Dancing About Architecture

South by Southwest draws closer -- lots of news from SXSW 2001

"...One new venue that won't be part of SXSW opens next week in UT's Texas Union. The Texas Union..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...a very important aspect of culture, whether that be architecture or the decorative arts." In Duran's signature piece La..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

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Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...four additional episodes should have been tacked on at least, yielding two covering the 60s, and one for the..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

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Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...ones to stay in the classroom or teach in East Austin schools; these are just symptoms of the larger..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

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A mixed salad of Green letters and more.

"...find "simplistic" about the films of Abbas Kiarostami (at least those of his 20-plus year career that you can..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Column

Naked City

Microradio station Free Radio Austin gets shut down again.

"...frequency that is home to Free Radio Austin. The East Austin microradio station was shut down at about noon..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Shannon Young

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Light Rail, Green Politics, and much ado about the city's growing pains.

"...job. Instead he retains a refreshing honesty and an open mind...."

Oct. 13, 2000 Column

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Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.

"...Taking Care of East Austin..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column

Day Trips

"...charm to the Texas Hill Country. From the Mediterranean architecture of the winery's tasting room entrance to the flavor..."

June 16, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...doesn't know them personally (which, in the case of Eastside representative Thomas, is in itself indicative of abnormal weather..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Dancing About Architecture

A recap of the first Austin Music Commission Town Meeting; the Antone's Blues Festival looks to have a bright future.

"...and hoped to continue broadcasting such meetings. "We're certainly open to doing it again," says AMN manager Rick Melchior...."

May 19, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...living off the roots of our fine land. This open-air living history museum holds a variety of special events..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

City of Great Bread

"For some time now," Virginia B. Wood writes, "I've had this fantasy about putting advertisements in selected East Coast newspapers to entice Italian immigrant or Italian-American bakers to relocate to River City and bake their wonderful breads for me. And for you, too, of course."

"...I've had this fantasy about putting advertisements in selected East Coast newspapers to entice Italian immigrant or Italian-American bakers..."

April 14, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music Commission chair Bob Livingston steps down, no one steps up; Man's Ruin returns to Austin; Michael Corcoran's suspension is puzzling.

"...meeting (first Monday of each month, 5:30pm at 625 East 10th Street, open to the public), since chair Bob..."

March 31, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Jeff Cole Leaves Doolittle Records, Marc Katz Leaves Top of the Marc, Hank Sinatra Returns and so does Ray Benson (again!). Plus all the news that pitches a fit.

"...out of town, with a new Katz's scheduled to open in the Montrose area of Houston soon. The Top..."

March 3, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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City council elections must be coming up soon...

"...the newspaper reporters and various other individuals for at least taking my candidacy seriously...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Column

Day Trips

Huntsville ... it's more than just a prison town!

"...The town is still a jewel in the thick East Texas forest...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

UT Regents Rita Clements and Tony Sanchez torpedoed Herzog & De Meuron's design for the Blanton Museum because it didn't fit in with the Campus Master Plan. But neither do most buildings built on campus since the mid-1960s.

"...down -- dissed and then drove off the Swiss architecture firm of Herzog & de Meuron, their reasoning was..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Greyhound, the migrant job center, Liberty Lunch, and the East Sixth Street slum. Is the shabby old Treaty Oak..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

A Whole New Ball Game

Stakeholders say Colorado River Park can serve a lot of different needs.

"...of the Colorado River Park on 363 acres in Southeast Austin, you'd expect Moriaty and his nature-loving neighbors to..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

A Home Loan of Our Own

Homeowning may be the American Dream, but seems so far out of reach for so many. Bernadette Noll's story of finding and buying a house offers hope for the hapless.

"...To my friends back East I cackled, "Can you believe it???" What a coup,..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Bernadette Noll

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Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...two separate occasions at our agency after filing an open records request would have revealed codes of "F" and..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

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First, the good news ...

"...first books, but also dreams of an education to open doors of opportunities in Austin. If Mr. Forgione is..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Column

Naked City

Capital Metro outlines transit alternatives; the Texas Constitution gets ready for a makeover; Ronnie Earle's sparse death penalty record suggests he may not seek death in the yogurt shop murders; the Police Oversight Focus Group prepares its recommendations for city council; and the Third Choice Conference unites third parties for ballot reform.

"...House, built at the corner of San Jacinto and East Seventh more than 125 years ago. The house, located..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Jessica Carter

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.

"...program in historical preservation at the UT School of Architecture. With such a roster of achievements to his credit,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Art

Art Openings

"...an educational exploration of the forest ecosystem using the East Texas pine forests as the point of departure. Related..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...Rosa in any other city in the country; their architecture has nothing specific to offer. Of the larger clubs..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

A Long Time Coming

Why Now?

"...the entire 84 acres as parkland, including lake shore east of I-35...."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff

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The Sweet Science

"...Lord, one of the first pupils in his then-newly opened "concentration camp" (you don't know "abs" until you know..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

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Death Penalty Violates Constitution

"...away from property owners along a select section of East Bouldin Creek in South Austin...."

Jan. 29, 1999 Column

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