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"...affair, despite the serious changes that new Chair Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, has brought to the regional planning committee...."

April 13, 2007 News Feature

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"...• Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, chair of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The theme wasn't "stripper girlfriends and homo love," as one judge speculated (there was no theme), but gender, class, and orientation were more deeply considerable issues among this year's finalists than ever before. Here's a look inside the process.

"...stories (out of nearly 400 submissions) she, Linden Dalecki, Kirk Lynn, Will Sheff, and Dao Strom would have to..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...new character entered the Tomstown Saga – former Mayor Kirk Watson, who filed suit alleging illegal use of corporate..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Michael Barnes (arts), Jeanne Claire van Ryzin (arts), Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Sondra Lomax (dance), David Mead (music), and..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Our readers talk back.

"...The article by Amy Smith about the construction problems on Barton Springs Road ["Barton..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

In Central Texas, the "progressive" agenda can trump the GOP "majority."

"...is verily surrounded by the Other Side -- Lamar Smith to the west, Ron Paul to the south and..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"..."Page Two" attack on term limits, Linda Curtis, and Kirk Mitchell [April 5]. It along with much recent press..."

April 12, 2002 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...us something unique that's worth reading, instead of a Kirk Bohls space-filler...."

March 8, 2002 Column

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Local news this week in Austin.

"...SOS board will be helmed by longtime Austin enviro Kirk Mitchell, who last marshaled the SOS troops in the..."

July 13, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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The Greater Chamber of Commerce wants AMD to build its next mega chip facility in Austin; Gary Bradley is calling on his friends at the Lege for help; the city's libraries have been hit with a budget crunch; Molly Ivins is glad she's left the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Austin police spokeswoman Sally Muir has moved upstairs to become Chief Stan Knee's assistant.

"...incentives package to make the marriage worthwhile, and Mayor Kirk Watson even stated as much at last week's town..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Local news this week in Austin.

"...ending the council's involvement in the 10-year-old case. Mayor Kirk Watson, who has voted consistently against the neighborhood on..."

March 16, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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Local news this week in Austin.

"...city officials. He frequently raised the hackles of Mayor Kirk Watson, prompting Watson to lodge complaints with Statesman higher-ups...."

Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

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Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...protecting what was left? In the pocket of fuckin' Kirk "mob-ties, dot.com whore" Watson! From day one supporting his..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

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Local Austin news and gossip

"...say officials at Austin Energy, which (along with Mayor Kirk Watson and Council Member Daryl Slusher) called a press..."

Feb. 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Everything Is Possible ... Again

Seemingly unadaptable, Greil Marcus' 1989 opus Lipstick Traces proved to be the foundation for the Rude Mechanicals' strongest theatre work to date. As they revive their hit adaptation, the Rude Mechs reflect on its creation, its success, working as a collective, and being told by Marcus, "You staged the book I wanted to write."

"...working at the now-defunct independent Austin bookstore Garner & Smith. She picks up a certain book and begins to..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

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I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...until this happened to me: Kudos to reporter Cheryl Smith for the outstanding piece on pet big cats ("Meow..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Snow Falling on Cedars, Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, and plays by August Strindberg..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...Rude Mechanicals' Shawn Sides was working at Garner & Smith Bookstore when she discovered the book. "It was my..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

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Off the Desk:

"...with a similar city-financed loan. But according to Mayor Kirk Watson, the city would be unlikely to approve the..."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Feature

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Don't Shelve Smart Growth

"...P.S. Clay Smith's "Postscripts" column about Robert Rosen (film producer who expressed..."

July 2, 1999 Column

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Off the Desk:

"...other and themselves. The new Triangle plan, said Mayor Kirk Watson, "raises the bar for projects in Austin and..."

Oct. 16, 1998 News Feature

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Off the Desk:

"...Mayor Kirk Watson is pumped with pride over his handling of..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature

Sixteen Deluxe

"...Deluxe burns down to the crashing finale of "Captain Kirk's Z-Man House of Fun," and then spills over onto..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Music Feature

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"...Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Nate Blakeslee, Mike Clark-Madison,..."

Nov. 21, 1997 News Feature

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Waring Responds

"...Please call or write to Kirk Watson, Gus Garcia, Jackie Goodman, and Beverly Griffith, and..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column

Page Two

"...Barbaro, politics editor Audrey Duff, assistant politics editor Amy Smith, and myself, though other staff regularly sit in on..."

April 11, 1997 Column by Louis Black

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...protect her. Cast: Johnny Pemberton, Avery Potemri, Kevin Nealon, Kirk Fox, Tom Arnold, Robert Patrick, Kevin Dunn, Devyn McDowell,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Follies, Samurai, and a Few Non-Alcoholic Events for the Weekend

Got a resolution to get out more? No problem.

"...a gross-out horror film. Australians got that when Ian Smith – best known as adorable know-it-all goof Harold Bishop..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...the woods.” A video teaser snagged an investor, Frank Smith, but three weeks before shooting “he got cold feet..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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