Faster Than Sound: City of Austin Delays Venue Funding – Again

Live music venues have asked for dedicated COVID-19 relief since March, but the city says applications won't open until next year.

"...Millions of dollars remain designated, but the money to sustain Austin's..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Musicians of Color Talk About the Pandemic's Outsized Impact on Their Communities

COVID-19 extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality

"...a lens, the coronavirus epidemic extends into all realities of Austin's pervasive inequality, from economic distress to broad health..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Qmmunity: Embrace Austin Seeks to Build Bridges Between Queer People and Queer Initiatives

Qmmunity members organize to launch new LGBTQIA coalition

"...It's time to welcome a new org into Austin's qmmunity: Embrace Austin, which officially launches this Friday, Jan...."

Jan. 22, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...MP3 file to fellow KOOP 91.7FM host Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Become an Individual Again: Austin Craft Riot

Austin Craft Riot Loots Palmer Events Center on Saturday

"...the country, and while yes, there was an abundance of simple screen-printing, there was also authentic inspiration around every..."

Aug. 15, 2012 Design Post by Anne Harris

Austin Music Office Expands Musician Payment for Certain City-Sponsored SXSW Events

$200/hour rate newly applied to DAWA and EQ Austin showcases

"...The city of Austin has partially stepped into the discussion over artist..."

March 17, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...President Abraham Lincoln’s male friendships as having a “streak of lavender, and spots soft as May violets.” This phrasing,..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Talking Curation With Art Alliance Austin's Asa Hursh

Lora Reynolds Gallery's exhibition of work by Troy Brauntuch, Andy Coolquitt, and Jeff Williams proves a good case study in putting together an art show

"...I've got nothing." I stare at a vertical rectangle of rich midnight blue colored over in parts by equally..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Faster Than Sound: Bevis M. Griffin Teaches Austin Youth the Evolution of the Blues

School of Rock students play two events this weekend, and Stubb's sells to C3 and Live Nation

"...Known as a glam rock innovator of Seventies Austin origins, Bevis M. Griffin still keeps up...."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Your Queer Guide to Austin

A crash course on the city's LGBTQ parties, prides, and resources

"...Austin is a city known for many things: bats, music,..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...to gather, like a broccoli farm or the bottom of the sea – these artists can spin a story..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

R.I.P. to DK Lee, Welcome Back to Austin Cider Week, Falling for Local Foods and Loro, Festivals and Fantasies, Free Pancakes for Voters, and More

All the food that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Nov. 2, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: The Puzzle of Pride

Putting together all the pieces of queer history with Pride Month events

"...Pride Month asks us to celebrate the whole puzzle of pleasures and pain that've made queer life what it..."

June 2, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin at Large: Life Beyond the Cop Shop?

ULI-Austin members craft hypothetical – but plausible – visions for APD’s unloved HQ

"...airport and redeveloping the old one – the creation of a new Austin City Hall had become a saga..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week

Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it

"...In the wake of the city of Austin's cancellation of South by Southwest..."

March 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Justice Coalition x DORF: Online Art Auction

Raising funds, razing injustice, spreading art everywhere

"...who’ve donated their works to this fundraiser for the Austin Justice Coalition. It's an auction of original art, to..."

June 5, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Black Artists Matter & Kenny Dorham Murals in East Austin

"...Austin Justice Coalition and Capitol View Arts installed a multiblock..."

June 19, 2020 Photo Gallery

Qmmunity: Trans Day of Remembrance

Plus, Poo Poo Platter’s eighth anniversary, holiday market at the Little Gay Shop, and more

"...Austin's annual vigil honoring Trans Day of Remembrance returns this..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

The Austin Tea Party

"...Nathan Jensen had contemplated leaving Austin a couple of years ago. He took a cross-country..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Arts Feature

Point Austin: Open Questions

Campaign questionnaires offer a window into the city's political obsessions

"...questionnaires, a preoccupation I pursued over the last couple of weeks while attending campaign forums that sometimes felt like..."

April 13, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Black Art Matters Puts Artists of Color in the Spotlight

Austin Justice Coalition's exhibition opens Feb. 17

"...Part of the way through our interview at Rio Rita, Stephanie..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Amani Newton

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...on a new life, on screen, on stage, and, of course, on the page. This year, we've included thoughts..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...all the fun without turning anyone away for lack of funds. Catch trans and Latine drag royalty performances by..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Music Project Blues

"...Dear Editor, As an unflagging supporter of Austin music, The Chronicle is always something I grab..."

Dec. 20, 2022 Postmarks

Austin Free Poetry Festival

"...If you could put the Austin International Poetry Festival in a diorama, you might have..."

Nov. 8, 1996 Books Feature

Sheiks of Industry

Austin record labels, part 2

"...Emperor Jones: Prince of Darkness "It's like a bad drug habit, putting out..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Vortex Becomes Safe Haven for Protesters on Sunday as Part of Call for Theatres to #OpenYourLobby

“Police will not be allowed to enter”

"...needing to cool down, recover, and flush their eyes of tear gas and pepper spray during the scheduled Black..."

June 5, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...state and local police to arrest people they suspect of entering the country illegally. But shortly thereafter, the 5th..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

Austin at Large: The Bold Eye of the Beholder

Watson releases his first housing proposals, puts his “get it done” brand to the test

"...few intervening terms in the Texas Senate) later. One of the things that got done, after a typically Austin..."

July 22, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Welcome to Hard Times (Son of Davy)..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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