Off the Record

The lineup for ACL drops just in time for Pachanga and the Midgetmen's nine-year anniversary bash

"...his teeth on the HORDE Festival. Hispanic promotions agency Mercury Mambo brought him back to town in late 2005,..."

May 20, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...electronic waste in 2009, and among states with similar programs, Texas ranked last in per capita collections. "The Texas..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature

Food-o-File

As one local foodie chapter closes, another reopens, and a local chef goes on to fresher endeavors

"...mentoring students from the nearby Garza High School gardening program in her Stortini kitchen during the past year, and..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...currently under construction, will emit illegally high levels of mercury, dioxin, and 65 other pollutants that, according to the..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature

Film News

Richard Linklater casts a boy wonder for an Isle of Man shoot in March

"...high school student in 1937 who happens upon the Mercury Theatre in New York City, where he meets a..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Two Towers, Six Years, and 16 Millimeters

The remarkable journey – and uncertain toll – of Steve Bilich's 'Native New Yorker'

"...it to Tribeca. They knew Peter Scarlet, the head programmer. And that proved to be exactly the right festival..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

"...in this world. Every child in a Head Start program, every wildflower brightening our roadways is a testament to..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Texas families back on the rolls of state benefit programs. At a press conference earlier this week, Sen. Gonzalo..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...KUTting Edge," News, Nov. 25]. I am the current program director for KSYM at San Antonio College in San..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column

TCB

The ACL festival is here. Time to hunker down.

"...Glastonbury. For musicians, the imprimatur of the venerable PBS program affords its namesake festival a similar prestige. And oh..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

TCB

Clifford comes home, Steamboat packs up, and Spoon seeks a pianist transplant

"...Connor offered a preview of the new In Austin program, an Entertainment Tonight-style magazine AMN hopes will usher in..."

June 6, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

As the Live Music Capital dries up, along comes the Austin City Limits festival to quench parched musical thirst.

"...those in need that the city's Music Industry Loan Program is still in existence, they fear that in this..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Postscripts

Austin literary agent Jim Hornfischer hasn't been sleeping. He's taking the bar at the end of the month, he and his wife have three children, and he recently founded his own agency, Hornfischer Literary Management, Inc., after eight years with The Literary Group, an agency headquartered in New York known for handling celebrity books.

"...at the San Antonio Express-News, will present the monthly program for the Writers' League of Texas on Thursday, July..."

July 13, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Dancing About Architecture

The rains came, sweeping away parking at Noahfest, Boozoo Chavis, and DJ Muppetfucker's name. Clifford Antone, meanwhile, remains in the pokey, while Schatzi prepares to go the same route and sign a record deal.

"...the tickets are $125, but Antone's commitment to the program is intended to fund an AYW arts and technology..."

May 11, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Public Notice

We're gearing up for the holiday home stretch. Time to get those Wish Lists in and serve some good causes, all at the same time. Our list of public service opportunities still brims for you.

"...Marcia Ball and the SOS Silent Auction at the Mercury Hall, 615 Cardinal, between Oltorf & Ben White. www.sosalliance.org..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture

What's up in the live music capital this week

"...meet Gore privately behind the closed doors of the program's Green Room. "This may have cost [Gore] my vote,"..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

101X fires program director Alan Smith; Man's Ruin ain't coming back after all.

"...Not With the Program..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Primary Source

"...passed under the Johnson administration's Great Society social welfare program of the mid-Sixties opened Austin up to the residents..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Dancing About Architecture

Grab the End of the Poll

"...band acted as hosts and featured artists for the program, which represents MTV'S interest in the world of alternative..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

Street Sales

"...Headed Stranger as Wammo continues work on his second Mercury/Mouth Almighty album with producer Brian Beattie. Wammo declined to..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Another New Discovery

"...a battle by such labels as Columbia, Geffen, and Mercury over the young former Austinite. (Of this city, she..."

May 16, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...“[It’s] one of the most productive programs in the country in terms of what has been..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Five Things to Keep Your Arts Account in the Black

From a fresh take on War of the Worlds to pushing back against censorship

"...the inaugural commissioned composer of the Draylen Mason composer-in-residence program. This new piece for solo piano will be premiered..."

May 27, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Parish Files $1 Million Lawsuit Against Landlord After Being Locked Out

Venue says landlord “hatched a plot to commandeer the business”

"...this summer by the Small Business Administration. Under the program, the Parish received $430,363 total in initial and supplemental..."

Nov. 8, 2021 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Sound Unseen Fest Comes to Texas

Hybrid music/movie fest brings Zappa, Stardust, more

"...Sound Unseen Program Director Richard Gill explained, “This year has brought seemingly..."

Oct. 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Moves to Austin to Tackle Music

After a drastic career change, Barksdale looks for understanding and self-reflection

"...thus becoming the first state of Michigan signee in program history. Why LSU?..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

"GD Wright: Impossible Until It's Done" at Dimension Gallery

The sculptor mirrors up a globular array of unusual glassworks

"...UT's Landmarks program is a fine example of public art in Austin,..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Review: Brave New Jersey

Orson Welles' alien-invasion broadcast turns a town upside down

"...That’s the night that Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre aired their now-legendary radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’..."

Oct. 17, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

What Goes Where?

Recycling do's and don'ts

"...filters, paint and thinners, pesticides and herbicides, photographic chemicals, mercury, aerosol cans, pool chemicals, cooking oil, outdoor grill propane..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature

Civics 101

"...Volunteer Deputy Registrar Training Last week for this popular program! Please RSVP, include "VDR Training" in the subject line...."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Column

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