Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls

Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s

"...in front of MSU's Hardin Administration Building at 3410 Taft Blvd. in Wichita Falls. Visitors are welcome to walk..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Wind Turbines

Fun facts about the giant pinwheels along Texas highways

"...South Texas, the windmills along U.S. 181 south of Taft (an ExxonMobil investment) have become a sign that we're..."

July 22, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...tradition started in 1910 when 27th President William Howard Taft attended a Washington Senators game. When Taft stood up..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

MASS Gallery Sends Exquisite Corpses Through the Mail

The Austin artspace gets downright surreal with the USPS for its current exhibition

"...Liverman, Brooke Gassiot, Andrea Mellard, Carlos Rosales-Silva, Jean Pagan, Taft Mashburn, Whitney Avra, Bethany Johnson, your current reporter, and..."

Oct. 23, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 100 Austin Records of 2019

Kevin Curtin unveils his third annual list of local releases

"...47) Taft, Goodnight, Plum (Cosmic Dreamer)..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dark Waters

Todd Haynes' courtroom drama is a true-life environmental horror

"...minted partner at the prestigious petrochemical-specialist law firm of Taft Stettinius & Hollister – took the company to war..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: A Landmark Hearing, but LGBTQ Voices Still Needed at the Capitol

Plus Guerrilla Queer Bar's Spring Fling and more qweeah events

"...Paige Renée Berry, My Golden Calf, Taft Musical Monday. Mon., May 13, 9pm. Cheer Up Charlies,..."

May 10, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

Taft

"...the opening seconds of "Rooms," the first track on Taft Mashburn's ethereal third album, which his band of five..."

March 22, 2019 Music Review by Elise Barbin

Taft Enters “A Door Within A Door”

New single from Austin crooner teases live-recorded collection

"...Plum offers a softer sonic direction from Austin songwriter Taft Mashburn. The ex-Lomelda member steps onto the platform of..."

Feb. 18, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Guns in 2018: The Carnage Continues

A look at the Gun Violence Archive findings for the year

"...four dead and another injured on Oct. 13 in Taft – the latter group all family members celebrating a..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Day Trips: Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso

A peace park on the border where generations of differences were washed under the bridge

"...with presidents Porfirio Díaz of Mexico and William Howard Taft sent the dispute to arbitration. Neither side, especially the..."

June 19, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...between the terms of Abraham Lincoln and William Howard Taft, every president but two wore facial hair. None before..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

News Roundup: Endings and Beginnings

Out with the old City Council, in with the new

"...Nation of Islam, local activist Chas Moore, and Barbara Taft. Taft, who is well known for her role in..."

Dec. 15, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

National Day of Action Against Police Violence

"...Barbara Taft, well known for her support of Lacresha Murray, speaks...."

Dec. 13, 2014 Photo Gallery

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...When Hessy Taft was 6 months old, the Nazis used her face..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Presidential Losers on Parade!

Party with the also-rans at the big bold artbook release this Sunday

"...… and George McGovern, Martin Van Buren, William Howard Taft, Daniel Webster, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney – among 70..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

deEP end

deEP end

"...of millennial malaise beyond affected anthems of perceived persecution. Taft Mashburn fares better on his three-song shot, Intarsia, reflecting..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Portraits of Presidential Losers All Over the Walls

SVT Gallery goes national with its newest exhibition

"...of Winfield Scott Hancock. Russell Etchen gets William Howard Taft busted. Tim Doyle gives old Tricky Dick Nixon the..."

Sept. 19, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Final Exam

Youth Brigade

"...1990s Sub Pop, accentuated by the nasal clip of Taft Mashburn's vocals and aggressive cacophony that nonetheless reigns effectively..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Be Prepared

The secret to improv's split-second successes is in years of training

"...interest in history, and when she names William Howard Taft as her favorite U.S. president, he shouts that he's..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

The Dr. Eugene Clark Library is a monument to an unrequited love

"...with tables and stacks of books. President William Howard Taft gave a speech from the stage. When actress Dorothy..."

April 8, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Bedside Manner: Treehouse Tomes

Up in the air with Klosterman, Murakami, and more

"...The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle on recommendation from another friend, Taft, but why not try one of the lesser-knowns? Also,..."

Jan. 3, 2011 Books Post by Monica Riese

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Nov. 25-Dec. 2

"...Communist China should rest with Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft. 7pm. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, 472-5050. www.bookpeople.com...."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Mice, cats, Taft, and more

"...In September 1909, William Howard Taft became the first president to be pulled over for..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Page Two: Workingman's Blues

The real history of labor and union organizing is ignored and largely unknown

"...1947: June 20: The Taft-Hartley Labor Act, curbing strikes, was vetoed by President Truman...."

Dec. 26, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

A surfing president, oil by accident, and more

"...William Howard Taft liked to surf...."

Oct. 3, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Wal-Mart: One Stance on Dems, Get One Free

Wal-Mart gives money to Dems, warns employees about their pro-union policies

"...first serious attempt to roll back anti-union legislation since Taft-Hartley (aka the Taft-Hartley slave law) was passed in 1947...."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Microwave popcorn with cell phones, slurpin' Slurpees for 43 years, and more

"...named "Fattest Baby in America" by President William Howard Taft in 1913...."

July 11, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Weed Watch

Stoner-culture icon in Austin Friday to read from his first book, penned straight from the pen

"...The inmates of California's Taft prison camp, where Chong was exiled, are all nonviolent..."

Aug. 18, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Whose House Is Fattest?

The original "McMansion or Not?" contest

"...a scale of 1 (Mary-Kate) to 10 (William Howard Taft); once you've voted, you can return regularly to the..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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