Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...Where: North side of Texas State Capitol (indoors and outdoors)..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...the dirt off his jersey. He never played Major League Baseball, because he wasn't allowed...."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

A Short History of Professional Baseball in Austin

"...is established as the capital of the Republic of Texas...."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

'Play Ball'

Allison Orr finds dance at the diamond, choreographing baseball moves in a tribute to Downs Field

"...first half of the 20th century. Many a great Negro League team matched bats there, along with some of..."

May 9, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...the City of Georgetown but the entire State of Texas." Perhaps that is why the Texas Municipal League, the..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

Exhibitionism

Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander: Time Passages

"...Hampton Laverty Oberlander, this middle work in Jones' reputation-making "Texas Trilogy" shares that sentiment in the opening line to..."

July 23, 1999 Arts Review

Playback: Will Johnson’s Eternal Newness

"Playback" challenges Will Johnson to a home run derby and uncovers seven things you didn't know about A Giant Dog

"...primary muses are historical pitchers and sluggers from Major League Baseball, Negro League, and semipro teams. Word is he..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jackie Robinson's Austin

The All-American, Major League star and human rights hero spent a few youthful months on the east side of our city's 'Mason-Dixon Line'

"...More­over, Robinson had even accumulated a bit of Central Texas lore after a few trips from Fort Hood, where..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Get Your Art Fix and Stay Outdoors With These Local Works

There’s a whole city filled with things to do and see outdoors

"...LANDMARKS The University of Texas also has a program of outdoor art – it’s..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Best Place to Cool Your Heels on a Saturday Night

Carpenter Fountain, Wells Meadow, and Sahm Hill

"...Lady Bird confidant Liz Carpenter, the meadow for local Negro League Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Wells, and the..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Best of Austin Feature

Bittersweet Ending

Notes From the Republican Revolution

"...8pm: The big banner screaming "Republicans: The Future of Texas" is easy to shrug off with only 1% of..."

Nov. 6, 1998 News Feature

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...THE NEGRO PROBLEM..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...was the only school (and the first in Central Texas) to get this kind of tough love -- though..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Coach's Corner

"...The least obvious but vital-under-the-surface reasons are three: Del Negro, Johnson, and Elliot. Del Negro and Johnson are career..."

May 5, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

News/Print

"...33rd World Mystery Convention, which is taking place in Texas -- Austin, if you're going to insist on specificity..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Public Notice

A World Without Gender. Amen.

"...The screening of the Sundance veteran will benefit the Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (TARAL) Education Fund,..."

April 17, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Election 2006

The latest from the campaign trail

"...much more that is screwed up with democracy in Texas, you can thank Tom DeLay. In August, portions of..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature

Edibles in Isolation

Send Me to a Desert Island, but Let Me Have My ...

"...plus a library made up of the 10 best Texas cookbooks and my 10 favorite cookbooks of all time...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Food Feature

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Run, Max, Run

"...Session" is the financing of public school facilities in Texas. This is one aspect of the school finance law..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...As in all Texas cities, Austin’s early economy relied on the labor of..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

JMBLYA, a conjunto fest, and more weekend sounds to keep you busy

"...This striking modern pop songwriter with a major league voice and emotional delivery released one of the strongest..."

May 4, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Jim Brown's Shades of Gray

Spike Lee's latest documentary, Jim Brown: All American, looks at the turbulent life of the "greatest football player ever." Lee and Brown will be in town Tuesday to present the film at the Westgate Cinema.

"...solidarity who helped found such self-help organizations as the Negro Industrial and Economic Union in 1957 and Amer-I-Can in..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...want learned discourse? Try this bit from one of Texas' greatest statesmen, Sam Houston, characterizing an opponent in his..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...was. Lloyd said, "All these politicians with their Ivy League educations, their big money and power schemes, all put..."

March 17, 2006 Column

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Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

"...the cultural, intellectual, and artistic primacy of the American Negro to 20th-century American art and life. Best of all..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column

Public Notice

What? I'm Not Listening ...

"...staying sad. So, we called our friends at the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD). We couldn't combat all..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Designate Your Favorite Austin FC Star Based on Your Beer Preference

Some soccer talent to go with that brew?

"...second deck at Q2 commit every lyric to “Verdi Negro (Matador)” to rote memory, and all the beer that..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Playback: Everyone Keeps Asking Me for ACL Fest Passes

Here's why ...

"...Japanese Breakfast Sat., 3:30pm, Barton Springs stageLittle Big League singer/guitarist Michelle Zauner crafts astral indie-pop...."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What's Funny and What Isn't

"...spoof in which a purported black person renders the Texas Aggie War Hymn in some sort of Ebonics-style manner...."

March 21, 2007 Postmarks