The Girl Who Met Robert Johnson

Shirley Ratisseau wrote a song with Robert Johnson

"...Memory and history. Both have a way of being skewed by, and into, context, especially when delivered..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...what was essentially a living room concert, OTR had the distinct pleasure of being a fly on the wall..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

City Hall Hustle: Budget and the Thin Blue Lines

Council returns to budget deliberations and the lingering questions of the Sanders shooting

"...City Council's return to the dais is still a week away – but we're..."

July 23, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Downtown Austin Plan

The city unveils its Downtown Plan in progress

"...As Downtown grows and evolves, can the city's urban heart become a great place that embodies..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2006

"...1) Urinetown: The Musical (Zachary Scott Theatre Center) This unlikeliest of Broadway..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome to the Primaries

A roundup of the Travis County primary races

"...Co. Commissioner, Pct. 2 You won't read this in their campaign literature, but Karen Sonleitner and Jeff Heckler are..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Field of Dreamers

Two dems, five gop candidates vie for district 48 race, but the seat is expected to remain Democratic.

"...her District 48 state House seat after a successful 10-year stint, the news awoke a herd of snoozing political..."

Feb. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Playing on the Past

"...Gorf. QBert. Zaxxon. Kaboom. Yar's Revenge. Hunt the Wumpus. Dig Dug. For anyone who's ever played them,..."

June 11, 1999 Screens Feature by Chris Baker

Mind the Bullock

"...Re: Robert Bryce's article about Bob Bullock ["The Last Don," Vol. 16, No. 22]...."

March 28, 1997 Column

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...even if he is an aficionado, one for whom the beat and the noise and fury was All, punk..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

Taking the Low Road

Are Boycotts Still an Effective Strategy?

"...business, particularly a small start-up venture with little in the way of cash reserves, the threat of a boycott..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Column

Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?

ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ

"...Project Connect and building a new airport and redeveloping the old one – the creation of a new Austin..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

'You Were Our Father, A Veteran and So Full of Desperation'

Short Story Contest: Third place

"..."I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders"..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Kyle R M

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"..."Good evening, Austin," says Keith Richards like the King of England himself, stepping back from the microphone..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Trashing the Trash Rules

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently adopted the most significant rewrite of the state's garbage rules in a decade

"...The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality adopted the most significant..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Tiffing Over the TIF

Waller Creek Rages On

"...Creek deal," said Robert Knight, a property owner along the creek, early Monday morning. Knight, who has been organizing..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Down the Dark Highway

Bradley Denton Talks about Blackburn

"...carry a certain potency, stories to make you clench the book jacket like the handlebars of a grunting hog..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

The Next Austin Bust

Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?

"...The younger folks among you may just remember what it..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Long View

John Graves' 'Myself and Strangers' finds the 83-year-old looking back at his past and into his future

"...Forty-six years ago and change, in the winter of 1957, John..."

April 30, 2004 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Life by the Drop

The return of Doyle Bramhall

"...The coffin-shaped door of the dive at Eighth and Red..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Targeting the Fat Cats

On Your Ballot: ALLC's Campaign Reform

"...you squeeze it in one place, it bulges in another. Nevertheless, reform initiatives abound across the nation. In seven..."

Oct. 10, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Three True Tales of Urban Infill

Believe It, or Not...

"...As one who is charmed almost totally by the serendipitous, a designed city sounds as appealing as military..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

Big Lit

Previewing the 2009 Texas Book Festival

"...The Texas Book Festival runs Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at and..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Books Feature

The Year of the Flood: A Novel

Atwood's latest is a remarkable parable of a world ruined by corporate tyranny, reckless technology, casual violence, and utter disdain for the natural order

"...The Year of the Flood: A Novelby Margaret Atwood Random..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Books Review by Michael King

Five Ingredients for a Perfect Halloween

Like the best bags of trick-or-treat candy, it’s all in the selecton

"...In Flood of Spirits, writer/director Rebecca Maag summons the spirits of..."

Oct. 20, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Five Post-Apocalyptic Novels for Your Plaguetime Pleasure

Because these ain’t the endtimes yet: Not. Quite. Yet.

"...Look, this current situation of ours?..."

April 13, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Hall Ready for Liftoff on New Land Use Rules

It's as easy as flood protection, affordability, parking, transition zones ...

"...As City Council prepared to take the first of the three votes required to approve a..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Peace on Earth, Good Will to Most

A final look forward at the start of the end of the CodeNEXT process

"...on CodeNEXT three weeks back ("Public Notice: Back to the Present," Dec. 1) suggesting that – given the delay..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Can a super-sized Long Center fit in Austin's Happy Meal box of civic dreams?

"...Last year around this time, I was writing a chin-pulling think..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Recipe: Basil’s Peche Angelica

Make the storied Italian restaurant's seared wild redfish

"...This past year, Austin came close to having our own Chris Rock..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

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