Jessie Otto Hite: With the Blanton built, the director takes her leave

With the Blanton Museum of Art's new galleries open and drawing record crowds and the companion building set to open next year, Jessie Otto Hite has decided to retire as director in 2008

"...started as an employee of the art museum at UT – a full 28 years ago – the university..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UIL Spring Meet Under Way

The high school state championships in tennis, golf, and track and field are in Austin this week

"...track & field. The tennis wraps up today at UT's Penick-Allison Courts and Lakeway World of Tennis; the golf..."

May 8, 2007 Sports Post by Lee Nichols

After a Fashion

Celebrity sightings and Cheaters revisited

"...he is jovial and pleasant, and everyone loves him, but Julia keeps to herself and takes care of the..."

April 20, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bi-ology

The Texas Biennial's second rising

"...patterns. In general, they are plants that grow strong but unflowered until their second season, when they bloom, go..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

'Friday Night Lights': Up to Now

"...Real high school football may be over until August, but NBC's fictionalized account of the Dillon Panthers, currently airing..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Sports Post by Christopher Gray

'Possession Arrow': Badgley<-Razook

"...a worthwhile exchange between two of college basketball's most astute observers. John Razook is an Oklahoma State graduate; Shawn..."

Jan. 6, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

‘Tip Time’: Finals Edition

“Tip Time” wishes all college basketball fans – them and only them – the best this holiday season

"...holiday season, as well as in the new year. But stay sharp. Soon after unwrapping our Rick Majerus replica..."

Dec. 21, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Line of Descent

Carol Dawson and Carol Johnston's House of Plenty: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Luby's Cafeterias

"...fall event. Smith was confident that books by such authors as Jay McInerney and Amy Sedaris would generate plenty..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Greatest Gift

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

"...It's a beautiful day for a Scratch Acid reunion...."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

La Onda Chicano

Tejano music, as a genre, might be on the ropes, but Sunny Ozuna – one of the genre's architects – is anything but

"...October demise of the city's last Tejano radio station ("Outlaw Onda," Music, February 17, 2006), the sticky-hot spring night..."

July 21, 2006 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew, and we knew, that there are weapons..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...destructive, and it's billed as an exchange of ideas about one of this country's biggest industries, accessible to every..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Out of Austin's primordial music past comes John Andrews with tales from the music hall of legends

"...back and things get hazy. Try gazing into the future and it's all guesswork. Living in the present is,..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• At press time, UT-Austin President Larry Faulkner announced he will step down next..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...election. Kim trailed Clarke 27%-40% in the general election, but converted that into a 54% victory a month later...."

June 17, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Adopting a Survivor's Tale

Stephen Mills' journey into the Holocaust leads a community toward tolerance

"...premiere of Mills' ballet, Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project. But the 18 months leading up to this production have..."

April 1, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: While Elephants Sleep

The breakdown of the Travis Co. primary vote suggests interesting possibilities come November

"...Gov. George W. Bush and still Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the air was thick and rank with assertions and..."

March 19, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...commitment to vision and to quality: It's not just about getting work done, but accomplishing it with integrity and..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...John Edwards begs to differ – it's all over but the shouting for John Kerry, even though well over..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Headlines

"...Monthly, 11 of 12 Texas Senate Dems are chilling out in New Mexico, while madness grips the Capitol as..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...place to another to sound off on two separate but related matters concerning -- as usual -- water. First,..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Well, well. Another story about wannabe indie filmmakers who mortgage their homes and ruin..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"...her 1977 article on bilingual children's programming, "A Generation Without Cultural Hang-Ups." If a reading between the lines of..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the knowledge that one may legally say nearly anything about politicians in this country, whether true or not, without..."

April 4, 2003 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...for the article on Melinda Ballard vs. Farmers Insurance about Ballard's moldy mansion ["The 'Mold Queen' Fights Back," March..."

March 28, 2003 Column

Hush: An Interview With America

In Hush: An Interview With America, the students of the UT Department of Theatre and Dance handle the complexities of James Still's play with steady hands, which may please viewers who enjoy supporting the development of young artists, but the play's inconsistencies may leave other visitors to this theatrical lab disappointed.

"...Hush: An Interview With America, the chair of the UT Department of Theatre and Dance, Richard M. Isackes, likens..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Heartbreak House

Should you attend the UT Department of Theatre and Dance production of Heartbreak House, you'll have to work to keep up with the student cast, which blasts through the wordy script, but your labors will be rewarded by some fine design work and acting, and G.B. Shaw's timely critique of the leisure classes awakening to a world at war.

"...Chatting in a Garden as Bombs Rain DownLab Theatre, UT campus, through March 8..."

March 7, 2003 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...for the bikeway were mediocre, illogical, or both. The UTC argued that the city wasn't making full use of..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Down From the Mountain

There was no snow at Sundance this year, but a strong slate nonetheless.

"...only were more individuals clamoring to get into screenings, but that more bona fide stars, handlers, entourages, and gawkers..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Beyond City Limits

"...study by the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Justice Policy Institute reports that from 1980 to 2000, nationwide spending on..."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Feature

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