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Making movies takes money. Lots of it. From grants to bakes sales, credit card max-outs to benevolent rich uncles, local filmmakers struggle to come up with the cash.

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

The news stories that didn't make the mainstream press in 2000

Harry Akin opened for business on Christmas Eve, 1932, selling hamburgers for 15 cents apiece. Cuisines Editor Virginia B. Wood reveals how Akin turned his hamburger stand into Austin's former restaurant empire.

As college access tightens, minority students and families, and educators, look for ways to help more students.

Seven years after the ATF's raid on the Branch Davidians' Waco compound, the government continues to blame the media for tipping off the Davidians about the raid while hiding information that tells a different story.

A high school play contest might not sound like a big deal, but it is to the 18,000 students in 1,200 schools across Texas who participate in the state's UIL one-act play every year -- and here's a look at why.

Love Supreme frontman Noah Lit shares his interests and disinterests - and talks about his band occasionally.

South by Southwest 1997

Upgrades, Updates and New Toys for Your PC

CD-ROMs Make Virtual History

… is a shit ton

Gift guide

Three steps for more scoring opportunities

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

The family-friendly spy franchise is revived once again, this time with a "fourth dimension" of scratch and sniff.

City Manager Marc Ott opens up on his new job, his new city, and his philosophy of governance

March 1991 -- December 2000

Austin bounced back from COVID with what City Manager Spencer Cronk called “spectacular economic growth.” How spectacular?

Burgers and tots make good eating and good memories.

A weekend at Dai Due's Hunting School for Women

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

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Austin's Female Country Singers

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

'Til death do us party

Living in a dream