In the Shadow of the Shepherd

A church's expansion plans threaten a neighborhood. Sound familiar?

"...church can rebuild its current educational building into a three-story facility that would loom over the southeast corner of..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

New Murals in Austin You May Have Missed

A guide to some of Austin's most notable new murals you may have missed

"...West side of the LINE Hotel, Congress at Cesar Chavez..."

April 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Workers of the World, United in Time

UT Lecturer Anne Lewis on her new doc, A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)

"...figure in Texas union circles – this was a story about "masses of people organizing in a very direct..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cliona Gunter, Vulnerable Maker

This artist opens her home for the West Austin Studio Tour, but more to the point, she opens herself

"...was related to a specific moment in her personal history. "Sometimes it feels like my intuition knows something that..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Off the Record

Mohawk welcomes Red River Flats to the neighborhood, Ego's sings karaoke, and a tribute to pianist Doug Hall

"...Though long considered a threat to the Red River entertainment district, the..."

April 11, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Renaissance (and Baroque) Man

As a curator for UT's Blanton Museum of Art, Jonathan Bober played a pivotal role in securing the Suida-Manning and Steinberg art collections, thereby giving some of the world's great art a home in Austin.

"...including what Bober calls the "canonical masters" in the Western cultural tradition. And he can not only take pleasure..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Jail Forever?

Said's Story

"...Given the history of Palestine, perhaps it is not surprising that Said..."

Dec. 18, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Grave Matters

The Cost of the Longest Vacation You'll Ever Take

"...extensive restoration project to make it even more lovely. Aside from the scenery, you'd share the ground with several..."

March 28, 1997 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Hallucination Village

Reynolds and Mitchell Dream Big

"...The story began two months ago, shortly after the city's Austin..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...singer. The deep voice that comes out of Maureen's insides has a name: Charles. He will soon be 18,..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Preview: Rewriting the Historic Zoning Standards

Stemming the flow of tax abatements to owners wanting historic zoning

"...deluge of cases in specific areas (such as the west side Castle Hill and Pemberton Heights neighborhoods), the Historic..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Hanging Together or Apart

Sanders vote less about money than community, race, and justice

"...council's Thursday vote to reject the settlement that both sides' attorneys had told Sparks on July 12 they were..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...• City Council added another chapter to the decades-long..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature

Page Two: Praise and Lamentation

Saying goodbye and a final thank you to Clifford Antone

"...blues don't merely accept the more dire and strained side of emotional life, but rather obsess on it, although..."

May 26, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...At Porter, just inside the triangle formed by South Lamar, Manchaca, and Ben..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...However, Mr. Hightower chose not to tell the whole story. I learned that charges were dropped, the Ranks received..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...8pm, Buffalo Billiards Story has it that these three antipodean punkaroonie Kiwi ladies..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Tweaking the ARA Plan

Seven years after its creation, the Austin Revitalization Authority hopes new revisions to its urban renewal plan can push Eastside redevelopment forward.

"...Some of the changes would increase the number of residential units and community parking spaces on some blocks and..."

Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Can Wynn Lose?

The mayoral odds are with Wynn, but could a run-off be a race?

"...after a sickening profusion of TV ads from both sides, Wynn beats Katz 55%-to-45% and is elected Austin mayor...."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...man Mike Sheffield comments that are ridiculous and insulting. Consider Sheffield's Janus-faced obfuscations, summarized by Clark-Madison as follows: "......"

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Troublemaker

Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.

"...Patsy Cline hit 'Crazy.' Wonder if we'd want a story on him."..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Learn something new and explore what's out there this fall

"...one of the most successful African American ranchers in West Texas. In 1877 he went to work on Clay..."

Nov. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Bigfoot and Butterflies: Across the Dark Divide With David Cross

How shooting his wilderness adventure changed his brain

"...Cross was, on the set of his remarkable wilderness story The Dark Divide as he plunged through freezing-cold rapids..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...feeling particularly plucky, something weird and contemporary like a West Coast IPA at the Copper Tank: San Bernardino...."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

ATX Television Festival: Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling

How the World Trade Center attacks affected TV

"...Festival panel Shifting Landscapes: The Effect of 9/11 on Storytelling. The Jersey shoreline was filling in for Miami, but..."

June 11, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vinyl’s Tin Cup Chalice

Finyl vinyl thoughts from the stacks of Antone’s Records

"...As the old school ire behind last week’s cover story on the high cost of vinyl – “Why do..."

Jan. 15, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Toke the Vote

Reefer Madness looks at pot ballot measures around the country

"...all. Whether the feds would go along is another story...."

Nov. 2, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Zoo Story

Both versions of Albee's two-man confrontation deserve to be seen and in tandem

"...The Zoo Story..."

May 6, 2011 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Point Austin: What History Teaches

There are different ways of counting social costs

"...approved roughly $380,000 in tax breaks for two dozen West Austin homes, under the terms of the "historic zoning"..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Column by Michael King

BFI Waste Flows Downhill

New flow numbers on BFI site may help opposition

"...Envi­ron­mental Quality. On Dec. 11, council voted to hire outside lawyers to examine whether the agreement could be torn..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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