After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar yawns at the Grammys and gets a dry cut

"...GRANNY AWARDS Sunday's Grammy Awards were so lackluster that they should have been called the Granny Awards. But they..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bunk Bed Brothers

The Pat Hazell-Matt Goldman comedy 'Bunk Bed Brothers' isn't just for nostalgic baby boomers; it's for anyone who can understand the rivalry and love between brothers growing up together

"...Bunk Bed Brothers..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

Pretty Good Sailing

McCormick & Schmick's docks downtown with a full haul of satisfying seafood

"...The Austin outlet of the Portland, Ore.-based seafood chain McCormick..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Galaxy Cafe

A kicky cafe signals that Southwest Austin is ready to outgrow its chains

"...The population explosion that Austin/Round Rock has experienced in the..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Naked City

Design standards sought to upgrade Austin's chain-retail sprawl

"...lot of things it can be proud of, but the look of Anywhere, USA, is not one of them...."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ballet Austin's original adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream delivered two ballets, really -- a highly accessible story-driven first act, followed by a more traditionally balletic second -- which offered an easy way into his clever and fanciful yet intricate work.

"...catchall that might as well have included not only the kiddies but anyone who has approached the "high" art..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

On Paper

So New Media: something old, something new, something borrowed, something to do

"...The Onion: Around the time The Neal Pollack Anthology of..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

After a Fashion

Personal style in the eye of the beholder? No way, baby.

"...LAME ADVERTISING SPACE I love the courtroom scene in Serial Mom in which Kathleen Turner's..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

A Taste of Summer

Summer Food Essays: A Pinch of Recollection, A Dash of Tradition

"...A Dram of Nectar The summer sun spilled into my grandmother's kitchen, making cookie-cutter..."

July 14, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Restaurant Review: JewBoy Cantina

Mo Pittle makes more Tex-Mex mischief with his new campus-area spot

"...Back in the Pleistocene, when I was an undergrad at UT-Austin, I..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Powerfully Poetic Folk and Country Songwriter Nanci Griffith Has Died at Age 68

Song-crafter’s career spanned Hole in the Wall to Carnegie Hall

"...passing and wrote: ​​“It was Nanci's wish that no further formal statement or press release happen for a week..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Live Music Preservation Fund Pays 73 Venues

Ongoing funding under Phase 2 to begin in March.

"...Phase 1 of the Austin Live Music Venue Preservation Fund distributed checks to..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Eastside Housing Proposals Blow Up at Council

"That was crazy"

"...When City Council (acting as the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Direc­tors) voted to..."

Sept. 25, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: ___ Commission Wraps Up

PC confirms its new, "no planning" job description

"...Tuesday, Nov. 11-12, hammering out myriad proposed amendments to the draft Land Develop­ment Code rewrite, and passing its official..."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Mega Chains H Mart and 99 Ranch Market Come to Austin

What’s at stake for local Asian markets?

"...Ask Hana World Market or Asahi Imports for their thoughts on Austin's first H Mart and 99 Ranch..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Food Feature by Beth Sullivan

Andrew Bujalski Pumps Up With Results

Microbudget auteur increases marketability with fitness fable

"...ready for people to stop asking him about mumblecore. The writer/director made his name in the Aughts punching above..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Robert Nathan Allen Wants You to Eat Some Bugs

And you could, too – especially this Saturday in Zilker Park

"...him to be some odd-looking geek who's totally into the idea of insects just for themselves, some eccentric yet..."

June 26, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fresh at 75

Quality Seafood Market celebrates a milestone

"...On Jan. 27, 1938, a flashy ad in the Austin American newspaper announced the opening of Quality Seafood,..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Food Feature by MM Pack

Don't Everybody Freak Out

Dark Matters' horror shows

"...Fantastic Fest may have a lock on the crypt of terror when it comes to grave cinematic..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3am: Zelda's Law and 9/11

9/11 conspiracy theories will outlive their perpetrators

"...Zelda Fitzgerald gave us an invaluable tool for the study of history and politics. Call it Zelda's Law:..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

National Treasure

Reflections on John Sayles' America

"...John Sayles' fourth novel, A Moment in the Sun, will be published on May 17. True to..."

May 13, 2011 Books Feature by Louis Black

New 'Action' Park Rolls Closer to Reality

Skaters, BMXers collaborate on new digs

"...There's a small stretch of battered concrete off Shoal Creek..."

June 25, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

The Dabbs Railroad Hotel in Llano isn't a cookie-cutter chain hotel; it's an experience

"...The Dabbs Railroad Hotel bed & breakfast in Llano has..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

ZOOT

Bee Cave begins to refine its palate

"...loyal customers and newcomers alike have been delighted by the quiet bistro atmosphere, eclectic cuisine, and superb service found..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

Mincemeat

Give this amazing, ambrosial concoction a chance

"...Many years ago, as I poked through the unwanted books (also known as "dollar" books) at Half..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Welcome Home

This group show leaves one feeling that hokey notions of home still haunt us

"...From the days of Odysseus to Dorothy, home was the place..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Growing Pains Hit West Campus

Area's utilities systems weren't built to support rapid development taking place

"..."Go west, young man!" is not the kind of thing most West Campus housing developers want..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Andrea Grimes

Reefer Madness

Feds ease harsh penalties on crack defendants

"...The first step toward eliminating the much-reviled 100-to-1 crack-to-powder-cocaine sentencing..."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

The odd logic behind federal sentencing guidelines

"...2005, in a case styled United States v. Booker, the U.S. Supreme Court made a revelatory ruling: Federal sentencing..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Media Watch

Despite naitonwide tune-out trend, Austin viewers keep watching local TV news

"...As the local TV news operations ramp up for the key..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

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