Gay Place: Austin Pride Parade

A look back at the 2009 Pride Parade as we prepare for 2012

"...Twinkie packs, when WHOOP, lights flashing, here came an Austin Fire Department truck. The polished chrome went unnoticed, because..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Aria Having Fun Yet, Austin?

One Ounce Opera takes it to where you live your life

"...it's because I want a reason to stay in Austin. I didn't want, what Emily talked about, I didn't..."

Aug. 20, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...– has managed it for this long, but the Austin Critics Table is marking its 20th year of commending..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Austin Secrets'

Handling real people's secrets sends improv pros places they've never been before

"...It's no secret that Austinites have been spilling their guts onstage of late. Indeed,..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Water, Water (Plant) Everywhere

The arguments over WTP4 have petrified

"...Save Our Springs Alliance) and anti-government, anti-taxers like Change Austin, whose last standard-bearer was Carole Keeton Strayhorn. It's reminiscent..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Austin Singers

Area high school poets get to share the concert stage with old-school masters of verse

"...composing the concert program for A Poetic Portrait, the Austin Singers had no problem finding masters of verse to..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2008-09 Austin Music Awards Show

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 18

"...Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 18..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Top 10 Musical Triumphs, Plus Evidence That Austin Is Innovating the Classical World

Chronicle Arts writer Michael Kellerman recalls 2008, in classical music

"...1) Blue Rhapsody (Austin Chamber Music Center) The temptation was strong to top..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

What's Doing on Austin's Roadways

"...what was once popular belief, it turns out that Austin's road map for future toll-road projects wasn't cemented in..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Amy Smith

Point Austin: One for the Books

All the sound and fury is upballot, but the real work is on the ground

"...Way downballot, on the not-so-mean streets of Austin, reside the items where you and I are likely..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Supreme Confusion

The Supreme Court ratifies the Texas GOP majority with a shrug

"...racial history, it sounds very much like a lamentable chorus in the old Southern folk song, "If you're white,..."

July 7, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Blue Spectre

The 'Statesman' discovers a sinister plot to take control of city government. The culprits? Those union goons, of course

"...A spectre is haunting Austin...."

June 30, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Low Expectations

Not much reason to believe that the Lege will do right by Texas students

"...systems that had been thoroughly documented at trial before Austin Judge John Dietz, and confines itself to the outrage..."

April 14, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Greens vs. Greens

Charter election rhetoric begins rising all around

"...spoke out strongly against both propositions, backed by a chorus of new council candidates (Sheryl Cole, Mike Martinez, Eliza..."

March 31, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point

The streets are mean, and so is the City Council

"...Petula Clark Fan Club, coincidentally composed of all your Austin council members (though the inside word is that Brewster..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: The Gift Horse

On our way to the altar, it's not too late to check the Samsung family tree

"...can barely contain their glee over the news that Austin is reportedly one step closer to being named as..."

Oct. 14, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Samsung's Domain

The city eagerly raises the corporate incentive flag, and we're all expected to salute

"...the proposed "Economic Development Agreement" between the city of Austin and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C. (most recent available draft..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Beside the Point: City Council Notes

City Hall notebook

"...city demographer Ryan Robinson – the council heard from Austin Police Department Asst. Chief Cathy Ellison about the APD's..."

April 1, 2005 News Column by Michael King

The Chorus

"...Greg Beets: Contributor, The Austin Chronicle..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

A slow summer news week means we get to take some well-deserved potshots.

"...the agency. (Funny, they never say that about the Austin Police Dept.) And while Cap Met is now turning..."

July 11, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Austin's $100 limit on campaign donations survives another court test -- does that mean it works?

"...Harry Lee Hudspeth, to consider Katz's constitutional challenge to Austin's $100 campaign contribution limit, at 8:30am on the day..."

March 21, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Critics Table Winners 2000-01

"...On Sunday, June 10, the Austin Critics Table presented its annual awards for outstanding achievements..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Growing Chorus

Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C

"...time of both revelation and soul-searching for longtime Steamboat owner/Austin music advocate Danny Crooks. And it all started with..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Digital Anvil Chorus

Wing Commandeer Takes Flight to the Big Screen

"...as gross merchandising run amok, but the gang at Austin's Digital Anvil swears they're going to change all that...."

March 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Acoustic Music Festival 1996

"...this same monster has taught the general public something Austinites have known for years: A sole acoustic guitar in..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Music Feature

Moving Toward the Light

On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable

"...Those who did not attend Ballet Austin's remount of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project last weekend..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Qmmunity: Queer-to-Queer Cheer

Get in the holigay spirit with Austin Gay Men's Chorus, Little Gay Shop, and more events

"...emblazoned T-shirt gifted to me some years ago by Austin-turned-Canadian lez rocker Gretchen Phillips. Like any memorable gift, it..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...2014, and April 30, 2015, the members of the Austin Critics Table have agreed on the most outstanding work..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

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

Peter Bay’s MASS Appeal

The local maestro brings Leonard Bernstein’s massive stagework to Austin with a lot of help from a lot of friends

"...Peter Bay, conductor and music director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, is realizing a childhood dream with two..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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