11 Ongoing Events and Activities for Austin Kids

Local orgs and museums offer virtual and IRL options

"...Virtual Activities Austin Public Library..."

April 5, 2021 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

Austin Mutual Aid Organizations Share Resources During COVID-19 and Beyond

Looking for solidarity, not charity

"...Britt, a 57-year-old volunteer with Austin Mutual Aid, had been houseless on and off for..."

Aug. 21, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Family & Kids' Activities in the Time of Coronavirus

Get creative and cure cabin fever

"...now, now's a great time to get familiar with Austin's virtual library. They've got audiobooks, movies, music, ebooks, and..."

March 16, 2020 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

Brewing Pedigree Represents at Far West Austin's Beerburg

Trevor Nearburg puts a burg on it

"...a notable theme of fellowship at this backroads southwest Austin brewery, which coincidentally (intentionally, probably) hugs up against two..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required liability insurance to host a gay event in..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Faster Than Sound: Austin Terror Fest Crosses Over

Two birthdays and a dark christening

"...mostly at the Lost Well, last weekend's third annual Austin Terror Fest found its footing as a destination for..."

June 14, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

2019 Austin International Poetry Festival Brings a World of Words to Town

"...– when versifiers from far and wide stream into Austin to join the locals who poetize for four days..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Building Cathedrals

Public libraries and schools sustain a common culture

"...the crowd – including numerous children already clutching just-checked-out books – had become large enough to briefly overwhelm the..."

Nov. 3, 2017 News Column by Michael King

Austin's New Central Library

"...The exterior of Austin's new 198,000-square-foot Central Library, as seen from the "butterfly..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Photo Gallery

Austin Witches Circle: "It's Not a Coven, It's a Community"

Arts & witchcraft at Dark Moon Witches’ Market

"...So says Jessica Beauvoir, founder of the Austin Witches Circle, as we talk in the side office..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: What’s Your Favorite Place in Austin?

Because you know that "cabin fever" is definitely a thing

"...So where do Austinites like to go when they leave their house, their..."

May 29, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ballet Austin’s Alice (In Wonderland)

In which the young heroine grabs those wild wonderland reins

"...by Septime Webre and a new addition to Ballet Austin's repertoire, is in parentheses. Wonderland is colorful and thrilling,..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Balancing the Books After Years of Neglecting Schools

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

"...revised since 1990, and contain outdated presumptions like an Austin education costing the same as one in Killeen (and..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Open for Business: The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

Now accepting your stories by snail mail or – wait for it – online

"...you for your patience while we've shifted the annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest from an autumn-winter time frame..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Author Ed Ward Revisits Rock’s First Guitar Hero, Michael Bloomfield

“When you heard Mike Bloomfield play, you got the sense this was the real shit."

"...hunkers down in Columbia Studios attempting to apply rock & roll sonics to his beat verse. He's as befuddled..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Collectors Show Off Their Toys

Lights, camera, action figures!

"...Star Wars Rey action figure. But for these four Austin artists and creators, these childish things are a lot..."

July 29, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jay Trachtenberg's Top Reads of 2015

A Brief History of Seven Killings leads a list of works exploring crime and politics abroad and at home

"...many of whom speak Jamaican patois, it's an intense, exhausting, but ultimately exhilarating read...."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Austin Filmmakers’ Creative Spaces

"...Fellow filmmakers scribble jokes and taunts on the dry..."

Nov. 19, 2015 Photo Gallery

Booking Austin's Library Future

City hopes new Central Library will be global trailblazer

"...On May 9, the physical foundations were laid for Austin Public Library's future, a seven-story, riverfront Central Library that..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Crawl With the Authors of Your Favorite Books

The Texas Book Festival's Lit Crawl gets weird & boozy with 'em

"...San Marcos Grab your Lit Crawl maps at this Austin-based reading series where literature, art, and film connect, focusing..."

Oct. 22, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Coffee Table's Begging For Books Like These

Two new volumes of art from Steve Brudniak and Clifford Ross

"...three decades, in the case of Steve Brudniak, the Austin-based artist whose sculptural fabrications – meticulous works, often large..."

Sept. 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Edible Book Festival

April 1, 2013. 13 photos.

"...Half Price Books' Chris Jones looks at his entry, "The Cruller Purple,"..."

April 1, 2013 Photo Gallery

From the Vaults: The Yellow Brick Road Leads to Austin

Michael Sieben illustrates new edition of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'

"...Disney's new tent pole, Oz the Great and Powerful,..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Food Blogger Alliance Cookbook Debuts in April

Collection of recipes now available for pre-sale

"...Community cookbooks are a treasured American tradition dating back over a..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Who Wants to Run A Coffeehouse in Austin, Texas?

Four local javamongers tell us what it's like

"...to turn the nearby, mostly abandoned Highland Mall into Austin Community College slog through the next phase of the..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hats and Books Don't Mix?

"...Dear Austin Chronicle, With the heat index rising, now is as..."

June 13, 2012 Postmarks

The 19th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

Now open for business

"...stories aloud to an appreciative audience. Interested? Check out austinchronicle.com/shortstory for rules and regulations. Still confused? E-mail books@austinchronicle.com with..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Books Feature

National Closeup Alert: Dwell Spotlights Austin Architects

Dwell magazine focuses on local architects.

"...to the cause, that spirit still persists with three Austin architects sprinkled throughout the October 2009 Dwell, on stands..."

Sept. 16, 2009 Design Post by Anne Harris

16th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

The drama, the deliberations, and one winning story: Greg Koehler's 'Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch'

"...over the 10 finalists' submissions to the 16th annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest cut just that exacting, with..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Point Austin: Thinking Outside the Box

Stacy Mitchell examines the megaretail culture and the tools required to dismantle it

"...is self-referential. Discussing the buying power of the major bookselling chains, which has begun to directly influence even which..."

Nov. 24, 2006 News Column by Michael King

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