BookPeople Hosts Stephen Harrigan

Acclaimed author's anthology collects four decades of work

"..."I have the provincial Texan's deep-seated suspicion of serious culture. … I'm afraid of being taken in, of giving..."

April 10, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Wizard World in the ATX

Austin gets on the comics convention circuit

"...the World Horror Convention. Now the Wizard World pop culture convention confirms it's coming to the capital of Texas..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Good Town for Dreaming

Austin gets inside the West Texas capital of contemporary art

"...with Plan B Gallery and D Berman – see "Culture Flash!" Oct. 8 – looked awesome, and there was..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Exibitionism

Artisans: The Art and Culture of Early Texas Handmade Furniture: Our History in Chairs

"...There's still hope. Mind you, we live in the capital of this state, where there are more tall tales..."

June 12, 1998 Arts Review

Will a Tax Credit Make Life Better or Harder for Texas Filmmakers?

Advocates worry plan would increase production but hurt local talent

"...It's rare that the sleepy Texas House Culture, Recreation, & Tourism committee votes on a billion dollar..."

April 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Short & Sweet: “The Cheap Seats”

Docudrama finds spirited stories in the psychic capital of Florida

"...follows a skeptic’s journey to Cassadaga, Fla., the psychic capital of the world. The short screens tonight at AFS..."

July 18, 2022 Screens Post by Mazzy Oliver Smallwood

Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984

“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”

"...a Janie Appleseed of styles in the Lone Star capital, fusing blues and regional roots styles together like New..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: Death by David Vincent

Hanging with Morbid Angel singer-turned-country outlaw David Vincent and other dark tales of the live music capital

"...Armadillo World Headquarters in the Seventies, he catalyzed a culture that Austin simply would not be Austin without...."

Oct. 27, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Guide to Austin Record Stores

Exploring the grooves, from black metal to blues

"...Welcome to the “Record Store Capital of the World” (patent pending)...."

Aug. 23, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Spaced Out

Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry Dance lose their home spaces

"...Red 7 aren't the only hot spots of local culture to lose their leases of late. This week saw..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Let Them Make Cake

The artists that make Austin the cake capital of the world

"...surprised cake artists cling to designs that reflect pop culture. It is relatable to most people. In fact, I..."

March 20, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

New York Snapshots

New book by photographer Carter Berg frames the Apple up right

"...felt the attraction resonating through decades of American pop culture and friends’ reminiscences, and eventually they make the move...."

Oct. 13, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

PBS Zooms In on Austin

'One Square Mile: Austin' premieres next week

"...Mile takes a microcosmic approach to "Texas life and culture"; its first season features nine quintessentially Texas spots from..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Elegy To a Family Made of Football Fans

'America's Parking Lot' screening benefits Capital Area Food Bank

"...of love documentary that explores the demise of tailgating culture among working-class Dallas Cowboys fans...."

Nov. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What's Cool and Where It's At

What Austin teens are reading, wearing, eating, hearing

"...there. To me, Grulke helped build the Live Music Capital...."

Sept. 25, 2012 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Music Man (Austin Musical Theatre) A triumph with a capital T, and that rhymes with P, and that stands..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Safe Start

Vivogig's rebirth exemplifies a fundamental truth about the Austin start-up scene

"...they returned to Austin and decided to chase venture capital money. So they scheduled a meeting with an individual..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Austin At Risk

Tech leaders look for solution to Austin's growth problems

"...Thornton, general partner at Austin Ventures -- the largest venture-capital firm in the Southwest -- "in 1996, there was..."

May 12, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...4-H CAPITAL PROJECT Remember Reba McEntire planting trees in those cool..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Articulations

Austin won't be a capital of culture in 2004, Martha Norkunas won't be the director of Texas Folklife Resources, and Lana Dieterich won't be opening 'Always … Patsy Cline' this week

"...At Least We're Still the State Capital..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Different Traditions

"...Dear Editor, I was disappointed in Capital Metro's transportation workshop on July 17. The event began..."

July 30, 1999 Column

The Q&A Hole: Killing a Human?

With Jon Lebkowsky, Marc English, Rowan Hagemann, and more

"...Jon Lebkowsky, Web Strategist & Digital Culture Maven: That's a tough question for an old Buddhist!..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Letters at 3AM

Unless my transmission conks out in a place like Bossier City, a guy like me hasn't much chance to hear out a guy like Virgil

"...people of us." Then he said, "It was a culture. We had a culture."..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Column by Michael Ventura

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...for its first in-city rail line, without waiting for Capital Metro. Capital Metro can run the trains and streetcars;..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Capital Metro Responds..."

June 4, 2004 Column

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...We were learning about the culture of the cities and somebody spotted in one of..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...much here in the midst of the live music capital of the world, fueling all-night parties, love-ins, and clandestine..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Cold Sweat

Where have all our black clubs gone?

"..."It's really about preserving the culture of what this once was," he stresses. "We recognize..."

June 13, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

TDH: 8/22/11

City Council commemorates the Live Music Capital

"...20th anniversary of Austin's designation as “The Live Music Capital of the World.” Come the meeting’s 5:30pm break for..."

Aug. 22, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...public funds. They recognize how much music enriches their culture!..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

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