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35 Years of the Austin Music Awards
Living in a dream
"...the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin Music Awards show audience visited the genre’s desired effect..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

The State of the Ricky Williams Foundation
Williams remains on the creative edge in retirement
"...attend their camps. This is currently taking place, in Austin, on AISD property...."

July 23, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

The State of Utopia
Karen Valby’s dispatches from a small Texas town
"...little underweight, and he had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks. That mattered more than whether..."

May 28, 2010 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Austin Author Gabino Iglesias Talks Spiders and Assassins
The horror writer guides you through the darkness at the Texas Book Festival
"...Devil Takes You Home if not for an East Austin brown recluse (may it rest in peace) and the..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Pressure Grows for Austin to Settle With Protesters Injured by APD
Nearly a dozen of those most seriously injured last summer are suing the city
"...To the Austin Police Department, the thousands of people who gathered Down­town..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Hit Me With Your Worst Shot
Doesn’t this weekend’s carnage illustrate exactly why policing as usual isn’t enough?
"...At 8am on Saturday, as much of Austin had yet to awaken and learn that 15* people..."

June 18, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
"...original cassette won Best Tape in the latter year's Austin Music Poll. This many moons later on CD, it..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin at Large: Everything’s Different Now
The new normal requires a lot of willpower, but also the chance to do things better
"...social distancing seriously enough. I can also see the hospital and hear the ambulance sirens, which I hope will..."

April 3, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

East Austin Studio De-Tour
Homesteading artists face city code challenges – and raise old fears – in changing neighborhoods
"...the last address on a dead-end street in East Austin. From the road, you can see the front of..."

July 15, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Point Austin: Invisible No More
Houston janitors strike a mighty blow for the value and dignity of labor
"...on horseback attacked demonstrators, putting elderly women in the hospital. The Harris County district attorney tried intimidatingly high bails..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point
This week's council agenda
"...quest to reapportion the recommendations to make room for State Highway 130, pulled the pork apart so zealously as..."

Jan. 27, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers
A farewell to faitful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities
"...be good fun for anybody with an interest in Austin life, politics, and public institutions over the past decade...."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers
A farewell to faithful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities
"...be good fun for anybody with an interest in Austin life, politics, and public institutions over the past decade...."

June 10, 2005 News Column by Michael King

In Memoriam
The Austin State Hospital Cemetery is the long final home for thousands
"...the funky shops start. The chain-link fence of the Austin State Hospital Cemetery – 11 flat acres full of..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Musicophilia
ASH's (unofficial) specialty services now include Austin's prime resource
"...This scene from the Austin State Hospital isn't quite as One Flew Over the..."

April 11, 2008 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Custody Battle at Brackenridge
Seton's plan to build its own pediatrics facility throws a monkey wrench into the proposed hospital district.
"...its plans to pull out of the city-owned Children's Hospital, a division of Brackenridge, and build a new, privately..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Tipping Point
Austin and Travis County fail to deliver mental health care
"...ended in the cold, gray stairwell of a North Austin hotel. But at the very least, his suicide ended..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Amy Smith

City of the Dead
Journeying through the graves of Austin's oldest cemetery
"...Used to be that when a pauper died in Austin, the city would send for an undertaker, and the..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Autobots! Transform and Roll Camera
'Transformers' sequel, 'Parkland' prep 2013 productions in Austin
"...Bay's as-yet untitled fourth Transformers film will lens in Austin in 2013. A recent casting notice picked up by..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Sun to Set on Severely Disabled Patients
Austin State Supported Living Center cottages to be shuttered
"...from severe autism, and receives specialized care at the Austin State Supported Living Center (formerly the Austin State School)..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Kirk Watson Begins His Long Goodbye
Headed to Houston, the ex-mayor and senator reflects on his legacy
"...he began his transition from partisan player into Elder Statesman, state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, was reflective with the..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Mental Health Care Meltdown
The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.
"...Austin Police Department mental health officers Art Fortune, Joel Pridgeon,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Breakdown
Travis County's mental health system is cracking under growing patient load
"...time, since some time after he began classes at Austin Community College in the 1980s. One time, she said,..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Two Lives Lost
Danielle Martin and Jackson Ngai shared a close friendship, a passionate love for music, and mental illness. They cared for each other as best they could. And then he killed her.
"...later, in late October, doctors at the North Texas State Hospital found that new medication, supervision, and counseling had..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Feature by Emily Pyle

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King
The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.
"...side") and has shown, once again, how inept the Austin Police Dept. can be in addressing public perceptions of..."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

The Med School Solution
A medical school, a teaching hospital, and a new health care system?
"...her face spread across the first page of the Austin Amer­ican-Statesman's Metro section. In a Q&A by the paper's..."

Sept. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Ngai Found Insane – What Now?
Without reform, Texas' mental health system might fail killer of piano teacher again
"...He began breaking windows and was committed to the Austin State Hospital for two weeks. At ASH, doctors diagnosed..."

Oct. 28, 2005 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City
Children's Changes Hands
"...Children's Hospital of Austin moved from public control to private ownership..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mental Health Care Meltdown: Is There Room for Hope?
Austin police and mental health advocates make recommendations for patching Travis County's tattered safety net.
"...or remain mired in trouble? While a recently released Austin Police Dept. report offers practical, if not substantial, recommendations..."

April 4, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Squaring the Triangle
The Three Austins Collide at a Central-City Crossroads
"...sides match up with the three cities we call Austin -- the Capitol of Texas, the People's Republic, and..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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