City Hall Hustle: Wood Waste to Burn

With big, bad biomass behind them, council faces the bigger and badder city budget

"...to required security and janitorial improvements, aiming to fit street repairs for more than 8% of city streets per..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Happenings

Jan. 3-9

"...CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING Drop off trees at Zilker Park (follow signs..."

Jan. 4, 2008 News Feature

Happenings

Dec. 27-Jan. 2

"...CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING Drop off trees (minus the stand and ornaments)..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature

365 Days/365 Plays: After 52 weeks, a sense of accomplishment and a blessing

On Nov. 10, Austin's part in a national theatrical event came to a close a stone's throw from where it started a year before

"...at the Blanton Museum. Plays were done under the Zilker Christmas tree and filmed and put online (www.bayou-radio.com/365.htm). So..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Photoasis

Will van Overbeek's camera captures the eternal allure of Austin's favorite swimming hole

"...At the height of summer, even the tree-studded oasis of Austin can seem like the interior of..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Radical Inclusion: A Morality Tale

Halfway through the 365 days of 365 Days/365 Plays, Suzan-Lori Parks' dramatic project has everyone making theatre and in new ways

"...Park and the Off Center; in front of the Zilker Christmas tree; at the Texas state Capitol; inside the..."

April 27, 2007 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Developing Stories: Town Lake Trail - Closing the Gap

Town Lake Trail takes aerobic sprint toward reality

"...again until Lakeshore Boulevard. Determined aerobicizers must use surface streets, including a potentially dangerous and decidedly soul-dampening crossing of..."

April 27, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

The Capitol-View Corridors Conundrum

Downtown Commission gearing up for battle as it begins process of assessing status of city's 35 Capitol-view corridors

"...Edward's University, Mount Bonnell, then-Municipal Auditorium, and most of Zilker Park to the south...."

March 2, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Luv Doc Recommends: Whole Foods Rooftop Skating Rink

Whole Foods Market Downtown, Friday, December 8, 2006

"...tea: Lights everywhere. On the house, the shrubs, the trees, the lawn, the car, the cat, and the holiday..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Streets of Love

Stalking the Stones across Europe

"...and sex and dreams are still surviving on the street. Look at me! I'm in tatters."..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Green Art

"...Museum. (The sculpture, made from a fallen live oak tree, is on display at the Umlauf through September 2006.)..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Tuna Christmas

After 17 Decembers performing 'A Tuna Christmas' literally thousands of times all over the country, do the folks involved have some holiday tales to tell?

"...Come the yuletide, Austinites can always count on the Zilker Park Tree, the 37th Street lights, and A Tuna..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...on the strip malls and heavier on wide sidewalks, trees, and that deity of the urban-planning world, vertical mixed-use..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

An 'Our Town' for Our Town

With 100 Austin stories, Zach builds a city on a stage

"...referred to in Keepin' It Weird, from the 37th Street Christmas lights to Spamarama to ice cream at Amy's..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Alliance, Austin Sierra Club, Save Barton Creek Association, and Zilker NA that opposes the move is narrowed to SOSA..."

July 1, 2005 Column

Luv Doc Recommends: 12 Steps to a More Dysfunctional Christmas

, Friday, December 26, 2003

"...commonwealth of Kentucky. Not too shabby. All of the street cred notwithstanding, St. Stephen’s Day and its conjoined twin..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere.

"...The Zilker Trail of Lights begins Sunday, Dec. 14, and runs..."

Dec. 12, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...a pet-less Christmas, the new, improved, 100% more patriotic Zilker Christmas tree has been lit and is ready for..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...Zilker Neighborhood Association..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Day Trips

Old Settler's Park in Round Rock is one of the best city parks in Texas.

"...it may not even have the diversity of Austin's Zilker Park, but it is one of the best small-town..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Hill Country Breakdown

"...The CTBA's annual festival in Zilker Park, for instance, has remained mostly bluegrass, although seminal..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Postmarks

Facts, Not Gossip

"...surprised if they did some tweaking, given that the street date was being pushed back." Therefore, Mr. Lieck twisted..."

June 5, 1998 Column

Neighborhood Soup

"...neighborhood plan -- if the plan calls for regular tree trimming, that's administrative, but if it calls for rezoning,..."

Aug. 1, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Creek Association's annual board meeting and celebration at the Zilker Park Clubhouse. Perhaps he hopes everyone will forget his..."

Nov. 29, 1996 News Feature

Clear-Cutting at Parks & Rec

Budget Pruning Kills Horticulture Unit

"...onto the base of one of Congress Avenue's many trees. Downtown pedestrians walk by, some stopping briefly to look,..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Goodwill to All...

"...on an archway at the Trail of Lights at Zilker Park. 928-1144...."

Dec. 8, 1995 Column

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