The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016: The Best Stories of the Year

Edited by Laura Furman

"...behind bars for an issue surrounding missing bank funds. Incarcer­ated, O. Henry had time to write in earnest. (Writers..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Joe O'Connell

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...Brother Ali 11:15pm, Mohawk Outdoor Never one to shy away from controversy, Brother Ali (Newman) creates it from..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

SXSW Live Shot: Mirror Travel

Austin trio’s guitar squall blows in from ‘Mexico’

"...band’s earlier work has evolved into a more fleshed-out beast. Despite her stationary position and shy between-song banter, guitarist/vocalist..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets

Take Me to the Palette

Bernie Taupin is as lyrical with a brush as with a pen

"...much fits with my nature. I'm a fairly solitary beast. I like my privacy. I cherish my family and..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Hall Hustle: Low-Speed Ahead!

Council finally comes around on a pilot program for electric cabs

"...The program's a different beast than your normal taxi trip, calling for LSEVs to..."

Oct. 14, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: Pray for Drought

The unexpected blessings of global warming

"...an additional $1.6 million to soothe the savage fiscal beast – credit the heat wave and consequently exploding AC..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Letters at 3AM

Woodstock was something new upon this earth

"...a working-class Sicilian New York guy, averse to drugs, shy as well as reserved, helplessly intellectual – and valuing,..."

July 17, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

Point Austin: Madness in Many Packages

From Highland Mall to PACT, the lunatics are at large

"...Hysteria Over Texas Relays." A useful report by Max Blumen­thal on the Poplawski fallout is posted on The Daily..."

April 10, 2009 News Column by Michael King

City Hall Hustle: Budget Time

The annual budget melodrama rounds up the usual suspects

"...the city's enterprise departments – money-earning enterprises like the ­airport and Austin Energy – that see the most money-shifting..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TV EYE

'TV Eye' has lost its love for Lost

"...the show was. I've never been a person to shy away from "difficult" TV fare; in fact, I like..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Unexplained Death of Jennifer Cave

Laura Hall's trial ends with conviction – but no insight

"...Cave. It was Pitonyak – a "sociopath" and a "beast" who destroyed everyone around him, Sawyer argued – who..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

If I hadn't become a writer, I'm sure I would still keep the scribbles and torn scraps that I jot down like fragments from an inner life

"...not long before his death, which was a week shy of his 83rd birthday: "A man's sexuality is under..."

July 20, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...Tombs. Her "Skinny Boy" is an anthem for the shy girl in all of us. Further connections lie with..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

King Kong

If you can appreciate a mammoth moonstruck monkey with a tinny growl, you might stretch your ears in the direction of the Violet Crown Radio Players' King Kong

"...can hear its prehistoric reptilian roar, can hear the beastly bellow of the ape in reply, can hear their..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...been diluted to satisfy the appetite of the Republican beast. The battle next goes to the Texas Senate, where..."

July 11, 2003 Column

Paradise

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

"...numero dos. Like the afternoon tranquility, it pulls up shy of the sliding glass door into the living room...."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

All the Way to State

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

"...Until he finds out, time is a buzzing, three-headed beast that is certainly not on his side. Forget the..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Smoke Gets in Your Mouth

Taylor

"...tender. Unlike most cooks in Central Texas, the Muellers shy away from sugar in all their food; you won't..."

May 21, 1999 Food Feature

Four-Track Rhapsody

"...another Monroe Elementary graduate, Taylor Holland (guess what snorting beast the school chose to represent its sports franchises?), Monroe..."

March 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Walk Like an Egyptian

"...(his successes include The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King) and now looks to..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Murder, Mayhem, and the Underbelly of Life

Friends in Low Places

"...know that lawyers dubbed this case "Beauty and the Beast," taking their cue from the relationship between the petite..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Books Feature

A Potpourri of Pages

On the Bookshelf

"...book's strength is in its high level of access. Publicity-shy Rupert Murdoch grants the author a full week inside..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Books Review

Downtown's Promise

"...1991 gave a name and some shape to the beast called "downtown revitalization." The fact that the original R/UDAT..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All Roads Lead to Bergstrom

Light Rail Ignored as City Airport Planners Encourage Vehicle Use

"...Perez calls it "living under the belly of the beast." Perez is president of the Patton Avenue Neighborhood Association,..."

March 7, 1997 News Feature

Tentatively Titled

Austin's Class of 1997

"...than his previous Sugar Hill efforts, he's also not shy about admitting that the key to Arista Austin's marketing..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

"...actually an L-7 cover act called K-9) Courtney's inner beast was kept reigned in until the band had left..."

Aug. 11, 1995 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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