Holiday Wish Lists 2003

Presents for public service

"...to compile these lists and offer this space to local public service organizations every year. Sometimes our job makes..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Features Feature

Page Two

"...to think about the larger meaning of a more local incident. Bear with me. Politics is inherently spin. As..."

June 6, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Speaking of Dance

The difficulty of describing dance inspires choreographer Kathy Dunn Hamrick to create an ingenious 30-minute dance out of phrases from dance reviews.

"...Hamrick began researching -- she read reviews in the local papers and The New York Times, as well as..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

SIMS Health Fair/Caritas South by Soup Fest

Music Showcase

"...Over at Republic Square Park at Fourth and Guadalupe, locals came out to support Austin's SIMS Foundation, which in..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Picks 2 Click

SXSW 2003

"...the Austin Music Awards. The sea change in the local club scene is reflected in the face lift of..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood says goodbye to her beloved South Austin neighborhood.

"...the mid-Nineties, however, the entire neighborhood was getting a face-lift, and things happened so fast, it's hard to remember..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...jobs, competition, audience apathy, et cetera) from killing the local music scene...."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...a line curling around the block watches a union local wearing a moose suit unload an equipment truck. Behind..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Goodbye to Big Pink

The Rio Motel faces new ownership, a new name, and perhaps a new future.

"...The Rio, often described by local and even state authorities as a haven for drug..."

July 26, 2002 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...by growing concern over access to and funding for local health-care services, Mayor Garcia and Travis County Judge Sam..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Bella

Record Reviews

"...Codeine, and for the only time on the album, local instrumental rock kings Explosions in the Sky. Bella's take..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Day Trips

The subterranean magnificence of Carlsbad Caverns

"...for bat guano. Tons of the smelly material was lifted out and shipped around the country for use as..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice

This week's "Public Notice" is all about that animal urge. Woof!

"...those "mom finds child under car and can suddenly lift two tons of steel"-type of adrenal moments...."

Feb. 2, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

Killer Reputation

Murders from Austin's not quite forgotten past

"...that city leaders raised those huge arc lights to lift the cover of darkness under which the serial killer..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City

Wind power is creating a huge buzz in Texas; but will the honeymoon last?

"...Energy tripled the size of its contract with a local wind energy company, reporting that subscriptions to the utility's..."

Dec. 1, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

With Style

"As corny as it sounds, I have to say that my life changed 14 years ago," Anne S. Lewis writes, "the day my bike tire blew out -- the second time in one week -- right in front of John Trimble's house. I'd never heard of the author of the venerable Writing With Style book or his legendary UT writing classes."

"...offered to give me and my hobbled bike a lift home, my only thought was, "Who is this guy..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Books Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Services

"...market taking place, isn't it nice to see a locally based independent win, y'all?..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Best of Austin Feature

D'Angelo, Paramount Theater, Oakland, Calif., April 5

"...the evening, its powerful bassline seemingly responsible for the lift depositing band members onstage through the temple's white-lit doorway...."

April 21, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Millennium Phone Call

When Margaret Thompson answers her phone, she never knows how distraught the person at the other end might be ...

"...number is one digit off the number of the local morgue, and I get their calls every so often...."

Jan. 14, 2000 Features Feature by Margaret Thompson

Postscripts

Well I'll be damned : the Texas Institute of Letters has decided to name an award after Mr. Joe Bob Briggs his own self. Also, the news about what Tom Grimes will attempt to do in public in the near future with his new collection of writings from the Iowa Writer's Workshop, The Workshop.

"...Barnes & Noble Arboretum, Tom Grimes will attempt to lift, in public, using only one arm, his new 766-page..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Differing takes on Town Lake going Greek; too many zeros for Babich; and the Chronicle film reviewers take another hit.

"...in an extremely visible area. Post-modernism certainly wants to lift its ugly head again, in this case looking directly..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column

It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature

Understanding the Science

"...their belief that it would "destroy the diversity, the local knowledge and the sustainable agricultural systems ... and undermine..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Hooked on Phonics

"..."overly prescriptive" for a state that prided itself on local control...."

May 28, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Futura

"...Futura 3 or the too-polished, see-through sheen of the local trio's Spontaneous Compositions 2: Live at Fringeware. On FuturaLive..."

April 16, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...is pure fairytale -- a contrast to the down-to-earth local singer-songwriter, who has handled stints with fine mentor-types like..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

The Gift of Words

Corrido

"...the novel is world-class. However, two murky clouds never lift from The Museum Guard: What is the true mystery..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Books Feature

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...he's certainly got a point there), though on a local level not a few enterprising University of Texas students..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Out to Vote

The Woo Factor

"...Black's earlier comments notwithstanding, there are Republicans at the local level who have sought gay support. The Austin chapter..."

Oct. 30, 1998 News Feature by Dan Quinn

Sleazy Listening

"...caper movie Supercolpo da 7 Milliardi) is a verbatim lift of the rhythm and horn charts from James Brown's..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Rude Awakening

Austin's Rude Mechanicals Get Inspired Training at SITI

"...previously unknown to him, can develop skills which will lift his artistry to new heights. It can inspire an..."

July 31, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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