The Story of Qiu Ju

"...and Yang Liu Chun. Anyone ever caught in the wheels of bureaucracy will relate to Chinese director Zhang Yimou's..."

July 23, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Top 10 Most Read Screens Stories of 2020

Big exits, big changes, and the pandemic make for big stories

"...In the year of the pandemic, cinemas have shuttered and films have been..."

Dec. 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...Austin, where you’re either re-acclimating to the increasing chaos of life in an ever-growing metropolis or getting your first..."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Protesters Allege Austin Police Dumped Quadruple Amputee Activist Whitney Mitchell Out of Her Wheelchair

Fiancée of Garrett Foster was attending police brutality protest

"...Interim Police Chief Joe Chacon discipline an Austin Police officer who they say dumped activist Whitney Mitchell, a quadruple..."

April 2, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Because Migrants Are the Problem? The U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas on Friday after Abbott ordered state..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Feature

Qmmunity: Season of the Homoscopes

Change is the name of the game this week in Austin’s queer event horoscopes

"...no astrology buff. But isn't not knowing the point of change? We can't really predict what the shifts in..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by James Scott

With Ti West In a Valley of Violence

Director on PTSD, Westerns, and the world's greatest dog

"...bullets leave no blood. Not in In a Valley of Violence, the new revisionist horse opera from writer/director Ti..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

Back to the puzzles in this teen-friendly Saw-alike

"...Back in 2019, Adam Robitel (The Taking of Deborah Logan) surprised audiences with a smart piece of..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...and enough radiant heat to make last month's filming of local action auteur Robert Rodri­guez's hyperviolent Machete both look..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Crosstalk: Remembering Brad Houser of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, and More Music News

Mala Fama opens on Sixth Street, and Golden Hornet seeks young composers

"...Brad Houser, celebrated Texas musician and founding member of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, died on July 24..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

'Another Long Stretch of Continuous Soft Rock'

The third-place story

"...along sound waves from the radio's stretch after stretch of continuous soft rock...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Books Feature by Josh Justice

Sharecropping on Wheels

While the city juggles taxicab franchises, drivers demand 'a fair shake'

"...process that led to your passage has a host of largely unseen mechanisms – questions of competition, permits, fees,..."

June 11, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

If You're White, It's All Right

The colors of justice in Williamson County

"...In 2003, Williamson County Sheriff's Office investigators made a series of significant felony drug busts...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Derby's Hipster City Showdown

Texas Rollergirls' B-Team plan to knock Portland's PBR over

"...modern flat track league, the Texas Rollergirls created one of the first all-star travel squads, the Texecutioners. Finally, this..."

May 16, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texecutioners Pluck Rose City

Texas Rollergirls finish 2008 flat track derby season with laughter

"...one last stand Saturday night before they rest their wheels for a few months...."

Dec. 8, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Rosey Times for the Texecutioners

Texas/Portland recap before this weekend's Texas Rollergirls bout

"...the track, they just couldn't quite knock the bloom off Portland's Rose City Rollers...."

June 1, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roses in Texas

Final bout of the '08 flat track derby season tonight

"...the favor when the Texecutioners take on visitors the Wheels of Justice...."

Dec. 6, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Endorsements

Democratic and Republican Primaries, March 7

"...on research and discussions among our editorial board, comprised of the News staff, the News editors, Editor Louis Black,..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the 1996 Hopwood ruling that eliminated all race-based awards of admission and scholarships at state-supported schools. The report is..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature

Beside the Point: Sue Sue Sue-Dio

While City Hall slumbers, the law in its majesty marches on

"...on summer hiatus until July 28 – but the wheels of justice inexorably turn. With the Hustle out of..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

The Year in Politics

The Top Ten Political Stories of 1997

"...1) Annexation Frustration. The kingdom of Austin has not witnessed such tearing of hair, gnashing..."

Jan. 9, 1998 News Feature

This Day in Queer History: One, Inc. v. Olessen

We celebrate a landmark case in the struggle for U.S. LGBTQ rights

"...ONE, Inc. was a gay collective created by members of the Mattachine Society in 1952. The group published ONE..."

Jan. 12, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

Perry and Paxton Fight the Law

Perry indictment down to one count; grand jury convenes in Paxton case

"...The wheels of justice grind notoriously slowly, but they may be..."

July 31, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Portland, You Are in Us

Texas Rollergirls prepare for the Hipster City Showdown

"...The battle of the cooler-than-thous has developed a memetastic, Tumblr-powered life of..."

May 18, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Upsets and Futures

Close-run bouts challenge Texas Rollergirls' established order

"...Last time local derby fans saw these match-ups, they..."

May 20, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

South Congress Cafe to 86 Deck?

Jury finds restaurant guilty of violating agreement it made with city to bring eatery into compliance with city building and zoning code

"...The South Congress Cafe, the upscale spin-off of local Tex-Mex chain Trudy's, keeps fighting the law..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Bellringer: A St-Cyr and Kohler Mystery

History Detectives: 'Bellringer'

"...That the stories are about a pair of police investigators who solve homicides during the biggest lollapalooza..."

June 15, 2012 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

A Queerbot by Any Other Name ...

Use your words carefully

"...poll released this past week finds that while 50+% of Americans are in favor of "gays and lesbian women"..."

Feb. 17, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Frank J. Rivera

Ukrainians With Austin Family Defy Death to Get Here

Seeking refuge in Austin

"...worries that Feb. 23 was the last sane day of her life. Since Feb. 24, when Russia invaded her..."

March 18, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Letters at 3AM: The Nameless Moon, Etc.

Ventura unpacks his folders full of sentences without homes, and other remnants excised from this and that

"...Lots of scrawled or printed-out scraps in three bulging manila folders:..."

May 16, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

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