Room for the Unexpected

With the budget season not yet in full swing, there's still time for hope

"...During these recessionary years, the practice of cutting library hours has become one..."

July 1, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Film Flam

The Austin Studios campus expands, SXSW Film adds venues and a tribute to Ain't It Cool News, and more

"...and the planning is already under way. To that end, AFS hosted a Creative Media Hub Town Hall on..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Column by Kimberley Jones

William Kuhn Finds Jackie Onassis at Work

Reading Jackie by William Kuhn

"...Apparently the publication date, originally scheduled for early this year, was moved up to December 2010 to beat another..."

Jan. 11, 2011 Books Post by Anne Harris

Seasons in the Abyss

Pixies, Rush, Megadeth, and Slayer: the return of the album.

"...knifing through the 1989 indie landmark start to finish. Bookending it with the disc’s overflow proved off-putting at the..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Wasted Energy

Why the 11th-hour 'action' against AE's generation plan?

"...for Action is – why now? Why, at the end of a two-year process – including, by the utility's..."

April 16, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Mad Dreaming

Loud, barely intelligible SXSW incantations

"...the end – since we know nothing, pure..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Column by Louis Black

The 18th Annual Short Story Contest

How we made it from 620 stories to one

"...From a record-smashing 620 entries, nine finalists emerged – and with them, some common themes. At..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Political Dust Clouds 201st: Patterson vs. Meachum

Is the candidate with most experience also a liability?

"...that she would consider stepping down more than a year before the election caught the Democratic faithful off-guard –..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Aural History

Jeff Lofton, son of an Army drill instructor, sure doesn’t play trumpet like one – or does he?

"...the People, his second CD, braised local Top 10 lists with the lyricism of his silver horn. "Never bashful..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

City Hall Hustle: It Ain't Xmas Yet

Council closing in on a raft of unfinished business

"...do you think anyone's mind is totally trained on pending duties at 301 W. Second, and not, say, visions..."

Dec. 11, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Art Palace

An appreciation of the great Eastside gallery as it packs up and moves to Houston

"...have been in operation just four and a half years, but in that time it became a vital showplace..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Hall Hustle: He's Making a List ...

The Hustle checks in on the mayor's campaign agenda

"...but there's always something rushed about this time of year – a mildly frantic sense there's only so much..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Another Shadow-Day Knight

The Harry Ransom Center uncasks the curious life and works of Edgar Allan Poe

"...wonder: That's why we know about him today, 200 years after his birth; that's why we give a damn...."

Sept. 11, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

KeyPoint to Investigate Sanders Shooting

The decision has not escaped criticism

"...the selection of KeyPoint Government Solutions to conduct an independent investigation into the May police shooting death of Nathaniel..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

This Beauty Queen is harsh but effective, gritty as a sandpaper shamrock

"...in economically depressed rural Ireland, the play opens with 70-year-old Mag Folan (Jennifer Underwood) sitting in a filthy robe..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Their Reputations Precede Them

Run-off rivals Galindo and Morrison set the record straight

"..."That's clearly not the case." On Galindo's website, he lists steering the Galindo Group Austin from 1995 to the..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Dude, Let's Go Bowling

You can tell a lot about newspapers by what they don't cover

"...was revealed that the Bush administration declared the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights to be inapplicable to..."

April 11, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Girlie x 10

Girlie Action's Top 10

"...Throughout the next couple of weeks, we'll be posting addendums to our end of year Top 10 lists, in..."

Dec. 20, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Taking You to Ninja School

Seven reasons why Naruto is kicking everybody's ass

"...with being the population's black sheep, besides having to contend with the usual coming-of-age tribulations, the vagaries of social..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Shedding Light on Prisoners' Rights

HIV/AIDS awareness group trying to make case for prisoners' right to condom access

"...the power to let state agencies expire (when their 12-year expiration, or "sunset," date rolls around) unless they accept..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

A Letter to Mexico

Oaxacan unrest visits local consulate

"...drive his truck south of the border for a weekend trip. As he waited to talk to the bureaucrat..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Media Watch

Fox-7 anchor bails from the biz; Time Warner feuds with National Geographic

"...on the air until her contract expires at the end of August...."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Scotty Needs Our Help!

Check it out! Austin High alum dispatches spazzy SOS (Save Our Scotty?) for GWB's former press sec!

"...but it's possible that Mom may not want to spend the next few months talking about White House criminal..."

April 28, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

'Above Us Only Sky'

Marion Winik's new collection: an excerpt

"...and career success, to her current book nearly 20 years later, Above Us Only Sky...."

Oct. 28, 2005 Books Feature

Time In

Taking inspiration from sports, Stillpoint Dance's Time In showed how to cope with the stress of jam-packed schedules

"...appointments, family obligations, and the odd social occasion with friends, all to be juggled with the responsibilities of job..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

We're No. 1. But we knew that.

"..."Top 10 Cities for Moviemakers" in the current issue lists Austin as No. 1, up from No. 4 last..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Capitol Chronicle

The increases in tuition for Texas universities are symptoms of a much larger transformation in public life.

"...of hell. And it's cleverly disguised as having a tender heart. It's not a tender heart. It's ripping the..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...site, risking the ire of Tom and the Homeland Defenders. The Communists are directing users to MoveOn.org as well..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Column

Does MACC put Town Lake Residents at Risk?

The proposed Mexican-American Cultural Center may block fire access to the adjacent Villas on Town Lake.

"...secluded condo complex situated on the waterfront at the end of Red River Street. Partially hidden by trees and..."

May 30, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

School Finance Shell Game

"...clamor over proposed congressional redistricting, the Senate's plan to "end Robin Hood" and reform public-school finance is making plenty..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

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