AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center

“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"

"...– and Austin – will face in making the long-deferred "hard choices" the plan proposes to achieve greater equity..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Letters at 3AM: A Big Picture and a Long Game

A U.S. military powered by biofuels could be a game-changer that ends the oil wars

"...the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has chosen for these daylong sessions" (The New York Times online, Sept. 12)...."

Oct. 19, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...the dune, and I've put off looking at it long enough. No matter what I see, I know I..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The TAKS Is Dead! Long Live the TAKS!

Students continue to cram for slow-to-expire high-stakes tests

"...known as "teaching to the test." The Washington, D.C.-based Center on Education Policy studied the effect that the exit-level..."

June 29, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

'Rumbo' Follows a Long Tradition

"...the community; Spanish-language newspapers. The current publications follow a long tradition in Austin. Ley Reforma Libertad y Justicia was..."

March 4, 2005 Postmarks

Cap Metro Pitches in as Mobile Cooling Center

As temperatures rise, bus stops serve as shelter from the sun

"...tries to get out of the sun for as long as possible, preferably in two-hour chunks, and stay hydrated...."

July 8, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Luke Wilson Plays a Long and Lonely Game in 12 Mighty Orphans

The story behind the period drama about Texas' most unlikely high school football heroes

"...However, on set he found himself as the calm center at the maelstrom of the young actors – many..."

June 11, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Recap: It's a Long Way From City Hall to the Landfill

Tensions over trash, and wheeling and dealing to Save Muny

"...proposed extending that on a month-to-month basis while a longer-term agreement is put in place...."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Congressional District 21: Center vs. Left?

How flippable is this district?

"...working consensus seems to be that CD 21, the elongated Southwest Austin/Hill Country/San Antonio carve-out, should be the most..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Harvey Evacuees Not Going to Convention Center After All

Downsized arrivals will now head to 7000 Metropolis

"...Hart concluded it’s unclear “how long we’re sheltering these folks for, and how many people..."

Aug. 31, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Suffering Austin's Year-Long Festival Season

"...trail? Soon, Austin will be just one big-ass convention center – a dystopian city of tourists – surrounded by..."

May 1, 2012 Postmarks

TV Eye: Front and Center

Eyeballing what NBC and Fox are serving up in the the fall

"...Whitney (an unmarried woman tries to liven up her long-term relationship)...."

May 20, 2011 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Long Live QueerBomb!

QueerBomb commemorates riotous beginnings of gay rights movement.

"...(Cross-posted in a modified form at The Bilerico Project.)..."

June 9, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Steven Cheslik-deMeyer

Introducing ... Lee's Long List

"...Susan Rieff, executive director of LBJ Wildflower Center..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Sunday Afternoon at the Convention Center

"...is that it’s never really one on one; as long as the other team is on the floor, the..."

Dec. 23, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

U2 -- Opening Night, National Car Rental Center, Sunrise, Fla., March 24

"...to the ramp. He lie there for an uncomfortably long moment before making his way back up, only to..."

March 30, 2001 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...The staff and supporters of the Long Center for the Performing Arts spent 16 years working..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Place to Gather Again

The Long Center recycles not only Palmer Auditorium's materials but also its civic purpose

"...When the Long Center for the Performing Arts threw wide its doors..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can a super-sized Long Center fit in Austin's Happy Meal box of civic dreams?

"...the Waller Creek Tunnel flood control project to the Long Center for the Performing Arts. The latter, also authorized..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...the creation of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts and city park on..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Meet the New Bosses

Long Center director Cliff Redd and ALO director Richard Buckley compare notes on leading an arts institution, the challenges they face, and being new to Austin

"...Redd was named the new executive director for the Long Center for the Performing Arts this summer. While Buckley..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards Goes Digital

The Long Center’s annual celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre moves center stage to center screen

"...adoring classmates, teachers, and family members gather at the Long Center to cheer on outstanding productions, performers, designers, and..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Nataleah Small

'A Chorus Line'

Long Center launches its new musical series with a singular sensation

"...of patrons in a programming survey conducted by the Long Center last year, and this week the performing arts..."

July 19, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Creek Walk vs. Long Center?

"...Creek improvement project and redirect it to the also-stalled Long Center for the Performing Arts. The Long Center, a..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

In Memoriam: Jo Anne Christian

Arts patron, leading force in building Long Center has died

"...Christian, a crusader in the campaign to build the Long Center and a passionate patron and advocate for many..."

Nov. 14, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'

Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center

"...town in a massive, one-night-only Maestro showcase at the Long Center...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Improvising Chekhov With Nothing and Everything

To improvise Chekhov plays, the cast of Nothing and Everything learned just how much goes on in them

"...sit well with Peter Rogers, a local improviser of longstanding whose extensive credits have ranged from Charles Dickens Unleashed..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Alexa Harrington

Paul Beutel Retires

Arts leader who ran Paramount, Long Center wraps 42-year career

"...programming both the Paramount Theatre (for 18 years) and Long Center (for eight). Well, at last he gets to..."

June 7, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2016 High School Musical Nominees

Theatre awards' third year boasts 28 schools, 136 nominees

"...to explain the insane level of energy in the Long Center before breakfast last Friday? The young thespians there..."

March 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

South by Southwest Film Festival 2014

There are no wrong choices. Go forth and partake.

"...Paramount Theatre, the Vimeo Theater at the Austin Convention Center, and the Topfer Theatre at ZACH.The film crowds also..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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