Qmmunity: Paint Your Own Reality

Austin's queer community celebrates Frida Kahlo's legacy with Frida Friday ATX's Viva La Vida Fest

"...horror in this heat wave with special guest Celia Light. Fri., July 22, 10pm. Elysium, 705 Red River. $10...."

July 22, 2022 Column by James Scott

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...17 min. "Cuban America Gothic" is the comic and slightly surreal story of Maggie, who is living alone in..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Enviro Groups Oppose Plans for Violet Crown Venue

20,000-seat venue would sit amidst Barton Creek preserve

"...Sierra Club, and Save Barton Creek Association include noise pollution, increased traffic on Texas 71 and Southwest Parkway, damaging..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Opinion: Looming Climate Disaster Is Obvious. What Are You Doing About It?

"...and thriving in the green future where there's no pollution, no emissions. But we can't get there by sitting..."

July 2, 2021 Column by Martin Luecke

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...in a race," Bunch says. "More development means more pollution. The springs are still pretty high-quality because a whole..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

The Champion of Camelback?

Jonathan Coon pursues a complex project near the Pennybacker Bridge

"...neighbors' environmental concerns by adjusting the plans (to reduce light and noise pollution, and protect heritage trees), that there..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Making Reuse Mainstream

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

"...items they needed removed: doors, ceiling fans, cabinets, sinks, light fixtures, all of them in good condition. But the..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Lege Lines

Lege makes an anti-city push, nixes a bill limiting police filming, the Senate passes its budget, and more...

"...torrent of bills blocking local regulation of firearms or pollution...."

April 17, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...– to spend the evening muttering angrily about the plight of the misunderstood educator. “As a teacher, you just..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

Austin's Sustainable Secret

Student-founded Green Is the New Black makes renewable energy at Huston-Tillotson

"...water!" she says, impersonating her mom. "Turn off that light!" Erazo likes pointing out now that, contrary to conventional..."

Oct. 24, 2014 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Q&A Hole: Which One Typeface Would You Eradicate Forever?

With Swissmiss, Marc English, Jennymarie Jemison, and more

"...and type manipulations represents a new level of visual pollution threatening out culture." While I appreciated his sentiments, I..."

March 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hightower Report: Outlawing Exposés of Factory Farm Horrors

"Ag gag" bill would classify exposing factory farm abuses as terrorism

"...in metal, prisonlike buildings. The animals never see the light of day, they're routinely dosed with antibiotics and growth..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Drought, wildfires, and more WTP4

"... the Environmental Protection Agency's new safeguards to limit mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants. Gov. Rick Perry accused the..."

Jan. 6, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...primitive and sophisticated means, to simply stay in the light. Howling at the Moon Directors: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Eco-Currents: Reading the Bones

Gluing frogs onto storm drains and other civic duties

"...more immediate rewards: If successful, the project will limit pollution and restore wildlife habitat on the Northeast Austin site...."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Manor Expressway: Oh, the Vehicle Miles You'll Travel!

Cash and criticism for the $623 million toll road

"...and thereby reduce Central Texans' cost of living, air pollution, and greenhouse-gas emissions. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority,..."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: Left Unstated

A few omissions in the governor's State of the State

"...especially to that reflexive carpetbagging villain, "Washington, D.C." In light of the international economic meltdown, the governor's recommended response..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Off the Record

Counting down 2008 in lists and casting the first ballot for the annual Chronicle Music Poll

"...10) The Black Angels, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic) 10 Locals from Off the Beaten..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Top 10s

"...6) The Black Angels, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic)..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...is being built without required controls for hazardous air pollution, in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. "This..."

Sept. 5, 2008 News Feature

Difference in Interpretation Is Not a 'Lie'

"...SOS, either path would have led to far more pollution and development in the Barton Springs Watershed. On this..."

May 6, 2008 Postmarks

The Science of Sleeping Together

Mary Roach has taken on ghosts and cadavers. Now she's taking on sex.

"...Describing "the effects of self-pollution on a watchmaker referred to as L.D. [Tissot wrote]:..."

April 11, 2008 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Happenings

April 3-9

"...responsible for up to 10% of the total air pollution in urban areas. Luckily, this weekend you can get..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature

Seismic Yuppie Caravan of Carpetbaggers

"...my fellow natives! Austinites accepted the ban on noise pollution (way to go, live music capital!) and voted for..."

Dec. 17, 2007 Postmarks

Point Austin: The Convert

Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and the importance of regional planning

"...– thereby subsidizing not just sprawl but the congestion, pollution, and the associated social costs. "We're not making polluters..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

"...gives us the bountiful cornucopia of smog and ozone pollution garnishing most urban areas. Therefore, let us be thankful..."

Nov. 23, 2007 News Feature

Developing Stories

Connect-the-dot conversations heard around town

"...traffic problems" – which in turn contribute to air pollution and CO2 emissions. Back to EcoDensity...."

Nov. 9, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Page Two: Knocked Out, Loaded

On the limits of imagination, the brilliance of ACL Fest, and the purifying power of The Hottest State

"...reading, attracting readers to this very source of intellectual pollution. But it is even more than that: Preparing a..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: City Slights

In our civic dialogue, grace and respect have all but disappeared

"...Life is magnificence. Life is dark and light, honesty and lies, the beginning of any possibility, and..."

July 20, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Profitable, but Clean

AE's Duncan pushes for new power paradigm

"...spoils of this revolution are clean, reliable electricity; diminished pollution; less dependence on foreign oil; and a dynamic new..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

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