The City of Lost Children

This follow-up from the same Frenchmen who made Delicatessen fancies itself a fairy tale – albeit a dark and scary one that's jam-packed with enough strange characters and wild mythologies for at least three movies.

"...and Jean-Claude Dreyfus. From Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, the distinctive French wunderkinder responsible for 1991's dazzling genre-bender Delicatessen,..."

March 1, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Babe: Pig in the City

"...Wright, Adam Goldberg and Roscoe Lee Browne. It befits the director of Mad Max and The Road Warrior that..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Jones, Mary Kay Place and Liz Smith. Based on the young-adult novel by Jeanne Duprau, City of Ember digs..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Hope

"...Renzi, Kevin Tighe, Tony Lo Bianco and John Sayles. City of Hope opens with a shot on Spano's pretty..."

Oct. 25, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Austin’s Animal Shelters Struggle to Uphold No-Kill Reputation in the Face of Overcrowding

How overcrowding and mismanagement of Austin Animal Center and Austin Pets Alive! have them struggling to keep up

"...For more than a decade, Austin was the largest city to designate itself a no-kill sanctuary for..."

Aug. 5, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...tanked in sophisticated company. You head on down to the Warehouse District, and plop yourself at any one of..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped

"I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”

"...roads into Austin. Some were from his colleagues at the Austin Fire Department, where Nicks is a battalion chief..."

April 8, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Fuller, Steve Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music

Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music

"...and gave me a piercing look. Queued up at the vinyl room register in Waterloo Records, I flashed back..."

April 8, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

L’Oca d’Oro Co-Owner on the Future of the Restaurant

Right now, they can’t do what they do – so what’s next?

"...were invited to a virtual bat mitzvah. A family of regulars was supposed to celebrate the culmination of their..."

April 27, 2020 Food Post by Adam Orman

Finding the Roots of Folk Horror in Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched

Kier-La Janisse searches for the origins of a genre

"...in-depth documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (which plays as part of SXSW 2021's..."

March 12, 2021 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

Hard Times in the Land of Plenty

Service nonprofits and their funders face the economic gale

"...It's another busy day at the Capital Area Food Bank of..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Challenges of Going Back to School

Parents, teachers, and students share their anxieties over starting the fall semester while COVID-19 is still rampant

"...We asked our readers how they were feeling about starting the fall semester, now six..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...As the saying goes, it takes a village to raise a..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Propositioning the City

Vote! Then go climb a tree

"...is attached to Stacy Park. I'd like to ensure the park stays protected...."

Nov. 6, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

The World of Wayfinding in Austin

How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city

"...where we are. Do you?" asked my seatmate on the ACL Fest shuttle bus last fall just after we'd..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Moon-Shaped Panties & the Saint of White Trash

The Late Lucinda Williams

"...The morning starts normally for Lucinda. Well, maybe not normal,..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...How many musicians can say they played the Hole in the Wall and headlined Carnegie..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Review: The City Theatre's The Fantasticks

Reverential and sharp production of the classic musical

"..."The Fantasticks … attracts you, settles back a bit limply,..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

What Land Use Code Do We Need to Build the City We Want?

Planning a way forward after CodeNEXT

"...In hindsight, last year's shuddering halt to the CodeNEXT land use code rewrite looks less like an..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...By the time she'd turned 35, Beth West­brook had made her..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The End of Family Detention?

Positive changes coming, but some say it's not enough

"...Immigrant advocates applauded changes to the Obama administration's family detention policy unveiled last week that..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...protest violence – mostly waged by Austin police – the Austin Justice Coalition's Black Austin Rally and March for..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Making Music from the Sound of Speech

Austin's JoySpeak Project brings light from conquered darkness.

"...Lise' Creed is hoovering up the joy in the world – kind of like the..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...When Karen Johle arrived home from work on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, her youngest son, 13-year-old..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Memory of Music

Discovering Moby Grape's Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it's new tribute album, More Oar

"...in a bathtub, in a house on Hollywood east of I-35, in the very early Eighties. The water has..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Louis Black

The Madness of King Geek

Harry Jay Knowles' Cool Movie News

"...do you explain someone like Harry Jay Knowles, and the corollary, should you even try? You might as well..."

June 6, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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