Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Digitizing Austin City Limits: In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Austin..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature

Council to Propose Resolution for City Co-Sponsorship of Free Live Music Events

Natasha Harper-Madison will suggest an initiative at Feb. 15 meeting

"...Blues on the Green first launched at North Austin shopping center the Arboretum before moving to Zilker Park,..."

Feb. 14, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

What Hole in the Wall's Freshly Inked 20-Year Lease Means for Other At-Risk Venues

The Iconic Venue Fund plans to dish out more aid, but needs time, additional funds

"...On August 15, the Austin Monitor reported that Hole in the Wall had acquired..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...Angeles. But as a major and growing production hub, Austin is feeling the effects of this fight for sustainable..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...code amendments in response to community concern that the process was moving too slowly. Under the new timeline, the..."

July 21, 2023 News Feature

Parks Board Recommends Zilker Plan Despite Misinformation-Fueled Outrage

Stakeholders respond to 5,000-seat amphitheater concerns

"...The Zilker Park Vision Plan has cleared its last..."

May 26, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Tensions Rise Ahead of Meeting on Zilker Plan

Dazed and confused over Zilker

"...a front for C3 Presents, the parent company of Austin City Limits Festival. A newly formed Instagram account called..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Rancho Alegre Fundraises to Save Their Conjunto Festival During AmplifyATX

Cut from city arts funding, Alegre aims to raise 35k this week

"...Musicians in Austin’s conjunto community are among the groups feeling the effects..."

Feb. 28, 2023 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki

What the Broken Spoke's Historic Designation Could Mean for Music Venue Preservation

Honky-tonk could join sites eyed for city venue investments

"...approved a resolution on Nov. 3 that initiated the process of naming the Spoke a historic place, with a..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Public Notice: Public Land for Public Good?

Plus the return of the Austintatious Artists

"...the resolution aims to provide a consistent, reliable, transparent process to ensure that future use of city-owned land supports..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery

Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.

"...You know what there’s a lot of at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport? Art. In diversity of form, in sheer..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: Taking Our Toll

New toll booths on I-35 will benefit transit, TxDOT, and the Chronicle

"...stay in our building, but will provide an ongoing funding source not just for the Chronicle, but for the..."

April 1, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Proposition B Swaps Parkland for ... More Parkland

City seeks voters OK of land swap proposed by Oracle

"...Austin voters this election cycle will go to the polls..."

Oct. 15, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...The sound of applause? Coming not from some ersatz arts space on your computer but from actual theatres, concert..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Bartender-Turned-Activist Jeannette Gregor Amplifies Her Profession

Mohawk's new venue manager on her "messy and fickle" industry and getting back to live music

"...Last September, the night before a rally with Austin Texas Musicians demanding release of local SAVES (Save Austin's..."

June 25, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Beili Liu's Sculpture Cloud Pavilion Shimmers at Seaholm

How this glistening steel sculpture by the Austin-based artist became a permanent fixture of an evolving Downtown

"...This summer, Austin will unveil an ethereal steel sculpture that will bejewel..."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Vivie Behrens

Young People Power Texas Climate Plan

House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment

"...State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, saw the potential for Texas to be a leader..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Booze News & Reviews

Seven Things to Know In the World of Spirits

"...box – not when there’s so much happening in Austin and the rest of Texas, especially, everything starting to..."

April 15, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Live Music Preservation Fund’s First Week, 79 Austin Venues Applied for Relief

The slow road to dedicated venue funding now moving fast

"...The effort, a component of the City of Austin’s SAVES resolution, includes two phases: $20,000 of “emergency funding”..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Could a Hotel Tax Help Save Austin’s Creative Sector?

A familiar debate returns under extreme circumstances

"...some of the hotel occupancy tax revenue visitors to Austin pay on their lodging?..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Students Can Learn From Home. Teachers Have Fewer Options.

Big mess on campus

"...would be mandatory – not a notice from the Austin school district – and got to work...."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Faster Than Sound: Jana Horn Is Cautiously Optimistic

Cautious and cerebral ATX singer-songwriter finally releases her solo debut

"...output carefully. After performing eponymously for years, the cerebral Austin singer-songwriter finally offers a debut statement. Optimism masters clear-eyed,..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City Council Approves SAVES Resolution to Rescue Venues, Bars, Restaurants

City will explore potential funding sources for struggling sectors

"...As Austin’s iconic music and arts venues, bars, and restaurants continue..."

Sept. 18, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Music Workers Rally for Dedicated City Funding

Will Council reshape the SAVES Resolution at today’s meeting?

"...capital of the world’ is us. We need dedicated funding.”..."

Sept. 17, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...just once but four times. And right here in Austin...."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: R&B Innovator Nayome Gets Personal

Sade-loving local Naomi Sutton previews sophomore EP, Latin music enters Live Music Fund conversation, and more music news.

"...as Nayome by utilizing beats off YouTube. Moving to Austin in January, the 23-year-old singer searched for producers to..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A Budget Forged in Crisis Looks Toward Long-Term Opportunities

Resilience, rethinking, recovery

"...have a small impact on a months-long budget development process that had already been shaped by the ravages of..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...Entering her seventh year working at South by Southwest, Austin’s Monica Skinner had planned to help oversee production at..."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Indie contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...Entering her seventh year working at South by Southwest, Austin’s Monica Skinner had planned to help oversee production at..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...presents a focal point for the current era of Austin music activism. The local title earns name-drops in discourse..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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