Preserving Austin's Natural Mecca

Interactive documentary project Living Springs celebrates Barton Springs

"...as one of the top things to do in Austin for locals and visitors alike, the 72-degree natural spring..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Crowdfunding Austin Music Venues

Mayor Adler announces new mini-bond plan to preserve at-risk venues

"...protecting them from the rent increases we’ve seen plague Austin clubs in recent years...."

Sept. 22, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin's Political Ecosystem

Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics

"...along Shoal Creek. The city declined to fund the project, so she wrote a $5,000 check to the Parks..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Austin at Large: Your House Is Our House

Reconnecting to a vision of an Austin where everyone can live, despite our failures

"...oldest and dearest family friends, decades after moving to Austin, is now finally taking an interest in city politics..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Correct Name: Austin History Center

"...May, tsk-tsk. In your article on the interactive history project titled Austin Past & Present, you committed a grievous..."

Aug. 18, 2003 Postmarks

Contemporary Austin Goings & Comings

Judith Sims retires, Deming sculpture Mystic Raven returns

"...with the museum we now know as the Contemporary Austin, she had almost two decades on staff when the..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2011 Heritage Society of Austin Homes Tour: The Bold and the Beautiful

Fire up the nav system on Saturday for the Heritage Society's Homes Tour

"...spent some fascinating afternoons with the Heritage Society of Austin over the years, but the 19th Annual Heritage Homes..."

April 5, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

Hotel Project Sparks Downtown Skirmish

A proposed hotel complex at Eighth and Congress has had a particularly dramatic saga en route to Council

"...criticized for its swiftness, but the saga of the "Austin House: The Hotel of Texas" has taken a particularly..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

Preserving the Food and Beverage Industry With Fermentation

Jason White turns his science chops to gastronomy

"...to better utilize each season's bounty. And events like Austin's upcoming fall Fermentation Festival help educate on the many..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Point Austin: The Tree in the Way

Commission decision could lead to changes in tree ordinance

"..."reasonable use" clause in the ordinance – specifically, whether preserving the tree would prevent a "reasonable use" of the..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Amy Smith

Austin Charts New Territory With Project Connect Anti-Displacement Fund

Bringing transit home

"...When Austin voters approved financing for the Project Connect transit plan..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

Austin Moves Up Target Date for Net-Zero Emissions Goal

City emphasizes equity as it ramps up climate action

"...gases to 2040 – 10 years earlier than when Austin's net-zero emissions goal was adopted in 2014...."

Oct. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Church and Its People on Austin's Eastside

The living history of David Chapel

"...Church was born, phoenixlike, out of the darkness of Austin's racial history. The congregation originated in 1924, when members..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Cherrywood: Neighbors Fear City Project's Impact

Willowbrook Reach could be victim of city's good intentions

"...some Cherrywood neighborhood residents who recently learned of the project. At issue is whether the erosion and flood-control project,..."

April 30, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...This Saturday night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition "The Door by the..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: Mueller in the Middle

Whatever disasters City Hall hath wrought, the old airport isn't one of them

"...seen Keep the Land suggesting that Catellus (both in Austin and in its California home base) is not the..."

June 18, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...So, is high-tech killing Austin? Uh, no. Well, maybe. It could. But it hasn't..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Keeping Austin Wild

As the population swells, officials and activists look for ways to preserve open space

"...good for a lot of things: protecting the water, preserving endangered species, and (too often forgotten in the political..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

2019's Big Stories Shaping Austin's Path Into a New Decade

Never a slow news day

"...taste to the tap water of Central and South Austin. The smell eventually faded away, and by March, the..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight

A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes

"...of the Land Development Code Revision – no cool project names given (yet, at least) – and wouldn't you..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: Our Neighbors' Keepers

More than one way to save a neighborhood

"...groundbreaking effort: the first "Com­mun­ity Land Trust" home in Austin and, according to its founders, the first such effort..."

June 22, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Incarceration Nation

The U.S. prison system has exploded beyond all reason

"...The good folks of Grassroots Leadership and the Sentencing Project were in town this week, delivering a presentation on..."

March 28, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Preserving What's Left

A 2,400-acre spot south of Buda could be the latest conservation easement purchased to maintain the health of the Edwards Aquifer

"...group was unanimous in expressing continued support for the project, saying the low score was a result of having..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Clear-Cutting Austin

Rapid growth laying waste to city's urban forest

"...learned the complexities of trying to protect trees in Austin. Waiting for the Call..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Lee Nichols

How OPA Design Studio Makes Austin's Elite Brewery Taprooms

Stephen Oliver does his tap dance

"...like the Wild West," recalls Stephen Oliver, principal at Austin-based OPA Design Studio, one of only a handful of..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

“Keep Austin Weird” Originator Remembered for Choosing Community Over Capital

Red Wassenich passed away Feb. 28

"...Famous for coining the phrase "Keep Austin Weird," Red Wassenich passed away on Friday morning, Feb...."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Francesca D'Annunzio

Austin City Council Shows Surprising Interest in Upzoning

Mayor throws a curveball in advance of Monday's new Land Development Code revision report

"...City Council met Monday, Nov. 18, to discuss the..."

Nov. 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"..."The Farmboys" in Austin Musical Theatre's Gypsy. photograph by Kenny Braun..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

Palm School: A Battle Between City, County, Advocates, and Rodeo Austin

County Judge Eckhardt goes big, community stands firm

"...Austin's Downtown drama isn't just unfolding at the Convention Center;..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: Race-off

Tovo's Place 3 council campaign gets off to a dubious start

"...on infrastructure it will continue to own when the project is completed – exactly like the water and sewer..."

May 6, 2011 News Column by Michael King

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