Recurring Character

Four Texas writers on fathers and sons

"...among other crimes. Ultimately, he was committed to the state institution. I was 13 then. I'm 47 now...."

June 17, 2005 Books Feature

Chuck It

We're so hungry we could eat just about everything served up at and around the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo

"...third annual Chuck Wagon Cookoff at the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo. From points all over the state..."

March 11, 2005 Food Feature by MM Pack

On the Lege

Redistricting: the end? the feds and the courts pick up the shattered pieces of Texas

"...That's the small and bitter prayer left to Texas voters, after the Legislature approved its congressional re-redistricting plan..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Happenings

"...comptroller; Bernsen, land commissioner; Ramsey, agriculture commissioner; and Boyles, railroad commissioner. The Texas Democratic Party wants you to "celebrate..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Election 2000 gets rained out.

"...demographic waited up all night in front of the Texas State Capitol to find out who'd be doing the..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...Avedon's 1985 photographic blockbuster In the American West for Texas Monthly. In a piece that raised hackles among many..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Lost City

Steven Saylor's Austin Murder Mystery, A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry

"...To get from ancient Rome to Austin, Texas, 1885, Steven Saylor had to experience something that most..."

April 7, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Lost in Space

Performance Artist Sally Jacques Lives Life on the Edges

"...outside traditional venues such as theatres or dance studios. Stated more elaborately - and in a way that gives..."

June 5, 1998 Arts Feature

Day Trips: Holiday Gift Guide

Unique Texas gifts worth a day trip

"...Texas Christmas shopping worth a day trip:..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

FotoATX: Pics and the City

This new arts festival celebrates Austin as seen through the lenses of local photographers

"...Click! The Houston and Texas Central Railroad depot, bringing the Iron Horse to the..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips

Historic spring still an oasis in the West Texas town of Big Spring

"...spring is still an oasis from the dry West Texas desert landscape...."

April 25, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

No Nugent Is Good Nugent

GOP weeps over Nugent comments, but are these crocodile tears?

"...There's been hand-wringing and eye-rolling among the Texas GOP this week over Ted Nugent calling President Obama..."

Feb. 23, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Dr. Joe Smith's eye-catching sculptures have been attracting folks to Caldwell for decades

"...have been an attraction on the west side of Texas State Highway 21 in Caldwell for more than 30..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Which Austin Congressman?

Which Austin Congressman?

"...Carter of Round Rock – as part of Central Texas' largest-ever D.C. contingent...."

April 16, 2004 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

More Art for Laguna Gloria

The Contemporary Austin gets $9 million for sculpture park

"...years after philanthropist Clara Driscoll donated her Lake Austin estate to the Texas Fine Arts Association to be used..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Servants and Anchors

GOP throwing chaff as Rep. Riddle rambles about terror babies

"...anchor babies and that's fine and dandy with the Texas GOP...."

Aug. 11, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Railroaded

Wayne Christian spreads gun control lie

"...Every year, there are a few moments in Texas politics when arguments fold over themselves like a runny..."

Dec. 4, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Hennes & Mauritz Rides to the Rescue! With Stylists!

Local H&M blasts off in time for holiday shopping

"...as H&M, will finally rescue Austin from the fashion railroad tracks. We have been the bargain-bounty backwater of Texas...."

Nov. 13, 2012 Design Post by Anne Harris

Postmarks

Policing the media, mediating the police.

"...society," thinking that all you, the networks, and the Statesman say, pertains to us as well...."

April 6, 2001 Column

Postscripts

The kind of ghosts the first writer-in-residence at the Katherine Anne Porter House hopes to encounter and details on how to sign up for the Austin Public Library's Summer Reading Program.

"...was an M.F.A. candidate in creative writing at Southwest Texas State, she and another student drove out to the..."

June 2, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

The De-Railers

RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track

"...Is it time to derail the Texas Railroad Commission? Three of the four candidates running for..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Endorsements

"...rather than "politician" and you can't blame them. In Texas, the election is probably going to be devastating. George..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by the Editorial Staff

Lone Stars Rising

The Lady Rancher: From Hogs to Boll Weevils

"...lawyer who passed several important bills while in the Texas House...."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

What's My Line?

Tracking the Freight Rail vs.Commuter Rail Debate

"...about the information highway than about old-fashioned locomotives and railroads. And while the average Austinite may not give much..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Matthews, My Man

"...saying this about a Republican, particularly one running the Texas Railroad Commission. But I have to admit it: I..."

May 22, 1998 News Feature

Day Trips

"...tire tracks mix on the trail at Lake Somerville State Park, one of the longest trails in the state..."

March 13, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Not Done Yet: July Run-offs

A rundown of the July 31 run-offs

"...The situation places the Texas political process in new and unpredictable territory: In a..."

June 8, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Reasonable Doubt

Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?

"...resting at Hall's apartment, Perez caught a ride to Texas Discount Furniture on the Eastside, where he met his..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin @ Large: Switching Tracks

The Union Pacific offer to move east symbolizes a new era in regional transportation politics

"...Pacific is in the way – the nation's largest railroad should, ideally, run its trains somewhere else, so that..."

April 9, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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