'ACL' Live Shots

"...Nickel CreekZilker Park, Saturday, Sept. 29, 7pm..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Envision Central Texas project is an opportunity for the citizens to plan our own destiny.

"...could be sitting on a goldmine -- the strongest theme I saw among the participants' ideas was more dense..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...convention center which supposedly had the creek as its "theme." Portrayed as following a "gentle curve" in the creek,..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column

Day Trips

"...of Wichita, Kan., the carousel has a decidedly Dallas theme. Hand-painted scenes from around the zoo decorate the merry-go-round...."

July 26, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Paradise

Ten years after Gravity, Alejandro Escovedo finds his "Paradise."

"...At a green cabin on concrete stilts, park in the turnaround b-ball court by the boat gear...."

June 28, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Stories from the Midway

So many of our formative years are forever branded by amusement park memories …

"...amusments? As Goofy would say, "HuYup!" But interestingly, unlike theme parks, not much about carnivals and midways have changed..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

About AIDS

"...The event will be from 8-9pm at Republic Square Park at Fifth and Colorado. The local service will host..."

May 3, 2002 Column by Eric Crabtree

Second Helpings: Vegetarian

"...Located in the heart of Hyde Park, Mother's has been a welcoming vegetarian refuge since 1979...."

March 15, 2002 Food Feature

Attracting Media Attention

Conference Panel

"...a weekly trade publication. The discussion had one overarching theme: Do your homework. Christensen recommended that bands hoping to..."

March 15, 2002 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...the Put-Downs, Teen Cool, and kid-kicking scene faves Ignorance Park. Denton's Riverboat Gamblers are no exception, busting punkish chord..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Food-o-File

Food Editor Virginia B. Wood gets ready to attend the Southern Foodways Symposium.

"...SFA event in Austin next summer with a barbecue theme...."

Oct. 26, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Best of Austin 2001

"We Can Be Heroes, Just for One Day..."

"...rest of the editors, have worried that our "Super Heroes"-themed "Best of Austin" might seem flip...."

Oct. 5, 2001 Best of Austin Feature by Kate X Messer

Naked City

Travis County's Road Bond Package 2001

"...bond election. Borrowing a page from that election's road theme, commissioners on Tuesday pulled two highly politicized road items..."

Aug. 24, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

Almost Famous

Three years after leaving Austin for Hollywood, comics Chip Pope and Howard Kremer still aren't celebs, but with pilots for HBO and Comedy Central and a willingness to schmooze, they've come agonizingly close.

"...We wanted the show to have a young, hip theme. All three of us want to be young and..."

July 20, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...truck. He drives a Saab and lives in Hyde Park.) Such pieces are an effective way to appeal, in..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice

Things are gearing up in public service-land for Austin's sizzling summer. Here are a few things to do this weekend, plus a jump on next, to boot.

"...place was Chances?), this Sunday, May 27, 8pm. The theme is a suitably gag-worthy "Lost in Love," and festivities..."

May 25, 2001 Column by Kate X Messer

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...Boulevard and North Congress. Six panels illustrating the museum's theme "The Story of Texas" in detailed bas-relief far above..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips

The Cider Mill and Country Store is the apple of Medina's eye.

"...floor to ceiling with gifts, most with an apple theme or handmade locally. There are dolls and toys, Christmas..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Coach's Corner

To hell with the critics! Remember the Titans is a great sports movie -- the best since Rocky.

"...as if they're playing Pirates of Penzance in Central Park. I loved Tin Cup, but since a debate rages..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dancing About Architecture

Austin's live music scene turns up missing.

"...Saturday beginning at 7pm. The lineup includes Lepracon, Ignorance Park, Punkaroos, Crack Pipes, Real Heroes, Blued, American People, Go..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

101X fires program director Alan Smith; Man's Ruin ain't coming back after all.

"...bonkers on me in every state where I've attended theme parks (the others being the Star Wars Tours at..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Road to Rail

Can light rail in Austin work well with Smart Growth?

"...Corridor" through Richardson is now being graced by Galatyn Park, a 500-acre multiple-use development with the DART station at..."

July 21, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia, Strangers on a Train

"...have been a bit obvious. Playing on the returning-veteran theme (a popular one at the time), The Blue Dahlia..."

June 23, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

Triumph in River City

With The Music Man, Austin Musical Theatre creates a River City that's bigger than some by-god real Texas towns. But it's a show whose heart may be the biggest thing of all.

"...you could practically give someone directions from the municipal park to the Madison Public Library...."

May 19, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...strip clubs, or punk escapades down at Emo's (Ignorance Park, this means you), Austinites do an awful lot of..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

More Flava Than Juicy Fruit

Wednesday Night SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...fashion (who else would think of doing the Flintstones theme next to Bob Wills and Marty Robbins numbers?). For..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature

Articulations

Robert Faires talks FronteraFest.

"...Sticking with the Frontera theme for another minute: Local playwright and Frontera company member..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Gasoline Alley

The proposed Longhorn Pipeline fuels debate because of its proximity to South Austin neighborhoods, schools, and Edwards Aquifer.

"...Longhorn lost a ruling in U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks' courtroom last March, the company offered a compromise to..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Mike Jasper

Naked City

A Lighter Shade of Rail

"...you believe we're talking about this stuff in Dallas?" theme wore a little thin by Day Three. But Rail~Volution,..."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mixing Miami With Copacabana

A profile of Brazilian superstar Gilberto Gil.

"...tempos. Another song, "Domingo no Parque" ("Sunday in the Park"), relates a crime of passion on a ferris wheel,..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Feature by Mike Quinn

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