'The Trash Project II'

Forklift Danceworks reprises its extraordinary ballet for sanitation workers and trucks

"...From the moment the performance ended 17 months ago, people have..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From the Vaults: Talking 'Trash'

Andrew Garrison discusses filming Allison Orr's 'Trash Project'

"...In the documentary Trash Dance, which opens today at the Violet..."

May 3, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Power to the People

Cue the linemen! 'Trash Project' choreographer Allison Orr is making Austin Energy dance

"...Allison Orr is back in the old routine: up at 5am (5:30 on a "good"..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Trash,' Take Two

Allison Orr takes out the Trash a second – and final – time

"...The day before the 2009 premiere of The Trash Project,..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Talking Trash

Trash Dance streams here for the next two weeks – for free

"...UPDATE: Because Austinites have shown so much love for the film Trash Dance, the producers of America Reframed, which..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Forklift Danceworks Goes "On the Job" With Essential Workers

The company's new audio series gives voice to city employees and what they're doing during the pandemic

"...Many performing arts companies want their audiences to know how the people who have worked..."

May 22, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Talking Trash

A huge garbage dump in northeast Travis County causes a stink with its neighbors.

"...March, and so far today, Trek English hasn't smelled the familiar rotten egg odor that often fills her comfortable..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Third Time's the Charm

Andrea Ariel keeps going back to the Gyre, diving deeper and finding deeper truths

"...Around these parts it used to be that a theatre or..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...The Killer Bs must be proud of A-Town. The shades..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Council Recap: It's a Long Way From City Hall to the Landfill

Tensions over trash, and wheeling and dealing to Save Muny

"...With relatively little friction on the dais, City Council at its Thursday, Feb. 20, meeting..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Here Comes the Neighborhood

Capital Metro, City Hall, and Eastside neighbors come together to share their hopes -- and fears -- for the Saltillo corridor.

"...All is quiet on a Sunday morning on the 11 acres of trash-strewn open space formerly called the..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Banks of the Blanco

Environmentalists and Hays County clash over river-clearing project

"...clamshell excavator dumping full-grown trees onto a bonfire. That's the scene a group of kayakers found one recent morning..."

July 29, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck

Affordability is in the details

"...Heading into spring break and "festival season," with the next regular City Council meeting not until March 23,..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Choreographer Alison Orr's New Book Dances Across the Page

Dance Works recounts 23 years of Forklift Danceworks as a force for community change

"...The heat was the first thing Allison Orr mentioned when..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?

Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer

"...move forward on a plan to expand and redesign the Neal W. Kocurek Austin Convention Center, along with additional..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

The Birth of Formula One – Austin

Some welcome the new offspring, and some don't, but the high-speed newcomer is at the starting gate

"...Two and a half years ago, Austinites heard for the first time that their city would be hosting the..."

Nov. 16, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

There’s something in the water: The Baker Hotel rises again

"...The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells was once one of..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Does Anybody Want the Warren Wildlife Gallery in Bouldin Creek?

Rick Warren's indoor safari brings turmoil to the South Austin neighborhood

"...Nobody's missing this mammoth among the single-family houses in Bouldin Creek. When its exterior was..."

Jan. 12, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

The Wisdom of Years

Whatever Way the Wind Blows

"...To hear Willis tell it, the only thing more personally traumatic than her years as..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...Although it’s true that one man’s trash may be another man’s treasure, it takes Austin-based choreographer..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Going With the Flow

The next life of Waller Creek

"...Waller Creek and environs is to live intensively in the modern world and at the same time to be..."

Jan. 11, 2013 News Feature by Ari Phillips

Twitter Flame War Fires Up Austin FC Supporters to Help the Unhoused

For Los Verdes, y'all means all

"...cleaning up this piece of property that belongs to the City of #Austin. It's going on two months that..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Kit O’Connell

Eco-Currents: Talking Trash and Raising the Roof

Anti-litter campaign aims to clean up Austin creeks

"...Some of the most influential stewards of Texas' environment will convene in..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...The short unhappy life of Sophia Chante King came to..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

City Hall Hustle: Gas, Water, and Trash

There could be a higher utility bill in your future

"...Is there a more trite expression of resource-based geopolitical woes than..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Human Touch

Violinist Laurie Young Stevens finds the passion and flash in baroque music

"...or kowtowing to Couperin. Oh, she adores and esteems the music of these great composers as much as any..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The People vs. Larry Flynt

"...Carville, Crispin Glover and Larry Flynt. A flag-waver for the free speech set, The People vs. Larry Flynt isn’t..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Webberville Conundrum

Austin's plans for an eastern landfill hit a little obstacle – the people who live there

"...Back in the early Eighties, Dave and Joann Gunlock bought themselves a..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Lee Nichols

On the Lege

Byrd Bill Stalls ... Again

"...After five days of arm-twisting and late-night bargaining sessions, the delayed for a third time a vote to untie..."

May 14, 1999 News Column

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...Austin: The recovery blossoms into the second boom. The first half..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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