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June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Battle Lines Drawn on Convention Center Expansion
Arguments escalate on how to spend hotel occupancy tax revenue
"...of an expanded Austin Convention Center sought to escalate the conflict this week, prompted by the unexpected unanimous City..."
June 14, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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"...By Any Other Name: A Confederate statue at the Capitol featuring Confederate..."
June 7, 2019 News Feature
Battle Lines Drawn Over Convention Center Expansion
CM Jimmy Flannigan and AIBA ED Rebecca Melançon don't see eye to eye
"...had City Council resolved to move forward with expanding the Austin Convention Center than a petition was created to..."
June 5, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff
Council Moves on Convention Center Plans
The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”
"...(May 23) on a wide-ranging set of measures for the southeast quadrant of Downtown, dubbed – at least for..."
May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Noir City Film Festival Redefines the All-American Genre
Black, white, and red all over
"...In 1998, journalist Eddie Muller wrote Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir. Bringing a more populist..."
May 17, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle
ATX Film News: What Kat Candler Did Next
Fear the Walking Dead returns, The Son sets, and more
"...What Kat Candler did next: Ever since the filmmaker, who has helped define Austin movies over the..."
May 10, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker
Williamson County Residents Organize to Remove Confederate Monument
Meanwhile the Texas Legislature tries to block monument removals
"...Towering over the southern entrance of the Williamson County Courthouse, on the..."
May 7, 2019 News Post by Michael King
Rancho Alegre Fights to Be the Cadillac of Conjunto Festivals
The music fest returns the native Texas genre Downtown where it once flourished
"...When his mother fell ill and under professional care, a young Baldomero..."
May 3, 2019 Music Feature by César E. López Linares
Austin Homes Tour: The Art of the Craftsman Style
John Ruskin's ghost will be nearby, eating breakfast tacos and smiling
"...The American Craftsman style, Wikipedia tells me, is a style..."
April 24, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
City Council: Getting It All Planned Out
Inching toward Imagine Austin
"...aims and hopes to give its final blessing to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (Item 33) and begins to..."
April 12, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Day Trips: Nueces County Courthouse, Corpus Christi
Historic courthouse escapes wrecking ball for now
"...The 1914 Nueces County Courthouse once anchored the north side..."
March 29, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Public Notice: Slouching Toward CodeCRONK
City manager gives Council a multiple-choice quiz for the land development code redo
"...process leading to a Land Development Code" rewrite. In the past seven months, Cronk has come up not with..."
March 22, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro
ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives
"...don't jinx it, but things are looking up in the Texas Legislature for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive..."
March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker
Oops!
"...In the Feb. 22 story "Govalle Rallies to Save Pecan Grove,"..."
March 1, 2019 Column
Govalle Neighbors Rally to Save Pecan Grove
City-owned property slated for affordable housing
"...On Jan. 17, the city Planning and Zoning Department notified neighbors of an..."
Feb. 22, 2019 News Feature by Michael King
One in a Crowd
Barton Springs history needs your crowdfunding help
"...potential backers, it can be hard to navigate all the sites out there, so here's a quick guide to..."
Feb. 22, 2019 Screens Column by Savannah J Salazar
Tea, Coffee, and Delicate Sweet Treats
"...Dear Editor, As a former member of the Children of the Confederacy's chapter in Austin, I have..."
Feb. 10, 2019 Postmarks
Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film
Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced
"...Horror at the beginning, horror at the end: After SXSW Film (March..."
Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It
House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form
"...This past November, the North Door hosted house music history. A more electronic..."
Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile
Racist Confederate Plaque Needs a Forever Home
State Preservation Board mulls over what to do with defrocked "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque
"...Now that state officials have finally removed the historically mendacious "Children of the Confederacy Creed" plaque that's..."
Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Cold War
Love and history in the ruins of post-World War II Europe
"...Cold War is an epic love story born amid the ruins of post-World War II Europe. Like the time..."
Jan. 25, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Terror Tuesday Continues to Be the Alamo’s Bloody Beating Heart
Horror series send shivers up the aisles
"...Once upon a time in Austin, there was a scrappy little movie theatre with a grotty..."
Jan. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Austin ISD Begins to Move Eastside High Schools
New Eastside Memorial campus breaks ground, and more school shuffling
"...The "Eastside Shuffle" is officially underway at Austin ISD, after..."
Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque
No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus
"...image of bipartisanship after a strong Democratic showing in the 2018 midterms, as they called for school finance reform,..."
Jan. 18, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez
False Confederate Capitol Plaque Removed – And It Only Took Six Decades!
Efforts by Democrat Rep. Johnson led the way
"...in, “more than five decades” – step to rid the Capitol of an inaccurate and offensive vestige...."
Jan. 14, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma
Public Notice: The Speed of Trust
Moving off dead center in the land use debate
"...when it comes to land use, "change happens at the pace of trust." Last week in this very column..."
Jan. 11, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro
"Post-Apocalyptic Harvest" at Atelier 1205
Artists Erika Huddleston, Tammy West, and Amy Scofield salvage beauty from a sundered world
"...a small gallery within an architecture firm's headquarters in the urban heart of Austin, it's as if the apocalypse..."
Jan. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner
Rep. Eddie Rodriguez on the 86th Texas Legislature
“I’ll be working against issues that will unfairly treat Latinos in the state”
"...Eddie Rodriguez (HD-51), representing southeastern Travis County, was first elected in 2002. Last session,..."
Jan. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session
Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents
"...It's hard to imagine the 86th Texas Legislature being any crazier than the last..."
