Downtown Developments

"...When: Opening this week..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Bed, Bathhouse, & Beyond

Men's Health Spa Goes Unregulated, but Who Cares?

"...provides patrons with video cassette recorders, televisions, video cassettes, closed-circuit television transmissions, or other modes of photographic reproductions that..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature by Jenny Staff

day trips

"...and renewed. Once legendary among barbecue lovers, the landmark closed its doors over four years ago -- much to..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Wondrous FIFA 2014 World Cup Watching

Enjoy fútbol with international style and comfort at these restaurants

"...as smaller TVs inside for those craving air conditioning. Doors will open at 1pm with games shown live, starting..."

June 13, 2014 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

grayDUCK Gallery

Jill Schroeder's art space ends hiatus, reopens in bigger digs on East Cesar Chavez

"...grayDUCK Gallery, which closed its original venue off South First last December, is..."

May 2, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nowhere to Play

The Cost of Art, Part I: Austin's growth and rising rent take out theatre venues, one by one

"...where she has produced Out of Ink before had closed or were already booked. Spaces that might have been..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Off the Record

Alpha Rev goes Hollywood, Book of Shadows pen a few new chapters, and Alejandro Escovedo meets a Man From Plains

"...• Less than seven months after opening, heavy metal hangout Rock City Icehouse in the Lincoln..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...tourist destination, and the APPO and Section 22 had closed down the tourist infrastructure, blocking the airport and forcing..."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

Dancing About Architecture

The Mercury enters a new orbit, how to build your own music festival, the Continental Club get's a new big brother, plus more food for thought about buildings and songs

"...by some of the city's most venerable venues having closed. "Losing Liberty Lunch was a nightmare, no doubt about..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...Pasadena, Texas, club was a country institution from its opening in 1976 until it closed its doors in 1989...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Unnecessary Roughness

"...confrontation earlier in the day, stayed after the club closed to take care of "unfinished business" with the worker,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Death of the Neighborhood Library?

Closure of the Southeast Branch Library is Ominous

"...October 1, the library is set to shut its doors. Policy, and no doubt the wishes of city management,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Perpetuating Preservation

Austin's Historic Victory Grill

"...revitalization ever since. The road has been rough, the opening of the doors at times tenuous, but survival is..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

SXSW Creates XR Austin for Online Festival

Digital environment will be virtually like being there

"...at the 2020 Venice International Film Festival. With Broadway doors closed through the summer of 2021, this panel offers..."

March 2, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Theatres Are Moving the Stage Beyond Zoom

Companies thinking outside the boxes bring theatre to your radio, your mailbox, and your neighbor's yard

"...whether such shows qualify as theatre. But when the doors are locked and the curtains lowered, why not? As..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lucy Dacus Takes Center Stage in ACL Debut

Julien Baker’s last-minute cancellation spotlights Virginian

"...the warmth of Dacus’ sonics. Baker’s cancellation hours before doors opened at ACL Live dashed the hopes in those..."

July 31, 2019 Music Post by Libby Webster

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...Hudson on Fifth, had trouble staying in business and closed, one after another. A resident of the nearby Plaza..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Former Snack Bar Owners Launch GoFundMe for New Bar

Funds raised will help open Bobo's Snack Bar in Cherrywood

"...Karl Gilkey lost their lease for Snack Bar and closed the restaurant in October 2016. While Andrée announced the..."

June 19, 2019 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Where, Oh Where, Did The Great Y’all Go?

Friends turned food truck co-owners turned…

"...pumps, wiring for electricity. And before they opened their doors, or service window as it were, they decided to..."

Dec. 11, 2018 Food Post by Alisha McDarris

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?

"..."For the opening scene, in which the main character breaks into an..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...it before us were showmen. They had bands, but doors were closed to them...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Red River Clubs Grapple With Downtown Homelessness

Beggars, hustlers, and dealers make you wonder how Downtown music keeps from going under

"...on drugs sleeping in front of our emergency exit doors. There are places all over this area that are..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Teach Your Children

"...long wire inserted into the vagina searching for the opening to get into the uterus and stab the embryo...."

April 22, 2015 Postmarks

Home Slice Makes Annual Pizza Pilgrimage

Sharing hundreds of slices was writer's plum assignment

"...up, sighs to a stop at the curb. The doors part, and out come dozens of people, in waves..."

Sept. 19, 2013 Food Post by Phillip Pantuso

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...in our insane but loving circle. When the show closed, I said, “I’ll never do that again.” But the..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

99th Floor

Austin Psych Fest boldly goes where no local music trip's gone before.

"...By the time the Black Angels closed out Psych Fest 2011 at the now gentrifying Austin..."

April 26, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, the Robert Glasper Experiment, Erykah Badu

Final SXSW Live Shots

"...gray suit (!), Dr. Funkenstein declared his intent on opening salvo "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)": "We..."

March 22, 2013 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

South of Heaven

Metal has a new home in Austin, and a new sponsor.

"...Your band gets booked at cool venues, starts scoring opening slots for buzz bands, and then recording and financial..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Music Feature by Dan Solomon

Free Week Speed Dating

"...out before most Red River clubs even opened their doors. Black Books was an early surprise, recalling Phil Collins-era..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

As the Years Go Passing By

Inner Sanctum Records and the Armadillo – rock & roll, Austin-historical-style

"...this darkening dawn of the Reagan era, the bookstore closed for the day and I stepped out onto the..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

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