Collateral Damage

Assessing the cost of service for minority veterans

"...to come by in Austin – drive past Downtown and witness a line of people waiting to access services..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...not even been a month out of the shelter, and someone was in my house. I had never ever..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...In many ways, Green Is the New Black is like any other student organization on a typical..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Lucie 'splains It All

Austin Cabaret presents Lucie Arnaz, and here we have a lovely convo.

"...Daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the iconic first couple of quirk, of..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Arts Post by Kate X Messer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...He takes the SBA to task for awarding billions and billions in federal contracts to major American corporations. Didn't..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Column

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...history, when I was young enough to have hair and we were both too young to know what we..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Mr. Black:..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Column

Room at the Inn

Case Marianella homeless shelter provides a badly needed haven for homeless Spanish-speaking immigrants.

"...Dressed in a stylish black-and-white polo shirt, long, baggy shorts, and white tennis shoes,..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Anna Hanks

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...gives good interviews. He's unafraid to speak his mind and can provide history or opinions on the diverse set..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...Ten years ago this summer, in 1989, Richard Linklater and crew took to the streets of Austin and filmed..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reissues

"...Capsule B was standard issue in the cache of tricks carried by agents..."

June 27, 1997 Music Review

Election Updates

Shootout at D.a. Corral

"...of Earle, even though the AG had wanted to stay out of the race altogether...."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...Considering Austin’s inclement weather and the precarious state of national touring – survival of..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Returns to Celebrate Itself

Global genre gathering announces streaming lineup

"...the in-person gathering. The local celebration of oddball, innovative, and international cinema has just announced a week-long streaming extravaganza,..."

Sept. 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...her eyes on a YouTube video showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting members of her Rundberg corridor..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sun Ra Commander Marshall Allen

Intergalactic RAS Day headliners tap universal vibrations

"...Marshall Allen is 92 years young and remains as sharp as the notes that explode from..."

Aug. 24, 2016 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Playback

Last chance to vote in the Austin Music Poll!

"...Live and die by Austin music? Here's your shot at..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...days – to talk about extraterrestrials, his favorite feline, and bullshit genres like chillwave...."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Can This District Be Saved?

The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril

"...It's Friday night, and Downtown's Ware­house District is hopping. Live music pours out..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...well as a broad range of new Canadian films and a Canadian retrospective of silent actress-writer-director Nell Shipman. There..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...along with most of this town square -- churches and storefronts and everything -- by the torches of Gen...."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Dancing About Architecture

The local music community holds its breath as it waits for the music-industry target-study set to go before the City Council's budget meetings.

"...reviewing soon after the budget meeting on Sept. 13, and they came up often during and after a "sneak..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Neighbors vs. Neighbors

A profile of the Central Texas struggle over Alcoa Rockdale and its plans for expansionAlcoa announces new "voluntary" emissions reductions.

"...hundred or so people -- young professionals, sunburned ranchers and workingmen, middle-aged homemakers, and a handful of children in..."

July 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

I Am Hiphop

One of the hiphop elders delivers a sermon.

"...Hiphop? Is being Hiphop as simple as claiming it? And, if KRS-One truly is Hiphop, then what about everyone..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...In more than 30 years of working in and around Austin as both a professional and an educator,..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Something Completely Different

Comedy writers Bob Odenkirk and David Cross took everything they’d learned from past comic masters and made their Mr. Show variety show into something completely different.

"...man named Philo T. Farnsworth who hit a switch, and the world changed. There was now television. Two men,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Ron Deutsch

¿Quieres Chanclar?

East Riverside's "Latin Strip"

"...Minh Omar's belt buckle is the size of small land mine. It reads "Mexico" so I figure there's a..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Music Feature by James E. Garcia

Whose House

Making a Place for Black Theatre in Austin

"...illustrations by Robert Faires Last fall, August Wilson started..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Record Reviews: Texas Platters

"...On her CD debut, Beth Wood sings of resilience and longing in as beautiful a tone as has anyone..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...George BanksÕ life is swell. HeÕs survived the defection and subsequent, lavish marriage of his daughter to an irritatingly..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

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