The Blanton Museum Undertakes a $35 Million Makeover of Its Grounds

With the international architectural firm Snøhetta, the UT museum will add community spaces and art to its outdoor experience

"...Being inside the Blanton Museum is a great experience...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session

Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents

"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by the News Staff

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...Keith Hampton still had not heard a word from the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Time was of the..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Catastrophe and the Cure

Behind the scenes of Explosions in the Sky's most challenging and personal album

"...Each member of Explosions in the Sky is branded with the same emblem: the black..."

July 1, 2011 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...My rave review of the new Shins album, Wincing the Night Away, was less..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...– Invocation at the Sept. 14 LCRA board meeting..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Will Women Have a Voice at the New Women's Hospital?

Issues of choice and midwifery still perplex women using Brack's hospital-within-a-hospital.

"...not inclined to raise a public ruckus, even if their livelihoods are threatened by the loss of hospital privileges...."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...It's an overly romanticized notion, the idea of every generation having some sort of defining..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

On the Bus

In the process of writing her new play con flama, Austin poet / writer Sharon Bridgforth discovered that the piece was not complete without her own voice in it. In the process of observing con flama's development, writer Belinda Acosta discovered something about her own voice, too.

"...Bridgforth thought she was writing a play about riding the bus. The celebrated Austin poet/playwright initially approached con flama,..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...Forget merger. Think wedding. Yes, the union of the Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Am the Jellyfish That Walks Upon the Land

The Mother of all pop bands

"...-- Bernard Holland, The New York Times, June 18, 2000..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Land of the Freberg

Interview with radio-comedy pioneer Stan Freberg

"...At the grand old age of 78 years, most folks are..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Music of the Spheres

Sinatra in the Sahara

"...The kingdom of Morocco achieved independence from French and Spanish..."

July 9, 1999 Music Feature by David Lynch

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

The Big Bang

The Fragmentation of Austin's Underground

"...illustration by Jason Stout The lineup at Emo's recent fifth anniversary show speaks volumes..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Squaring the Triangle

The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads

"...-- symbolizes a lot of things, but one of them is "change." And whatever else the three-cornered empty space..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Review: Alejandro Escovedo, Echo Dancing

Rechanneling 14 catalog selections’ romantic existentialism

"...Ellington whammied up a half-century oeuvre that he spent the same career revisiting, revamping, and remixing. Guitar-strapped, not piano-side,..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Living on the Streets Can Cut Your Life Short by 20 Years, New Report Finds

Community leaders say more housing and services will help

"...For Carolyn Williams, it’s the grieving mothers she often thinks of when she considers..."

Jan. 17, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Homelessness on the Rise in Austin

Annual count reveals a 20% increase in homelessness

"...to find and survey people experiencing homelessness. Led by the Ending Community Homelessness Coali­tion (ECHO), the annual Point in..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Makeda Easter

The Demented Echo of Our Fish-Wrap

"...aren't interested in any sound except your own demented echo ["Page Two," Dec. 12]. You epitomize modern-day liberalism. The..."

Dec. 16, 2003 Postmarks

The Deeper You Dig

Hell awaits in this lo-fi ghost story

"...would you do to avoid such retribution? Indie Horror The Deeper You Dig stares deep into the abyss as..."

June 5, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Echo Chamber

Horse + Donkey collides with Echo & the Bunnymen's Heaven up Here

"...a split second, by an event or conversation. For others, it's later – weeks, months, years – before the..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Point in Time Count Looks to Give Overview of Homelessness in the U.S.

Service providers, volunteers gear up for annual PIT Count

"...Depending on who you ask in the homelessness services world, and how candid they're willing to..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Local Leaders Unveil the Latest Strategy to End Homelessness

"No plan" no more?

"...In the next three years, Austin aims to "unlock" an additional..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Echo & the Bunnymen Disappointed

"...Dear Editor, Those who walked away from the 5pm Echo & the Bunnymen show at the Austin..."

March 22, 2009 Postmarks

Fantasia Review: The Deeper You Dig

Cat-and-mouse horror is driven by empathy for hunter and hunted

"...Ivy (Toby Poser) would do anything when her daughter, Echo (Zelda Adams), disappears. A small-town psychic, bilking old ladies..."

Aug. 5, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...guess it just by looking at him. Waiting in the green room of San Antonio's Municipal Auditorium for his..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

J Soulja's hip-hop open mic, an Elliott Smith tribute, and more recommended local shows

"..."The Pre-Roll" Open Mic Showcase..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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