News AggreGAYte for the Week of Nov. 8

Catch up on the queer news beat with Gay Place

"...dong, the douche is gone. In news from the Michigan Attorney General's Office, Andrew Shirvell, e-bully extraordinaire and now..."

Nov. 8, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

The Problem of Wrongful Conviction

New registry details nearly 900 cases

"...A joint project of the University of Michigan and Northwestern law schools has..."

May 21, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Salt of the Earth

Local activists remember Cesar Chavez on the seventh anniversary of his death.

"...right-to-work state with no allegiance to other states supportive of the Cesar Chavezes in this world. While Chavez's efforts,..."

April 28, 2000 News Feature by Paul Ciavarri

A Parliament of Experts

Did 'expert testimony' convict an innocent woman of murder?

"...Jan. 30, 2003, was supposed to be a day off for Victoria Gutierrez. Instead, the then-19-year-old Mexican immigrant was..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Jackie Davies

Austin entrepreneur was national restaurant delivery pioneer

"...the Fifties and Sixties, Jackie Davies spent a lot of time around the restaurants and bakery delivery business run..."

April 10, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Page Two: Kings of Mean

The worst legacy of this administration is the terrible behavior it fostered in its citizens

"...that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Law of the Land

The Present: Has Hopwood Changed the World?

"...In March 18, 1996, Texas had the dubious honor of becoming the first state in the country to have..."

Feb. 6, 1998 News Feature by Nicole Kleman

“Marta Lee & Anika Steppe: Kind of About Michigan” at UT VAC

A road trip to adolescent haunts in Michigan results in a touching collaboration that stops short of sentimentality

"...that at times elides the verbal altogether, and memories of long summers at your grandparents' house distill down to..."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Big Spender: UT'S Perks Outweigh Those of Closest Rivals

"...University of Texas athletic officials say that country club memberships..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature

Talk of the College Town

'The New Yorker' on tour in Austin

"...Things have changed since Harold Ross, the founding editor of The New Yorker, famously declared in 1925 that his..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Brief History of School Desegregation

"...v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court establishes the doctrine of "separate but equal," helping to promote segregationist laws and..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: Daytripping in the Age of a Pandemic

Stay home, stay safe, and still scratch that travel itch

"...Essential Services and Activities Protocols for the entire state of Texas. This executive order allows physical activity like going..."

April 8, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Lit in the Time of Coronavirus

From emerging writer to potential vector at AWP in San Antonio

"...vinyl-covered bench seats, my mom protesting the very premise of “(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to..."

March 12, 2020 Arts Post by Mark Gozonsky

More Than a Pair of Jokers

While she was growing up, Anne S. Lewis thought of Randy and Jason Sklar as just her crazy twin cousins. But now, after an MTV sitcom and success on the comedy club circuit, she's thinking her relatives may be more than just a pair of jokers in her family deck.

"...gig at the Capitol City Comedy Club. For me, of course, this is nothing short of amazing. True, they..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Flow of Energy

Beili Liu makes an art of channeling the forces within objects and us

"...A cloud of scissors – 1,500 pairs – is suspended in air..."

March 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Transcript of Passing Fancy

Q&A with Rubber Repertory's Matt Hislope and Josh Meyer

"...particularly enabling cast and crew) have created The Casket of Passing Fancy. Thus do we provide this Web Extra..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature

UT Department of Theatre & Dance

The University of Illinois' Brant Pope is hired to lead UT's theatre/dance school

"...The University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance has a..."

May 28, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...COVID Vaccines ETA: Austin will receive 13,650 initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by mid-December, pending emergency use..."

Dec. 11, 2020 News Feature

Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017

Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year

"...1) TEXAS BIENNIAL (Big Medium) In the hands of curator Leslie Moody Castro, an expansive road trip provided..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

The Art of Football

Who in the NFL is playing in an artistic manner this season, and who is not

"...a unit in my English class at St. Edward’s University called “What Is Art For?” In this section we..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...on a new life, on screen, on stage, and, of course, on the page. This year, we've included thoughts..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Unfair Dismissal of Ypsilanti

"...makes little sense to film a Texas story in Michigan, even in the summertime, but Josh Rosenblatt and the..."

July 15, 2008 Postmarks

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...a child. Yet between No Child Left Behind's culture of high-stakes standardized testing, the reform movement's bullish attitude to..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Foo Swasdee

Food scientist uses restaurant kitchen for product development

"...continue her studies in food sciences at Texas A&M University. She married fellow Thai student, Manot Swasdee, in 1977..."

Oct. 15, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Memories of My Father Watching TV: A Novel

"...to do anything innovative. Nevertheless, Curtis White displays plenty of literary daring in his most recent volume, Memories of..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Books Review

Rebels With a Cause

Compelling documentary about the Sixties" Students for a Democratic Society includes commentary from such leaders as Tom Hayden and Austin's Alice Embree and Jeff Shero Nightbyrd.

"...Garvy. “It isn't the rebels that cause the troubles of the world, it's the troubles that cause the rebels,”..."

March 2, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Looking From the Outside
With Selim Özdogan

Turkish-German author talks politics in the U.S. and Turkey

"...temporary move to America, working in residence at the University of Michigan. While in the U.S., he made time..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

Making It Right

Austin-based Students of the World strives to make it a better one

"...The editing bay just off East Fifth Street is small but cozy. A few..."

July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Study: More Innocents on Death Row Than Previously Thought

Number could be higher in larger criminal justice system

"...Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the incidence of wrongful conviction is, in essence, vastly overblown...."

April 28, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Crop Circles: Quest for Truth

"...exhaustive (and exhausting) look at the peculiarly British phenomenon of crop circles -- those tamped-down geometric patterns that make..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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