We Built This City

On rock & roll venues opening up left, right, and especially east

"...The new music venue at Fifth and Comal streets, previously Club La Trampa, already draws raves as the..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Off the Record

In search of the light at the end of the Waller Creek Tunnel Project

"...the Waller Creek Tunnel Project will have on the Red River music scene...."

May 7, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

All That Glitters

Balancing Act

"...men, next to the Salvation Army and across the street from the Caritas soup kitchen on Seventh Street --..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

From Light Rail to a Downtown Tunnel: The Parts of Project Connect

Diving into the plan

"...2000 (lost narrowly), 2004 (won handily; that's the MetroRail Red Line), and 2014 (lost handily). This plan combines elements..."

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

Sidewalk Fail!

"...From @westgateaustin via Twitter: "Red River+Cesar Chavez is so terrible that @austintexasgov gave up..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Photo Gallery

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...strange, new environment – miles from their quiet Canal Street neighborhood – proved too much, too soon, for the..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in the paper about how my bar has become "Red River's most tragic example" of (I'm assuming from the..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Column

Gay Place

This Pride keep the spark alive

"...The unicorn is out of the bag. Pride has covered Austin in a sea of rainbows and beautiful queers...."

Aug. 10, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Reasonably Offensive

Two civil suits against live music venues downtown call into question Austin's sound ordinance.

"...rents a home at corner of Eighth St. and Red River. "I simply couldn't turn them up loud enough."..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Price of Progress

Worldly Roots

"...world cuisines. In between bouts of kitchen creativity, she acquired degrees in social history, political economy, and social psychology...."

Feb. 26, 1999 News Feature by Charles Nafus

Gay Place

Pride Week has arrived!

"...descend on Fiesta Gardens and flood Congress and Fourth Street with more rainbows than a Lisa Frank coloring book...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Austin Music Atlas

A primer for the musically inclined

"...world. Two decades down the road and despite doomsday-esque predictions as venues began to close, the city is still..."

June 14, 2016 Columns Post by Emily Gibson

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...about the tragedy of life while meandering down a street that crosses Waller Creek. Twenty years later, much of..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...helping hand. The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians has neared its capacity enrollment of 1,000 musicians who lack health..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...amendment to Austin's amplified sound ordinance that would have reduced the legal definition of "noise" from 85 decibels to..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

They Lost My Grandmother's Brain

One lover of the grape interviews another - one who writes songs and plays music.

"...When I arrive at said Sixth Street destination, however, the door person reports that fickle Charlie..."

July 21, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...it seemed time to bring that conversation to the streets. Watson, as usual, was a great sport about the..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...little storefront with the rickety screen door on Second Street. Here, the legendary brisket, chicken, beef, and pork ribs,..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

The Problem With K2, Downtown Austin’s Most Dangerous Drug

APD cannot depend on big busts alone to solve the problem

"...as 10 related calls per day. Austin Police arrested street dealer after street dealer, and yet medics with Austin-Travis..."

March 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Waller Creek Comes to Life

Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown

"...coats, hats, and the fingertips of seldom-used gloves. It reddened cheeks and numbed noses. But it didn't stop the..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Gay Place

Too excited about Pride to let 2017 get me down

"...Pride was a protest – and take to the streets in all our rainbow, glittery glory. In fact, that's..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place: We're Expecting Guests

Gird up, ATX! The city's expecting 150,000 revelers in a rainbow sea next weekend.

"...takeover: all-gender-inclusive, anti-isms/ists, pro-makeout space is again a-happenin'. Wear red to ID your peeps and to offset all that..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"...Club & Grill. He remembers the scene there, a predominantly black crowd gathering for the watering hole's packed happy..."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

Club turnover has come due – embrace it

"...siren, and I don't mean the ones zooming down Red River on a Saturday night...."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Crime and the City Solution

How safe do you feel exiting the Sixth Street/Red River Austin music crucible at 2am?

"...South by Southwest was a week over, and Sixth Street had returned to a semblance of normalcy, which is..."

June 26, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

History's Closet

Making the case for an Austin gay barchive

"...history. Some of us freshly minted, others sepia with tattered edges. We are stories, ripe with turns of phrase..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...P.F. Chang's (adding to its first location in the Crow-inspired Arboretum shopping center), Fleming's Prime Steak House & Wine..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

Qmmunity: A Well-Deserved Celebration for Cheer Up Charlies

And so many hot events, we can't reco them all!

"...sold in December 2013 and the bar moved to Red River, I, like others, worried the larger space would..."

April 19, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Pride Month marches on

"...get lost in the night. Third Thursdays, 9:30pm-2am. Dozen Street, 1808 E. 12th. Free...."

June 22, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

A long December

"...Eve: Swing by Iron Bear for some karaoke. Fourth Street promises fun at both Rain and Oilcan Harry's too...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

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