Bad Medicine?

No Child Left Behind prescribed for Austin schools – although the cure may be worse than the illness

"...or more of our subgroups fail," said Anderson parent Kalí Rourke. "We'll all be unacceptable."Divide and Standardize..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Day Trips

Capt. Day Trips drops the 411 on Round Top, Texas

"...into the neighborhood east of Round Top on TX 237 in 1976, giving the rural community halfway between Austin..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

"...and more information, visit www.texasbookfestival.org. CER = Capitol Extension Room. Editor's recommendations are denoted with a .Saturday, Nov. 89:45-10:30am..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature

Beyond Himself

Roger Gathman talks to Jonathan Safran Foer about the author's unconscious grasp of the Jewish literary tradition.

"...Foer will join Nicole Krauss (Man Walks Into a Room) for an Austin Jewish Book Fair appearance at 7:30pm,..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...and The Practice (ABC) are moved aside to make room for new shows like 24 (Fox), The Shield (FX),..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...JOAQUÍN DÍAZ: Master of the diatonic and chromatic accordion, Díaz started playing professionally at 12. Captivating crowds by playing..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Steamboat returns, SXSW looms closer.

"...Shandon Sahm on Saturday, Stephen Doster's Beatles tribute Sunday, Davíd Garza on Tuesday (see below), Patrice Pike on Wednesday,..."

March 1, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The People vs. Mike Sheffield

The new APD oversight agreement is a first for Austin -- but will it do what it's supposed to do?

"...with. Solidly behind this community-policing business. "There's still ample room for Officer Friendly," he says. "We're not here as..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Kudos for the Lost Austin issue, and much environmental ado.

"...of major breakthrough but won't get it: Abra Moore, Davíd Garza, Kacy Crowley...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...then disperse your people into the school boards, the classrooms, the administrator offices...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...booth overlooking it, and plenty of seating and standing room. It had typical Seventies details, combining cheap art deco..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Cautiously Optimistic

Fifteen Hopefuls Make Up Austin's Musical Class of 2001

"...Davíd Garza..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...D: Rodrigo García; with Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Holly Hunter,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...subtlety. Mistaken identities, multiple men hiding in the back room while a potential mother-in-law comes for a visit, cars..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...legendary Zodiac Songs video? Didn't think so. (The Living Room on 6th, 9pm) -- Ken Lieck..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...on the banks of the Guadalupe River is a 47-room, world-class resort with an excellent dining room. During the..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

TCB

Austin from A to Z

"...very least didn't lack for Ride posters on their bedroom walls. Increasingly popular among those who enjoy their rock..."

July 18, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...uncut rock of this caliber is thicker than both. (Room 710, 8pm) -- Christopher Gray..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

Songs of Innocence and Experience

From poetry scrawled on walls to poetry inscribed on CD: the saga of the Gourds.

"...The bathroom in the Steamy Bowl is a place that prompts..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Communing in the Air

With 'Lounge!,' Arthouse transforms itself into a space that swings

"...much of the rest of our lives, in our classrooms, in our offices, in our homes. Bend down to..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...shy of the sliding glass door into the living room. Inside, a shutter somewhere, loosened to the elements, sounds..."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Keeping the Peace

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

"...it down and back it up," Fealy told a standing-room-only crowd of club owners and local music industry players,..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Operatic Success

La Traviata, a new Italian Trattoria in downton Austin, is a smashing new eatery which hopefully has many years of innovation and success ahead.

"...a historic Congress Avenue building. The long, narrow dining room has washed limestone walls, the original hardwood floors, an..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dancing About Architecture

The dulcet tones of the karaoke fill the former Electric Lounge, but that's not the fate of the building.

"...Cherry's "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)," and former Davíd Garza bandmember Jacob Schulze was totally chuffed to discover..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Looks Back... and Forward

Documentary Film Pioneer D.A. Pennebaker

"...Clinton's 1992 bid for the presidency in The War Room (which was nominated for an Academy Award). Pennebaker and..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: New Orleans School of Cooking

Cajun cooking made simply good

"...of windows from the store are a large dining room with a half-dozen big round tables and a kitchen..."

May 18, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Burn This

An innovative use of space marks 7 Towers Theatre Company's debut

"...Burn ThisBallet Austin City View Terrace, 501 W. Third, 951/237-6210 Through Dec. 18 Running time: 2 hr., 15 min...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Curra's Long-Bar

Oh, Curra's, how could you?

"...Oltorf and the second location on Burnet Road. The García brothers, first Marco and now Jorge, have guided what..."

June 15, 2007 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Critics Poll

Critics' favorites from 2001

"...Best Local ShowGreg Beets: Pong, Brown Whörnet, Room 710..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.

"...performance punk Lisa Suckdog Carver. Suckdog collaborator Coz the Shroom, whose own new Orchard of the Tortured will be..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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