Floating Around the New Braunfels "Can Ban"

How to legally drink on the river

"...Last year’s reinstated "can ban" ordinance makes disposable containers and large coolers on New..."

Aug. 6, 2018 Events Post by Cassie Arredondo

The Smell of Success

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

"...[Posted to the chat room at Gigposters.com, Thursday, July 19, 2001:]..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

TCB

Rockin' out with KISS and Godsmack in spite of the poster ban and smoking ordinance

"...Mayor Gus Garcia has publicly acknowledged he'd like the ban to be his legacy. Local bar owners are understandably..."

May 9, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Waltz Across Texas

San Antonio rock & roll posters and Central Texas dance halls – preserve them.

"...mouth, at least judging by the wealth of iconic poster artists that flocked to Austin in the late Sixties..."

April 6, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Doughnuts No More!

Election statistics, maps, and analysis

"...were cast in boxes that went for the smoking ban, which makes it reasonable to guess that new, pro-ordinance..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

UPDATED: Senate Passes House Bill 2

Rejected amendments, dramatic speeches, and finally a vote

"...in the nation," and that could be considered the "poster child for heavy-handed government regulation."..."

July 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...conservatives dissatisfied even despite revelations that she supported a ban on abortions as a 1989 Dallas City Council candidate...."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature

Page Two

If you think we're asinine, don't blame it on our advertisers.

"...advertisers. They've figured us out: We're against the smoking ban not for the reasons given by myself, or by..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of HJR 6, the latest attempt to (yet again) ban same-sex marriages in TexasHeadlines• Senate leaders jumped ship last..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The AggreGAYtor: November 9

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• After Tuesday’s stunning results, Minnesota looks at bringing..."

Nov. 9, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar and yours, SMM is the man about town this week. See where he's been seen and with whom!

"...SUNDANCING II An exec of Luxottica/Ray-Ban eyewear, Peggy Fries, was here scoping SXSW out for..."

March 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

'The Fight for the Future ... Is Just Beginning'

After weeks of drama, sweeping abortion restrictions pass the Lege

"...in the nation," and that could be considered the "poster child for heavy-handed government regulation."..."

July 19, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...it was directed toward a different purpose. My makeshift "poster" (a peace sign hastily scrawled on the back of..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column

Postmarks

No Schism

"..."Support (its) Own Special interests" by raising their overworked banner and battle cry of "clean water." This is unethical..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Postmarks

"...Do they think that a guy holding up a poster board with "open-minded" scrawled on it is going to..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Column

Motal De-Clawed

Waging a Gentler Campaign for Place 2

"...mayor, I'll publicly change my mind about the camping ban," Garcia declares. (Garcia plans on repealing the ban, which..."

April 25, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

After DEI Cuts, This Sixth-Gen Austinite Is Losing Access to UT

“It feels like Jim Crow”

"...“I got my poster signed by this young lady named Tiffany, and she..."

April 5, 2024 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...goodbye Friday, as he gestured back to a drumless band composed of two synth dudes and a bassist. The..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Photos From 2022-2023 Austin Music Awards

"...year to represent artists like Big Bill, Christeene, and Urban Heat – took home Best Record Label. “We've only..."

March 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...town – to my knowledge – that tried to ban MTV. I'm not kidding, this happened. It happened. It's..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Everyone Keeps Asking Me for ACL Fest Passes

Here's why ...

"...event don't mail me a manila envelope full of wristbands to dole out to my social circle. I wish..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: June's All Day

Curated dining on South Congress

"...anything with sincerity. You might have a California Raisins poster taped above your bed and a Carpenters record on..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...pregnant by a Black Panther Party member, not her husband Romain Gary. The premature baby died two days later,..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

Point Austin: Revenge of the Cyborgs

Speech may be free, but justice costs real money

"...speaker was a high school kid carrying a rude poster – and denunciations of the supposed "bans" on corporate..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Column by Michael King

More City, SoCo Cafe Fracas

After busting South Congress Cafe back in February 2005 for unpermitted construction of a decked rear patio and privacy fence that covered city sidewalk and right-of-way, city still at odds with eatery

"...enforcement actions over unpermitted decks, especially since the smoking ban pushed smokers outdoors. "It's hard to understand their reluctance..."

March 30, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Hightower Report

Code Red on Deodorant Sticks; and Save Us From Our Protectors

"...out. But, since I found no mention of a ban on stick deodorant, I packed a tube. On my..."

Sept. 8, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

Here Comes the Guv

Kinky Friedman lights up his campaign

"...various careers – as the frontman for the Seventies band Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys; as the writer..."

Feb. 17, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reining in the Mother of All Big Boxes

Local activists seek community-wide benefits analyses of big-box proposals

"...critics say Wal-Mart has become notorious. "Wal-Mart is the poster child for what's wrong with corporate America," said Louis..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Are You Decent?

Dudley & Bob and the footsoldiers in the FCC's war on pop culture

"...Robert Flores is Austin's own poster child for the indecency crackdown. Last August he was..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naked City

New effort to make gay marriage really, really, really illegal in Texas

"...George Bush, who supports a U.S. constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. That would require approval from 38 states,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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