Council Puts Finishing Touches on New Budget

Every last dollar

"...of funding, at a cost of $1.75 million, for bridge shelters (temporary housing) to receive residents of cleared encampments...."

Aug. 19, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Passes COVID-19 Relief Package Amid Pushback on Building Ban

City Hall is here to help

"...Council meeting – the first conducted semi-remotely under COVID-19 shelter-in-place rules – was dominated by City Hall's response to..."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The City of Your Final Destination

Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, and Charlotte Gainsbourg are among the co-stars of this James Ivory-directed film about a dead novelist's reclusive family.

"...Merchant Ivory costumed affairs (Howards End, Mr. & Mrs. Bridge), yet has a place-out-of-time feel that would be appropriate..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

Appreciating the Indian rock art of the Lower Pecos River region

"...Preserve is another Archaic mural, in a small rock shelter overlooking the U.S. 90 bridge over the deep Pecos..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

City Council announces that it will buy land for a proposed homeless shelter outright, after the Salvation Army placed stipulations on the sale of the downtown land which the city said it was unable to meet. Also, other council news.

"...than a year of negotiations for a new homeless shelter ended on a none-too-cheerful note, as the City Council..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...of his classics were rhythmic dances of words, like “Bridge Night,” where two couples start with the words “Bridge..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Left Out in the Cold

"...beaten to death in front of witnesses under the bridge at Springdale Road near Boggy Creek. The assailants --..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Anna Hanks

We Have an Issue: Best of Austin: Restaurants Finalists Announced

Vote now!

"...no better time than right now, as the city's shelter is experiencing an unprecedented overcrowding. In this week's cover..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin at Large: Stupid Games, Ugly Prizes

With the lives of Austin’s unhoused poor at stake, the city prepares to do something

"...wished. For them, this is a game, but our unsheltered neighbors will be receiving the ugly prizes. Going Through..."

May 7, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Mini Music Festival Serenades the Esperanza Community Homeless Encampment

Bands and residents soundtrack Been There event

"...he notes being much better than “living under a bridge.” The self-described “prog guy” played angular compositions on a..."

April 23, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lawsuit Seeks to Block Converting Microtel for Permanent Supportive Housing for City's Homeless

One project stalls, another moves along

"...allows for buildings with short-term stays like hotels or bridge housing, but not for longer, permanent living. That conflicts..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How Austin Keeps Its Homeless Citizens Fed

“You want meals that feel like a hug"

"...his home for years, but he now finds temporary shelter through his church. He also happens to be vegan...."

March 24, 2017 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...members of a church that meets under the I-35 bridge...."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Luv Doc: Organic Gardening

"...some Friskies and maybe relocate the cat to a shelter where it can find a new home far away..."

March 2, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Homeless Coach Bridges Digital Divide

Project provides digital connection for homeless

"...broader than ever for homeless people. "We try to bridge that gap," says Homeless Coach project founder Tom Baum,..."

July 8, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...in Ithaca, N.Y., one of the most successful "no-kill" shelters in the country, and last March City Council approved..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature

Faces of Homelessness

Another Downtown attempt to find answers

"...available services for the homeless – resources such as shelters, hospitals, emergency rooms, jails, and prisons...."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Marc Savlov

Investing in Downtown Parks

"...Animal Shelter Site: $1.5 million 1) Master-plan parkland for new uses..."

May 4, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...over to CTRMA's control, not just the William Cannon bridge, without any public notice or public hearing. Or that..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Column

Day Trips

"...through the heavily wooded bottomland and crosses a suspension bridge. The small waterfall is beautiful and there are good..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Natural Born Leader

Mayor Hits the Ground Running His First 100 Days

"...W: Well, how 'bout, for example, our animal shelter? That is a public facility, wouldn't you agree?..."

Oct. 3, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

ATX TV Festival 2022: Patrick Somerville on Station Eleven

Showrunner talks adaptation and pandemic TV

"...Patrick Somerville: All of them. I started on The Bridge. I worked for 24 after that, and then I..."

June 5, 2022 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Ben Dickey on Being Blaze

Inspiration, fear, and the guiding hand of Vincent D'Onofrio

"...could do was do his music right. I was jump-off-a-bridge-with-a-bungee nervous about doing the movie. Ethan's a master at..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Shorts at Sundance

David Lowery and the Zellner Bros. to do the 'Dance

"...woods when a storm breaks, forcing them to take shelter in Luc's villa. Gradually and insidiously, a competition emerges..."

Dec. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar Grinches about the crappy Christmas decorations on Congress Avenue and relates to one Nomi Malone

"...horrid tinsel musical instruments that line the Ann Richards Bridge. They were wretched and pathetic when I first wrote..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Naked City

"...on the west side of town to the Montopolis Bridge at Highway 183 on the Eastside. It will intersect..."

June 22, 2007 News Feature

My Gang Don't Bow Down

Big Chief Kevin Goodman sew, sew, sews a new history here in Austin

"...children in his arms, he and his family sought shelter in New Orleans' Convention Center. They suffered four godforsaken..."

May 5, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Carrying the Burden

During Gov. Bush's campaign for his party's presidential nomination last fall, reporters asked the candidate to comment on a federal government report asserting that many Texans, including large numbers of children, were going to bed hungry. "I saw the report that children in Texas are going hungry. Where?" he demanded, going on to say, "You'd think the governor would have heard if there are pockets of hunger in Texas." Indeed, you would, especially if one of those pockets is just a few miles from his front door, Virginia B. Wood explains as she explores the very pockets of hunger in Austin Bush has difficulty fathoming.

"...Requests for assistance in meeting basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) for families of the working poor, the disabled, and..."

April 28, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Neighborhood Watch

"...line. We drove up through the mist, crossed a bridge, and there on one side of the road were..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...Premiere, 101 min A car pileup on a foggy bridge pits survivors against a pack of vicious dogs in..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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