Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"...at them, totally made from scratch in my own home. Hours of labor." The way she says it, you..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Affordable Housing in NOLA

New report on housing conditions in post-Katrina New Orleans offers immediate and long-term recommendations for fixing the city's decimated fair and affordable housing market

"...year, you're well aware that Hurricane Katrina destroyed the homes of hundreds of thousands of New Orleanians. "Nearly 228,000..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

The Long Run

A five-point plan for long-term housing

"...important that evacuees have clear choices about returning to home. The decision to resettle or return should be up..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Here Comes the Train

Can city staff, citizens, and neighborhoods realize – and build – a more livable city?

"...uses within the TOD zones. The list includes automotive repair services, sales, and washing; basic industry; convenience storage; equipment..."

Jan. 28, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Welcome to the Real World

Rhizome Collective brings activist ideals down to earth

"...prepares for an upcoming trip to Mexico: They construct homemade tents from Tyvek house wrap (which builders use to..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Feeding the Film

Sixteen-hour days, hundreds of hungry crew members, remote locations, tight facilities, and tough competition: Two local caterers go to the movies

"...of the Teamsters); they have to be talented kitchen repair technicians (and skills in refrigeration repair are a major..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Food Feature by Mick Vann

After a Fashion

Let us not forget the reason for the season, people … club crawls and parties!

"...Hernandez's late father founded the beloved Golden Slipper Shoe Repair, also in that same enclave. John & April Lohse..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in 1993, and that an attempt was made to repair the cracks as early as October of 1997. Further,..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Column

The 'conditional' Lineup

"...industry Building maintenance services Construction sales and services Equipment repair services Equipment sales General warehousing and distribution Kennels Laundry..."

May 14, 1999 News Feature

No Green Acres

Crumbling Landmarks

"...monument still needs more than $1.7 million in infrastructure repairs. Other, less famous, sites haven't been so lucky in..."

April 16, 1999 News Feature

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...bankers are whooping it up over the prospect of homeowners taking out second mortgages on their homes, thanks to..."

Nov. 7, 1997 News Feature

Justice Denied?

Advocates Still Fighting for Lacresha Murray's Freedom

"...Murray, now a 14-year-old resident of the Giddings State Home and School, a Texas Youth Commission reformatory 60 miles..."

Aug. 7, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...joy to those not fortunate enough to call this home? Three items in particular, this year, are perfect ways..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

After the Storm

Austin's Louisiana exiles remain suspended between before and after

"...was deserted, and Braud still ached for the only home she ever knew before Austin. Since November, she's been..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...Williams: My wife and I are living in our home in East Austin. We don't leave the house very..."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Developing Stories: Pioneering at Mueller

Urban trailblazers aren't just settling Downtown

"...that beats the pine tar off a log cabin. Homesteaders adventurous enough to settle this new territory can register..."

March 23, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Texas Platters

"...summer. Three Balls of Fire are just more at home on the car stereo or jambox at the beach,..."

June 5, 1998 Music Review

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...also makes wonderful use of performance footage, newspaper items, home movies, Hollywood movie clips, and posters to illustrate the..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...also makes wonderful use of performance footage, newspaper items, home movies, Hollywood movie clips, and posters to illustrate the..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Conversations With Builder Paul Lamb and Architect Don Crowell Is This My Beautiful House?

"...town." Way too many Fifties and Sixties "ranchburgers," charmless homes of an even earlier vintage, and scads of least..."

July 28, 1995 Arts Feature

Austin at Large: Housing and the Mayor’s Race

Celia Israel: “This election is about who can afford to live here, and who gets to decide”

"...crisis," she writes on her website to introduce her "Home for All" proposals. "The housing shortage is pricing the..."

June 10, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...Chairman and CEO Michael E. Kassan about how the stay-at-home lifestyle has drastically changed consumer media consumption habits. Traditional..."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...World Class Capital offices, along with Paul's West Lake home, got raided by the FBI and other agencies in..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Plows Through Marathon Agenda

They've got 191 Items to go before decamping for summer break

"...are collected, on how they can be spent on homelessness services, child care support, and early childhood education. Council..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...by their owners. On the way to my family's home near Highway 80, my stomach began to churn...."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

High Waters: Questions at Onion Creek

Residents still frustrated six months after flood

"...both within the larger neighborhood and at each individual home. According to Villegas, it will create statistical data about..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jessica Luther

Sober Living Dealt Splash of Cold Water

Staying dry would be easier without the extra heat

"...Supply Corp., which provides groundwater service to roughly 80 homes in a small subdivision south of Slaughter Lane, between..."

Sept. 17, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

McMoldy High School?

For one McCallum High student, every day is a sick day

"...school that didn't trigger her own symptoms, so she homeschooled Nika for a year "with the promise that" in..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in this area. For example, our recycling offer for home users -- which make up less than 20% of..."

July 25, 2003 Column

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...and the office finally moves again, to its present home...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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