You Don’t Miss Your Water … ’Til It Turns Green

Council hears Onion Creek wastewater future … and El Gato Negro

"...There was good news and bad news at City Council’s Nov. 3 meeting (last Thursday). The best news..."

Nov. 7, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Comics fame has a new book out from First Second this week – and he'll be presenting it in..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Daily Hustle: 10/20/10

City's web redesign keeps processing

"...Remember that long-ass process for redesigning the city website? Believe it or not, we’ve finally hit the..."

Oct. 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 8/10/10

Budget for parking costs!

"...Council hasn't publicly discussed the city budget in a hot minute, but that doesn't mean..."

Aug. 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 4/30/10

By the time I get to Arizona

"...just got back from having breakfast tacos with the city manager. (Oh, you namedropper!)..."

April 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Military-Petroleum Complex

The Second Iraq War and the cronies of state capitalism

"...aboard the Mina al-Bakr oil terminal to start the Second Iraq War – the former president gave a speech..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Robert Bryce

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

"...Big Fat Jewish/Italian/Irish Wedding; it's not so much the ethnicity that's the running joke here (although that is key..."

June 7, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...TV, will skewer the eminently skewerable world of late second-millennium TV. This group spends a lot of time working..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

The Music of Chance

"...first half carries us through the card game, the second details the building of the wall and the grim..."

Sept. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Council Recap: Land Code Revision Advances to Final Round

Late-night second-reading vote features familiar 7-4 split

"...After three days of debate, the Austin City Council advanced its effort to rewrite the Land Development..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Cheer Up Charlies Booker Trish Connelly’s Thoughtful Curation

Community outpours support for booker’s multiple sclerosis treatment, city opens first for-profit venue assistance program, and Las Cruxes’ storefront shutters

"...buzz begins. Outside Cheer Up Charlies ahead of its second annual DreamGaze event last weekend, chatters admired the pastel-haired..."

March 29, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Goodbye, Columbus

City Council declares “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”

"...Thursday, during an unusually brief and often recessed meeting, City Council amended the city’s campaign finance ordinance, moved to..."

Oct. 6, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Interpretations of Grove Mediations

How is everybody feeling after the Grove goes through second reading?

"...Road Coalition President Sara Speights, in her testimony to City Council during Tuesday's special-called meeting over the Grove at..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

ColdTowne Theater

The cream of local comedy leaves improv for one night to present a pair of plays

"...New Year's again and how we could top a Second City alumnus understudying a ColdTowne show. Having Austin improvisers..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...wait, here's another eight-top. This one's from the Windy City, Hog Butcher to the World, but it's only each..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)

"...recently returned from their brief defection to the Windy City, mount a full-on improv assault led by their Brigadier..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cracks in the System

Is the City's Minority Procurement Process Up to Par?

"...African Americans are not gettinga fair share of the city's construction business. photograph by John Anderson Everybody makes mistakes,..."

Sept. 19, 1997 News Feature by Chris Walters

Police Association Signals Willingness to Comply With Oversight Act

Second day’s negotiations spark hope of agreement

"...In the week since negotiations between the city of Austin and the Austin Police Association over a..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Studio Tour 2022 Is All Over the Map

The annual celebration of art expands to match its city's size

"...diversity of creative, mark-making, culture-sparking humans. Here, in your city, just waiting to fill your senses with wonder...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Most Rankings Per Column Inch

The city most likely to be a city most likely to be

"...that I like to keep tabs on our fair city's placement in the various rankings that filter through my..."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Seven Candidates Vie for the Future of District 4

Special election decides who will complete Greg Casar's term at City Hall

"...nonprofit Go Austin/Vamos Austin (GAVA), a member of the city's recent Reimagining Public Safety Task Force, and one of..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

40 Restaurants to Try in Downtown Austin

Check off all your food goals without leaving the city center

"...plan for any kind of meal. Spread across the city center, you'll find dining options from Lamar to I-35,..."

March 15, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth

Landline

The team behind Obvious Child is back

"...Landline is a giggle that lasts a couple of seconds too long. It’s the giddy sound of a person..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...Lucia Athens is the City of Austin's Chief Sustainability Officer. Hired in 2010, Athens..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Extraterrestrial

Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo cloaks this romantic comedy within the promise of a science-fiction story.

"...Next Wave award at the 2007 Fantastic Fest. His second film, Extraterrestrial, cloaks a romantic comedy within the portentous..."

July 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

More Cabs to Hit Streets; Music Permit Changes, More

Our council preview, Pt. Two, cranks it up to 11

"...Thursday agenda preview was just an appetizer: in our second-half roundup, we note several intriguing items before to City..."

Dec. 13, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

East Austin Studio De-Tour

Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods

"...a peaceful retreat as you can get within Austin's city limits...."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Preserving a 'Special Kind of Place'

Scott Swearingen on the ‘environmental city’

"...Scott Swearingen to talk about his new book, Environmental City: People, Place, Politics, and the Meaning of Austin. Below..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Gone and Quartered

Stiffed on Capital Metro money, the city scrambles to fund another $51 million in transportation projects

"...I-35 to Pleasant Valley Road is a corridor the city of Austin has planned to improve for at least..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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