Has Fantastic Fest Gone Too Hog-Wild?
Helicopter Hog Hunt has some fans worried
"...for farmers, land owners, and lovers of A.A. Milne books and the film Babe. (You can check out a..."
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Sept. 9, 2013 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Eat to the Beat
Gotta break eggs to make a musician omelet
"...pies, it's a relatively light workload. Not like during South by Southwest, when he played 29 times in a..."
June 14, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin
Off the Record
Fun Fun Fun Fest kicks up dust at Waterloo Park while Lyle Lovett closes down Studio 6A
"...Stupid." Likewise, Austin's ArcAttack shocked and amazed on the south patio, conducting space-age surf-rock via twin homemade Tesla coils...."
Nov. 12, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Trailer Snack Smackdown
More regs for food cart vendors?
"...and the essentially stationary carts/trailers clustered in places like South Congress Avenue, South First Street, and Downtown. Sue Simons,..."
May 14, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Mighty Fine
Dixiecrat Jesse Dayton ain't banging his head against
a wall
"...& Rodeo. Most often it's at Ego's, the cozy South Congress basement bar that has also nurtured Dale Watson,..."
Dec. 24, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray
Writing Austin's Lives
"...the pasture that was east of Cameron Road and south of what is now Highway 290. ... By the..."
July 4, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young
Dancing About Architecture
"...you'll see live acts at the Fly only during South by Southwest or when an act comes along that..."
Nov. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Dancing About Architecture
Champ Hood takes his fiddle to heaven.
"...it to the alternate drop point at the Borders Books & Music north location, or check www.essentialaustin.com for the..."
Nov. 9, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Ruling the Roost
Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement
"...before O'Connor ran away again. Winding up just outside Southern California's Laguna Beach, O'Connor approached a house for sale..."
June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Dancing About Architecture
photograph by Todd V. Wolfson A Big Hand for a Little Lady
"...Yep, this is the last issue before the annual South by Southwest kick-off, the Austin Music Awards, wherein we..."
March 13, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Does Farm-to-Table Still Matter?
What happens to a trendy movement once the buzz dies down
"...informed by the radical social changes of the 1960s. Books like Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Francis Moore Lappé’s..."
Jan. 17, 2025 Food Feature by Brandon Watson
Bureau de Poste Opens Today
Tiny Grocer and Jo Chan collab finally opens its doors
"...the grocery industry, opened the original Tiny Grocer on South Congress in 2021. She sources thousands of grocery goods..."
Oct. 3, 2023 Food Post by Melanie Haupt
Austin Séance Shares the History of American Spiritualism
In their sittings, Jake Cordero and Albert Lucio give you the experience of contacting the departed
"...supernatural." He moved to Austin and was walking down South Congress one day when he spied a mysterious figure:..."
Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
10 Kid-Friendly Austin Restaurants That Parents Won't Hate
Dine out with small humans without sacrificing quality or losing your mind
"...minutes, but there's a waiting area with toys and books and coloring sheets, not far from the bar where..."
Aug. 30, 2019 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt
Five Austin Activities for the Whole Family
Got a house full of guests this holiday? Here’s how to entertain ’em.
"...This local institution – the largest independent bookstore in Texas and perennially voted the best in Austin..."
Dec. 21, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley
So Goes the Statesman
Daily paper awaits GateHouse revamp
"...finally, in 2015, having the Statesman sell the actual South Congress property to Cox Enterprises (a separate company owned..."
Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Locals Los Coast Break Out at ACL Fest
Singer Trey Privott on the band's origins and influences
"...surface, the tale begins with an on-again/off-again residency on South Congress at C-Boy's Heart & Soul, where without any..."
Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
Think Giftily, Shop Locally: Five Things & More
Do the best presents come from right here in Austin? Check this list!
"...Inc website or at Parts + Labour, that thriving South Congress bastion of much local artistry...."
Nov. 24, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Food-o-File: Weekend Lagniappe
A little extra Austin food news
"...and Stuart McManus. New Waterloo also owns the soon-to-open South Congress Hotel, and they've brought in chef Michael Paley..."
Aug. 22, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood
Texas Teen Book Festival
James Dashner, Oliver headline 2014 YA hullabaloo
"...Morgan (The 100) for a panel discussion on adapting books to the screen...."
Aug. 27, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires
Playback
What's happening today at SXSW? Read on.
"...badass Barfield singing at C-Boy's Heart & Soul on South Congress while esteemed locals Gary Clark Jr. and Mike..."
March 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Food Issue Extra Helpings: I'm Waiting for My Ham
A few lines about the lines around Austin
"...to his girlfriend. “Let’s just go to Half Price Books,” said another. A third walked up, saw the mass..."
Feb. 10, 2014 Chronolog Post by Chase Hoffberger
What is Proper Nang? Austin’s Teen Beat
The next generation weighs in on what’s hip in the ATX
"...Books on Their Nightstands & Backpacks..."
Aug. 6, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham
Who the Hell is this Seth White?
And what, if anything, do RPGs and LARPing have to do with art?
"...Off The Wall, the fiercely eclectic antique store on South Congress.)..."
July 30, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Real Estate Is Still About Location, Location, Location
"...but they have failed miserably. Only by cooking the books can most rail systems say they are helping with..."
Nov. 30, 2010 Postmarks
All Times Through Paradise
Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia
"...suggestion that paintings better populate the imagination than the bookshelves of albums and movies. Postcards from a museum gift..."
Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Celebrity Judges
"...restaurants for the Houston Press. He has authored several books on Texas cooking and has won James Beard Foundation..."
Aug. 28, 2009 Food Feature
Off the Record
Facing charges by the estate of Don Walser, three local music entities declare bankruptcy even as Julian Koster spreads holiday cheer
"...recalls the hazy bedroom folk of Benoit Pioulard, the Books' looped electro-acoustic pieces, and the minimalist drone of Godspeed..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell
In Dreams
Camera in hand, D'Ette Cole makes images to bridge the gaps between night and day
"...her efforts in styling and artistic direction for CDs, books, and magazines featuring Patty Griffin, Patty Loveless, and Shawn..."
July 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore
History Repeats?
Nueva Onda Movie Night
"...like It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books. He hands you a flier for a screening he..."
