Two Years Gone – How Many Left to Save the Planet?

This Earth Day, urgent evidence of global warming should kick the Austin Climate Protection Plan into higher gear

"...and threat to human life ... City Council directs the City Manager ... to make Austin the leading city..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Staking Out the Brack Tract

West Austin residents participate in Brack's planning process but question whether their concerns will be taken to heart

"...A week of presentations and workshops has moved the planning process for redeveloping the UT-owned Brackenridge Tract to..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Listening to the Bones

Bones tell a story at world's largest body farm

"...could happen in 24 hours or less. This is the kind of information we need to get in the..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

After the 'Watch,' What?

Alumni of AMOA's 'New Art in Austin' talk about the exhibition's impact on their careers

"...This year marks the third time that the Austin Museum of Art has..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Rachel Cook

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...Bryan Poyser was driving to the wrap party for The Cassidy Kids in 2005 when..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Master Builder

The impeccable craft and enduring genius of Arthur Miller, as explained by Tony Kushner

"..."Arthur Miller's was a great voice, one of the principal voices, raised in opposition, calling for resistance, offering..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Real Road to Wellville?

Two strange and inspiring stories of the healing power of food – and how terribly it can hurt us

"...Austinite Deirdre Earls has made a remarkable journey from the frustrations and despair of chronic illness to burgeoning national..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

The Advance's Retreat

Is this the end for Cinematexas?

"...fewer star in this year's constellation of fall events. The Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, the experimental festival lauded..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Beyond 'The Electric Company'

Can a bunch of toddlers watching television save the world?

"...A bunny cowers in fear. A shadow spreads across the ground...."

May 25, 2007 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Cinema of Possibilities

Low budget or big, the energy and imagination of the grind-house circuit is reborn in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's tribute

"...celebration of a certain kind of cinematic fare and the theatres that showed it. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Forgotten Storm

One year later, Rita's invisible evacuees still wait in the shadow of Katrina

"...Imagine having recently graduated from college and applying for job after job, month..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

The Greatest Gift

An oral history unearthing one of post-punk's most seminal acts: Austin's Scratch Acid

"...The afternoon high tops 100 for the umpteenth straight day...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Council We Deserve?

In the races for City Council, it's a search for competence amidst the chaff

"...down this year from her Place 3 seat on the dais, has attended a few of the candidate forums..."

April 22, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

The Book on Lance Letscher

What lies behind the buzz of Austin's hot collage artist

"...than buzz going on; he has mystique workin', too. The buzz comes from Letscher's art: poetic collages concocted from..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

The Insiders at Introgen

As Texas looks for a new economic boost, the decision-makers like to have a piece of the action

"...If you look on the fifth page of Gov. Rick Perry's personal financial disclosure..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Think of the word "biology."..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Inside and Outside the Curatorial Box

Husband and wife curators Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and Regine Basha discuss the art of their profession.

"...being a curator all about? How do you influence the world through the art you select to exhibit? After..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

The Killing Fields, Kind Of

A culinary history of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre farmhouse

"...Once upon a time, in the not too distant past, a neat farmhouse stood on..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Food Feature by MM Pack

Seeking the Recipe

Hermeticism has been marginalized academia since the Enlightenment. Can a UT professor and grad student editing a journal change that?

"...You might think that a periodical devoted to the study of alchemical thought from ancient Egypt to Harry..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Books Feature by Michael Erard

No Quiet on the Eastern Front

The choice for Place 2 presents two approaches to Eastside issues.

"...of his two opponents. Fernandez was dropping out of the race, he said, even though the legal deadline to..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Home Front

Various dispatches from the anti-war movement around Austin.

"...One of the most moving moments of the March 15 Capitol peace..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...thought up someplace else. No trees. But it's not the city or its lack of originality that was the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus

Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.

"...if you guys were naming this article, what would the headline be?..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Whole Woman

The profound underexposure of women among Austin's food luminaries causes one to wonder whether a certain locker-room mentality still prevails in kitchens around the city.

"...his kitchen. As a matter of course, she inquired whether he had many women working in the kitchen. He..."

May 5, 2000 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

The Education of a Lifetime

A look at UT's Performing Arts Center and the process by which they bring the biggest names in jazz to Austin.

"...after UT's Bass Concert Hall had turned off all the lights and gone to bed. Except, down the dark,..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Status of the Original

"...his garage in 1984, and four years later, with the help of two business partners in Massachusetts, opened BookLab,..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Books Feature by Clay Smith

The Net

A Brief History of the Internet

"...Understanding the Internet is the first step toward nerd enlightenment. So..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...by Jason Stout In March 18, 1996, Texas had the dubious honor of becoming the first state in the..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

Girls in the Hood

Girls Like Us: The Texas Documentary Tour

"...boys. Anna's parents forbid her from even walking through the halls with the opposite sex, and Raelene has dropped..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

The Backstage Crew

Council Candidates' Consultants Direct the Show

"...The Dream Team Scheme..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

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