Public Notice: In the Name of Fairness

Times change, and so do schools

"...B-cycle's University of Texas bikeshare program launched recently, providing free memberships..."

March 2, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips & Beyond: Twelve Weeks After Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas

"Port A is open for business," says chamber of commerce

"...The University of Texas Marine Science Institute is still closed and..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

State Board of Education Evolves

A rare bit of good news out of the SBOE

"...the past few decades: Science advocates are praising the Texas State Board of Education. Such insanity is the result..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Headlines

"...fired after all. Reports Sunday had it that the University of Texas had canned its beleaguered football coach after..."

Nov. 25, 2016 News Feature

Eminent Domain

Rock Rose takes over North Austin

"...drink: 4th Tap's Long Walk IPA. It's summer in Texas, y'all, and very few things are as refreshing as..."

June 24, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Carolyn Cohagan's Time Zero

With her new YA novel and her program Girls With Pens, the Austin author promotes literacy as girl power

"...Such dire conditions don't exist in Central Texas, but the more Cohagan became aware of them, the..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Saying "No" to Anti-Muslim Hate

Faith groups come together to show support for Austin's Muslim community

"...to Shoulder Campaign, the project seeks to grow beyond Texas and become a platform for fostering mutual understanding nationwide...."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Gay Place

The last traces of SXSW have been packed up and swept away, but we're not calling it quits.

"...Circus themes, egg hunts, and Candyland-loving performances. Benefiting Equality Texas, and VIPers drink free! Sun., March 27, 2pm. Cheer..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Headlines

"...school grounds, guns in public buildings, and guns on university campuses. The gist: The state's new laws permit handguns..."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature

Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now

What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years

"...students became unruly Saturday morning on Barton Springs Road. University of Texas sophomore Diego Mejia told KVUE he received..."

Oct. 2, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Foodie Is an Ethnocentric Word

Searching for diversity in culinary Austin

"...Thomas, a professor of advertising and marketing at the University of Texas and co-founder (with partner Naya Jones) of..."

April 17, 2015 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

SXSW Eco Wrap

“Nature doesn’t need people, People need nature”

"...6. Considered the father of environmental justice, the longtime university professor and author of 18 books offered three words..."

Oct. 9, 2014 News Post by Jessi Cape

Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom

Considering the LBJ legacy

"...imperial adventures. Yet it took a president schooled in Southern and Texas politics – who began as a schoolteacher..."

April 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Estate Sale Roundup: April 4-6

The weather couldn't be better for hunting.

"...sizes, and colors, of wood, glass, metal, and ceramic; Southern Blue Ridge Pottery plates; a huge nativity collection, including..."

April 4, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Day Trips

Carved stone in Dripping Springs rocks the world of gifts

"...a cabinlike shop deep in the woods on the southern edge of Dripping Springs is known for its native..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Lou Reed’s Rock & Roll Heart

Saved by that which he revolutionized

"...experienced. Sure, we had the 13th Floor Elevators in Texas, but that was religion. We believed in them as..."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Bill Bentley

Reservoir Dogs

Churchwood's Beefheart blues

"...it sounds both English and exquisitely, almost soberly, small-town Southern Gothic, it doesn't show up anywhere. Except in Austin...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Restaurant Flashbacks From the Frisco Shop

Last vestige of Nighthawk chain serves comfort food and memories

"...food line, selling his frozen Top Chop’t steaks in Texas supermarkets. He was one of the founders of the..."

May 29, 2013 Food Post by Mick Vann

Dawn Upshaw

The celebrated singer of opera and musical theatre knows how to use the tools for doing her job

"...Austin slate; as an artist in residence at the University of Texas, she'll also be leading a master class..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Diamond in the Rough

Shawn Colvin's memoir in song

"...she found in music, her alcoholism began while attending Southern Illinois University, a tenure cut short by romantic notions..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

Gerre Hancock

Remembering the renowned organist, choirmaster, composer, and educator

"...Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University; and earned more honors than there are stops on..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ten Fingers

Denny Freeman's 40-year Austin arc

"...a space for themselves in the shadow of the University of Texas Tower...."

Dec. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

All Over Creation: For Those Who Took Us In

Raising a glass to the generation that gave us a place in this community

"...pouring from her. She played flinty nuns and flighty Southern belles, Irish drudges and Texas floozies, all with equal..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shoot Out the Lights

Bare buzz, bare butts: The Bright Light Social Hour shakes it

"...in Florida at a Miami festival, with stops in Texas and Alabama on the way, and in Georgia and..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Great music in odd places: punk rock at the Grand, Billy Gibbons' Twin Liquors visit, and 'Rehearsal at the Astoria'

"...later became the Soap Creek Saloon and performed in Southern Feeling with Angela Strehli, W.C. Clark, and Denny Freeman...."

Feb. 11, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...rooms. The firestorm of criticism that flared when the University of Texas removed longtime Cactus Cafe manager Griff Luneburg..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

BPness: A Line in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 1.

"...just pluck one. Like the Everglades of my homestate, Southern Louisiana's eternal struggle between water vs. land is overwhelming..."

June 25, 2010 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...the scathing ATX/Oakland hardcore outfit Total Abuse has another Texas chain saw massacre due in April. The noisy Minutemen..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Film News

New projects from Robert Rodriguez and Tim McCanlies; plus Danny DeVito plus Limoncello, together forever

"...seeking distribution. Little known fact? McCanlies put himself through Southern Methodist University film school as a Dallas cop. Austin-Raised..."

March 27, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Off the Record

Putting on the gloves for round three of Fun Fun Fun Fest, Dangerous Toys go platinum, and Okkervil River stands for a fire demon

"...try to put a new spin on that traditional Texas sound of the Flatlanders and Guy Clark." I Walked..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

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