First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...art museums. No symphony. No ballet. No opera. None of the scores of small independent arts companies generating original..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What We Learned

What is the state of the arts in America and where does Austin fit in the mix?

"...administrators from across North America made Austin the epicenter of discussion about the current state of culture on the..."

June 24, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Austin Musician Union Overthrown

Local 433 hangs in the balance, a new hit for Fastball, and End of an Ear begins its new lease on life

"...1907 – has been placed under trusteeship by the American Federation of Musicians. The takeover, which went into effect..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Revolutionary Score

The Founding Fathers' first declaration: 'We're an American band!'

"...Seriously, those guys who led the American revolution were into music. That's the news Keith Womer..."

June 29, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Barbecue Summer Camp!

What is it about Texas and barbecue? Chronicle Food Editor Virginia B. Wood knows, and she knows we know, but the Southern Foodways Alliance is about to find out on their Taste of Texas Field Trip. Plus, "The Barbecue Song"!?

"...serious business in Texas, and it's an integral part of our state identity. Along with cattle ranches, wildflowers, the..."

June 14, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

New Report Quantifies How Racism Impacts Black Austinites

And demands action from city government

"...A new report reveals that in Austin, the median..."

March 29, 2024 News Post by Naina Srivastava

SXSW Interactive Announces First Speakers

Venture capitalists, start-up theorists, and car designers

"...2015 schedule, you better update your calendar. The annual IT-in-culture gathering has announced the first wave of featured session..."

Aug. 4, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: Not for the Gun-Shy

Tracing the origins of the Gatling gun

"...It seems like the American inspirational parable. A farm boy follows his dreams to..."

Feb. 14, 2011 Books Post by Mike Crissey

Saving Darma

A UT linguist travels to northern India in a quest to preserve the local language of the Darma Valley

"...migration had started once again for the Darma people of the Indian Himalayas. All along the winding mountain road..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Feature by Dan Oko

Faster Than Sound: Contextualizing Broken Spoke Owner James White

Honky-tonky lifer died of congestive heart failure at age 81

"...The institution now lives through the loss of its figurehead...."

Jan. 29, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...exhibition center acts as a headquarters for local artists of the small college town. Bumping through the speakers was..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Neil deGrasse Tyson, the celebrated astrophysicist, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, the subject of a thousand Facebook..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

South Austin Secede!

Our second installment in a series about South Austin explores the roots of "Bubba" and the rivalry between North Austin and south of the river.

"...it away with a booming voice that rumbles out of his enormous body...."

April 13, 2001 Features Feature by Rob D'Amico

David Lindsay-Abaire: The Interview

The 'Good People' writer goes back to the old neighborhood

"...your last chance to see the Different Stages production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, the most produced play in..."

May 11, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Place, a Time, a Memory

The Meaning of Thanksgiving

"...How to Cope in Catalunya Every American who's lived abroad has at least one coping-with-Thanksgiving story...."

Nov. 24, 2000 Food Feature by MM Pack

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin

The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look

"...project with Boston's Shepley Bulfinch. But it's just one of many major projects here that Lake|Flato has designed –..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texans With Disabilities Physically Barred From Policymakers

The inaccessibility at the Capitol is emblematic of the city at large

"...as well. Instead, he stands for himself and thousands of Texans living in such centers, wearing a black suit..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Taylor Jackson Buchanan

Short & Sweet: “The Cheap Seats”

Docudrama finds spirited stories in the psychic capital of Florida

"...follows a skeptic’s journey to Cassadaga, Fla., the psychic capital of the world. The short screens tonight at AFS..."

July 18, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Austin Filmmakers PJ Raval, Andrew Bujalski, Leah Marino Join the Academy

Trio joins as Oscar-awarding body emphasizes diversity

"...Congratulations are in order for three of Austin’s moviemaking mainstays today, as the Academy of Motion..."

July 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Other Worlds Austin Announces Lineup

New SF fest announces latest Amy Seimetz feature as closing title

"...Clones, zombie hands, eternal nights, and a day's worth of shorts: New sci fi festival Other Worlds Austin has..."

Oct. 16, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New York Snapshots

New book by photographer Carter Berg frames the Apple up right

"...Sometimes people – most of them young, in their twenties and thirties, but occasionally..."

Oct. 13, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM

Bob Dylan says he doesn't know how a guy like him came out of a place like Hibbing. He's been saying things like that for 40 years and I don't know a rock critic who doesn't take him at his word. But I also don't know a rock critic who's been to Hibbing. I wanted to see for myself.

"...as the Texas Panhandle's, but in the dry air of West Texas the sky seems to go on forever,..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Survey Says: Arts Rule!

According to a new study, three out of four Austinites agree that the arts are where it's at

"...or those who tout us as the Live Music Capital of the World, but when it comes to attendance..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...idea that no "traditional neighborhoods" could be found west of the Mississippi. I am so glad to have been..."

July 30, 1999 Column

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress Avenue -- slouching,..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

A right, a left, another right: our letters column takes it on the chin.

"...column that she was talking about -- the column of Sept. 21 -- Belinda Acosta actually referred to the..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...But it hasn't yet. Or it hasn't killed most of Austin yet. It depends on what you mean by..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...work in 50 minutes and have time to drop off her kids. I admire Mike Dahmus and Patrick Goetz..."

May 30, 2003 Column

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...years, kids have spent their time reading and daydreaming of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books about life on the 1860s..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Engineering Quality – and Equality

The African-American Quality of Life plan gets aired out; NAACP unsatisfied

"...are addressing tonight – we can call it 'quality of life' – is the end result of city-sanctioned and..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

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