The Law(ns) of the Land

In a time of drought and water limits, some residents turn to drilling wells

"...He can drop a backyard well without 20,000 gallons of mud pouring down a hillside, something that was impossible..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Ramon Martinez

Fast Rising Family Band We Don’t Ride Llamas Capture Hearts at Free Week

Willow Smith tourmates bring their engaging Afro rock home

"...We Don’t Ride Llamas was via an Instagram clip of the siblings in their practice room playing a faithful..."

Jan. 9, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...The first day of ACL Fest in two years, though truncated due to..."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

It's a Wrap: A Life in Front of Dad's Camera

AFS Documentary Tour: The Kids Grow Up

"...Baby boomers who experienced huge chunks of their kids' lives while squinting through a viewfinder will..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

AFF: Titans of TV vs. The Online World

Comparing notes between the Titans of TV and The Online World.

"...it perfectly clear. Examined side by side, the panels offered a vivid snapshot on the state of televisual viewing..."

Oct. 22, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Speaking of Dance

The difficulty of describing dance inspires choreographer Kathy Dunn Hamrick to create an ingenious 30-minute dance out of phrases from dance reviews.

"...review when a phrase caught her eye: "multiple cuppings of dipped heads." Huh? She had seen the show, too,..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...state and local police to arrest people they suspect of entering the country illegally. But shortly thereafter, the 5th..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...incongruous that their pairing seems more like the opening of a joke ("So Agamemnon, Achilles, and Ajax are watching..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...Film rights for Arthur Golden's first novel, Memoirs of a Geisha (Knopf, $25 hard), have just been bought..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

Mars Needs Moms

Based on a children's book by Berkely Breathed, this animated film looks good but lacks emotion.

"...storytelling. Martians, you see, have decided they need to capture earthling mothers to harness their disciplinary power, a quality..."

March 11, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...What do the creator of the 10,000 hour rule, a Supreme Court Justice, and..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Water’s Aquifer Storage Project Steams Ahead

Project aims to store drinking water underground in the event of another supply issue

"...the works at Austin Water since the 2018 creation of the Water Forward Plan, a compendium of strategies for..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Going by the Rules

A New Water Plan Avoids an Old Problem

"...the times." Bullock was there to announce the filing of a new water bill authored by Senator J.E. "Buster"..."

Jan. 31, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Call in the Rangers

A Memo to the Governor:

"...large landowners competed with small landowners for their share of liquid wealth. Billions of dollars were at stake. Numerous..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Hays County Water War

Private drilling threatens local water supplies

"...Hays County. In recent weeks, citizens who get most of their drinking water from the Aquifer bombarded state representatives..."

April 3, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf

Texas Book Festival: Nicky Drayden and Chris Brown

The Austin authors explore new frontiers in science fiction

"...and aliens and robots – though there are plenty of those, too. The great challenge of imagining the future..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Are We Sucking the Trinity Dry?

Hays County residents call for creation of conservation district

"...on Environmental Quality is not that it lacks the rules and regulations to keep Texas' skies blue and its..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Austin's Water Prospectors

New city rules have slowed the demand, but urban wells remain a hot commodity in wealthy neighborhoods

"...for watering lawns and filling swimming pools, but hundreds of Austin residents have discovered they can run the tap..."

Nov. 15, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Going, Going, Gone?

Gary Bradley agrees to sell 1,000 acres of land to the city

"...Bradley has agreed to sell the city nearly 1,000 of the 3,076 acres included in the proposed Bradley settlement..."

March 17, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Texas Book Festival's Read Warriors

Book lovers charge the Texas State Capitol this weekend

"...Lovers of the literary are legion, even in the days of..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Res Publica

"...BILL SPELMAN CITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN KICKOFF 5:30pm. Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto, 466-6939. Free. www.billspelman.org...."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature

DVDanger: Retro Redemption

Nerd out with The Stream, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

"...time like it for cinematic obsession, and the makers of The Stream (Cinedigm) know it...."

Sept. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Not a Drop to Drink

Comal Springs Is Drying Up

"...And New Braunfels, being the best place to cool off for miles around, was the best place to be...."

July 12, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...from his mother in neighboring Milam County. With pockets of rich black soil and an ample supply of groundwater..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...I appreciate the coverage of the referendum to abolish the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Nature's Water Clinic

Drought Has San Antonio Over a Pump

"...thinking about moving here? Invite them for a weekend of rafting on the Blanco River -- they'll be paddling..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Bandit Queen

"...with subtitles, is a fascinating work for a number of reasons. The story is based in the true-life saga..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two

Here in filmtown, 'Slacker' is on DVD (finally) and 'Louisiana Boys' is on 'SXSW Presents.' Meanwhile, despite the lack of a Hussein connection, the Iraq war is a triumph for the 9 / 11 terrorists and their co-conspirators.

"...coalescence, which in itself is not the sole point of origin but does mark a significant shift in momentum...."

Sept. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Roe's End?

After nearly three years of fighting, Texas reproductive rights advocates will get their day at the U.S. Supreme Court

"...Shattered and violated, her future plans quickly fell out of focus...."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Pokémon 4ever

"...Thank goodness there's a Miyazaki film opening simultaneously. It offsets the shrill siren song of kid-lite marketing that heralds..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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