Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders

May 23 meeting tackles "Downtown puzzle," "micro-mobility"

"...asked Cronk to analyze the feasibility of requiring scooter operators to include “unique identifiers” on each device, which could..."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin City Council Prepped to Tackle Palm District, Micro-Mobility, and More

A preview of the May 23 Council meeting

"...as well as future agreements between the city and operators (Bird, Lime, Uber, etc.) governing those firms’ obligations to..."

May 22, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Top 10 Austin News Milestones of 2018

Days like these

"...threatened with having their entire fleet confiscated, the two operators backed off and allowed the city to quickly adopt..."

Dec. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018

“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.

"...back into operation after Empire Control Room & Garage operators Heard Events, plus partner Alex Saunders, purchased it ......"

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Agent of Change Returns

New hope and typical bureaucracy precede Council vote on sound dispute resolution

"...In fact, it proved so counterproductive that venue operators and music policy advocates, the very groups pushing for..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Eviction Notice

World Class Capital locks out Kingdom and Ethics. Could Empire Control Room be next?

"...sources with knowledge of the situation say the club's operators may not have been made aware of the building's..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Sidewinder Closes

Partners working toward new venue at 715 Red River

"...The lowered capacity caused operators to lose significant income during the March mega festival,..."

May 18, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Hideout Theatre’s Local on the Eights

Improvised local news for the fictional town of DeWitt turned up some big stories (and funny ones) before and behind the camera

"...and the performers – as well as the camera operators and folks in the light and sound booth –..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Playback: “Hastily Prepared” Ordinances Head to City Council

Revised drafts of Agent of Change and OMV permitting head to Council, but again, live music interests raise alarms

"...less than one week after Mayor Adler united club operators, EDD staff, and music advocates for policy discussions. One..."

June 9, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Music Policy Draft Fails Venues

A complete detachment from the original vision of the Omnibus

"...renewal process for outdoor music venues and potentially save operators hundreds of dollars annually, the Entertainment License isn't the..."

May 19, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Red River Clubs Grapple With Downtown Homelessness

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

"...the Austin Police Department exacerbated the concerns of venue operators when a few were interviewed for a KVUE-TV news..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Unlocking the Joys of Austin’s Puzzle Rooms

Escape rooms bring the solitary diversions to life

"...screens, or characters in the room with the players. (Operators are also on-call to release players if they need..."

July 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Marc Majcher

Public Notice: Paralysis by Committee

STRs: One minus two proving to be a difficult concept

"...allow them to enforce standards, or to identify unlicensed operators – which is especially problematic with the non-owner-occupied, or..."

Aug. 21, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...two!" Menotti calls though a headset to the camera operators. At the monitor, Herring kneels with water dripping from..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

All but Illegal

As the final provisions of HB 2 loom, Texas abortion clinics brace for closure

"...center will survive the onerous ASC regulations. However, clinic operators must brace for an influx of displaced patients from..."

July 25, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Grand Seduction

In this Canadian comedy, a down-on-its-luck fishing village spruces up to try to lure a big-city doctor to town.

"...hilarious? Do you find the idea of elderly switchboard operators giggling over Paul’s mild phone sex with his girlfriend..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

American Dreamer

Tiffany Harelik writes her own story through her cookbook series dedicated to Austin's food trailers

"...rooted in the connections that she's made with the owner-operators of local trucks. "You want people to be successful...."

Feb. 14, 2014 Arts Feature by Melanie Haupt

Farmers Market Report: June 29-30, 2013

Watermelon, cantaloupe, okra, jalapeños

"...a flea market in the old-fashioned sense: the booth operators are selling actual old junk (not cheap plastic junk)..."

June 28, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...in Trash Dance working in harmony with their human operators. Only about 15 minutes toward the end of this..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

Keep the state from taking a bite from cottage pies and cakes

"..."Shut the Front Door: Proposed Rules Threaten Cottage Food Operators," Feb. 1) and make sure to let your feelings..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Insipid Meddling Do-Gooder Claptrap!

"..."Shut the Front Door: Proposed Rules Threaten Cottage Food Operators" [On the Range Food blog, Feb. 1]: Of all..."

Feb. 20, 2012 Postmarks

Taxi Report Hits Rocky Terrain

With transportation, it's hard to find the middle of the road

"...His 113-page report takes a specific look at the operators that service – or, in the case of the..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Next Day Air

A misdelivered package of concealed cocaine kicks off events in this comic film starring Donald Faison, Mike Epps, and Mos Def.

"...myself, or what? Mos Def, the smoothest of onscreen operators even when he's not trying, has been crackerjack in..."

May 15, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Letters @ 3AM

As much fun as it is to blame speculators and oil companies, and as certain as it is that some reforms would help, the real culprit is global demand

"...released last month showed that 21 percent of rail operators and 19 percent of bus operators are cutting service";..."

July 18, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme accompanies Jimmy Carter during the former president's controversial book tour for Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, and in the process offers a re-evalution of this world leader.

"...to behold. Demme and his small team of camera operators have a special talent for zeroing in on moments..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Viridian Ventures

Take nothing but pictures; leave nothing but carbon footprints?

"...environmentalists devise complicated circuits or vacation packages that tour operators can't book, the operators see ecotourism as nothing more..."

May 25, 2007 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

On the Lege

Texas and Sudan: In or Out?

"...true accountability measures on the state's 191 charter school operators. Those measures would require actual testing of students –..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Column by Amy Smith

Crew Stories

Tommy Sturgis

"...screen. Actors, producers, directors, costume designers, and ... boom operators? "Gaffer and best boy are some others that people..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by C. Amber Pearce

Trashing the Trash Rules

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently adopted the most significant rewrite of the state's garbage rules in a decade

"...thereof. "There has been little TCEQ enforcement holding [landfill] operators to the rules of their permits," he said, and..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Running Scared

Wayne Kramer's follow-up to his crime drama The Cooler has no moral compass, and swings wildly out of control while blanketed in hyper-violent digital gore effects and a thick, black nausea of the soul.

"...depicted here – in particular the soul-crushingly repellent husband-and-wife operators of a kiddie-porn operation that will either clear the..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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