Au Revoir, Le Bonheur de Vivre

Doug Jaques' award-winning 24th St. mural gets painted over

"...the point that it almost totally covered the bottom six feet of the mural...."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Love in the Time of Mitski

Creeping anxiety and no happy endings, but comforting nonetheless

"...wear shoes to her show Saturday at Sidewinder, her feet clad instead in dark-colored crew socks with bright pink..."

July 5, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Day Trips: Bisti Badlands, New Mexico

Unusual rock formations in an ancient river delta

"...what is there now is everywhere. Petrified logs, some six feet in diameter or more, lie entrapped in the..."

June 24, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Flood of Memories

Memorial Weekend flood waters hit home

"...to learn that their home was flooded with over six feet of water...."

May 25, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Back to Stage 2 Drought

Water restrictions take effect Sept. 4

"...and Buchanan to fall below the trigger of 900,000 acre-feet within the next week...."

Aug. 30, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

"Jane! Stop This Crazy Thing!" (The Downside to Galaxy Highland Theater's New Robotic Seats)

Five Films We Don't Want to See in D-Box

"...Your D-Box is made of cheap pine and has six feet of dirt on top of it...."

May 18, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...committed at a Galveston Island medical center, where he underwent shock treatment. The 30 years following this memory-erasing "cure"..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Man Writes About Woman!

Just about every story in Woodcuts of Women tells of male characters who suffer and sweat through long desert hours for the bitter perfume of sex, David Garza writes. But to label Gilb's effort at writing effectively and seductively about women an exclusively macho affair would be facile, if not plain lazy.

"...neck and a blunt face that would make the thunderous gods of mythology jealous. "A union construction worker for..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Day Trips

"...it is a peaceful place with lots going on under the surface. That is, if you consider a million..."

July 25, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Coal Hard Cash

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

"...property, the water table beneath it dropped over 400 feet. Hobbs was left with no road, no water, and..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Downtown's New Year

"...office projects with promises of filling all 215,000 square feet (didn't happen), and no one believed that Cousins Properties..."

Jan. 17, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Sxsw

"...album Raisin' Cain.) Singing for Houston's Justice label, the Rounder of the Southwest, Dayton's roadhouse rhythms stick to your..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The Big Picture Map

A comprehensive map of Town Lake Corridor public and private development projects

"...E) Mexican American Cultural Center Phase I is finally under construction; it includes a two-story story education/exhibit/rehearsal/office building and..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...Bird" by Antonia Duren, performed by The Holy Modal Rounders; "Don't Bogart Me" by Elliot Ingber and Larry Wagner,..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

Making Waves

The growing number of cellular towers in Austin has prompted changes to the ordinance regulating the towers.

"...out that the Sprint tower was lowered from 120 feet to 100 feet as required by city ordinance. "It's..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...to lingering health problems from a bout of pneumonia six months prior. "No. It looks like she's been beaten..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...protesters were scores of Austin police stretching across all six lanes and down the shoulders, outfitted in all-black tactical..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...pajamas." She wore "a pair of cut away black underwear and [a] pair of black and white flip-flops." Her..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Crestview at the Crossroads

Near north neighborhood faces redevelopment transformation

"...character the new Northcross will take is still officially under wraps, but e-mail listservs of Crestview and adjacent neighborhoods..."

Oct. 6, 2006 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...Towering 50 feet over nearby Victorian houses and covering a ground space..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Downtown Developments

"...be thinking while waiting for the traffic light at Sixth and Lamar. This 11-story rose-colored sandstone luxury development will..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Real Life Rat Tales

Carol Brorson consults the experts to get to the roof of Austin's rat problem.

"...Rats can fall from a height of 50 feet without getting hurt...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Features Feature by Carol Brorsen

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...the agreement -- which many neighbors say they signed under duress, fearing that HPBC would tear down more historic..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...Wright's family had learned that he had been shot six times in the back while shackled at the feet..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...the creek – warped wood footbridges, hefty limestone edifices, six-lane highways. Walking the Creek..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Developing Stories

Five current projects work for Austin-centric synergy

"...art, down-home Tex-Mex, sculpture of Maria on the roof. Owner/founder: Maria Corbalan (Argentina native and 20-year Austinite)...."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Where Are They Now?

The latest on this year's big digs

"...Downtown, "It's proven harder than we might have guessed six months ago," said parent Jim Walker, due to sky-high..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Katrina Through the Eyes of an EMT

Philipp Meyer, a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers at UT and an EMT, drove to New Orleans and spent 24 hours working with a local police department as an EMT.

"...descended slightly and there was between 5 and 10 feet of water blocking it. At the edge of the..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Philipp Meyer

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...the city limits in Austin's extra-territorial jurisdiction, and are under state and county regulatory authority. Because much of the..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...the Secret Service's theft of three potato guns from under the Austin Music Hall stage before an event for..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

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