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"...Where better to enjoy Tom Cruise running than on the chill waters of Lake Austin?..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

World Cup Watch: And So It Begins ...

The World Cup kicks off in what organizers promise won't be the Fyre Festival of sporting events

"...tents and camper vans to luxury suites in moored cruise ships, to "Cabin" sites consisting of rows of sectioned-off..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Latest on the Local Actions and Reactions to COVID-19

Health officials feel wary but ready

"...has also housed a number of passengers transported from cruise ships and is slated to receive more, but those..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Celebrate National Margarita Day in Austin

Wasted away again in the town that birthed “Margaritavilla”

"...to write “Margaritaville,” the hit that launched a thousand cruise ships...."

Feb. 21, 2020 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Fernando Saralegui's Best Eats Havana

Dishing on the many flavors of Cuba’s capital

"...find yourself heading to Havana. (Despite Trump banning U.S. cruise ships from visiting, it is still very much possible..."

Feb. 18, 2020 Arts Post by Barbara Purcell

Moontower 2019 Review: Nicole Byer

The host of Nailed It – well, you can guess

"...then ricocheted to stories about drugs on and off cruise ships. (On Californian friends insisting that weed can help..."

April 29, 2019 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Day Trips: Whale-watching

Washington state offers an exciting escape from the summer heat

"...perfect day to be on the water as our cruise pulled away from Port Townsend and headed into the..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars

Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite

"...rabbit-men escape from a cage, steal a car, and cruise across a desert of cacti and stone pillars, aiming..."

July 5, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Day Trips & Beyond: Six Baseballs for Cuba

Capt. Day Trips makes friends in Cuba by handing out new baseballs

"...Before I boarded a cruise ship for a seven-day, educational tour of five Cuban..."

March 16, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Elissa, Galveston

A proud ship and a unique classroom

"...Though her 100-foot-tall wooden masts are dwarfed by the cruise ship docked nearby, she is a proud ship and..."

Feb. 20, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Friends of the Earth, more than 40% of all cruise ships use waste treatment systems that are more than..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Art of Moving Books

The Nobelity Project taps Baylor Estes to put his art all over a bookmobile in Honduras

"...exploded into a tourist mecca with daily stops by cruise ships, and posh resorts and tony hotels rising across..."

May 10, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs

Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside

"...himself, looking kind of like the Risky Business-aged Tom Cruise had been cast as Shaggy in a live-action Scooby-Doo..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Food-o-File

Bistro 3158 takes its dining series trans-Atlantic; plus, Amy's Ice Creams celebrates Oliver Stone

"...classic glamour, grace, and flavor of the famous trans-Atlantic cruise ships." Bistro 3158 is located at the ACC Eastview..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hey Sailor! You Here for a Conference?

The Gay Place polls Austin’s GLBTeratti, who welcomes you with open arms and tells you what’s hot about our town

"...9) Place to cruise chicks or dudes?..."

March 10, 2006 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Ingrid Bergman, Planet of the Apes, Carnival Cruise Lines, and Grizzly Adams

"...In hastily arranged post-Katrina contracts with Carnival Cruise Lines, FEMA is leasing three ships at a cost..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Summer Fun

This year's Summer Fun sings a love song to Galveston Island

"...the rare moments when lines of freighters, tankers, and cruise ships do not stripe the channel, it's just you..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

War Drums

"...Air Force attacks on Baghdad with 300 to 400 cruise missiles each day in the first two days --..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report

The state department says good journalism is treason; and San Antonians fight a golf course over the aquifer.

"...report that our airports, power plants, trucks, and even cruise ships are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Pluchinsky writes that..."

July 12, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Bread and Tulips

An endearing romantic daydream about an underappreciated housewife who decides on whim to not return home.

"...Fernando also remembers that he used to sing on cruise ships. The lack of detail makes our feelings for..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

"...“Barnard girls” in NYC and to tony vacationers aboard cruise ships. It's also a movie about a social renegade..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dancing About Architecture

Broken Spoke is broken into and thieves ride away with owner James White's family heirloom: a saddle, mister.

"...Just as those boats dock, Delbert McClinton's got a cruise heading out with musical entertainment from Asleep at the..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Day Trips

From Galveston to Cozumel on a Carnival cruise ship: food, gambling, food, and ruins.

"...Sea cruises never really sounded much like my cup of tea...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Banging down hard on her keyboards, singing "Sea Cruise,"Marcia Ball whips her wildly dancing audience into a frenzy..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

After a Fashion

Outré at the Golden Globes.

"...the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed... Tom Cruise is seeking legal counsel to stop speculation that he..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Story

"...style. Nothing is sacred here; from British culture to cruise ships to Idle himself, everyone and everything is a..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Review by Matt Williams

Reissues

"...duo's tuneful observations about the passage of time and relationships seem almost trite. The hero of a typical Paul..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

This Ship's Cool

Virtual Voyages on RMS Titanic

"...The idea of going on a virtual cruise aboard the RMS Titanic has a lot of synchronicities..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Jesse Sublett

Off the Desk:

"...bomber, for the task? No. Instead, the military used ships and vintage B-52 bombers to deliver cruise missiles to..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature

Sun City Undercover

The Spinning of Del's Webb

"...and lots of free-flowing camaraderie. They are like beached cruise ships with larger bedrooms and golf courses -- and,..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison