Remember the Poison Ivy Goats? You Can Adopt One Now

Sponsoring a goat’s return to the trails costs $20/month

"...the Trail Conservancy’s newest and cutest attempt at controlling poison ivy and other invasive species: goats...."

Aug. 7, 2023 News Post by Amelia Nonemacher

Adoptable Poison Ivy-Munching Goats Make Dramatic Return to Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail

They will be back

"...beloved trail goats were back for one week of poison ivy pulverization. And just like that, they’re gone again,..."

May 10, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Watch for Poison Ivy-Eradicating Goats on the Hike-and-Bike Trail

Four-hooved heroes nosh on the invasive plant

"...Do you remember your introduction to poison ivy? Maybe it was an unfortunate brush with the..."

July 13, 2023 News Post by Amelia Nonemacher

Poison Ivy

"...previously been merely melodramatic extremism turns into hyperbolic horror. Ivy (Barrymore) is part-child, who seeks out a secure place..."

June 26, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Watch for Poison Ivy-Eradicating Goats on the Hike-and-Bike Trail

Four-hooved heroes nosh on the invasive plant

July 21, 2023 News Feature by Amelia Nonemacher

Poison in the Park

Plants and trees in Stacy Park began to die after a Parks and Rec volunteer sprayed herbicide

"...know for sure, it's that Daniel White really hates poison ivy. What the neighbors say they don't know is..."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Quiet

The first Burnt Orange Productions joint mixes The Piano with Poison Ivy. Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace The Quiet as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire.

"...Abdi Nazemian and Micah Schraft) kludges The Piano with Poison Ivy: enigmatic young woman (Belle), mute by choice after..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Batman & Robin

"...incorporating a rift in the form of Thurman's slinky Poison Ivy, a chemically altered botanist with a lethal kiss...."

June 20, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Crush

"...Cobbling together bits and pieces from other, better films (Poison Ivy, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle), Shapiro tries..."

April 9, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Run This Letter as Written or Not at All

"...Smith article in the Sept. 2, 2011, Austin Chronicle, "Poison in the Park," and I wish to tell you..."

Sept. 27, 2011 Postmarks

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...place: [points to colleagues while reciting maladies] Bee stings. Poison ivy. Poison ivy. Poison ivy. Cut his hand. I..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

We Have an Issue: Never Boring

In this week's issue, Lina Fisher examines the uncertain environmental impacts of Tesla and the Boring Co. on the Colorado River

"...goats the Trail Conservancy put to work decimating the poison ivy on the Hike-and-Bike trail? You can now sponsor..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...years: a neighborhood eyesore choked with weeds, human feces, poison ivy, and the concrete-walled half shell of a condemned..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...If you are highly allergic to poison ivy, you should also avoid ginkgo nuts, lacquered boxes,..."

July 9, 2004 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Tailgating Teasips

Mick Vann makes a foray into the curious and often elaborate rite of University of Texas fandom known as "tailgating" and discovers some intriguing practices.

"...the city. One of their members recently ambled into poison ivy while relieving himself under the Waller Creek Bridge,..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Camp Nowhere

"...in reruns of Meatballs or bad teen movies like Poison Ivy. Camp Nowhere tries really hard to be funny..."

Sept. 2, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Single White Female

"...say Persona or Hand That Rocks the Cradle or Poison Ivy, Basic Instinct or Fatal Attraction, Hedy has insinuated..."

Aug. 21, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Your Health

Sometimes I notice that eating two foods at the same meal gives me an allergic reaction that I don't get when I eat the same two foods separately.

"...Pork and black pepper when poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and pigweed are pollinating..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...of a lifeguard chair, just above the uncut vegetation. Ivy spilled over the fence long ago, obscuring something spelled..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Only humans and some primates react badly to poison ivy, so it's not a matter of self-protection evolution...."

Jan. 28, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

The ancient art of foraging for food is aged to perfection

"...on your own! Good ones to know are: datura, poison ivy, poison hemlock, water hemlock, Texas mountain laurel, and..."

April 4, 2014 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...understory stuff and the vines and thorny vines and poison ivy and the birds ... I fuckin' love all..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

What We're Listening to Right Now

Ayo Tamz, Blushing, Whookilledkenny, Chief Cleopatra, and more have us dialed in

"...she has no one producer. All menace and threats, "Poison Ivy" stems from the same herb-infusing kitchen witchery as..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by E. Ryan Ellis

Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares

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

"..."Damp, underslept, covered in bug bites and poison ivy, we soldiered through. The crew took to drinking..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...Woman. I still want to see a well done Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn on the big screen some..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Aeroponics Are the Future for One Austin Urban Farm

Farmhouse Delivery is all grown up

"...years ago, it was full of litter, overgrown with poison ivy, and had a few homeless camps on-site. Now..."

April 20, 2018 Food Feature by Mae Hamilton

Performance Park Preview at the Vortex

"...Hermit's Lair for Performance Park was a patch of poison ivy...."

March 22, 2018 Photo Gallery

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...Delper­dang and Kelly Hasandras), an April performance installation on poison-ivy-infested (yet lovely) Indigo Island in Lady Bird Lake. ..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...single entendre, "Pussy" issues its mating howl via string-slinger Poison Ivy's leering licks and hubby Lux Interior's barely sentient..."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sidewalk Fail!

"...a new development, where the sidewalk is overgrown with Poison Ivy. Beky writes, "The city has been called but..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Photo Gallery

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