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Mercedes Wanguemert-Peña's Grand Obsession Stuck Inside Cuba
"...the installation is not, despite its clear reference to Mercedes Wanguemert-Peña's exile from her birthplace at the age of..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

MERCEDES MARTINEZ RESTAURANT & BAR: JUST LACKING A CROWD
"...around as we pulled into the parking lot of Mercedes Martinez (MM). Only two other cars sat in the..."

June 18, 1999 Food Feature

A Flame in My Heart
"...the safety of fictional distance. As the movie begins, Mercedes is an actress ending a love affair with Johnny,..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Car2Go 2 Go All Benz
Say goodbye to the Smart cars
"...Operating as a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz made it possible for Car2Go, the mobile car-sharing company..."

Sept. 26, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

On My Way
In this road movie, Catherine Deneuve plays a Frenchwoman having an existential crisis on wheels.
"...with a 25-year-old, she snaps, hops into her gold Mercedes for a pack of cigarettes, and ends up flooring..."

May 2, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Larry Crowne
Tom Hanks directs and co-stars in this rom-com with Julia Roberts, though I suspect neither actor will list it high on their résumés.
"...calling arrives in the form of his speech teacher Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), a chilly, alcoholic woman married to a..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Redline
Redline dives headfirst into onanistic autoeroticism, but this exotic-car movie feels ill-lubed and mechanical all the way.
"...Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Lamborghini Murcielago, and a deuce of Mercedes McLarens – on a race of their own devising,..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rumor Has It ...
Fans of The Graduate should skip this strange comedy, which posits that the real-life inspiration for counterculture icon Benjamin Braddock grew up to be a cheesy, brainless high tech zillionaire doing yoga and driving a Mercedes around Half Moon Bay.
"...cheesy, brainless high-tech zillionaire doing yoga and driving a Mercedes around Half Moon Bay. Baby-boomer Reiner has no qualms..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Defending Your Life
"...who runs into a bus with his brand new Mercedes and finds himself in Judgment City where he can..."

May 10, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Benz2Go
Car2Go to offer short-term Mercedes rentals
"...This week, the mobile car-sharing firm added 50 four-door Mercedes-Benzes (25 CLA coupes and 25 GLA SUVs) to its..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ten Seconds to Death
What we know – so far – about the police shooting of Nathaniel Sanders II
"...was asleep in the back seat of a gold Mercedes station wagon; the car's owner, Sir Lawrence Smith, was..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The KeyPoint Report
What APD didn't want the public to know
"...abandoned the van and entered a gold-colored late 1990's Mercedes station wagon. He had information that these subjects had..."

May 14, 2010 News Feature

Hostess With the Mostess
"...at Tower Drugstore, near where Posse East is now. Mercedes Ramos worked behind the counter there, along with her..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Mercedes Martinez Restaurant & Bar
It's All in the Latitude
"...Mercedes Martinez Restaurant & Bar1703 S. First, 440-1889..."

March 10, 2000 Food Feature by Rebecca Chastenet dé Gery

Make Your Mama Proud
Profile of local rapper MC Overlord.
"...back home to St. Louis, Missouri, where his mother Mercedes, a single parent working two jobs, had raised six..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dumb and Dapper
The former AG lands in solitary in Lockhart after trying to buy two fancy cars while claiming to be indigent.
"...counsel -- had applied for loans to purchase a Mercedes convertible and a Lexus SUV worth a combined $70,000,..."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Who Killed Jim and Tina?
Why has the murder of two people in Kyle, Texas, eight months ago not led to a single arrest?
"...Chevy Avalanche was in the driveway, alongside Tina's white Mercedes-Benz ML350...."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Sanders Shooting Fallout
Defense raises profiling questions about officer's actions
"...Michael Franklin – who was driving the Mercedes-Benz station wagon just minutes before Austin Police Officer Leonardo..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You
Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.
"...supposed to be bigger than her high school," says Mercedes. Her classmate Christian laughs...."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Count of Monte Cristo
"...finds himself banished from the arms of his fiancée Mercedes (Dominczyk) to an island prison where he eventually ends..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Cancels Panels, Cites Safety Threats
Harassment panel pulled; BuzzFeed threatens boycott
"...with self-described game designer and Open Gaming Society activist Mercedes Carrera, PixelMetal head of development Nick Robalik, and Open..."

Oct. 27, 2015 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire
The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden
"...damn, man, we had enough money to buy a Mercedes, so we got an old Mercedes. We didn’t get..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Day Trips
Aloe King: Soothing the Lower Rio Grande Valley for four decades
"...$500 to rent five acres of farmland outside of Mercedes, Texas. His first crop of $200's worth of plants..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

All the King’s Men
"...Robert Rossen. Starring: Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge and John Derek. This political allegory adapted from..."

Aug. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chief Priest of the Shrine
The epic life story of Nigerian soul superstar Fela Kuti.
"...so to this day. Los Angeles & A Green Mercedes Unto this troubled soil was born Kuti and his..."

July 14, 2000 Music Feature by David Lynch

Needs More Color
Progressive Papers Grapple With Chronic Complaint
"...UT journalism professor Mercedes de Uriarte accuses the progressive press of practicing "parachute..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?
What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general
"...in the saga is Bryan Hardeman, owner of Austin's Mercedes-Benz dealership and a donor to both Paxtons as well..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rideshare Wars Continue
The ground transportation game is changing
"...a quick success when it introduced a fleet of Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Driver interest was so high the company (which..."

Dec. 29, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible
The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws
"...design is used sparingly, to proper effect when noticeable. Mercedes McCleary's lighting design is more function than form, but..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Collide
A backpacker and drug smugglers clash on a high-speed highway
"...in the title action, among them Jaguar F-Types, a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster, a Ferrari 360 Spider, and an..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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