Changing Course

AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college

"...get used to it. This fall, AISD and Austin Community College launched a bold new venture: the Early College..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Dismantling Family Planning Pt. 2

House budget amendment would subvert access to reproductive services

"...a great job," says Sarah Wheat, vice president for community affairs for Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region...."

April 16, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...trustees for the boards of Austin ISD and Austin Community College in two coinciding but very different elections. The..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)

This is a wonderfully universal narrative based on oral tradition about the introduction of evil into a peaceful Inuit community.

"...and the nearly three-hour-long epic was filmed in the community of Igloolik in the northern Canadian arctic and brought..."

July 26, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keeping the Faith

The Texas Documentary Tour presents festival hit Trembling Before G-d, in which Orthodox Jews try to reconcile religion with their homosexuality.

"...secular gay perspective, at homosexuality in the Orthodox Jewish community. "People laughed when I told them," he recalls. "They..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

A Price Above Rubies

"...Among Us a few years ago has Brooklyn's Hasidic community been so foregrounded in an American motion picture. Strangely,..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation '98

"...Animation '98 “…utterly without redeeming social value by contemporary community standards.” Not when the producers themselves are so proudly..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...West Memphis, Arkansas. Not finding any immediate culprits, the community suspected satanic worshippers. Eighteen-year-old Damien Echols, whose name, personality,..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...following a year in which criminal justice activists and community members have called for the chief to resign...."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Improved Data, Not Increased Need, Leads to Higher Homeless Numbers

Ending Community Homelessness Coalition issues results from January's Point in Time Count

"...year, according to data released Tuesday by the Ending Community Home­lessness Coalition (ECHO). The 886 people who volunteered to..."

May 22, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

After Five Decades, Austin Recovery to Close

Nonprofit succumbs to financial challenges made worse by COVID

"...decades as a cornerstone of the Central Texas recovery community, citing financial struggles made worse by COVID-19...."

April 22, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Vista Brewing and Hops & Grain

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 2)

"...spirit since the Franklin Barbecue Line Cam. This is community service at its best, and it’s all because y’all..."

March 31, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin Donation and Volunteer Opportunities During Coronavirus Outbreak

Ways to help your neighbor during this trying time

"...here's just a few ways. Find more on our Community page, and remember, online donations to your favorite charity..."

March 16, 2020 Chron Events Post by Katherine McNevins

2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Trauma defines these glimpses into other real lives

"...“St. Louis Superman” explores the collective trauma of a community impacted by decades of gun violence. The film follows..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Austin At Large: For the Price of a Policeman

The cost of public safety, in different community currencies

"...but the Austin Police Department, the union, and their community champions also sought to lock in hiring increases, and..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Midsommar

Ari Aster’s folk-horror excursion to Scandinavia never sees the forest for the trees

"...well, but the pair – accompanied by soft-spoken former community member Pelle (Blomgren), serious academic Josh (Harper), and cliched..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lifestyle Brand Collective Blue Supports Diverse Creators in Austin

Missfits Festival embodies their mission of putting community first

"...in Vietnam and raised in Houston. Malibiran, co-founder and community manager of Collective Blue, was born in the Philippines..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Arts Feature by Shavone Otero

2018's Texas Pride Celebrations

Celebrate your queerness throughout the Lone Star State this summer

"...in rainbows and queers of all ilks celebrating culture, community, resilience, and most of all that amazing queer magic..."

May 22, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

"Juntos/Together" Ties Austin's Activist Past and Present

Shedding light on action & initiatives by local minority communities

"...for their rights, incidents of police brutality against minority community members, and a changing Austin landscape in response to..."

March 28, 2018 Arts Post by Acacia Coronado

Courtship, by Precourt

Community benefits from your soccer suitors

"...million the Columbus Crew owners could potentially provide in community benefits should the organization be "granted the privilege" of..."

March 23, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Whose Streets?

A you-are-there portrait of the tragedy in Ferguson

"...raw depiction of events transpiring in the predominantly African-American community of Ferguson, Mo., about three years ago. On an..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lanier High Wins Federal Grant

Full Service Community Schools grant will provide social services and continuing education

"...The Full Service Community Schools grant – $500,000 a year for five years..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Studios Puts Out the 'For Rent' Sign

Austin Film Society seeks anchor tenants to build a new community

"...looking for anchor tenants to build up a new community...."

Feb. 6, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Farm-City, State' Documentary Film in Progress

Local filmmaker explores Austin's sustainable food movement

"...and expanding urban farms, farmers' markets, and sustainability minded community...."

Jan. 8, 2013 Food Post by Carla Crownover

AISD, Single Sex, And the Shadow of Separate But Equal

Trustee Bradley on why she believes East Austin needs a boys' school

"...we can change the face of education in this community," no one doubts her good intention. But when she..."

Aug. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Climate Plan Meet-Up: Better Late Than Never

Three months later, group meets June 16

"...The Austin Climate Protection Program held a community think-tank in early March, promising action – at long..."

June 11, 2010 News Post by Katherine Gregor

The Daily Hustle: 4/19/10

This post is for the birds

"...$5 million for the Mexic-Arte Museum, a new Hispanic/Latino Community Oversight Team, and some grackle-addled proposals for what may..."

April 19, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Pearce Meeting Tonight

District seeks community input on saving school and debunks myth of Commissioner Scott's appeal

"...getting as much feedback and guidance from the Pearce community as possible...."

July 15, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How People More Important Than You Are Voting

McCracken, Leffingwell list prominent prog, small biz supporters

"...conference this morning, McCracken unveiled a list of “progressive community supporters,” looking, it looks, to polish his prog cred..."

April 8, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

David Van Os on Single-Member Districts

Texas attorney on the history of the "gentlemen’s agreement"

"...was a consensus arrived at among the white business community in the early 1970s that they would not fund..."

Feb. 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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