Gómez Pushes Road Plan Near Racetrack

Commissioner says she's concerned about access and safety issues in her precinct

"...at jumpstarting development around the Circuit of the Americas racetrack in Southeast Austin comes also with an implied question..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Ford v Ferrari

Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics

"...farmers' hat. While the movie has its share of racetrack thrills in keeping with a cinematic tradition that began..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Race

This new Bollywood film tells the story of two brothers who compete with cars at the racetrack.

"...of two brothers who compete with cars at the racetrack...."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Point Austin: Race-off

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

"...and mailers denouncing a potential "city subsidy for a racetrack." The racetrack is the Formula One venue now under..."

May 6, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Rapid Response

A quiet celebration of the medics who make motorsports safer

"...mantra for the early days of medical professionals on racetracks, then those words from motorsports medical expert Stephen Olvey..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

When Angry, Count to Formula One

Council approves water service for residential property that could become site for F1

"...plot is under discussions to house the Formula One racetrack...."

Aug. 13, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 8/5/10 (Updated)

F1 pulls into chambers, kinda

"...plot is under consideration to house the Formula 1 racetrack...."

Aug. 5, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Formula One: Last Gasp

"...and environmental impact of both the construction of the racetrack as well as the annual race event? [“Formula One..."

May 26, 2010 Postmarks

Naked City

Headlines and happening from Austin and beyond

"..."neigh" on a proposal to bring a 200-acre pari-mutuel racetrack to town. The Pflugerville city council late last year..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Pfurious in Pflugerville

Pfillies or pfamily pfun for the NE Travis suburb?

"...is the AJC's bid to develop a 200-acre pari-mutuel racetrack at the intersection of Pecan Street – Pflugerville's main..."

Jan. 14, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin at Very High Speed

The who, what, where, when, and why of Formula One racing

"...on the Mexican Grand Prix. Hellmund's time around the racetrack parlayed into an international career in racing, and it's..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dirty Money

Richard Stark's professional thief is back in action

"...caper, Dirty Money, picks up the day after the racetrack heist in the last novel, Ask the Parrot, which..."

May 9, 2008 Books Review by Jesse Sublett

Anne Rapp's Fortune

The screenwriter of Cookie’s Fortune talks about storytelling, working in the business, and the incredible collaborator she found in Robert Altman.

"...him. My ex-husband and Bob would go to the racetrack a lot together. Probably the first time I met..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rolling Stones Booked for Circuit of the Americas on May 24

British Invasion co-leaders encore 2006 Zilker Park razing

"...Richards, Watts, and Wood will perform on the local racetrack’s grounds on Sunday, May 24 – the day before..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Lean on Pete

Equine tale is a lot deeper than the cheesy subject suggests.

"...he encounters gangly horse trainer Del (Buscemi), whose own racetrack luck bit the dust ages ago. After the young..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dark Horse

True horse saga beguiles with its simplicity and purity of heart

"...grin of Vokes’ husband as he mingles amongst the racetrack crowd.) While the underdog element of this tale is..."

May 27, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop

Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.

"...amphitheatre. Utilizing a plot of green space near the racetrack's 11th turn, event planners constructed a gradient to maximize..."

June 12, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Letters at 3AM: February 1914

Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp was really born in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice,' not 'Mabel's Strange Predicament,' as commonly thought

"...real cop) asks him to step back from the racetrack. Soon he turns to the camera. Takes a few..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Commissioners Punt Southeast Roads One More Time

Margaret Gómez agrees to compromise

"...plan last month (see "Gómez Pushes Road Plan Near Racetrack," Aug. 30), and it was scheduled for a Sept...."

Sept. 20, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Formula Farrera

Formula One cranks up sustainability engine

"...first sustainability director for Austin's Circuit of the Americas racetrack, and while it may sound like he is greening..."

Jan. 13, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Killing

As with the proto-New Wave French gangster epics of the period, the heist's the thing in this early Kubrick film

"...1956 noir, describe the disintegration of the painstakingly plotted racetrack heist that the film centers around. But it also..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Review by Wells Dunbar

Cars 2

This Pixar sequel pops on the screen, but the story line is stuck in neutral.

"...of their own local controversy about the Formula One racetrack currently under construction here, may find an extra dollop..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...concrete reality, starting with the construction of a purpose-built racetrack...."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

And not surprisingly, the big money goes to Republicans

"...Perry's campaign coffers in June, while trial lawyers and racetrack interests put their money on Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn..."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Racing Stripes

Just as the titular zebra, Stripes, is not really a horse of a different color, this kids picture is not a movie of a different stripe.

"...performances than the script requires, including Malick as the racetrack-owning villain (she gets her comeuppance in the end when..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Attention, Heavenly Band

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...with emphysema. The onetime general manager of Manor Downs racetrack is credited with discovering Stevie Ray Vaughan and engineering..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Hotrod Golgotha

In this collection, the Austin poet delivers a high octane paean to cars and all that makes them cool

"...his angsty teenage pals in sneaking into an abandoned racetrack and running their lame vehicles – "our parents' Vista..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin at Large: Mobility Is a Civil Right

The new Austin electorate, for whom equity is non-negotiable, considers transit

"...a few exceptions like the Circuit of the Americas racetrack) a scaffold for investing in what we now call..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Wood & Wire Album Review

No Matter Where It Goes From Here (Blue Corn Music)

"...Vassar Clements tribute "Clamp's Chute" and the nearly six-minute racetrack of "Roadie's Circles," with Peter Rowan's yelp, leading the..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...who tries to survive his final season on the racetrack and win one last championship. His dream is flipped..."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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