The Contenders

Place 1

"...cater to special interests,violate open meetings rules, terrorize small business, spend a million on a salamander sidewalk, invite federal..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature

The ARA Myth

Empty Promises on the Eastside

"...one of those neighborhood associations.) After some additional funny business, including a backstairs attempt to whip together an emergency..."

June 20, 1997 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Council: Gasping for Air

Mayor Adler's search for a solution to the Uber/Lyft referendum fails

"...Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo presided over other agenda business. Adler was feverishly attempting to negotiate a memorandum of..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...The director's working on one final piece of unfinished film business: securing rights to the 40-plus pieces of..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Heroes and Villains: Mike Love

Q&A with Beach Boys mainstay prior to Sunday’s Moody show

"...Mike Love has run the Beach Boys like a business, but he talks about his partnership with Brian Wilson..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Music Post by Luke Winkie

UPDATED: Austin Aquarium Gets the Fisheye

Owners’ checkered past raises red flags; city says no animals on site

"...Austin reporters, sparking renewed interest in the pair's questionable business dealings – including one brother's federal indictment for illegally..."

Aug. 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: 'Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?'

"Route 66" spoke to the sense of change afoot in America

"...might be Dobie Mall. We're facing northeast on an unfinished floor that's open to the sky. The camera pans..."

June 1, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Mothers of Reinvention

White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B

"...a comical recap of the band's grappling with the business side of the music industry. At this point, the..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Keepin' It Jungle

Austin company plans an eco-colonial retreat in Mexico

"...as Matthew Schnurr guides a visitor down a narrow, unfinished road. Crews have been using sledgehammers and machetes to..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...horror. Important work such as school funding was left unfinished as the majority party followed a national trend set..."

June 17, 2005 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happening from Austin and beyond

"...have preserved as city parkland. "That was her last unfinished wish," said friend Shudde Fath, referring to the Lumbermen's..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...then allowed to terminate into one lane for years. Businesses have been closed for years to make room for..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column

Naked City

The Bug Man hits up his friends for his anticipated legal defense fund

"...Earle is indeed expected to continue the unfinished investigation – focusing on the campaign finances of two..."

April 2, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Visualize Whirled Tank Farms

An update on the continuing controversy over the future of the tank farms

"...us, or for the owners?" chimed in a Hispanic business owner, whose marked accent carried an equally strong tone..."

June 7, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Searching for Candidates

The Petition Lawsuits Threaten to Obscure the Election

"...to lame-duck Kirk Watson and now to this term-limit business -- of the City Council's genuine attention to these..."

April 5, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Review: Boycott

The real victims of the GOP war on free speech

"...contractors. The issue in question? Whether states can remove business from contractors who refuse to abstain from boycotting Israel...."

March 22, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

aGLIFF Review: Monsoon

A return to Vietnam sees tender emotional growth

"...duration of a Grindr hookup, this homecoming entails some unfinished personal business (his deceased parents never spoke about the..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Steve Davis

Austin Street Art Enters Into a New Era

With the city cracking down on graffiti and Hope Outdoor Gallery set to close, artists look for permission to paint

"...on T-shirts and selling them. They called their budding business SprATX...."

July 27, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Point Austin: As the Budget Goes, So Goes Council

Turf battles over uncommitted funds may prefigure 2018

"...by mid-August, leaving council members to the more humdrum business of muddling through endless zoning cases, or grappling more..."

Sept. 22, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Austin Film Festival Announces Second Wave of Films

Jeff Nichols' Loving gets a Texas premiere

"...creative lifestyle, the drama of old regrets, insecurity, and unfinished romantic business takes its toll...."

Aug. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Parliamentary Maneuvers

Council plows through agenda beneath a persistent TNC cloud

"...not only implied a city failure to enforce a still-unfinished TNC ordinance, it was to be inserted into a..."

May 23, 2016 News Post by Michael King

Coming Together

Organizing for justice in the African-American community

"...the Dots for Justice, a community forum and black business expo taking place tomorrow, Dec. 10, at the St...."

Dec. 9, 2015 News Post by Amy Kamp

News Roundup: Use of Force, Apartments, & TNCs

Jury awards $1M in civil rights suit; SOI ordinance halted

"...harm” if the rule is enforced. “There are sound business reasons why more property owners do not participate in..."

March 9, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

What Happens to Us

First Place winner

"...the floor along the walls, which are done in unfinished drywall like she's redecorating. Only the drywall is yellowing,..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessica Rutland

Headlines

"...seven-member, at-large era. Last week's meeting (Nov. 20) left unfinished, much contentious business, including a potential decision on the..."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature

First Street Studio

New Eastside performance venue debuts with Chaddick Dance Theater's 'Turned Inside Out'

"...So why shouldn't dance companies do the same in business?..."

May 23, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Where Does Art Fit Into The Goodnight?

It's a matter of what can be done with available space

"..."We've got this banquet space in the back that's unfinished," says the owner, leading me into a large, electric-light-flooded..."

June 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Endgame

Nigel O'Hearn terminates Palindrome Theatre after three years, just as planned

"...infrastructure, and any less than three years would feel unfinished." O'Hearn, at this point, seems enamored of the options..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

I'm Swayed

A preview of South First's hottest new restaurant

"...start with, the folks at Sway have made good business decisions. They’ve chosen a location along S.1st Street, which,..."

Dec. 9, 2012 Food Post by Rachel Feit

Dawn in the EAST

Big Medium's Shea Little recalls the East Austin Studio Tour's beginning

"...seats and overgrown plants jut out between sculptures and unfinished projects. The space is unassuming for a venue that..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

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