Don't Spray It! 'Bad' Effluent Threatens Hill Country

Spraying treated sewage over the aquifer isn't cool

"...is scattered on the lawns of back yards. This chlorinating process is rife with problems, Venhuizen says, pointing to..."

June 20, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Paila Peruvian Cuisine

Cutting-edge traditional flavors and combinations that deserve to be tasted and appreciated

"...oversee the kitchen, and even though neither has formal culinary training, they cook decidedly delicious, traditional Peruvian home-style cuisine...."

Sept. 28, 2007 Food Review by Mick Vann

Developing Stories: Concord – At Last

Up from the muck at Concordia

"...pilot based on this week's Concordia drama. The episode finally concluded late Monday afternoon, as the City Council signed..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...year, and a few even remain occupied by their original owners. Most are architecturally unremarkable – standard utilitarian cottages..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cons and Pros

"...Coalition members opposed to AMD locating at Lantana:Austin Neighborhoods Council, Clean Water Action, Liveable City, Austin Sierra..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature

Attention to Sound

John Cage's approach to music has shaped how Michelle Schumann listens to and plays it

"...its own voice, rather than being relegated to a tonal point in the traditional, connect-the-dots melody...."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

'If the Kids Are United ...'

The filmmaking wunderkinder of Center for Young Cinema talk shop

"...Center for Young Cinema kids, including Rusty Kelley, 16; Natalie Aston, 18; Charles Heidrick, 17; Carleton Ranney, 17; Eva..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Will Maria's Save Walgreens?

The chain drug store and the indie south side landmark bring their deal to ZAP

"...Taco X-Press would rest on the success of a national chain, but there you have it. Walgreens brought the..."

June 11, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

21 Grams

Powerful performances resonate in this devastating and weighty follow-up picture from the director of Amores Perros.

"...Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo and..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Elf

Will Ferrell's Elf is a new way to spell fun.

"...and matching hat and elf shoes, and play the naïf from the North Pole in Manhattan to find his..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Big Box Full of Big Boxes

The latest on the Wal-Mart, Lowe's, and Eckerd's controversies

"...would destroy Blunn Creek. The South Austin waterway has managed to run fairly clear and sweet all these decades,..."

Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Liquid Assets

Wes Marshall goes Greek for his latest wine roundup.

"...Pyramids restaurant. The wine clearly had to be Greek. Unfortunately, Greek wine has always meant one thing -- retsina...."

May 16, 2003 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Sondre Lerche

Music Showcase

"...in jeans and a low-key plaid cowboy shirt with snaps, started out slow, with just his acoustic guitar and..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

UT Area Cautious -- at Best -- Over Planning Effort

Campus-area residents take their turn in the city's neighborhood-planning spotlight.

"...student-housing complexes, and rustic subdivisions, as well as popular destinations like Spider House, Wheatsville Co-op, and the Posse East..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Punch-Drunk Love

Sandler plays a socially inept, outwardly calm warehouse worker who harbors a maelstrom of rage.

"...Punch-Drunk Love ratchets up the bizarre by having comic naïf Adam Sandler as its lovesick lead. As shy, socially..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Is "neighborhood planning" the tool for the job Austin needs done?

"...Neighborhood Planning Team and have been involved in a nonjournalistic sense for years in neighborhood politics. On the other..."

Sept. 6, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Imminent Harm

The city plays a high-stakes, high-risk game with Stratus Properties, while the citizens look on

"...tone of civility was in principle well-intended, given the nature of the hotly contested issue that had drawn hundreds..."

July 19, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

An UnStratusfactory Process

Stratus plan heads back to the City Council for round two

"...close the hearing is somewhat unusual, given the complex nature of a case that was still undergoing noteworthy changes..."

July 12, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Stratus Sparks Citizen Uprising

Hundreds of citizens turn out to denounce the proposed Stratus deal.

"...and an updated version of Bill Oliver's "Barton Springs Eternal." Some of the evening's highlights -- there were too..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

About a Boy

"...of guffaws at the preview screening, the legendary hedonist destination appears to be all but unknown in Austin outside..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Diary of a Lost Girl

"...freed and empowered by her sexuality. As a beautiful naïf who, after a series of horrendous misadventures finally finds..."

April 28, 2002 Movie Review by Will Robinson Sheff

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

"...live, or is it Memorex? And does it matter? Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, which is yet another film..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. Smarty Pants

The farandolae of trivia's mitochondrion.

"...it would mysteriously attract small pieces of straw. They named the strange force that they had stumbled across after..."

March 9, 2001 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...Cotton. His parents were sharecroppers, working in fields still managed by plantation bosses and overseers in the Thirties and..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In this Depression-era Coen brothers film, a trio of chain-gang escapees seek a (possibly mythical) treasure while on the lam from a diabolical sheriff.

"...at their most goofy, raising the stakes on Raising Arizona's low-brow shenanigans by expanding the canvas to include not..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Take Me to the River

Rock & Roll Books

"...starting point you choose, you can find something more nascent, more lowdown, and dirtier that came before...."

Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Overlapping Fireworks

It’s been six long years since Frontera artists Vicky Boone, Margery Segal, and Annie Suite have all worked with each other on a play, but the threesome still send off fireworks together, as C. Denby Swanson

"...lush, lush, lush ..." -- "Right. Right." -- "Boom. Naked ..." -- "Na..." -- "Yes, naked ..." -- "The..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Naked City

The City Council lifts a building moratorium onHyde Park Baptist Church, allowing the church to file a site plan for a five-story garage and setting off a storm of protests from neighbors.

"...Association and church representatives 10 years ago prohibited the NA from picketing or protesting the church's plans until 2010,..."

March 10, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Northwest Austin neighbors of Hyde Baptist Church's Quarries property map out a plan for fighting massive development in their neighborhood.

"...parkland, trees, and jogging trails, is an oasis of natural beauty at the nexus of five suburban neighborhoods. Residents..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Participants

"...Austin's Planning Commission, where he chairs the Codes and Ordinances subcommittee. Before joining the PC, Ben led the mid-Nineties..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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