Austin Area Cancellations and Other COVID-19 Updates

Gov. Abbott declares statewide public health disaster

"...The city identified its first two cases of COVID-19 this morning and with that another wave of..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by James Renovitch

Austin Identifies Area's First COVID-19 Cases

Two presumed to be infected pending CDC confirmation

"...her 30s who is self-quarantining at home. Austin health officials are awaiting testing from the Centers for Disease Control..."

March 13, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders and Margaret Nicklas

Frank Erwin Center Postpones Shows Indefinitely

Plus an extended spring break and more cancellations

"...have people who do just that. Here's a list of the most recent drop-outs...."

March 12, 2020 News Post by the Editorial Staff

Headlines

"...purchase the property and convert it into a facility offering permanent supportive housing to people experiencing homelessness; but to..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature

Officials Express Concern, Not Fear, as Austin Events Face Possible Spread of Coronavirus

Austin Public Health delivers update on Travis County preparedness

"...thousands in China, and recently, has caused the deaths of at least nine people, mostly elderly, in Washington state...."

March 4, 2020 News Post by Margaret Nicklas

Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title

Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years

"...A history of Texas is not something that should be entered into..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Paul Cruz Steps Down at AISD

Superintendent takes UT post; transition plan still TBD

"...at the helm, Paul Cruz will resign as superintendent of the Austin Independent School District, per an announcement posted..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...asked where you were from, you said, "I'm one of the few people actually from College Station." What did..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How the Democratic Primaries Could Affect Down-Ballot Races in Austin

See what happens when the circus is in town

"...Throughout a year's escalating hype over Blue Texas 2020, our long-awaited turn in the spotlight as the..."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Kirk Watson Resigns From Texas Senate

Headed to Houston, the ex-mayor and senator reflects on his legacy

"...Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, was reflective with the local press corps at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 18,..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Kirk Watson Begins His Long Goodbye

Headed to Houston, the ex-mayor and senator reflects on his legacy

"...Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, was reflective with the local press corps at the Texas Capitol after the news broke..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Kirk Watson Resigns From Texas Senate

Former Austin mayor jumps ship for academia, effective April 30

"...former mayor and its District 14 rep in the Texas Senate since 2006, announced today that he'll be stepping..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Kimberley Jones

County Names Its First Chief Public Defender

Commissioners Court appoints University of Virginia Law School lecturer Adeola Ogunkeyede to lead office

"...the next major step toward establishing a public defender office: appointing University of Virginia Law School lecturer Adeola Ogunkeyede..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Council Prepares for Round 2 of the Land Use Rewrite

Calm before the code

"...Feb. 6, as members and their staff spend most of their energy on preparing for the second (of three)..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...the world. From the top risers, a bird's eye of bands and fans buzzing below gives way to a..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Capital Factory Announces Merger With Station Houston

Startup hub is also partnering with Rice University and the Ion

"...in its mission to encourage innovation among startups in Texas, and has just taken another step in its expansion...."

Jan. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Sofia Tafich

Abbott to Refugees: Drop Dead

Religious orgs condemn governor for refugee ban

"...that he had informed the U.S. State Department that Texas will not accept refugees for resettlement in 2020, under..."

Jan. 17, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

In Memoriam: Bob "Daddy-o" Wade

A fond farewell to the original trickster of Lone Star art

"...The Texas artist who gave us the 40-foot-tall cowboy boots outside..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Books of 2019

From the social upheaval of the Sixties to the double life of an intelligence agent to the secular past of an Orthodox rabbi, splits resolved into memorable books

"...(Alfred A. Knopf). Like an acid flashback for those of us who experienced it, even vicariously, and an eye-popping..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Headlines

"...ago. The two were last seen dropping Broussard's son off at school on Dec. 12; police believe she then..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature

Election Ticker: Marching Toward 2020

The latest from the local campaign trails

"...closed Dec. 9 (early voting begins Feb. 18). The Texas Democratic primary ballot holds no great surprises, but a..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Revenge of the She-Punks

"...Bob Marley's first UK publicist, NYU's nicknamed "punk professor" and a cult musician in her own right, vanguard..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe

Janine Barchas’ The Lost Books of Jane Austen

In this nonfiction book, the local scholar provides fresh insight into the ways that Jane Austen became Jane Austen, literary superstar

"...There's no way that the author of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility could have..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2019: Truth Worth Telling: A Conversation With Journalist Scott Pelley

Newsman Scott Pelley had words of advice about media in the modern age

"...to poison the information," Scott Pelley said at the Texas Book Festival on Sunday. "When others call journalists enemies..."

Oct. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Joe O'Connell

Austin City Council Reinstates Partial Camping Ban

Governor sends in TxDOT; Kitchen leads effort for more explicit rules

"...camping, Gov. Greg Abbott announced today, Oct. 18, the Texas Department of Transportation would begin clearing out areas under..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin City Council Proclaims Oct. 26 Intersex Awareness Day

Activist Alicia Roth Weigel discusses intersex rights, says I eXYst

"...Yesterday, on October 17, 2019 – for the first..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Alicia Roth Weigel

A Testy Council Continues to Consider Homelessness

The dais agrees: Ordinances need to be revised, but they disagree on how to do so

"...proposal would ban camping on some high-traffic roadways (parts of Guadalupe and 24th Street near the UT campus; on..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Beto O'Rourke's Long, Hot Road to the Texas Primary

We report from the 2020 Democratic campaign trail on whether all the blue, sweat, and beers are worth it

"...They're out early, long before lunchtime, in the off-and-on rain, staking out corners and putting out their signs..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New York Times Bestselling Author Brené Brown to Speak at UT Austin

Limited tickets available to the public for Oct. 29 event

"...Times bestselling author back to her alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin. Tickets for Daring Athletes: Embracing..."

Sept. 18, 2019 Arts Post by Alyssa Quiles

Abbott Issues “Safety Action Report” on Gun Violence

Recommendations long on surveillance, short on gun restrictions

"...issued a “Safety Action Report” in response to recent Texas mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa. It’s likely..."

Sept. 16, 2019 News Post by Michael King

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