This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...subjects that Smith usually plays herself. Those four sat down for a long conversation about the play and their..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop

Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut

"...Molly Burch's recent performance history, she put her guitar down to emphasize one moonlit ballad in the full-band set...."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Wim Wenders Talks About Submergence

The self-avowed German romantic on his new film

"...Old age and experience can slow many creatives down. Not Wim Wenders. At 72, the director of indie..."

April 13, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gear Up for Summer

Welcome to Summer Fun 2015

"...know Texas: There's no sense trying to pin it down...."

May 15, 2015 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Toros Finish Busy Week With Lopsided Win

Leo Lyons named to All-Star team

"...right about at the two-thirds point. With 34 games down and just 16 to go, the Austin Toros sit..."

Feb. 25, 2012 Sports Post by Will Schmidt

The Joseph Stack Manifesto

Reprint of pilot's suicide note

"...note at www.embeddedart.com. The site has since been pulled down, apparently at the request of the FBI. Text follows:..."

Feb. 18, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

White for Gov

Houston mayor jumps from senate race

"...run for Agriculture Commissioner. For the superstitious, it's snowing down on the coast. What's that saying about hell freezing..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

KBH Says N-O on Sotomayor

First Cornyn, now Hutchison come down against Supreme Court nominee

"...One: Hutchison has taken a principled stand against a judge that she really doesn't feel should..."

July 29, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Boot Camp Challenge: Week Four

The dog days of boot camp

"...around the Capitol to get warmed up. If you stand at the foot of the Capitol and look down..."

Feb. 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

It's a Family Affair

Sharing Thanksgiving with relatives at Texas Stadium one last time

"...vicinity, would in the fourth quarter narrowly escape a beat-down instigated by his Springer-ready girlfriend's spewing of a racist..."

Dec. 2, 2008 Sports Post by Cindy Widner

Song of America

"...& the Squeezetones’ glowing set on Sunday, and plunked down some Hamiltons towards the end of the Texana Dames..."

Dec. 27, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Mack Brown: Mr. Nice Guy or a Winner Lusting for Blood?

"...Longhorns were pathetic. Oklahoma State bitch-slapped them up and down the field and crazy Mike Gundy was trying to..."

Nov. 6, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Lone Star

Another man in black: Kris Kristofferson

"...AC: There's a long-standing theory that art gets better during Republican administrations...."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Williamson DA Puts the Squeeze on Defense Bar

John Bradley sees nothing wrong with compelling testimony about indicted clients

"...Phillips subpoena for more than four months, prosecutors backed down in court and agreed to withdraw it. "The state..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Private History of a Campaign that Failed

Stand-up comic Eddie Gossling is not your president today, and he has a lot of people to blame for it. Here is his first-hand account of his weeklong campaign for the White House.

"...a two-thirds majority, right? Then that night I sucked down a Sam's Club 40 oz. bottle of NyQuil and..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Eddie Gossling

Going Whole Hog

City Vows to Pare Down Pohl's PUD

"...the city council recoiled in horror and shot it down late last year, 7-0. This kicked in the now-notorious..."

Jan. 23, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rental Health Worries

Pecan Springs Gives Apartments Thumbs Down

"...What made Tannehill stand out amid the ruck of unloved and doomed projects..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...Ronee couldn't bear to be away from home, couldn't stand to be separated from her parents, Tommy and Sheri..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

Blue Lapis Light's Beyond the Clouds

This aerial dance company's production brought its dancers down to earth but still lifted us up

"...the only structures on it a handful of open-sided stands just 5 feet tall. The company had made the..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Checking In: Trumpet Clarion Ephraim Owens Sits at the Piano

Tedeschi Trucks Band brass man always broadens our scope

"...– it’s Ephraim Owens. Backline mainstay in this century’s stand-ins for the Allman Brothers, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, the..."

April 17, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Nine Classic Austin Restaurants Still Going Strong

And helping us stay grounded in 2019

"...get caught up in the latest culinary trends, chasing down an Instagrammable cocktail here, a buzzed about burger there,..."

Jan. 23, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Bisbee ’17

A dark piece of American history exposed through theatre

"...Eastern European and Mexican migrants. With the centennial bearing down fast, the community that has decided never to talk..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Punk Weirdos Big Bill Finally Unleash Their Inner LP

Reining in the freak show while doubling down on the absurd

"...yourself right now.' If you wanna sit, or lie down on the ground, or if you wanna jump on..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

EMS Contract Expires

Union hobbled after talks break down on Monday

"...into three days of mediation at odds over several outstanding articles, including pay. Labor Relations Officer Larry Watts said..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Casar Kicks Off

Campaigns rumble into gear – and Doggett talks House sit-in

"...U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett – fresh from the “Sit Down to Stand Up” gun legislation demonstration in the U.S...."

June 27, 2016 News Post by Michael King

The Cure Romances Austin

Friday (the 13th) I’m in love

"...Biggest surprise of the Cure’s Friday the 13th stand at the Frank Erwin Center? Robert Smith smiled. The..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Slipknot Devastates COTA

Iowa’s malevolent sons blaze and burn

"...– in a pandering way. For Slipknot, it’s thrown down as a challenge. “Wanna get weird with me, motherfuckers?”..."

Sept. 3, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

AISD Election = Turning Point?

With filing for the November election imminent, Austin ISD's board of trustees has vacancies, and it has candidates. Unfortunately, they're not in the same seats.

"...those seats will be vacant, as the incumbents step down...."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Carl Reiner: The Interview

On 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' Mary Tyler Moore, and Mel

"...birthday, Carl Reiner is showing no signs of slowing down. On this Tuesday, March 18, the comedy legend is..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

House District 50 Run Off Date Set

Plus the Woodlands preps for its own special election

"...run-off was back in 2008, after Kyle Janek stood down in House District 17. Back then, Republican Joan Huffman..."

Nov. 21, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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