Public Notice: Can Uber and Lyft Play Nice?

"If a business acts like it is above the law, it will pay a heavy price."

"...Committee voted last week "to oppose Uber and Lyft's attempt to circumvent regulations created by the City Council to..."

April 15, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Taking a Hard Look at the America's Next Cat Star Contestants

Which kitty superstar will reign supreme?

"...and all of our fabulous photo-sharing apps (scienticians* posit that 78% of content on Instagram is cat-related). But if..."

May 1, 2015 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Letters at 3AM: The Revolution Will Be Printed

Digital fabrication will change the course of the future

"...That headline has been digitally duplicated (plagiarized) from David Bjerklie's..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Will Holly Pass Muster at Council?

Council to consider controversial bid proposal

"...making another effort to obtain the council's blessing to negotiate a demolition deal on the Holly Street Power Plant...."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Letters at 3AM: Johnny and Speedy

John Ertha was the first in my experience to embody the passion, courage, mind, and rascality that could be: a man

"...It's late 1971 or early '72, and Johnny's driving fast, the..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3AM

At the crest of Beatlemania, 18 and hungry for life was some kind of way to be

"...I touch you, I feel happy inside." Just like that. Everybody had felt it. Everybody knew it was true...."

July 3, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Letters at 3am

Holden died a good death: just whiskey and a fall, no melodrama or fakery

"...I've long admired how William Holden died. His death competes for my preference with the death of Bat..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Anybody's Home?

The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert's 'The Last Days of the San José'

"...a checkered, if colorful, past into the chic SoCo destination spot it is today: the Hotel San José. Alas,..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Good News at Rockdale

Theatre is helping to heal the community of Rockdale, and theatre artists with Austin ties are playing a part

"...Theatre is helping to heal the community of Rockdale, and..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

"Mediocrity is never passive; it avenges itself for its deprivation." -- Nelson Algren

"...on the Wild Side. (Yes, it's Algren's phrase; years later, Lou Reed copped it.) In a 1965 memoir, Notes..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Halfway Home

The Los Angeles County of Art's exhibition "The Road to Aztlan, Art From a Mythic Homeland" includes a wondrous survey of pre-conquest Mesoamerican art, but when it comes to contemporary Chicano works, the "road" doesn't take us all the way home.

"...Like Atlantis, Camelot, Eden, the Ark of the Covenant, or Excalibur,..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Earthen Works at the Austin Museum of Art Revolution in Clay

"...The minute I saw the invitation, I was hooked. Revolution in Clay, selections from the..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Big, Contentious Austin Energy Rate Hike Finally Arrives at Council

Power for the people?

"...a big ask: It wants to change its base rate structure for the first time since 2017. Back then,..."

Nov. 25, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...exists as the South Pole of Austin's musical axis. Lately, the city's least visible venue – geographically speaking –..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

'The NFL Beat': Browns Face Tough Decision at QB

RG3 looms large in the 2012 draft

"...of all different teams, and walks of life. In that one day I gained more respect for Cleveland as..."

Feb. 18, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

Trouble at Station 15

Austin firefighter sues city after officials stonewall unequal treatment

"...the cement floor of a glorified janitorial closet wasn't what she had in mind. Yet for seven months, between..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

The New M.O. at City Hall

City Manager Marc Ott opens up on his new job, his new city, and his philosophy of governance

"...What makes Marc Ott tick? How might the new city..."

Aug. 15, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...neighborhood might serve as a case study for the accelerating transition between old Austin and new, it is Crestview...."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Good News, Bad News

"...a far corner of the room, next to the bathrooms, and behind a column. Gee, thanks, I think. The..."

Nov. 7, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Ringmaster

"...circus a bad name. With the popularity of his syndicated TV talk show and best-selling videotapes, this self-invented star..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Knight Moves

"...Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin and Katharine Isobel. Chess is the operative metaphor in this new..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Checking In: Little Mazarn’s Lindsey Verrill Bought a Kayak with Her Stimulus Check

How to stay afloat when there is no Plan B

"...of musicians and their animal muses, Lindsey Verrill’s image beat out hundreds in becoming the cover of the paper’s..."

Dec. 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Trust the Man

With distinct echoes of Woody Allen, Trust the Man follows fashionably neurotic New Yorkers in oversized apartments as they search for happiness, love, and sex.

"...for happiness, love, and sex. As Moore’s husband and father of their two children, writer/director Freundlich keeps it personal..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Rigoni, Driussi End Goal Drought but Austin FC Still Winless in Six

Wolff: “Ties at home are tough, but progress was made”

"...the season, Austin FC could only manage another draw at home, 2-2 against the San Jose Earthquakes Saturday night...."

April 30, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Austin FC’s Injury Woes Compound in Minnesota Loss

RECAP: A Gen Z-heavy squad stumbles on the road

"...Pile the bodies high at Kansas City and Minnesota and pile them high at..."

June 24, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Duck Season

Despite being a movie about youthful inertia among some Mexico City adolescents stuck at home by themselves, Duck Season is squirmy, restless and avidly visual.

"...Directed by: Fernando Eimbcke. Starring: Enrique Arreola, Diego Cataño Elizondo, Daniel Miranda, Danny Perea and Carolina Politi. When..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Conviction

"...filmmaker Marco Bellochio's name was uttered in the same anticipatory breath as Bertolucci's and Pasolini's. His first couple of..."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rooster Teeth Announces RWBY Vol 8 Date

Plus new game with WayForward and Arc System Works

"...It's not RTX - the annual gathering of the fans for Austin's Rooster Teeth - without..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Perez Family

"...membership in their clan. The ever-expanding Perez family cluster attracts newcomers at a steady clip and instead of collapsing..."

May 12, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Their Finest

How to make a propaganda film in World War II England

"...propaganda films are scrutinized, along with the production process that attempts to turn muck into magic...."

April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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