99 Years of Tracking Texas

Texas State Historical Association's Publishing Division

"...the high school diploma meets the outstretched palm. In Texas, that's different. Anyone taking a quick walk through downtown..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature by Phil West

How Texas Impact Turns Faith Into a Tool for Progress

VIDEO: See Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy/Texas Impact’s reports from the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP25

"...When one thinks about how big Texas is, the scope doesn't just come down to geographical..."

Dec. 6, 2019 News Feature by James Scott

The Brits Do Texas

Wire in the Blood comes to Austin

"...Texas actor Ryan Rutledge sent word out that he had..."

April 3, 2008 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

AutFest Texas Changes the Narrative on Autism

Tonight's online festival lets the community tell its own stories

"...who know little about autism. The Autism Society of Texas (AST) is working to change this with their annual..."

Sept. 13, 2020 Screens Post by Naomi Brady

Checking In: A Texas Gentleman Turns to Video

“Reality is the music business has been changing for a long time”

"...and Paul Grass – rustled a stylistic fusion of Texas country funk for themselves and others. Second album Floor..."

Sept. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Book Festival 2019

"...The 24th Annual Texas Book Festival..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Photo Gallery

Texas Book Festival 2019: On Second Look: Writing About Home From New Perspectives

Oscar Cásares and De'Shawn Charles Winslow keep it all in the family

"...in unexpected ways that can define who we are. Texas writer Oscar Cásares (Where We Come From) and debut..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

Opinion: Want to Correct “Learning Loss” in Texas Schools? Listen to Texas Students.

To improve students' experience in school and their capacity to learn, student voices need to be amplified

"...months, all students experienced schooling disruptions. State leaders in Texas must address "learning loss" and to do so they..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Column by Haley DeVos-Roy

Recommended at Texas Book Festival

Capsule reviews and panel info

"...tale of horror. Tinted by its setting in East Texas; by narrative tradition from what used to be called..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Books Feature

Scrap It or Cap It? What to Do With Texas' Top Ten Percent Law.

Some want to do away with the post-'Hopwood' admissions law, but UT officials and others say it works

"...Education hearing regarding the Top Ten Percent law governing Texas university admissions agreed that the law – which guarantees..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Texas Platters

"...Possible Explanation, either, as Moreno's insightful, biting, and humorous perspectives make his voice more unique than any "He sounds..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

At the Ready Gets in the Uniform Boots of Texas’ High School Cops

Sundance title comes to AFS's drive-in screen

"...one-off but a program run on many campuses around Texas. She managed to get permission to film the CJC..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...The "someone" was Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Festival working in partnership, and..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Texas Conference for Women Turns 20 With Expanded Programming

Megan Rapinoe, Tracee Ellis Ross to keynote nonprofit, nonpartisan networking event

"...Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Texas Conference for Women returns to the Austin Convention Center..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Erica Anderson Comes to Texas State

Activist and expert in trans healthcare discusses the gender spectrum

"...celebrity status in action, you can catch her at Texas State University in San Marcos giving a lecture on..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

The Year of the Flood: A Novel

Atwood's latest is a remarkable parable of a world ruined by corporate tyranny, reckless technology, casual violence, and utter disdain for the natural order

"...as it renarrates the same near-future dystopian era from perspectives different from O&C's protagonist, Jimmy the Snowman. The central..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Books Review by Michael King

The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel

In this beautifully written short novel, García revisits the theme of cultural identity that arises from the isolation and dislocation from one's homeland

"...web of suspense while creating unusual and fascinating personal perspectives. For instance, she juxtaposes Aura, the ex-guerrilla whose family was..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Texas Titles

"...titles from the past year, if you're looking for Texas books......"

Dec. 22, 1995 Books Column

Shearwater

"...Meiburg of the lonely stretch of I-10 through West Texas. "Tonight, though, it's just the highway to El Paso."..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Jamie Lin Wilson

"...a work full of them, capturing a dichotomy of perspectives based on unromantic reality. Whereas 2016 debut Holidays &..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Texas Book Festival 2013

Oct. 28, 2013. 36 photos.

"...The Texas Book Festival’s annual storming of the State Capitol and..."

Oct. 29, 2013 Photo Gallery

Holy Wave

'Knife Hits'

"...but it's rare when fresh-faced upstarts can pack more perspectives in a single taste than most of the Psych..."

July 6, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

On the Funding Front

The governor puts a hit out on the Texas Commission on the Arts

"...in last week's State of the State address. Here's Texas facing a $27 billion shortfall over the next budget..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...it to be more than that. The University of Texas turned out to be a great success, but other..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

AFS Invites You to a Sundance at Pioneer Farms

Festival brings drive-in screenings plus special streaming panels

"...of drive-in screenings and special online events with a Texas twist...."

Jan. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Restaurateurs Discuss Plans to Reopen (or Not)

Local restaurants on how they made the tough decision

"...On Friday, May 1, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “reopened” a slate of businesses around..."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Depot Comes to the District Hat in Hand

Austin ISD considers a tax giveaway to mendicant Home Depot, and the question is, who pays?

"...But as explained by Jon Hockenyos of Texas Perspectives Inc., who AISD hired to study the plan's..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Once again, only Mayor Will Wynn votes no.

"...Economist Jon Hockenyos and his firm, Texas Perspectives, will team with Scott Polikov of Gateway Planning..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Beside the Point

The future is sunny, cab drivers are stormy, and water treatment's horizon is cloudy

"...at city hall. Accounting for the clear skies, said Texas Perspectives economist John Hockenyos, are several influences: swelling sales..."

May 5, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Prevailing Winds

AISD says it can't afford bond-project benefits, but local workers beg to differ

"...on this deal, it will be John Hockenyos of Texas Perspectives, who worked on both the original study and..."

May 6, 2005 News Column by Michael King

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