UT's Gaming Academy: Facts & Inferences

What is this post-baccalaureate program all about?

"...press release announcing the creation of the Denius-Sams Gaming Academy. At the helm of the venture is local gaming..."

May 16, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program A

Program A consists of the two longest doc shorts, and they’re among the best of the batch.

"...Best Documentary Short Subject have been divided into two programs for this limited theatrical run. Both programs are punishing,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Short Films: Program B

The collected films in Program B examine suffering from different angles

"...Best Documentary Short Subject have been divided into two programs for this limited theatrical run. Both programs are punishing,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

LBJ Science Academy Sucks Rocks

Gee Whiz, Mr. Science

"...campus that houses one of the most prestigious academic programs in the city -- the Science Academy at Lyndon..."

Dec. 15, 1995 News Feature by Roseana Auten

The 2007 Academy Award Nominated Films: Live Action

Be your own judge and jury for these final five competitors for the Best Live Action Short Oscar.

"...rare opportunity to see all five contenders in the Academy Awards competition for the best live-action short of 2007...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Comparison of Professional Culinary Programs in Austin

"...AISD Austin Independent School District Culinary Arts Programs..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Food Feature

Atelier Dojo Launches Full-Time Art Academy

The Austin powerhouse of figurative art goes deep

"...that they’re going to offer a full-time curriculum: Dojo Academy...."

Nov. 7, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

McCallum Fine Arts Academy

The high school theatre crafts a bilingual take on the Webber-Rice musical

"...You can hardly accuse Austin's high school theatre programs of taking it easy. Some will mount as many..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Literacy Programs Throughout Austin

"...Austin Learning Academy Offers literacy programs for children and adults. AISD schools,..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature

2005 Kids Summer Camps

An annotated list of several places where kids could be going this summer to enjoy physically and mentally invigorating activities

"...CENTER hones young imaginations through weeklong sessions of creativity-inducing programs, along with physical activities like swimming and field trips...."

April 29, 2005 Features Feature

"Building Bombs" and "Deadly Deception"

"...Hot on the heels of having won the well-deserved Academy Award for Best Documentary Short only a couple of..."

April 3, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

AISD Magnets and Academies

A listing of AISD's magnets and academies

"...The Liberal Arts Academy at Johnston High (will move to LBJ next fall)...."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature

My Semester on the Beat

Wherein our reporter pursues the bad guys, abhors Problem People, studies community policing, and earns a perfect attendance koozie in the APD's Citizen Police Academy

"...of Aug. 11-12 as part of the Citizen Police Academy, a free course designed by the APD to show..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Young Democrats Sign Up Here

Mark Strama's 2010 Campaign Academy kicks off this summer

"...Democratic politics, the Mark Strama for State Representative Campaign Academy is an alternative to the traditional summer camp...."

May 21, 2010 News Post by Jillian Richardson

Spike & Mike's Classic Festival of Animation 2002

"...work to good advantage in the government's “information extraction” programs down in Guantanamo Bay's newly minted Cage City. Classic..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Program

"...movie ever conveys are some fuzzy sentiments about college programs that allow their star athletes to coast through academic..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Woodside's Future

A green-skills program caters to children who have aged out of the foster-care system

"...says Gaines. It is coordinated through the Eagle Pines Academy, a former Smithville boarding school, and will eventually provide..."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Macro Education

There's more to macrobiotic cooking than brown rice and tofu. Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts founders Fran Moody and Dawn Black are showing Austinites why, Cuisines editor Virgina B. Wood writes.

"...writer in what is now called the Natural Epicurean Academy of Culinary Arts (NEACA). In what seems like almost..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Film Festival Leading the Charge on Diversity

Film fest awarded Academy grant for second year

"...is already leading the way on diversity, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made it..."

Sept. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Budget Is Hell

Mitchell Loses Big While Griffith Saves the Day

"..."Social Fabric Initiative" to expand Parks and Recreation Department programs. Ronney Reynolds made off with $1.3 million for the..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Column by Alex de Marban

Mothers, Grandmothers & Others

Pam Hart performs with McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra

"...of jazz Pam Hart joins the McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra in honor of mothers, grandmothers, and all the..."

May 8, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...readers and authors through story times, Q&As, and interactive programs for all ages...."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Ben Carson Invites Himself to Austin ISD

GOP contender's photo op plan quietly falls apart

"...tried to drop by Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy in the middle of election season, it's not surprising..."

Oct. 17, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

City Budget: Minimal Slippage

Sparse cuts, few surprises in proposed fiscal document

"...Canally, on mowing and park clean-up. An EMS cadet academy isn't planned. And, surprising perhaps nobody, branch libraries could..."

July 23, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Culinary Studies

Cooking Schools in Austin

"...new developments and expanded numbers in professional culinary education programs. Other factors are an increasing industry demand for trained..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Food Feature by MM Pack

Ten Down ... 90% to Go

AISD votes to move the Liberal Arts Academy from Johnston to LBJ, a move that magnet parents support but many others question.

"...of trustees voted to move the district's Liberal Arts Academy from its current home at Johnston High School and..."

Dec. 7, 2001 News Feature by Michael May

The Future's So Bright ...

Johnston High School has problems with grades, attendance, dropouts, a magnet program resented by the host school, and a high turnover rate among principals. Will new principal Sal Cavazos stay and can he make a difference?

"...tensions created by the presence of the Liberal Arts Academy magnet housed on the Johnston campus -- an outside..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Just Add Students

The new Eastside high school takes issue

"...2002, when the academic magnet school, the Liberal Arts Academy, merged with the Science Academy at LBJ High School..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sterling Lands' New Mission

Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.

"...placement and operation of the school district's three "magnet" programs.De-Magnetized? In the early Eighties, magnet schools -- specialized advanced..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hogwarts at Austin High?

Some Austin High parents say the Academy of Global Studies should be its own school

"...Austin High School, about one in seven attend its Academy of Global Studies. Established two years ago as part..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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