A Parliament of Experts

Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?

"...Jan. 30, 2003, was supposed to be a day off for Victoria Gutierrez. Instead, the then-19-year-old Mexican immigrant was..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, July 2-8

"...Miss Rosemary adieu as she retires from four decades of entertaining – er, teaching – the luckiest 3-year-olds in..."

July 2, 2010 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, June 24-July 1

"...Council meeting: 4pm. City Hall, 301 W. Second, 974-3100. www.cityofaustin.org/housing. Friday25..."

June 25, 2010 News Column

Naked City

"...property tax rate council selects, Ott presented a "menu" of 39 reductions predicated on last fiscal year's round of..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature

A Capitol Idea? The Capitol Complex Meets the Downtown Austin Plan.

Texas Facilities Commission takes another look at Capitol redevelopment

"...Under a concept being explored by the Texas Facilities Commission, the dullest swath of Downtown Austin –..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, May 6-13

"...PROJECT SPRING WORK PARTY Help fulfill book requests from Texas inmates. Fri.-Sun., May 7-9. Inside Books Project, 827 W...."

May 7, 2010 News Column

The First Earth Day, 1970

Austan Librach remembers

"...first Earth Day was a radical uprising – born of anger over unregulated air and water pollution and directly..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Acevedo announced March 8 that he's been named one of six finalists under consideration for chief of the Dallas..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Dec. 3-10

"...BALLOT BLOWOUT Celebrate Lainey Melnick's bid for Congress representing Texas' 21st District. The Asylum Street Spankers perform. 6:30pm. Wild..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...and enough radiant heat to make last month's filming of local action auteur Robert Rodri­guez's hyperviolent Machete both look..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Point Austin: Astroturf and Grass

More than one way to spark a demonstration

"...to hear Gov. Rick Perry deliver his ringing denunciation of the federal stimulus money that's about to bail out..."

April 17, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Res Publica

Good times for good citizens, March 26-April 3

"...HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE features three days of lectures, workshops, and other special events exploring the "intersection..."

March 27, 2009 News 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

"...Toyota Center last Thursday, Austin's metallurgists unfurled chariot races of galloping guitar that drew first blood on "Barael's Blade"..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

No Regrets for a Disappointed Doherty

Larry Joe Doherty didn't win the race, but he made it winnable, which was no small feat

"...In the end, the most serious, professional campaign ever run by a Democrat in the post-2003..."

Nov. 7, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Polygamist Raid Prompted by False Report?

Arrest made in investigation of the phone call that started it all

"...Texas Rangers say they've seized evidence from an apartment in..."

April 25, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

On Second Thought

City will establish clear, nondiscriminatory, "objective" procedure for media credentials

"...two years and a federal lawsuit, but the city of Austin has finally admitted it has no business deciding..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Event Menu

Texas Wine Month wraps; chili cook-offs are just heating up

"...Texas Wine Month winds up with a barrelful of events..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Food Column

Reed Appeal Shot Down

Judge says witness testimony challenging state's version of facts in capital murder case against Rodney Reed during a March evidentiary hearing wasn't credible, the testimony probably wouldn't have helped Reed at 1998 trial, and no evidence exists that the Bastrop Co. District Attorney's Office committed misconduct by withholding potential evidence from Reed's defenders

"...In the opinion of Bastrop Co. District Judge Reva Towslee Corbett, witness testimony..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The fast moving targets of Fix290 and Oak Hill neighborhood planning efforts make it..."

June 16, 2006 Column

TCB

Hair metal sneaks into ACL 2005, under a blanket of dust

"...was said and sung, TCB caught about a third of the musical offerings at last weekend's sweat-off in Zilker..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

A Mutual Respect

Russell Lee's documentary photographs of the Great Depression helped fashion our collective visual memory of that era, but his greatest achievement may have been the trust he engendered in his subjects.

"...the Sixties, when he taught photography at the University of Texas at Austin, or afterward, when Garry Winogrand took..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Dancing About Architecture

Tosca are no Slackers, Pong bounces back, the Dicks still hate the police, and Ken Lieck finds a new journalist pal in this week's "Dancing."

"...With the 10th anniversary of Slacker behind him, it's time for director Richard Linklater..."

July 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Food-o-File

Local foodies who are traveling for food, and an update on the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival.

"...Local culinary professionals are doing plenty of traveling for food these days...."

March 23, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...question their claims that they are ensuring the survival of rare animals. According to the American Association of Zoological..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Food-o-File

What to eat and who to see during the Texas Book Festival, November 6-7; how to procure the first certified organic beef in the state of Texas; and updates on local restaurant news.

"...Texas Book Festival organizers have scheduled an event especially for..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hill Country Grape Harvest

"...Vineyards general manager Jim Brown reported a "better-than-expected" quantity of the temperamental viogner grapes, which is great news to..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Food Feature

Hole-o-ween

"...is with a tubetop may explain a lower level of local reverence for the holey doughnut here than in..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Entrances & Exits

Comings and Goings on the Theatre Scene

"...light may vary, the contributions they make may be of greater and lesser degree, but all are bound at..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Feature

Get on the Bus

Austin Latinos March on Washington

"...Juan's right hand bears the tattoos of his former gang, a holy cross between his thumb..."

Oct. 25, 1996 News Feature

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