The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...decided the state of Texas should secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. Sneed's sons fought for the..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

Letters at 3AM: Articles of Faith

"That all things are possible is God"

"...Manhattan. I'd ride the Woodlawn line to Grand Central Station and read the want ads at a funky diner..."

Oct. 18, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Nora Guthrie: Tourniquet in Cheek

More music history with SXSW Music panelist Nora Guthrie

"...into his shows. Then what happened was, the radio station got such a huge response, letters and calls, that..."

Feb. 29, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Morris Beachy

Remembering Austin's pioneering choral conductor

"...Forty Acres. Off campus, he founded the Austin Choral Union (1964-1998), Austin Choral Artists (1998-2002), and the Morris Beachy..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Hall Hustle: So How was Your Vacation?

Council comes home to the budget, the Sanders debate, and plenty more

"...the Jollyville line but the plant's raw water pumping station. But as questions and costs continue to mount, one..."

July 30, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Letters at 3am: Somehow It Gets to Be Tomorrow

For many American families, one salary is not enough to keep everyone in the household fed

"...of City Hall and no one objected. A gas station advertised premium for 23 cents a gallon and regular..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...as the express routes. Glenn Gaven, former UT shuttle-bus union president and co-founder of the newly formed Bus Riders..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature

Hold Those Tolls!

Road conditions: funding hazy, future unclear

"...control over land uses around future highways and relocating Union Pacific away from rail lines that commuters could use...."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Streetcar Desires

The Austin streetcar has a consensus – it still needs champions

"...Cap Metro knows a streetcar project can't leave the station without political support and financial partnership from the city..."

July 20, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...The moves follow a management reconfiguration at the local station group, including a new operations manager and program director...."

March 30, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...the birds' systems, killed them off. Tests at College Station's Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and the National Veterinary..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Page Two

Tomorrow, we fight; today, we mourn

"...helping craft state constitutional amendments limiting marriage to the union between a male and a female, and in addition..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...from their satellite defense missile system, Airs Above Your Station. Wrapping things up are the Constantines from Toronto. Last..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...Depot organization, the building's fate will revert to the Union Pacific. When the railroad quit using the depot eight..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Eight Years Later, Elgin Man Becomes a 'Terrorist'

A 1994 outburst lands a local man in jail -- last fall

"...chief of police. When Lawhorn arrived at the police station to pay his tickets, three plainclothes officers took him..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...thin cover for endless war abroad and repression of unions and other domestic movements. Wielmaker may believe war and..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Column

Naked City

Like many police forces, the Austin Police Department videotapes suspects without their knowledge : a practice some call an invasion of privacy and a violation of suspects' constitutional rights.

"...It's Friday night at the Austin Police Department station downtown, and a group of officers on DWI detail..."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

Coal Hard Cash

Alcoa has applied for a mining application in Elgin, near Austin.

"...the plan. The mine and smelter are the biggest union employers in Central Texas, with a combined total of..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Feature

Day Trips

"...On the south side of the lake, Union Grove Park is the other park that allows camping...."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture

Closer Than You Think

"...Texas Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency (not the Texas Union Ballroom as erroneously crept in here last week). That..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Music Column

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"..."lesbian Big Chill," Sharon Pollack's feature depicts the weekend reunion of old friends from the Seventies. (Oct. 11)......"

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

At Close Range

The Men Behind the Texas Militia Myth

"...that "the dumbest thing Texas did was join the Union. We started out as our own country and we..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Texas Songwriting Legend Robert Earl Keen Announces Retirement From the Road

The roots musician will tour through September

"...player Bryan Duckworth to Texas A&M University in College Station where he would eventually graduate with a degree in..."

Jan. 16, 2022 Music Post by Robert Penson

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...Limits currently streams a passel of shows through producing station Austin PBS. (Full disclosure: That's my day job.) Catch..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Future Imperfect: Our Favorite Dystopian Films

VOTE: Deadly roller derby, sad clones, and a Road Warrior duke it out

"...Lepus and so many other MST3K episodes. Sure, the Union of Concerned Scientists have lately moved their doomsday clock..."

Sept. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...so they can see fully around the area – stationed one-block-and-a-half from one another, along Sixth Street's four-block stretch..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Christopher Lee, Spies, and Werewolf Sex

The strange tale of Howling II

"...Lagoon, said he made that because he needed a station wagon. I needed a station wagon myself, so I..."

July 10, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: October 27

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...President Bill Clinton encourages us to come out, come..."

Oct. 27, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Sidewalk Fail!

"...As Matthews crosses the Union Pacific Railroad, more obstacles, like this utility pole, and..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Photo Gallery

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Sept. 9-16

"...JULIUS GETMAN discusses his book Restoring the Power of Unions. 7pm. BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, 472-5050. www.bookpeople.com...."

Sept. 10, 2010 News Feature

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