Happenings

June 14-20

"...its Hot Talk: Summer in the City speaker series with special guest Mayor Will Wynn. 7pm. Dell Jewish Community..."

June 15, 2007 News Feature

The Long Run

A five-point plan for long-term housing

"...2. Settle the elderly and people with disabilities who will require on-going government housing subsidy..."

Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week "[J]urors clearly understood that companies with real assets and sound balance sheets don't just go..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Legislature on property tax reduction and education funding – with much more emphasis on the former than the latter..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...marks from many Austin leaders used to fighting tooth-and-nail with the "Chamber of Concrete." But the tech bust, which..."

Oct. 4, 2002 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...This decision reveals an editorial break with the well-respected, progressive guidelines and moral and political principles..."

March 8, 2002 Column

Budgeting for Happiness

Parks and Rec Finds Its Bottom Line

"...by Andrea Barnett Every year, city processes align fortuitously with the rising temperature as the annual budget talks begin...."

July 28, 1995 News Feature

Sundance Review: CODA

Bawdy-sweet coming-of-age gem is effervescent and original

"...Adults, and she's their point of most immediate interface with the speaking population. She may not be deaf, but..."

Feb. 4, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "Butterflies"

Director Ken Brisbois on fetishes and power

"...room. James has abasiophilia - a psychosexual attraction to people with mobility issues - and is initially furious that..."

July 29, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting

Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger

"...able to put money in the budget for things people have asked for, but I expect to hear from..."

Aug. 16, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines

"...City Council meets today (Oct. 13) with a heavy zoning agenda – some 25 cases, but..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature

Meet the Candidate: Heather Way

Way says she'll focus on the growing economic divide and affordability crisis if elected

"...clear no one would be running against him. Then within days he withdrew, announcing instead that he was retiring...."

Jan. 8, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Council Notes: Never Do Today ...

Meet the new agenda, same as the old agenda

"...preceding work session, most mem­bers wanted nothing to do with the subcommittee; by the time they took up the..."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Page Two: The Suburbs

Growing up with Phoebe Snow, whose presence and music transcended the ordinary

"...School in Teaneck, N.J. During that year, I connected with two of my most important, lifelong friends: Steve Levitan..."

May 6, 2011 Column by Louis Black

City Hall Hustle: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

City politics and the people way over there

"...approval vote at council's Jan. 13 meeting – although with opponents unable to find traction so far, it's difficult..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Nov. 18-23

"...EASTSIDE REC CENTERS FORUM Discuss community issues with folks from the Parks and Rec Department. 6:30pm. A.B...."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Column

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Oct. 14-21

"...PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FOR BILL WHITE Live music and warm..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...there are weapons of misdirection right down here. Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war, billions more, but..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...are coming from the recently passed federal transportation bill, with most of it designated for an expansive hike and..."

Aug. 5, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

It's a Wrap!

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

"...and quickly mounted a series of parliamentary challenges, concluding with several reps "chubbing" Wilson's amendment into oblivion. Chubbing is..."

June 1, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Bare Bones and Books

1995-'96 City Budget: Library

"...system has so far escaped being hit very hard. With a proposed budget of $10.6 million (up about $100,000..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...has announced its first wave of movies and shows, with new films from Olivia Wilde, Robert Rodriguez, Christopher Morris,..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Council: Back to Work!

Police, Fire, Water top a slim agenda post-election, pre-Thanksgiving

"...open-door mentality appears to be helping him gel early with the Austin Firefighters Association, which clashed numerous times with..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Public Notice: Speed Limit?

City government: Rebuilt in two weeks

"...addendum on Monday, headed for a vote on Thursday, with lots of open questions regarding transparency, lines of influence,..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sidewalk Fail!

"...worst places for pedestrian disasters in your community — with location and submitter's name clearly identified. You can email..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Photo Gallery

Cap Metro Not Budging on Budget

Board hears earful on inaccessible bus stops

"...2010 budget boiled down to two issues: accessibility for people with disabilities and, to a lesser extent, how to..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

Starbucks' Identity Crisis; and Right-Wing Loopiness

"...corporate name on the challenger, and that's the point. With its own sales declining as more and more caffeine..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

Stalling FEMA

Attorneys file class-action lawsuit in Houston to derail FEMA from cutting tens of thousands of low-income hurricane evacuees off from federal rent and utility assistance

"...403 housing payments at the end of this month with no adequate notice, with no clear standards for determining..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Naked City

A one-day event seeks to link top Web designers with nonprofits who need them

"...Web design, where the city's top site constructors join with local nonprofits to bring blind and disabled Internet users..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Superbadass Web Sites for Everyone!

With the help of Knowbility's AIR-Interactive for the Arts and a team of professional designers, I am going to help reinvent the Internet

"...of two annual Knowbility contests. Web design teams pair with artists and nonprofit organizations to overhaul or create from-scratch..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Spike Gillespie

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