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Oct. 20, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith
Fanning the Flames
Did TV News Reports Jeopardize Out Youth Austin's Partnership With AISD?
"...endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of School Administrators, the American Federation of Teachers, the..."
March 24, 2000 News Feature by Suzy Spencer
Postmarks
The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.
"...P.S. Yes, one m -- but the library's closed and it's time to relax...."
Oct. 1, 1999 Column
Feel-Good Generations
There's a reason scholar Rachel Maines, the author of The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction has survived the various assualts on her intellectual freedom: She's smart, she's funny, and she also "dances circles around reactionary clod-like thinking."
"...and continue throughout the centuries until the American Psychiatric Association dropped the term in 1952. What these physicians found..."
Sept. 10, 1999 Books Feature by Lindsey Lane
Texans and Texts
"...seem nurturing; fewer seem as benign as our own Texas Book Festival. Now in its second year, the Texas..."
Oct. 31, 1997 Books Feature by Clay Smith
Hitting the Trails
City Trails Vision Provokes Suburban Wrath
"...the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Austin Parks Foundation, Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Save Barton Creek Association, Travis..."
Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature
A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings
Get your glasses and find your totality
"...Saturday 6, Bee Cave Public Library..."
April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Travis County Tries to Fix Its Public Defense Problems
But advocates warn about the middleman
"...Texas is experiencing a crisis in its public defense system,..."
June 23, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music
Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music
"...Records, I flashed back to my fourth day in Texas: Fourth of July, 1992. Crossing over through El Paso..."
April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Qmmunity: Between a Rock and a Homophobic Place
Plus, Joterias' and Poo Poo Platter's spooky digital drag to chill you and thrill you
"...disability rights advocates and lawmakers spoke out against the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners' recent move to..."
Oct. 30, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar: Oct. 1-8
"...CONCORDIA SPEAKER SERIES LUNCHEON Environment Texas' Luke Metzger discusses going green by initiating change in..."
Oct. 2, 2009 News Feature
Res Publica
Citizen's calendar, April 30-May 7
"...the evolution vs. creationism debate. 7-8:30pm. Old Quarry Branch Library, 7051 Village Center Dr., 345-4435. Free. www.centerforinquiry.net/austin. Friday01..."
May 1, 2009 News Feature
Res Publica
Give thanks, and do good: Nov. 27-Dec. 4
"...THANKSGIVING AT THE LBJ LIBRARY AND MUSEUM is open for the holiday, so stop..."
Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature
The Slow Dying of Johnston High
State accountability standards may close a school on the edge of survival
"...Austin Independent School District to a table full of Texas Education Agency staffers who would deal directly with the..."
Nov. 30, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
Naked City
Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond
"...• The Texas Lege scuttled out of town again Monday, having accomplished..."
May 19, 2006 News Feature
The Towers of Power
Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?
"...member and leader of both the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association and the Downtown Austin Alliance. Yet he is not..."
Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
The Plot Thickens
Funeral Scandal Is a Real Scene Stealer
"...Over the past 18 months, the Texas Funeral Service Commission (TFSC) has seen more bizarre plot..."
May 5, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Austin Oyster Festival Is Shella Fierce, Progress Coffee Is Back in Black, Girl Scouts Are Out for Blood, La Condesa Is Gonna Try Hard, and Who’s Putting All That Queso on the Verde?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...the last week of February, right here in the Texas river city formerly known as Waterloo...."
Feb. 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Reservoir Dogs
Churchwood's Beefheart blues
"...release party for 2, the quintet's third effort (revisit "Texas Platters," May 24). First came 2011's eponymous debut, then..."
Aug. 23, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Nov. 3 General and Special Elections
Early Voting: Oct. 19-30
"...Dan Ruiz Library, 1600 Grove (Mon.-Thu., 10am-7pm; Sat., 10am-5pm; Fri. & Sun.,..."
Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...could discriminate against women, while others, including the Austin Association of Professional Firefighters, say the written portion of the..."
Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Remember Sixth + Lamar?
May 16, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
Austin Stories
"...overseeing the council's response to the "crisis," and the Texas Dept. of Health are reportedly rushing to put to..."
April 18, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Day Trips
"...but disappeared from the rolling hills of the West Texas prairie...."
Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Born to be Reviled
Interstate 35's worst stretch is also its most politically organized -- and that's a problem for TxDOT.
"...the Bat Cave. Instead, they're found in a squat Texas Dept. of Transportation office building, stacked with dozens of..."
Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann
Bygone Buildings
Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.
"...Dickinson is a well-known historical figure in Texas (she'll be the only woman represented on the façade..."
Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney
High-Tech Heist
A former Power Computing company employee stole memory modules and drew a 25-year prison sentence.
"...IRS was hounding him for $15,000. The state of Texas said he owed $5,000 in delinquent property taxes on..."
Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves
The Austin Writers' League
Writer's Resource
"...What do James Michener, a Bosnian refugee, Texas First Lady Laura Bush, a Parisian screenwriter, and a..."
Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature
Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show
KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.
"..."I spent a summer sitting in an air-conditioned music library," she recalls. "It was so cool, floor-to-ceiling CDs, and..."
Sept. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Civics 101
"...LAKEWAY CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING This public meeting features speakers from EMS and..."
