Austin @ Large: Before the Flood

The Waller Creek Tunnel could have been a boon to Downtown; now its just another failed proposal in the City of Ideas.

"...Well, the streets of Prague and Dresden are filled with sludge,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hot Spot

How Richard MacKinnon and the Wireless City Project are making Austin the center of the tech universe – again

"...Richard MacKinnon is changing the city of Austin on a fundamental level. For a..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Meet the Party Crashers

Welcome to the world of cyberpolitics. What took you so long?

"...The world of politics – the candidates, the media, the..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

One in the Chamber

More on Paul Robbins' quest to open the new City Hall chambers for public events.

"..."Beside the Point"'s topic this week – Paul Robbins' quest to..."

March 22, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Graffiti on the Superhighway

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

"...The Red Fez on Fifth Street fizzed like an underground..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Posted after the jump is the entire transcript of CNN's Democratic presidential..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Next Next

Jasper Fforde reveals the secrets behind the new Thursday Next adventure, narrative gymnastics, and the job of writing

"...In the fifth novel of Jasper Fforde's series starring Thursday Next,..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...None of us much want to spend our leisure time contemplating..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Aimee Mann & Ted Leo: The Both

Likely/unlikely collaboration might even yield a musical

"...a deep friendship – one that manifests itself in their musical partnership, the Both. After touring together, the two..."

Aug. 13, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.

"...Every time the Rock (né Dwayne Johnson) stars in a film nominally..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What the Task Force Wrought

Austin ISD's facilities review became a panic drill of cuts, closings, and contradictions

"...It was hour three of the meeting, and the Austin Independent School District board..."

May 27, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Last Last Sunday?

Austin organizing project contemplating its future

"...we were setting up for an early Last Sunday gathering, a longtime participant in local progressive politics asked me,..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature by Robert Jensen

The East

This crypto-thriller that explores moral grounds before turning gauzy is the latest film from Sound of My Voice's Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij.

"...girl, Brit Marling, reunites with her co-screenwriter and director of Sound of My Voice, Zal Batmanglij, for another crypto..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Ever-intrepid Werner Herzog guides us through a cave in southern France that holds the oldest drawings known to humanity.

"...my! Such images join galloping horses, woolly mammoths, and other remnants of prehistoric life that were drawn on the..."

May 20, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rep. Celia Israel on the 86th Texas Legislature

“Pandering to 3% of the electorate is not in anyone's best interest”

"...a former staffer for Gov. Ann Richards and chair of Austin’s Alliance for Public Transportation, prevailed in a January..."

Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Progress and Justice With the San Antonio Four

Women hope to help the rest of the wrongfully convicted

"...Nearly four months after the exoneration of a sexual assault conviction that sent the..."

March 15, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Sun Is Also a Star

Is it destiny that brings these two lovers together, or the bland demands of a YA adaptation?

"...spin on Before Sunrise, complicated by U.S. immigration law, The Sun Is Also a Star pairs a pragmatic girl..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What the Hell Happened at Austinist?

Local site dramatically changes direction after NYC overhaul

"...that started in 2005 an “institution,” but Austinist – the scrappy group blog started that year by Ben Brown..."

June 14, 2013 Screens Post by Dan Solomon

20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...film history: Sandra Bullock strutting on high heels out of an aircraft hangar in Miss Congeniality, Los Lobos' cover..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: 'Print the Legend'

The 3-D printing truth is more unsettling than fiction

"...If the science fiction about 3-D printing has always veered toward..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Brandon Watson

The Poughkeepsie Kid

Shadowing Austin City Limits Executive Producer Terry Lickona

"...There's no clock above the stage at the Moody Theater,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"...From his office atop the Bat Cave, the Austin American-Statesman's lakefront headquarters,..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...won't be released for a year and a half, the models and pretty pictures of possible future Seaholms and..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Tell It to the Judge

Jimmy Flannigan’s shake-up at the Municipal Court

"...Three summers ago, Jessica Smith, an unemployed single mother of two, was pulling into the parking lot of..."

April 13, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Flapper Era

What 'Flappy Bird' can tell us about the present and future of game design

"...This is the story of Flappy Bird, a little game about flying..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Wheels of a Dream

With the long-awaited Topfer Theatre, Zach races full-throttle into the future

"...Yes, that's a car on the Karen Kuykendall Stage inside Zach Theatre's new Topfer Theatre:..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...bought an iPhone 4, you did so knowing that the iPhone 5 will likely be on sale before your..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation

"...soundtracks are a special breed, disproportionately represented in lists of the most memorable and inventive film scores of all..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

Welcome to the X-Men, David Marquez: Hope You Survive the Experience!

Local artist opens run on Marvel's merry mutants today

"...his three issue run on All-New X-Men begins. With the comic on shelves now, he said, "It's finally starting..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: The Message

Republicans try to rewrite a history of privileging party over principle

"..."Lack one lacks both ... and the unseen is proved by the seen,..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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