Where the (Early Action) Rubber Meets the (Clean Air) Road

Local leaders take the first steps toward real-world solutions to our air-quality problems.

"...So far, the Central Texas battle with air pollution has mostly been..."

June 27, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

There Goes the Sun

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

"...really gets to vote for Mom and apple pie. There's always some constituency that's disgusted by or allergic to..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Heroic Trio II: The Executioners

"...box-office smash. In a world ravaged by nuclear holocaust, the only untainted water available comes from the Clean Water..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Clean Slate

"...Dana Carvey learn anything from his last Hollywood debacle, the odious, wildly unpopular Opportunity Knocks? From the looks of..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Casar Introduces Act to Help Fossil Fuel Workers Transition to Clean Energy Jobs

Bill proposes training, supplementary wages, priority hiring

"...Global demand for oil, though projected to increase in the next few years, is showing a long-term trend of..."

Sept. 17, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Point Austin: Back to the Future

GOP officials take opportunity to demagogue on heels of Obama clean air plan announcement

"...The silliest local response to the Obama Administration's announcement of..."

Aug. 7, 2015 News Column by Michael King

BPness, Part 2: A (Long) Line (of Boom) in the Sand

Notes from Kate's trip thru Lafourche Parish to Grand Isle, LA., Part 2.

"...It would seem irresponsible to be so close to the Gulf and to not at least try to learn..."

June 25, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of Austin..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Sold on the Cool

The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy

"...The woman leans back into the sleek black sofa, her..."

March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Price You Pay

At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?

"...For the first time in its 30-year history, Encore Records looks..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Beside the Point

Attempts to debate Props. 1 and 2 produce only polarized statements and crowd heckling

"...screed last week against Propositions 1 and 2 – the "open government" and "clean water" city charter amendments –..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Genius of the Crowd ... Source

Austin programmers look to create a public redesign of the city's website

"...new acquaintances, or "casual encounters." But for years now, the only thing welcomed by the official city of Aus­tin..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Best-Case Scenario

After years of work, Envision Central Texas goes majorly public.

"...Envision Central Texas' regional vision project. You can find them on the 74-member ECT board itself -- though, understandably,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Chaos in Texas Live (Finale): The Field

Stockholm syndrome works over fans

"...There’s nothing mainstream about the Field. Stockholm DJ Axel Willner’s..."

June 3, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

The Austin Chronic: I Can Now Legally Possess Cannabis Oil and Edibles

Meet the newest patient in Texas’ Compassionate Use Program

"...tincture, containing 10 milligrams of THC per milliliter, and the clean high I get from the sublingual, aka under-the-tongue,..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Kosher Baker

Dairy-free baking so delicious no one will miss the butter

"...Those who keep a kosher kitchen know the challenge of creating parve (dairy-free) desserts to eat with..."

Nov. 13, 2012 Food Post by Amy Kritzer

Turn Out the Lights, the Election's Over

New Council, AISD, ACC boards set for action in 2019

"...Ellis and incumbent Sabino "Pio" Renteria have triumphed in the last remaining Austin City Council races, while Arati Singh..."

Dec. 11, 2018 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Levitation Live Shot: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Australian crowd-surfing instigators stomp a tsunami

"...who thought universal good vibes had shunned Austin in the wake of Levitation’s cancellation on Thursday stood corrected Sunday..."

May 2, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

Chaos in Tejas Live (First Night): The Bats

Seminal Kiwis back in the U.S.A.

"...Bats leader Paul Kean had to chuckle. “There seem to be less tattoos in this room than..."

May 31, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

The AggreGAYtor: December 20

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...you when you’re sleeping, and John Paulk hurries round the chimney tonight. Today’s AggreGAYtor sleeps in heavenly peace...."

Dec. 20, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Dispatch From the Land of the Deranged

Taibbi takes on American crazies

"...do John Hagee's "Christian Zionist" San Antonio megachurch, 9/11 Truthers, and the U.S. Congress -- notably, among them, Texas..."

June 5, 2008 Books Post by Jordan Smith

Voxtrot: The (Re)start of Something

12 years after disbanding, the forerunners of modern indie-pop call on the "mystical, inexplicable force" that flowed through their Early Music

"...Voxtrot would like to revise their last will and testament, please. No, not that part..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Dave Franco Picks Up The Keys to The Rental

How scary hotels and Atlanta shaped his horror debut

"...There's a modern enigma that fascinates Dave Franco: the existence..."

July 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Face Off Recap: Venom on the Sculpting Room Floor

Malice amongst the molds on SyFy

"...nine to go. As Face Off slowly whittles down the contestants, it sometimes seems that the only way we'll..."

Feb. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: The Army Saves the Day

The Corps of Engineers speaks, and Travis County and TXI hang fire

"...The cavalry arrived just in time...."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Column by Michael King

The Puffy Taco Invasion

Two San Antonio-influenced Mexican restaurants are the newest residents of Manor Road's Restaurant Row

"...Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-10pm After spending a decade across the parking lot from Güero's and two blocks off the..."

April 30, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Joys of Meanness

Scott Blackwood's initiation into the writing life

"...thought up someplace else. No trees. But it's not the city or its lack of originality that was the..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

The Hills of Arkansas

The Meat Purveyors

"...photograph by John Carrico The first image I have of Jo Walston, vocalist for..."

March 6, 1998 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Call in the Rangers

A Memo to the Governor:

"...overnor, The situation was desperate. Pumping was completely unregulated. Reserves were..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Last Boy Scout

On the Lege

"...Looking Out for the Little Guy: You won't find any special interest legislation..."

April 28, 1995 News Column

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