Paul Qui to Receive Texas Honors

Alamo gala honors Texas notables

"...when he walks the red carpet at the gala Texas Honors event being held at the "Shrine of Texas..."

May 18, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Add Restoration of Hogg to List

"...to examine the current status of the many building projects that were conceived in recent years among our city's..."

Feb. 25, 2004 Postmarks

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...moment captured the underlying conflict leading into the 85th Texas Legislature, it came on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

To Preserve and Project

Moving image archivists in action

"...Moving Image Archivists, whose jobs are to preserve, to project, to educate, and to inspire – and if I..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Day Trips: Coming in 2020 Across Texas

What Capt. Day Trips is looking forward to in the new year

"...Alamo Plaza. The city of San Antonio and the Texas General Land Office have been hellbent for a number..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Saving HeteroTexas: God and the GOP

God – or rather, those who claim to speak in his name – works in mysterious ways this election season

"...All's fair in war, Texas politics, and gay bashing, or so it would seem..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Preying for Votes: The Governor's Preachers

Perry and religious conservatives get together to bash gays

"...together in mysterious ways last week, as several hundred Texas ministers and their spouses were treated to upscale banquet..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Justice Anthony Kennedy in the majority opinion concluding that Texas' 2003 re-redistricting of CD 23 violated the Voting Rights..."

July 7, 2006 News Feature

One in a Crowd: Pioneers of African-American Cinema

Kino Lorber to curate remarkable historical document

"...and secret corners of cinema. With their next big restoration project, DVD house Kino Lorber aims to give a..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Stopping the Nonsense

The No Nonsense campaign gears up to derail the national anti-gay crusade

"...Because, he says, even in beet-red Texas, there is hope. It helps that several factors are..."

Oct. 7, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City

"...Heman Sweatt, who fought to desegregate the University of Texas. The decision was a bit under the radar, given..."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Perry's Big $$$ Ideas

The governor reaches for a legacy – is anybody listening?

"...a shadowy network of fundamentally right-wing ministers called the Texas Restoration Project, a well-oiled political machine that sprang to..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

UPDATE: Flood of Relief

In tragedy's wake, Central Texas continues to care for her own

"...as new good deeds and resources pop up and Texas begin to heal. Please share the love and spread..."

May 29, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Perry Campaign: Double Duties and Revolving Doors

State office staff signs up for campaign positions

"...Communications director: Ray Sullivan. Also Perry's chief of staff,..."

Sept. 4, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Craddick in Dewhurst's School Finance Prayers

The Lege can't solve school finance; maybe Jesus will

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Architecture & Lodging

"...10 of them, after all, named for governors in Texas' colorful past. Bring your out-of-towners here; it's just a..."

Sept. 24, 1999 Best of Austin Feature

Varsity Theater Mural's Fate Comes Into Focus

Architect proposes mix of restoration and do-over

"...Restoration or remake? The famous mural on the old Varsity..."

June 24, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Our Murals, Ourselves

"...fresco-style painting was erected in 1950 by then-University of Texas professor Seymour Fogel, whose credits included an apprenticeship with..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Envisioning the Future of Austin State Hospital

What will it take to turn the former Texas State Lunatic Asylum into a world-class center of brain health?

"..."asylum" was stigmatized a long time ago. So the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, opened in 1861, changed its name..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Sea turtle advocates say Gov. George W. Bush should do more to protect endangered species of turtles, many of which are indigenous to the Gulf Coast and are harmed by pollution and the shrimping industry.

"...do more to protect the charismatic amphibians that inhabit Texas waters. Noting that 1999 has seen record numbers of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

Day Trips

"...about a half a mile from downtown. On the Texas frontier, the stately home was a mansion fitting a..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Art festivals and dance halls liven up the landscape in September

"...On Memorial Day 1972, the first Texas Arts & Crafts Fair was launched on the campus..."

Sept. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

'Nothing Is Done Alone' Extended Interview

The TxCC and their role in Bastrop's recovery after the fires

"...In late October, I visited the HQ of Texas Conservation Corps at American YouthWorks, here in Austin. I..."

Dec. 2, 2013 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

New Findings Shed Light on Oakwood Chapel Burials

Remains at city's oldest cemetery were exhumed, studied, and now await reinterment

"...such work be done more carefully. When the chapel restoration project began in 2016 and almost immediately encountered evidence..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Good Earth

TEA for Texas

"...Act for the 21st Century to you) money. The Texas Department of Transportation doles out the money, which this..."

July 23, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

The Game-Changers

The 2009 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...The list of projects in which Mary Margaret Farabee has played a significant..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

The Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains modestly holds the story of the creator of 'Conan the Barbarian' like a thin-shelled egg

"...his body of work. Stephen King said of the Texas writer: "Howard's writing seems so highly charged with energy..."

July 14, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The historic Army forts around Central Texas and beyond.

"...U.S. Army forts in Texas during the 1800s never lived up to the Hollywood..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...The Texas Capitol, with its statues, manicured grounds, and new underground..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, July 23-30

"...School campus, has been postponed. If approved by the Texas Education Agency, the plan would allow Pearce to open..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature

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