, I thought: Why not work our way through..."

July 5, 2002 Food Feature by Rae Nadler-Olenick

A Life on Wheels

"...have, he may have been a blur, because he is usually on wheels. You have most certainly encountered his..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Shadrock Roberts

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...begin your night at the legendary Armadillo World Headquarters listening to Greezy Wheels and end it at the disco..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...The ink is black, the page is white...."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Life and Times of Gus Garcia

City Council Member Gus Garcia retires after more than 30 years of public service

"...President Harry Truman used to say, "There is no end to the amount of good you can..."

June 2, 2000 News Feature by Daryl Slusher

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...be joined by Turk Pipkin, Mike Caveney, and Martin Lewis for the 20-year reunion of the Left-Handed League at..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Moore Is Better

"...I set eyes on The New York Times bestseller list and I just want to scream about how pathetic..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Books Review by Marion Winik

Does Dunbar Spend His Life With His Head Down the Wells?

"...Editor, Re: "City Hall Hustle" [News, Oct. 7]: Does columnist Dunbar spend his life with his head down the..."

Oct. 10, 2011 Postmarks

The Beautiful Game

The scene at Fado's was a madhouse for the Champions League Final

"...I always go to Fadó Irish Pub to watch football (soccer here in America), so..."

May 23, 2008 Sports Post by Christopher Bond

Double Life

Director Douglas McGrath on the other critically acclaimed Truman Capote biopic, 'Infamous'

"...covering much of the same period of the author's life and career: the writing of his masterpiece, In Cold..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Liz Welch Tirrell

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