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"...quality of representation for indigent capital murder defendants. Current standards are inadequate and actually prevent the appointment of better..."

April 15, 2005 Column

History's Closet

Making the case for an Austin gay barchive

"...edges. We are stories, ripe with turns of phrase and twists in the denouement. We are memory, sometimes sure..."

June 5, 2009 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...Tesía Samara, Lauryn Paige Fuller, Steve Thomas, Lisa Davis, and all those we've lost along the way...."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

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May 2, 2003 Column

Smoking Ban Imposes on Many

"...by proponents that to oppose the ban is to stand against the current of progress. We're reminded that there..."

April 26, 2005 Postmarks

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Our 'rights' can be lost in many ways, one of which is to chip away at them because of health, community, decency, moral, and/or ethical standards

"...my liberal friends, neighbors, casual acquaintances, employees, total strangers and, ah ... hemmmm, my wife (with all due respect..."

May 6, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Donya Stockton Isn’t Going Anywhere Near Hell in That Handbasket

The Austin clubland mover-and-shaker weaves much to the imagination

"...Donya Stockton, co-owner of Austin’s Beerland and Rio Rita and King Bee and the Aristocrat..."

April 4, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: The Return of the Austin Smoking Ban

A decade after the initial smoking ban, local health group hopes to stomp out smoking patios

"...smoking ordinance to restrict vaping anywhere smoking is forbidden and prohibit cigarette smoking on patios of restaurants and bars...."

July 22, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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"...That number includes testimonials from Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and several of Foley's South Austin cronies like Gurf Morlix,..."

July 25, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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"...creek; the banks are much too soft, sloped, shallow, and curved. The sound carries to Hyde Park because the..."

May 17, 2002 Column

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...pushing the country music icon into a waiting car, and beating a hasty retreat, O'Connor had no idea that..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...Christgau Harvard University Press, $29.95 hard Pop culture aesthete/connoisseur and senior music critic for the Village Voice, Robert Christgau..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

The Music Lover's Guide to Austin

The essential sounds, sights, and settings of Austin music

"...So your plane just touched down and the pilot said, “Welcome to Austin: the Live Music..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Supper Club Love

Austin's supper clubs and Valentine's Day go together like chocolate and red wine

"...Food is love, and for optimum pleasure in mid-February, both need at least..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...charge gladly: 80% to 100% goes directly to the band. If there's no cover, put at least $5 to..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

The Last Rock & Roll Deejay

KLBJ cans legendary Johnny Walker

"...the guitar-crunching bombast of the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top, and the Who. Turn up Foghat's "Slow Ride," and he..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Selective Enforcement

The Sixth Street Load-In Policy

"...charged with the adrenaline of a night in the clubs, their throngs are always loud and often violent. There's..."

May 1, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Gardens of Eden

Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.

"...a lively place, with no shortage of amusements. Restaurants, bars, and theatres filled the downtown commercial district. In Hyde..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

'Libres y Lokas'

Masked wrestlers and drag queens work side by side in this multimedia installation

"...Ivete Lucas and Otis Ike shepherd me around their home, through a..."

July 31, 2009 Arts Feature by Audra Schroeder

Faster Than Sound: Ukeme Maps the Music Genome

Multidisciplinarian Jason Ikpatt ponders community across arts and sciences

"...Jason Ikpatt's grandmother calls him Ukeme, meaning "ability" among Nigeria's Ibibio people...."

Oct. 23, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Game Changer

A new football culture for Austin bars

"...It's football game day – a Saturday – and the scene is typical for a sports bar. Patrons..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Food Feature by Lee Nichols

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...A few years ago, Curran Nault and I met over a table of Austin queers discussing..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture

The last installment of "Dancing About Architecture."

"...And in the End ......"

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Total Entertainment Package

Rockin' out with Austin's Latin-metal crossover darlings

"...widely regarded as the prime architect of Latin pop and have been instrumental in putting your wife Gloria Estefan..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Why I Moved Back

Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

"...It must be possible for cynical and nostalgic old-timers like myself to fall in love with..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Gretchen Phillips

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Will Wynn has it in for AMN, as does the Austin Hotel & Lodging Association

"...only is he free, he holds court every Tuesday and Thursday as co-instructor of UT's the Blues, Race, and..."

March 19, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

El Coyote

"...accordion-loving friends of my forays through East Austin conjunto bars. And for about three years now, I would shamefully..."

June 16, 1995 Music Feature

Lost Cinema Reopening in East Austin

Blue Starlite teams with Millennium for community initiative

"...into the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex on Hargrave Street and swing a right through the amusement arcade, there’s a..."

Dec. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rio Rita Moves to Badlands

Was Chicon venue pushed, or did they jump?

"...It seems like too many of Austin's clubs and bars are either closing or moving because of..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Walk In Closet: It's Time

Silvia Sandoval is fundraising for San Marcos' first gay bar

"...city without a gay bar? This is where Silvia Sandoval enters the conversation. Sandoval is a one-woman army fighting..."

Nov. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

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