Brigid Shea: 'A Proven Leader'

Brigid Shea sits down for a Q&A on a wide range of city topics

"...time on the council and my work on city projects. I've actually told people that I think everybody should..."

April 27, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Revolution in Acting

The SITI Company's J. Ed Araiza is transforming the way Austin actors view their art

"...normal acting class. This is like watching a school of fish. Invisible eddies and currents push some actors this..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...Throughout our 17 decades of existence, Austin has been a government town, and from..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Here Comes the Sun

On a breather from The Sopranos, actress Edie Falco soaks it up in John Sayles' Sunshine State.

"...for which she has won two Emmys, or as officer Diane Whittlesey from Oz. But character actress Edie Falco..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Fright or Flight

Screenwriter Evan Hunter will be in attendance at the Paramount screening of The Birds, his 1963 collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock.

"...Hitch may have been the master of suspense, but he was also a master of marketing...."

July 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Road Show

watson goes to washington to talk transportation; city backs off of terrace pud money, no settlement yet with gary bradley, city may step in to stop expansion of hyde park baptist church, council to consider retail space at csc.

"...more questions than answers. Juicy developments on a variety of fronts have had City Hall insiders and assorted council..."

Jan. 28, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"..."The whole point of this conversation is to have fun," says Planning Commissioner..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Corner to Corner

There's more development slated for the already-crowded RM 2222 and Loop 360 interchange.

"...1866, when the Champion family first acquired 240 acres of Bull Creek bottomland and the overlooking bluff. Getting into..."

Sept. 10, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Vision Shared

Sonya Cohen and Dick Connette Last Forever

"...fate and chance walk hand in hand. The path of least resistance bustles, crowded, leading nowhere, but if you..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Prepárate Para Tener Miedo With New Horror Anthology Satanic Hispanics

Segment directors on celebrating Latino diversity through terror

"...(Demián Rugna, When Evil Lurks) Cuba (Alejandro Brugués, Juan of the Dead), Mexico (Gigi Saul Guerrero, Bingo Hell), and..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Central Market’s Well-Bladed Cindy Haenel: Cutting Herself Free

The popular chef-instructor will be moving on by year’s end

"...playing with fire, that’s what chefs do every day of their working lives – although “play” may not be..."

June 11, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Field Trip

Ben Wheatley's historical horror tackles the English Civil War

"...England. He made it because it was the easiest project on his slate...."

Feb. 7, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...Movie, the documentary about her that won a Spirit of Slamdance award at the Slamdance Film Festival, captures the..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

The One About Erotic 'Harry Potter' Fan Fiction

Filmmaker Clay Liford on fan fiction from '50 Shades' to 'Star Trek'

"...fan fiction involving two popular genre characters doing sexy stuff with/to each other. The "slash" is a placeholder connecting..."

Sept. 21, 2013 Screens Post by Clay Liford

God Save the Screen

Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly spent seven years hunting Mohawks for their mad, mammoth compendium, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film

"...'80 and '84, chances are you spent a lot of time watching Alex Cox's Repo Man, Slava Tsukerman's Liquid..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"...the effort to reduce and reverse the negative impacts of global warming." – Austin City Council, 2007..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Twisting in the Wind

Austin Energy is trying to find the right price for renewable energy – but that's much easier said than done

"...On July 24, two weeks after news broke of Austin Energy's troubles selling its latest batch of GreenChoice..."

Aug. 21, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Jimmy Leets World

Graffiti Research Lab's James Powderly takes technology to the street

"...use for things": William Gibson wrote that in his story "Burning Chrome" back in '82, nailing it to Omni..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...Some people knew the Boyd Vance of the working week, the man who ran Pro Arts..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...we really protecting the taxpayers' interests? In the midst of a huge revenue shortfall, the city is:..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Column

Not Another Teen Movie

UT grad Catherine Hardwicke and Thirteen

"...The term "cinematherapy" calls to mind soapy movie-of-the-weeks endlessly rerunning on a women's channel, but that stigma..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Fixing Up the Fringe

"This was going to be a real library with real hours and a real librarian, if it killed me."

"...This is the first in a series of articles by Josh Medsker as he attempts to re-establish..."

May 9, 2003 Books Feature by Josh Medsker

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...A funny thing happened while a throng of shirtless rabble-rousers turned Austin's Mardi Gras celebration this past..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Sara Smile

Those teeth, those lips, those songs -- the one and only Sara Hickman

"...Hickman knows the value of a smile, so the 38-year-old singer-songwriter-artist-mother-wife-activist bestows it often...."

May 11, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Guys Like Me

Was America Really Made for Dick Price?

"...Offices were made for guys like me,..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Sad Stories and Steel Guitars

Tearjoint Troubador Ted Roddy's Country Soul

"...perhaps best appreciated by toting up the numbers. Nine of its 15 songs are set in a bar, honky-tonk,..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Texas Platters

"...There's been a lot of hard drinkin' and hard livin' between the recording of..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Music Review

Wreck Your Image

The New Old 97's

"...set than an alternative country band from Dallas? Best of all, with the release of their major label debut,..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Ticket to Ride

The Daytrippers' Filmmaker Greg Mottola

"...I remember hearing some expert claim that 97% of all families are "dysfunctional" and it made me think..."

April 25, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Still the Greatest

When We Were Kings

"...feel for sports -- no less the raw combat of professional boxing? How could the sight of Ali in..."

March 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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