Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...On Monday, June 7, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Leaving a Hole in Austin's Soul..."

July 12, 2002 Column

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...more than 30 years of working in and around Austin as both a professional and an educator, architect Wayne..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...may be to believe, when Elisabet Ney moved to Austin in 1892, there was no South by Southwest. Or..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sharon Marroquin Benefits

The dance community rallies around one of its own to help with medical expenses

"...to get seriously ill. We've seen it happen in Austin's live music community, when musicians have rallied around one..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Downtown Dominoes

The headlines are about Block 21 and Seaholm, but the long-term questions are about what the city of Austin should be

"...properties into parts of the vibrant mixed-use urban neighborhood Austin said it wanted Downtown to be...."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Pride Abounds, Cats Pop, and Nuns Get Weird in These Events

Our recommendations for an art and community filled weekend

"...nonsense be something you wish.   – Carys Anderson Austin Tattoo Festival..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

2016 Arts Hall of Famers Announced

Bay, Mills, and Ruiz to be inducted at Critics Table Awards

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the 15th group of individuals..."

April 19, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Adler Promises ‘New Way Forward’

Kicks off mayoral campaign at City Hall

"...Adler formally kicked off his campaign for mayor, asking Austinites to help him chart a “new way forward …..."

May 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Viva la Vida

The 26th annual Día de los Muertos celebration has a new twist this year

"...forefront of local Día de los Muertos celebrations, staging Austin's largest and longest-running Day of the Dead festival for..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

The Future Is Here

In 2007, that distant tomorrow when Austin's arts dreams would be realized finally arrived

"...For years, folks in the cultural community have talked about "the day when," as in the..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Stephen remembers husband-in-law Rollo

"...of view. Rollo and my sister, Margaret, met in Austin, fell in love, and were married in a matter..."

April 27, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...They are Austin's cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Nine Austin arts organizations find grants in their stockings, courtesy of a Santa played by the National Endowment for the Arts.

"...Nine Austin arts organizations have had their holiday hopes fulfilled: A..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...aspect of the boring, build-to-hide architectural strategy obliterating historical Austin...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

10 Minutes Max: For 600 seconds, anything goes

The weekend forecast calls for an umbrella – Dance Umbrella, that is, and its annual showcase of short performance works

"...an umbrella, and this weekend there's one everybody in Austin should use: the Dance Umbrella. That's because this longtime..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Identity Shift

Austin's art community spent 2012 making changes for a changing city

"...The Contemporary Austin and the Thinkery – two names that pretty much..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Founders Day

The 2010 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...At this point, Austin's creative scene has been so active and dynamic for..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...out what kind of cultural facility they wanted for Austin, carefully crafting it through the design and construction and..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Austin prints bought by a Missouri museum, Cookie Ruiz honored, and the city calls for artists' work

"...Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz is the recipient of this year's..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Man With the Light Touch

Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire

"...take the podium. The now well-established director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra – he's just begun his 10th season..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Theatre Mecca?!?

Honest, Some Folks Move to Austin for the Theatre

"...heritage, I realize that that feeling is actually in Austin. While this city does not have quite the same..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Season's Repeatings

Austin Chamber Music Center's lessons on developing a holiday tradition with A Charlie Brown Christmas

"...Most Austinites who don't "Bah! Humbug!" the holidays have a ready..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nutcracker Nut Growing

"...Everyone wants something in their stocking for Christmas, and Ballet Austin is no exception; the company is fervently wishing..."

July 5, 1996 Arts Column

Renee Davis' 25 Years as Harriet Tubman in Sister Moses

The dancer talks about her quarter-century of walking in the footsteps of this legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad

"...performance, whether the show's been staged in Arizona or Austin, where Davis has been able to produce it a..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Happy Holidays!

A Chron Events guide to the holidays

"...your attention, the holidays are here! Check out what Austin has to offer for stress-free shopping and holiday fun:..."

Dec. 1, 2015 Events Post by Tamar Price

Steve Adler: 'New Way Forward'

"...Austin Chronicle: Why did you decide to run for mayor?..."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Long Center: Opening was, in a word, grand

In artistry and style, the gala opening for the Long Center was an evening worthy of a facility 16 years in the making

"...issue in Palmer's successor. As Peter Bay led the Austin Symphony on a nimble caper through Bernstein's "Overture to..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Months of speculation come to an end as Austin Lyric Opera appoints conductor Richard Buckley to the position of artistic director.

"...Austin Lyric Opera has found its new leader. On Monday,..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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