Capital Factory Announces Merger With Station Houston

Startup hub is also partnering with Rice University and the Ion

"...Austin tech incubator and collab space Capital Factory has been busy in its mission to encourage..."

Jan. 28, 2020 Screens Post by Sofia Tafich

Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...of the city” and help foster a stronger Black culture in Austin...."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Amplify Austin 2015: Turning Up Arts & Culture

Focusing the Amplify spotlight on Austin arts

"...music icons, and organizations committed to keeping Central Texas culture alive...."

March 4, 2015 Chronolog Post by Tamar Price

Austin: Latino Internet Capital of the World!

If you have tacos, they will come

"...panels in SXSWi had the title “Austin: Latino Internet Capital of the World,” and, by all indications, no one..."

March 15, 2010 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Is Austin the Pilsner Capital of America?

Czech your privilege

"...and Czech heritage speaks strongly [about the region's brewing culture], from Pearl Brewing's foundation [in the 1880s] to the..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Welcome to Capital Metro

Whoever the new CEO turns out to be – she'll have her hands full

"...By the time you read this, the Capital Metro board of directors may have already decided who..."

June 18, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Capital T Theatre's Small Mouth Sounds

This hilarious and moving production reveals near deafening truths with barely a sound

"...6,500 different languages spoken around the world, so from culture to culture, there's already a metric tonne of room..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

New Gathering MoFest Brings Austin Music and Art Culture to the Country

Vibe Barn? Check. Organizers discuss new fest’s mission

"...of Lexington, TX – 50 miles east of the capital. MoFest’s music lineup transports a select segment of Austin..."

April 20, 2022 Music Post by Mars Salazar

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...technology, and/or creative content," he writes. They wield "creative capital," the crucial raw material of the New Economy...."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Culture Flash!

American Fiesta makes the finals of a national new play award, the Rude Mechs get their Gun from Creative Capital, and Katalin Hausel lands the Umlauf Prize

"...scored a nice grant from the New York-based Creative Capital Foundation in support of a proposed production called The..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Tapestry can dance this season after all, Austin artists may be the new Marfa lights, Angelina Eberly fires up the Avenue, and 'Cracks in the Pavement' gets national recognition

"...city – the second contribution of the civic group Capital Area Statues, the folks behind the Philosophers' Rock statue..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Orbiting Game Culture

Brandon Boyer launches Venus Patrol

"...a catch-all for the burgeoning indie scene and the culture that it informs and informs it. In other words,..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Arts and Culture Events to Get You Off the Couch

It's spring break (for some of you), get out and have some fun

"...it depicts gay sex; and 3) the prose is “capital G Gay.” What does that mean? I guess you’ll..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

First Look: Guatemalan Food and Culture at Marimbas

Longtime Austinites open up at North Lamar

"...peaceful, down to earth place with a lot of culture,” explains Guzman’s son, Mynor Alvarado, who helps with operations...."

March 5, 2025 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

Culture Flash!

The Long Center's new leader arrives, Ballet Austin's old leaders stay, and the Paramount and State's literacy program scores

"...for its community school classes, completing a $10.3 million capital campaign for its Downtown Butler Dance Education Center, establishing..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture and Anarchy

"...attending performances, and making contributions to annual funds and capital campaigns. I do not condone the “NEA Massacre” ["Arts..."

May 9, 2025 Postmarks

Crosstalk: Prizer Arts & Letters Closes, Besame Mucho Returns, and More Culture Headlines

Plus news in film fellowships and SIMS donations

"...Besame Mucho has announced its 2025 lineup. Launched in..."

Dec. 6, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Closures Abound for Beloved Austin Hangouts and More Culture News

Stars Cafe is next in I-35 demolition, Red River looks for funding, and more

"...The Red River Cultural District is looking for financial..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Like the Wind, Kiko Villamizar Pushes the Culture Forward

Austin's Colombian instigator brings his music, message, and mission to Todo el Mundo

"...state and home to thousands of Mexican Americans, the capital city has always leaned toward its Norteño roots (after..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Unplugged: Lowering the Volume of the Live Music Capital

Ley Line, Aaron Stephens, Team Goodtimes, Uncle Pie Hole, and more grounded sounds

"...Since South American culture plays so prominently in their music, the quartet constantly..."

May 18, 2018 Music Feature by Isabella Castro-Cota

Culture Class

The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Killer Joe, Capital T Theatre Production, Musical..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash

Competing choreographers cash in as comics stand up to joke for big money

"...serious difference in our community: Austin Children's Shelter and Capital Area Food Bank. One dollar of every ticket sold..."

April 16, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The skinny on selecting public art, Cookie leads Dance/ USA, Conspirare goes worldwide, and a UT playwright's scholarly honors

"...to draw more than 5,000 participants to the Danish capital for some 200 concerts and 60 workshops and seminar..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Column

Culture Flash!

Ballet Austin's Dance Education Center gets some financial help to the finish line, and UT's Ransom Center gets an extra helping of Samuel Beckett materials

"...studios – have given another million dollars to the capital campaign on top of their original $2.5 million gift..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Art Palace glows in the 'Times,' and Dan Dietz gets a hearing at the Kennedy Center

"...and his Americamisfit get a hearing in the nation's capital – at the Kennedy Center, no less – this..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Long Center gets more corporate cash, AMOA wants your Christo and Jeanne-Claude stories, and the city of Austin wants your art for City Hall and the airport

"...additional $150,000 toward the $77 million total of its capital campaign. At a Corporate Council meeting on Dec. 7,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Payne Award nominations on the horizon, a big banner dresses up the Long Center, a record haul at the Pink Eye Ball, Patsy Cline aids AIDS Services, and Hyde Park Theatre's garage bonanza

"...to spark more contributions to the facility's $77 million capital campaign. New director Cliff Redd reports that more than..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Arts Column

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...its creators: artistic entrepreneurs who expend their personal creative capital -- plus a few 50-gallon drums of blood, sweat,..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Austin Museum of Art's downtown home gets a shot in the arm, and local television devotes more attention to Austin's arts scene.

"...The capital campaign for the Austin Museum of Art's long-proposed --..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dirt Road to Psychedelia

This documentary traces the changeover of Austin's youth culture from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and potheads to day-trippers – with side trips into all the music along the way.

"...something worth keeping weird. It traces the local youth culture's changeover from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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