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Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets
Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story
"...there were three documents. There was the Austin Independent School District's Facility Master Plan, being developed by a district..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'You Were Our Father, A Veteran and So Full of Desperation'
Short Story Contest: Third place
"...on the lockers he passed, holding his other hand high every time he stepped beneath a paper banner. The..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Books Feature by Kyle R M

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada
Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date
"...We've already teased some of the highlights of the just-announced SXSW Film 2011 lineup – and..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
"...September, will have exclusive coverage each season of one football game and eight men's basketball games, among other sports..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature

Bedside Manner: Pierogi and Potboilers
Smutty and adorable
"...the sides of the fingers are sensitive in an upper-thigh sort of way, and that the singling out of..."

Jan. 10, 2011 Books Post by Sarah Smith

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010
From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'
"...The saga of Kurt Warner’s life and football career is dotted with so many extreme highs and..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

Ramin Nazer
Ramin brings the ha-has with his absurdist non sequitur style
"...about zebra sex and about nerds' revenge: "I noticed high school- and college-age girls, they don't go after the..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?
The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities
"...the 900-acre site lies next to the still underused Highway 130 toll road and between two smaller access roads,..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips
The White House Cafe and Saloon is a veritable time capsule with its pressed tin ceiling, arched windows, and wooden floor that creaks with age
"...running the restaurant and hotel, Teltschik also was the high school band teacher. The new band hall at the..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Gilbert, McCoy Both Finding Footing as Their Teams Lose
More trouble with the Bears coming into town
"...on Saturday as Gilbert tries to prove his flashy high school stats hold up the college football level against..."

Oct. 28, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: Learning From Experience
The things they won't tell you in Texas schools
"...before the State Board of Education that Texas public school textbooks are too favorable toward Islam and biased against..."

Sept. 24, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Texas Preps for Its Close-up
Two fall shows bring it on home
"...a group of childhood friends 10 years after their high school graduation. Or, as TV Guide's Matt Roush tweeted..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Collective Burgeoning
For the artists of Okay Mountain, it was a very good year
"...everyone has grown. It's almost like still being in school, where we're doing these projects, and we have to..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Smells Repeat Title Game?
Make it so, Mr. Simms Gilbert Applewhite
"...the prototypical NFL body: Tall, an arm that ejects footballs faster than an anorexic coughs up a late-night snack..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

'Home Field' Looks Great on the Coffee Table
With a forward from Buzz Bissinger
"...glossy photos. So when Jeff Wilson's Home Field: Texas High School Football Stadiums From Alice to Zephyr showed up..."

Aug. 28, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Page Three: Hell in a Handbasket
or, the Worst of Austin
A week in the life of local government
"..."More action, less talk on education" (Aug. 9); "Austin school district's sharing of information 'needs improvement'" (Aug. 13); "For..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Column by Nick Barbaro

Nebraska? Gone. Texas? Gone (Probably). A&M? Answer Hazy.
Big 12 kids run off with their footballs in a huff
"...the Big 12 little kids running off with their footballs in a huff. Texas was the powerhouse. Nebraska took..."

June 11, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

The Greatest Stories Ever Told
The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics
"...after a rite-of-passage trip to Mexico, a group of high school seniors (Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Randy..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Home Field Advantage
Sure, Austin can become a sustainable center for TV production. Just ask the Friday Night Lights gridiron gang.
"...set a visit, the location is a former AISD school building that serves as the interiors of Dillon and..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Cram Session
Catching up on the first three seasons of Friday Night Lights
"...place to jump in: A lot of the series' high school-aged characters have graduated and been gradually cycled out..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye
Timothy Olyphant stars in Justified as a lawman with serious daddy issues
"...have. First, there's Ava (Wonderland's Joelle Carter), the former high school cheerleader who always had a crush on him...."

March 19, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Love Bath
SXSW 2010 keynote speaker Smokey Robinson originally wanted to be a cowboy, but they didn't have any horses in his hood
"...metal folding chair two feet away like an eager schoolboy. Needless to say, his natural exuberance – jubilance, joy..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Yates Lions Dare to Dream Big
Houston high school wins respect in 2010 UIL Championship series
"...pre-SXSW traffic insanity on Red River, the UIL Boys High School Basketball Tournament, aka the State Championship series, is..."

March 12, 2010 Sports Post by Anne Harris

A Super Bowl to Remember
Who Dat nation rejoices
"...more than would seem logical considering it's just a football game...."

Feb. 8, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

State of the City
Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2
"...was – a hill. I went to Austin public schools, and graduated from UT. When I retired as a..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

State of the City Address
As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today
"...was – a hill. I went to Austin public schools, and graduated from UT. When I retired as a..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

He's Not a Lawyer, But He Plays One on TV
Austin actor Mehcad Brooks on his circuitous path from star athlete to Southern vampires and L.A. law on an Irving soundstage
"...Phillips, Brooks was a star basketball player at Anderson High School in the late Nineties. But it wasn't his..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Lessons of Losing: Texas Is No. 2
What's eating Garrett Gilbert?
"...player of the year coming out of Lake Travis High School. His stats and expectations are much higher than..."

Jan. 14, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Top 9 Local Sports Stories of 2009
It's all about Colt and the boys
"...3) LAKE TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL picked up its third straight Class 4A..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

Running the UT Numbers
Unless you're the football coach, budgetary times are dire
"...for athletics and a massive pay raise for the football coach – but times are not so rosy on..."

Dec. 18, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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