Not Quite 'Dead, Dead, Dead' Yet

The Senate plays Chicken over congressional redistricting.

"...That was the eloquent response of Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San..."

July 25, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Another Pro-Heckler Heckle..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Double Down

Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn goof around and discuss the making of Made.

"...on a Saturday morning when Jon Favreau walks into the room, his hair wet, his face shiny and pink..."

July 27, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...The movie distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach's Corner

"...I'm pleased many cared. I'm flattered that some of you asked. It's my fervent hope and wish that..."

April 24, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Jared Harris, Karl Geary, Elina Lowensohn, David Lynch. From the director of the bizarre cult hit Twister comes this..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Film

Film Reviews

"...But, maybe it's just her new couch. That's how the problem first became noticeable. As portrayed by Julianne Moore,..."

Sept. 22, 1995 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard...."

Feb. 25, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Panel Recap: Horror in VR

Can terror in the virtual world have IRL success?

"...“It’s a big commitment to shut yourself away from the real world,” VR creator Guy Shelmerdine pointed out, noting..."

March 14, 2018 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

SXSW Film Review: Chevalier

A high seas game of masculine measurement

"...when six men on an extended fishing trip in the Aegean Sea play a game to decide who is..."

March 14, 2016 Screens Post by Dan Gentile

Abbott Appoints New Education Commissioner

Education advocates criticized Morath for attempting to quietly privatize Dallas ISD

"...There are some clenched jaws in Texas education circles as..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Secondhand Stores to Council: 'Wait a Second!'

Proposed ordinance designed to help recovery of stolen goods

"...Yesterday, Mayor Pro Tem Sheryl Cole's office confirmed that they would be dropping from next Thursday's..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

'Texas Fruit and Vegetable Gardening'

The next best thing to living next door to a master gardner

"...sure to consult gardening books written specifically about Texas. There's a reason Texas has so often been likened to..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Food Review by Kate Thornberry

Electric Skaterland

Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance

"...The worst sound in Roller Derby is silence...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Rube Goldberg Spins in Grave, Invents Coolest Coffin Ever

Notes on Rube Goldberg and "The Collector"

"...one thing straight: We love, love, love Rube Goldberg. The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, author, engineer, and inventor is probably..."

July 23, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...End the Transportation Wars..."

May 30, 2003 Column

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...From above, the recently inaugurated Pickle Elementary appears more like a small..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality caved under intense public..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature

Private Dancers

Watching (bad) movies with Mr. Sinus

"...Austin -- The men of Mr. Sinus -- Jerm Pollet, Owen Egerton,..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Iron Writer

"...-- you just have to know where to look. The Iron Giant screenwriter's High Lonesome Ranch sits on a..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Coach's Corner

"...The prosperous local attorney and best man instructed me to..."

April 16, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

America's Ethnic Music Mantle

"..."Polka serves the need for people to have a music that, at..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Testing, Testing...

Private Tutoring Companies Score Big on SAT

"...On a brisk and breezy Sunday afternoon, a group of Austin-area high school students are assembled in a windowless..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Coach's Corner

"...Gary Barnett's a God. He'll lead Texas back to the football promised land, because he's the genius who resurrected..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

A Fine Mess

Texan Sticks to Guns and Misfires

"...It is all a perfect tangle of motive and circumstance. Two University of Texas students try..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THE PLUTONIUM CIRCUSD: George Ratliff. This is a reprint of..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Food-O-File

"...A nice way to enjoy the picture-perfect fall weather October usually brings to Austin would..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

A New Plan for Austin ISD?

School board elections tee up calls for change – and rebuilding broken trust

"...Everybody running in, and many people observing, the current Austin ISD school board election agrees that things..."

Oct. 16, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Economic Fallacies

"...Dear Editor, Larkin Skinner's letter about the article "Point Austin: Hours to Burn" ["Missing the 'Point',"..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Postmarks

Injured Workers Deserve Better

"...Dear Editor, The basis for “The Hightower Report: Corporate Weasels Try to..."

April 27, 2015 Postmarks

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