We Have an Issue: This Is Austin, Sometimes Pretty Swell

A good issue for the reading, and a great Austin Music Awards on the horizon

"...your home, you walk the rooms after they've gone and try to see it as they did? Maybe not,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

As Austin Recovers From Winter Storm Mara, City Manager's Job Is (Again) on the Line

Walking on thin ice

"...allowed by Texas law to discuss legal, real estate, and personnel matters; Council and staff may speak more candidly..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Common Law

Legitimate poll watcher or voting intimidation – where’s the line?

"...I'm seeing and hearing a lot about regular people that are showing..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Column by Luke Ellis

Kaitlin Armstrong Defense Team Calls Police Narrative “Misogynistic and Fictitious”

The plot thickens

"...of a mystery novel. It centers on motive: Armstrong and Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson were in love with the..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Kaitlin Armstrong Defense Team: Police "Concocted a Misogynistic and Fictitious Story"

Attorneys seek prompt hearing on motions to quash evidence

"...of a mystery novel. It centers on motive: Armstrong and Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson were in love with the..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Q&A: Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan

Long-awaited Existential Reckoning tour hits Austin next week

"...Before hitting the road with the band for the first time since 2016, singer Maynard James..."

June 9, 2022 Music Post by Maya Wray

Racial Profiling Report Finds Cops Still Racial Profiling

Austin Police Department annual report shows a disproportional number of Black Austinites arrested, injured

"...local population, according to the Austin Police Department's annual report on racial profiling, released on March 11. As this..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Judge: No New Trial for Rodney Reed

Bastrop County judge's recommendation comes after Reed's attorney argued new evidence warranted a trial

"...Rodney Reed's family and supporters suffered a critical disappointment on Monday, Nov. 1,..."

Nov. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

New Police Chief Sends Signal With Stiff Discipline

Two officers suspended after police use stun gun on handcuffed suspect

"...a stun gun on a suspect who'd already been handcuffed...."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SongwritingWith:Soldiers Helps Write the War After the War

Darden Smith, Mary Gauthier, and other songwriters combat PTSD one song at a time

"...Tenn., the Austin songwriter leans back in his chair and kicks out his long legs...."

Nov. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

The Vortex's Performance Park

Whatever you want to call this play/scavenger hunt/immersive live roleplay, it’s a one-of-a-kind, wonderful theatrical experience

"...occupying the full Vortex compound (including the Butterfly Bar and Patrizi's food truck), is strange. I don't mean that..."

May 4, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...by the birds nearby. Jane Tillman, a master naturalist and one such birder, will often break mid-sentence, mid-phrase, even..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

Five Things to Know If You're Thinking About Getting a Pet Rabbit

Bunny 101

"...Dogs and cats are great, of course, but ferrets are a..."

Feb. 19, 2018 Events Post by Josh Kupecki

City to Crack Down on Graffiti?

Proposal for crackdown on unauthorized street art coming?

"...package of penalties to beef up efforts to prevent vandalism. In a town that considers art one of its..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

APD Updates County on Moldy Rape Kits

Operations resume, new protocol for informing stakeholders to come

"...member of the Texas Forensic Science Commission. Both he and Koehler have instructed APD to finish using the bleach..."

July 6, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Homeless Count Scheduled for Jan. 23

Count will be used to help understand the nature and extent of homelessness

"...To determine the total number and the characteristics of Austin's homeless population, the Ending Community..."

Jan. 15, 2016 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Collateral Damage

Assessing the cost of service for minority veterans

"...to come by in Austin – drive past Downtown and witness a line of people waiting to access services..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

5 Flights Up

Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton play a long-married couple who consider moving from their apartment

"...Preston, Claire van der Boom, Korey Jackson, Sterling Jerins and Josh Pais...."

May 22, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Into the Field: A Foreign Correspondent's Notebook

A UT professor recounts his three decades of reporting in Asia

"...Dahlby spent most of 30 years as an international reporter, all over Asia, gathering armloads of awards and a..."

May 1, 2015 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Davis: Abbott Failed to Police CPRIT

Senator accuses attorney general of turning a blind eye

"...corruption at the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas, and when should he have known it? Those are the..."

May 16, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: David Gordon Green

Highlights of our coverage of the filmmaker since 2001

"...has directed eight more films, as well as producing and/or directing an impressive array of television projects. Prince Avalanche,..."

Aug. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Honey, I'm Home

The bees of Block 21 get busy on top of the W

"...just north of the Colorado River was bounded east and west by Lavaca and Guadalupe Streets, north and south..."

May 17, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Point Austin: Occupying Occupy

APD undercover debacle embarrassed itself, and Austin

"...surroundings was necessary for the safety of the participants and the community as a whole. The primary mission of..."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Greg Abbott Versus the Black Helicopters

After decade of cooperation, AG threatens election experts

"...theory deck by raising a ruckus about overseas elections observers being in Texas...."

Oct. 25, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

APD Infiltrates Occupy

Undercover cops revealed in Houston – Acevedo promises review

"...in Houston in Decem­ber 2011? Or, did he – and two colleagues – intervene in protester plans in order..."

Sept. 7, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Farmers Market Report: Saturday, August 18, 2012

What to expect at the farmers markets this weekend

"...For those of you who have been avidly reading and eagerly awaiting my Farmers Market Reports: you may have..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Civics 101

"...city's proposed budget, including proposed increases in property taxes and utility rates. 4pm. Council chambers, 301 W. Second. www.cityofaustin.org...."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature

The Science of Injustice

Capital murder case highlights Texas courts' resistance to physical evidence

"...the Sam Houston National Forest with his son Todd and several others when he found the body...."

Aug. 19, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Actual Innocence

Austinite wrongfully convicted for a decade-old school prank hopes to clear his name

"...parking lot. William Claypool wasn't seriously injured, but he reported the incident to the Austin Independent School District police...."

July 29, 2011 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

Bill Minutaglio on Black Texas

UT journalism prof to talk Tuesday in San Marcos

"...heads up for Bill Minutaglio, who will be signing and discussing his new book – In Search of the..."

April 26, 2010 Books Post by Michael King

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