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Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Then There's This: Suffer the Little Children
Some Texas communities turn their backs as young refugees seek protection
"...more recently in greater numbers – unaccompanied minors from Central America are still risking their lives and entering the..."
July 25, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith
Mick Makes a Return Trip to Costa del Sol
Authentic Central American food crawl in a small strip center
"...are served with a side of crema, the Latin American version of sour cream; richer and less tart than..."
June 10, 2014 Food Post by Mick Vann
Chiltepins
The mother of all peppers
"...in southern Brazil or Bolivia, chiltepins migrated up through Central America and Mexico into the American Southwest. Dissemination is..."
Aug. 26, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack
I Want My H&M!!!
Why has H&M left the Lone Star state out in the cold?
"...countries – has yet to set up shop in Central Texas...."
Oct. 9, 2009 Design Post by Christopher Carbone
Point Austin: They Died in Your City
Austin is built by workers subject to institutionalized injustice
"...Chavez, were once the most prominent faces of mass Central American economic migration. Now in U.S. cities, they are..."
June 19, 2009 News Column by Michael King
Matt Stone Visits Austin Via South Park
Matt Stone of South Park visits UT
"...to the congruence of UT's spring semester and Comedy Central's spring season. The stars aligned, however, in 2008 and..."
May 2, 2008 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Secrets Shared
The documentary photos of Donna DeCesare
"...of childhood. From her current featured work documenting exploited Central American and Colombian children in "Sharing Secrets: Children's Portraits..."
Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...at the Austin Convention Center is aimed at putting Central Texas families back on the rolls of state benefit..."
Aug. 25, 2006 News Feature
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...that migrate annually to the area from Mexico and Central America. Both the Golden-Cheeked Warbler and the Black-Capped Vireo..."
May 6, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols
Leave No Child Behind
In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.
"...Edwards -- along with all but 8% of his African-American classmates at Houston's Phillis Wheatley High School -- really..."
Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose
Naked City
Latina USA in Exilio?
"...the production of a 26-part bilingual series on post-civil-war Central America. Martin's tale is significantly different. In order to..."
July 18, 2003 News Feature by Belinda Acosta
Halfway Home
The Los Angeles County of Art's exhibition "The Road to Aztlan, Art From a Mythic Homeland" includes a wondrous survey of pre-conquest Mesoamerican art, but when it comes to contemporary Chicano works, the "road" doesn't take us all the way home.
"...others point to evidence of its existence throughout the Americas. Aztlan is part mythology, part geopolitical landmark, part organizing..."
Nov. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta
Counting Our Blessings
Considering what we're thankful for in the local food scene
"...host a Thanksgiving supper. I suppose it's something that American expats everywhere do. Come November they begin to sniff..."
Nov. 23, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit
Dancing About Architecture
Tosca are no Slackers, Pong bounces back, the Dicks still hate the police, and Ken Lieck finds a new journalist pal in this week's "Dancing."
"...with Walker at the Victoria House Resort in Belize, Central America for a four-day/three-night adventure, including a private concert..."
July 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Day Trips
The summer drought is making historical Indian sites throughout Texas more accesible to archaeologists ... and to looters.
"...one of the few complete skeletons of an early American woman. Named Leann, after the nearby town of Leander,..."
Sept. 8, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
CSC: Take Two
Political Push Ups
"...to heading down a path to genocide patterned on Central American dictatorships and Hitler's Germany...."
March 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff
Postmarks
VanScoy on Wrong Track
"...killed more than two million Indo-Chinese people, killed 58,000 American troops, and the minds of those who were sent..."
April 10, 1998 Column
Postmarks
Do the Right Thing
"...She's reinventing traditional American folk music like was done on old albums like..."
March 27, 1998 Column
Dying For Dollars
Observer's 4,000 Subscribers Are Not Enough
"...are stories like Dave Denison's story -- during the Central American wars, when he went out and did a..."
March 21, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols
Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...-- his words. Officially, that's the School of the Americas, in Fort Benning, Ga. Kennedy has filed a bill,..."
Feb. 28, 1997 News Feature
The Fellowship of the Tortilla
Peña Unites Central-American Folk
"...a mixed bill of Yiddish tunes, poetry, and Latin American folk music in its many forms. In spite of..."
Oct. 20, 1995 Music Feature
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...from moths, which probably first happened in North or Central America, and they fed on legumes...."
March 1, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Cinema Heavy Hitter Joining Austin-Based EEG Theatre Chain
Cinemark exec, Top Chef star hint at big plans
"...Cinemark International locations in 14 countries across South and Central America...."
Jan. 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Asian American Film Festival Review: Starring Jerry as Himself
Hybrid documentary hides a true crime drama inside a true crime drama
"...is the hero of their own movie. That's a central conceit to hybrid documentary Starring Jerry as Himself...."
June 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Back to the Scene of the Crime With Heat 2
Austin author Meg Gardiner and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Michael Mann team up for a literary sequel to the classic heist flick
"...producer of Miami Vice, one of the most iconic American television shows of the 1980s and one those college..."
Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...still identifying the lost lives, many from Mexico and Central America. The United Nations reported at least 650 people..."
July 1, 2022 News Feature
Adrian Lipscombe at Canje, Grounds & Hounds for Austin Pets Alive!, Provision Dining House Returns, Snoozing for Pride, and Here Comes the Bourbon Brawl
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...of Momo’s Michelada Mix. Listen: While each region of Central America has its own version of the michelada, Momo’s..."
June 8, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...won one-year stays-of-removal. Gamez and Ramirez, both asylum-seekers from Central America, have been living in Austin-area churches for years..."
April 16, 2021 News Feature
Now Streaming in Austin: All Together ATX Telethon
Tune in tonight for a special online fundraiser
"...Some people say that America's greatest contributions to world culture are rock & roll..."
