Get It While You Can

"...considering the worst of the lot was a cheapie paperback called Going Down With Janis by one Peggy Caserta...."

March 19, 1999 Books Feature

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We Get What We Want

"...I always enjoy reading your paper, whether online or when I visit Austin, but I..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column

No Noodlin' Around

Sea Dragon Offers an Ocean of Vietnamese Flavors

"...pieces of sugar cane, grilled, and served accompanied by rice-paper pancakes, fresh mint, vermicelli, bean sprouts, and a hoisin..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Food Feature by Patrick Earvolino

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The Xicanindio Poet

"...severity of the traffic there. Mr. Quinn writes "[I-35] cuts through the heart of the city." A powerful phrase,..."

April 11, 1997 Column

Coach's Corner

"...matter how smart they sound, has a clue. On paper, no team in either conference, for sure in the..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

All in the Family

Elizabeth, Bruce & George: Love, Austin Style

"...host. A blonde with icy blue eyes, Christian, 42, cuts a pretty and professional figure in a yellow sheath..."

July 19, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Rock, They Wrote

Writing From Both Sides of the Musical Fence

"...paints. Her work is a continuum of expression that cuts across several forms. "The ideas know where to go,"..."

June 21, 1996 Books Feature

The First-Ever Austin Women in Jazz Festival and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus visiting acts from Burna Boy to Mike Dimes and Dro Kenji

"...music team’s handpicked “Crucial Concerts” below or in the paper every Thursday. And for our complete listings of upcoming..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Sundance Review: Censor

Flashback horror to an era of cultural repression

"...The cuts were more extreme with videos than with celluloid, because..."

Jan. 30, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Acornseekers Brings Jamón Ibérico to Texas

The Spanish specialty looks to make its way to the Lone Star State

"...considered an aphrodisiac, but the physiological response to a paper-thin slice of Spanish ham slowly dissolving on the tongue..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Burger Town

How do our hometown patties match up against the influx of trendy national chains?

"...they compete with the half-pound classic and side of crinkle-cuts from Mighty Fine? Folks have been flocking to In-N-Out..."

March 7, 2014 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Saturday Showcases

"...Grady Champion's latest, Tough Times Don't Last. The Good Paper of Rev. Robert Mortimer unloads an experience unto itself,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

Total Utility

The pain and politics of raising electric rates as a means of controlling our destiny

"...leaves the utility with uncomfortable fiscal gaps. Still the cuts aren't as bad as they could have been, or..."

June 15, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The 'Human Centipede' Escapes

Director Tom Six talks about the UK cuts

"...minutes and 37 seconds, with a total of 32 cuts (bye-bye barbed wire, staple removal and sand paper.)..."

Oct. 8, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Child Advocates Seek Reforms

Budget cuts could wipe out key programs

"...abuse and neglect in Texas. If lawmakers make planned cuts to the Department of Family and Protective Services budget,..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...a transportation perspective," the DAA said in a position paper. "The intent of the federal stimulus money ... is..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...But TFR President Michael Quinn Sullivan argues that tax cuts should take priority: "Too often the voices of hard-working..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

On the Lege

Lawmakers accomplish what they failed to do so many times – approve a new education funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper

"...new education-funding package that doesn't look half bad on paper. The new tax plan, which Perry said he will..."

May 19, 2006 News Column by Amy Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...as Sleater-Kinney, Magneta Lane's sophomore release, Dancing With Daggers (Paper Bag), is just the right amount of grit and..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...critics and the media can point out huge program cuts and corporate giveaways...."

March 25, 2005 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...visitor here and picked up a copy of your paper. Just wanted to commend you on the inspiring "Page..."

March 18, 2005 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...gaps in urban forestry left by recent city budget cuts, focusing on care and maintenance of specimen trees, reducing..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Travis State School described in the Oct. 3 "Short Cuts" column as "the Travis State School for the Criminally..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...The list of alternatives to these types of service cuts is long. When asked for help, we were told,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Column

Shelf Life Support

As libraries struggle with slashed budgets, communities are asked to take up the slack. Melanie Haupt reports.

"...danger. Many systems across the country face crippling budget cuts that compromise their quiet influence. This is a crisis..."

July 18, 2003 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

The House Adjourns to Oklahoma

The House Dems may be losing the legislative wars, but they're finally winning the PR battle.

"...to work to solve the problems caused by budget cuts in education and health care, not on cutting up..."

May 16, 2003 News Column by Michael King

How Can Wynn Lose?

The mayoral odds are with Wynn, but could a run-off be a race?

"...Both this paper and the other one declined to endorse Nofziger for..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

UT: Tighten Whose Belt?

"...12.5% -- $30 million -- have been busy recommending cuts, even to programs not funded by the taxpayers. One..."

March 7, 2003 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Weird, Spooky, and Rich

David Dewhurst runs against everybody but money.

"...he particularly distinguished himself. His campaign touts his budget cuts -- the actual amount is in dispute -- but..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Letter at 3AM

While remembering September 11, we owe it to ourselves to remember what its horrors have been shamelessly manipulated to obscure.

"...recently reported that his task force existed only on paper and in headlines...."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

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