Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...are agreeing to provide public benefits that go far beyond a handsome facade (as developers long have been expected..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Klein offered no substantiation, but she may be looking beyond November to a post-election appointment (should President Bush win)..."

Oct. 1, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Cult of Ray

Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.

"...Asleep at the Wheel has evolved into a Texas-sized tradition, the cult of Ray has been quietly building to..."

July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Stage Frights

"...You know what I'm talking about. Once we pass beyond the ninth month, the land is overrun with ghosties..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Arts Feature

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...which suggests artists who are "breaking the rules," challenging tradition, going their own way. And that's what these folks..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

The Prophecy

"...In the tradition of television's innumerable blooper programs, those wacky folks at..."

July 12, 1996 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...clan, to which Chan and his teacher belong, but beyond that there's not a whole lot of plot to..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

The Austin Music Poll Got COVID-19

In a once-in-a-lifetime music year, the 40th annual Austin Music Poll pivots.

"...music. Driving that history is a strong sense of tradition ... a tradition we set aside, in part...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...premiere, but he'll also be part of an annual tradition as movie mockers Doug Benson and Master Pancake undertake..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hideout Theatre's The Hallmark Holiday Musical

This delightful improvised spin on Hallmark Christmas movies has just what the real things never do: surprises

"...over a frozen creek and the cozy cottage just beyond boast that idyllic look that's literally picture-perfect for a..."

Dec. 27, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Sarah Cook Invites Diners to "Be Here Now" at Kyoten Sushiko

An unlikely artist at Mueller's satellite iteration of Otto Phan's omakase restaurant

"...teach someone if they have enough character to see beyond their cutting board. Sarah does."..."

June 28, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Tacos of Texas Takes Cultural Exploration to the Screen

Episodes feature one taco and one Texas city

"...region. "The conversation around this culture and this food tradition, how they kind of personify that in their work,"..."

July 27, 2018 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

How to Raise Worker Wages

Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist

"...answer to nobody except stockholders and to no mission beyond profit. While laws in other countries, particularly France and..."

March 31, 2017 News Feature by Jack Craver

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...certain attitudes in favor of others: It upholds the traditional family, but rejects inherited status; it encourages individualism, but..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Tonal Proximity

NMASS matured into Austin's foremost showcase of performance sound art, audiovisual improvisation, nonconformative music, and sensory installations

"...TV as iconoclastic dismantlers of the rock palate and tradition. In place of traditional song structures, the Shadow Ring..."

June 24, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Force of Circumstance

Houston honky-tonks + Americana surrealism = Robert Ellis

"...West effort pigeonholed the rising songwriter in the budding neo-traditional country movement. The disc's A-side delivered gently sophisticated ballads,..."

June 3, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Keeping Score

With a bumper crop of musicals onstage in August, musical directors give some notes on what they do

"..."Tradition!"..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...Shotguns A savvy street poet from the same urban tradition as his contemporary Lou Reed (to whom he'll be..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Gang of Four

Kyle Henry's 'Fourplay' fights expectations about what sex should look like onscreen

"...Despite a long tradition of moral hand-wringing, American film has essentially always been..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...the Gypsy Robe ceremony. It's such a neat Broadway tradition. A robe is passed on from show to show,..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

There Ain't No Sanity Clause: Nasty Videos for Your Inner Naughty Child

Counter-programming Christmas with bad cheer and body counts

"...Likewise our other favorite holiday tradition, A Charlie Brown Christmas, which leavens Young good man..."

Dec. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Don't Let Me Fall

One ancient, cracked 45 opens the doors to the church of the Relatives

"...to serve Internet rediscoveries in blues, soul, funk, and beyond, gospel has remained on the fringe. Chicago's Numero Group..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Grim History

Author traces Texas prison system from its roots in plantation slavery

"...then they try another. But there's always been this counter-tradition of criminal punishment that just hasn't received as much..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

The Urban Experience

Dâm-Funk's intergalactic jam

"...more like getting in touch with things that are beyond Earth. I want to use funk as a catalyst..."

March 16, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Page Two: R.I.P.

Edwin 'Bud' Shrake and Stephen Bruton

"...of a utopian past requires a myopic vision far beyond even the most skilled optometrists' abilities to correct. Going..."

May 15, 2009 Column by Louis Black

A Stage of Their Own

TexARTS has yet to find its audience in Austin, but outside it is another story

"...of the same extravagant musical that was a yuletide tradition at Madison Square Garden – spreading seasonal cheer from..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pinkies High

Elegant or Funky, Tea Sets Spiff Up Any Decor

"...of iced sweet tea. That is certainly steeped in tradition, as long as the day is hot. But for..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Features Feature by Terry Ornelas Woodroffe

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...In keeping with our contrarian tradition – and our conviction that constitutional referendums are a..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...In keeping with our contrarian tradition – and our conviction that constitutional referendums are a..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Feature

'Austin Chronicle' Endorsements

General Election, Nov. 6 – Proposed Constitutional Amendments

"...In keeping with our contrarian tradition – and our conviction that constitutional referendums are a..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Feature

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