Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...Randal O'Toole is a very convincing fellow. Spend about half an hour listening to him – as a..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Elementary and leave Oak Springs Elementary open Monday night, but deadlocked 4-4, with trustee Rudy Montoya absent. See p.20..."

March 31, 2006 News Feature

Giving Voice

Students and colleagues sing in tribute to the late Martha Deatherage

"..."She was our beautiful Joan of Arc, an artist and a great teacher..."

April 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...seat, succeeding Craig Smith, who won his re-election bid but opted out of another run for president. Camp represents..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...his friends aware that over 90% of students entering UT today have never shared a bedroom with anyone in..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Faith Healers

A look inside the Teen Challenge faith-based drug treatment in Fort Worth suggests that there are problems with Christian drug rehab programs.

"...Fort Worth is not built perfectly flat, but it looks that way, as open to the sky..."

Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Postmarks

Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...cars in these pages of late. His analysis points out that this debate is merely a symptom of the..."

July 2, 1999 Column

Cowboys and Controversy

Kyle Henry and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...I spoke with Henry about his work on not only American Cowboy, but also..."

May 8, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...or value to the tract home and highway strip. But that's not what this article is about. Instead, it's..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

"...be buckets of fake blood and a stern moral about the dangers of spousal abuse. Soon Koresh! The Musical..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Postmarks

The Xicanindio Poet

"...Raúlrsalinas ["Poetry as Activism," Vol. 16, No. 29]. It's about time he be given some recognition. Because of his..."

April 11, 1997 Column

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...however you pick it up, pick it up. Worried about all that black hair dye wafting harsh chemicals into..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Brandon Cash Says He's a Clown. His Critics Say He's a Bigot. Will His Customers Keep Coming Back?

The show must (?) go on

"...weathered a storm back in 2017 prompted by similar social media mischief. This time, Unbarlievable owner Brandon Cash unleashed..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Lee Ackerley

A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project

New leadership doesn't sit well with the old guard

"...and so the move made fiscal sense moving forward. But, a representative insisted, the move would not mean any..."

Aug. 3, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

A Nightmare for DREAMers

Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans

"...to the U.S., in search of a better life, but on the way Lopez became separated from her family,..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Teaching Truthiness

Activists, lawmakers call on State Board of Education to reject racist Mexican-American textbook

"...of whom traveled from all over Texas – gathered outside the William B. Travis building on Tuesday, Sept. 13,..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...Kim Henkel, Leatherface actor Gunnar Hansen – all were UT grads. Teri McMinn, who played the ill-fated Pam, was..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mary Margaret Farabee: In Memoriam

Remembering the Texas Book Festival co-founder and Austin Arts Hall of Famer

"...an advocate for a host of other cultural and social causes, died Sunday, March 3, after a bout with..."

March 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Media Watch: The Rag in the Modern World

Olde Austin Ragsters revive in a digital age

"...The Rag was a firebrand little troublemaker that grew out of the University of Texas in 1966 and then..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...have the chance to share my thoughts with you about the state of our city...."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...have the chance to share my thoughts with you about the state of our city...."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

A Claimed Space

Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum

"..."Maps are defined by what they include but are often more revealing in what they exclude." –..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Truth Seeker

Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white

"...they are the songbirds, the reflecting pool, the eloquent truth seekers. We are lucky Sebastião Salgado is not dead...."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

Solar Helps Keep Eastside Homes Affordable

Thanks to neighborhood-based nonprofit Blackland CDC

"...frame bungalow – except for the kooky-looking, solar-panel-laden addition jutting off the back. Known as the Harden-Solar Duplex, the..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Want to End the Drug War? Jack Cole Will Tell You How!

Anti-drug war lecturer coming to UT.

"...the U.S. beat its drug war addiction? Jack Cole, executive director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, says yes –..."

Oct. 9, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

"...• Can Toby Futrell be replaced? Hell, yeah. The hunt for a new..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

Integrating the 40 Acres: The 50-Year Struggle for Racial Equality at the University of Texas; The Texas Book: Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University

Cen-Texts

"...marked both the 125th anniversary of the legislation creating UT and the 50th year since the Board of Regents..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Books Review by Lee Nichols

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...attempt to shore up their base – a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage – got shot down..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Summer Camp Guide

"...too much Sun-In, and I was the only girl without a curling iron – who knew they could run..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Republican leaders to change the sources of school funding without increasing itHeadlines• Early voting begins Monday, May 1, in..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature

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