2010 Texas Book Festival

The epic friendship of two writers, dog-lovers, and ex-drunks

"...Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic, wrote a homage to her Texas roots in her first memoir, A Strong West Wind...."

Oct. 15, 2010 Books Feature by Marion Winik

Dumping on Del Valle

Residents wary of waste processing site

"...Dirt and Loam), was permitted in March by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to resume operations as a..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Supporting Local Farmers and Ranchers Helps Everyone

Back to the soil

"...temperatures and knocked out power and water across Central Texas, regional farmers and ranchers experienced extraordinarily harsh conditions, which..."

March 5, 2021 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Get Your Depressed Bakery Fix at These Local Sweet Spots

Eat your cake and boost mental health awareness, too.

"...May is Mental Health Awareness month, and several Central Texas bakeries are lending their talent to the list of..."

May 15, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

As the City Strives for Zero Waste, Where Does Food Fit In?

Bringing farm-to-table back to the farm

"...and of the 38 million pounds of food Central Texas Food Bank distributed in the 2015-16 fiscal year, 19..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Climbing Mount Compost

Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program

"...its past life, the steaming pile of compost at Organics "By Gosh" was jack-o'-lanterns and Christmas trees, pizza boxes..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Waste Not

Local groups work to "rescue" food from loss and landfills

"...about a third of what fills municipal landfills is organic material, like food scraps and yard trimmings, and half..."

Feb. 20, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

A Banana Peel, a Diaper, and a Plastic Bag Walk Into Austin's Composting Program

How can a whole city compost, is it working, and can we reach zero waste by 2040?

"...stop until around 3:30pm. This year, curbside collection of organic waste for composting expands to the entire city of..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...it's about 10 miles from the Capitol to the Texas Disposal Systems landfill, where Austin's city-collected residential trash goes..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

From Farm ... to Farm: Food for Animals

En route to compost, some food remains food

"...near the bottom of the Environmental Protection Agency's "Food Recovery Hierarchy" – the agency's guideline for prioritizing food waste..."

April 24, 2015 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Naked City

"...the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan on the University of Texas campus, including this statue mock-up by sculptor Eddie Dixon...."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature

Untrained Wonders

UT's Exhibition of Self-Taught Artists Features Miracles

"...very essence of this exhibition of work by self-taught Texas artists, each of them unique, many possessed of visions..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Significant Dates in Austin Zero Waste History

"...2001: Texas Campaign for the Environment targets waste and recycling...."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature

Further Dirt on Food Waste

"...compliment the city of Austin and ARR [Austin Resource Recovery] for crafting an Organics Diversion Ordinance that is reducing..."

Feb. 25, 2020 Postmarks

The Battle for Barton Springs: A Brief Timeline

Twenty years of progress

"...of the Edwards Aquifer begin to threaten the Central Texas water that nourishes Barton Springs...."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Austin, Texas – February 4, 2010 – The South by Southwest..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Making of an Endorsement

"...- 6132, 6150, California Nurses Association, Doctors Guild of Texas #4, Carpenters Union 1266, Education Austin 2048, Education Round..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...while riding in a parade car, thus supposedly violating Texas' open-container laws (See "Beyond City Limits")Headlines• The City Council..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...at the edges like memory. Contrasting Robinson’s strained sensitivity, Texas State alumna Sydney Guzman’s “Under the Moon’s Eye,” running..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Soothe Your Stress With These Five Decadent CBD Brands

More than just tinctures

"...because the powers that be continue mucking up the Texas Senate, refusing to fully acknowledge the beauty of marijuana,..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, April 22-29

"...UT's integration. Thu.-Fri., April 22-23. UT campus, various locations. www.utexas.edu/diversity/events/hemansweatt...."

April 23, 2010 News Feature

Wednesday Picks

"...San Antonio EP nods to the previous generation of Texas legends like Guy Clark and Doug Sahm. – Michael..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

You Can Leave Your Hat On

The ballad of Mambo John Treanor

"...Southern California before his stepfather landed back in Central Texas with a teaching position at Seguin's Texas Lutheran College...."

July 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Take the A-Train

Mike Clark-Madison discusses 10 years covering light rail, and urges voters to support it.

"...VMTs, DMUs, HOVs, PE/EISs, value engineering, revenue bonds, farebox recovery rates, Al Gore, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Earl Blumenauer, Paul..."

Oct. 13, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

A Winter Formal, a Yellow Brick Ball, and More Recommended Events

Arts and culture happenings for the weekend

"...House Review managing editor and poet Sara Bawany, and Texas poet laureate and executive director of Torch Literary Arts..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Eastside Community Organizations

"...is not the traditional norm on the much more organic, if less "organized," Eastside; the church, the school, the..."

July 21, 1995 News Feature

Imperfect Produce Focuses on Reducing Food Waste

How ‘bout them (tiny, lopsided) apples?

"...food bank. In Austin, they've partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank, and in San Francisco, they host a..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Food Feature by Alisha McDarris

Drink Your Veggies

A cancer survivor preaches the gospel of Daily Greens

"...breast cancer survivor of eight years who attributes her recovery to her daily consumption of green juice, heads this..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Chaos in Tejas Lists

"...Orleans darkwave planted in both the artificial and the organic...."

June 1, 2012 Music Feature

Homegrown Don Quixotes

Austin writer Neal Barrett Jr.'s latest mind-over-matter comic thriller, Interstate Dreams, "has an oddly disorienting effect," Chronicle reviewer Mike Shea writes.

"...he was piloting in Panama. His crew died, his recovery was lengthy, and he very much hoped he would..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Books Feature by Mike Shea

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