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"...the concept of executing a settlement agreement between the city of Austin and Stratus Properties. Twelve years of environmental..."

July 12, 2002 Column

The Fantastic and Utterly Disreputable History of the Bevy of Sin Known as Guy Town

Before downtown Austin had the Warehouse District, it had the Whorehouse District: a notorious neighborhood of brothels and fandango houses called Guy Town.

"...the best restaurant in town. If you wanted a dance with one of the numerous ladies loitering inside, that..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Ian Quigley

Two Turntables and a Microphone

Austin's DJ Culture

"...scenes in the country. Austin is a pretty laid-back city in general, and I think that's reflected in the..."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

The Concourse Project Brings the Raver Spirit Back to Austin

High-capacity event space looks to diversify their sound

"...mecca, Kelly Gray and Andrew Parsons handed back a 2,000-capacity* venue that club kids are already flocking to...."

Nov. 5, 2021 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Hope 4 Hip Hop Preserves and Reanimates History for the Next Generation

“Hip-hop is a melting pot, a mestizo of the arts.”

"...outward from the center of the room, where two dancers, flanked by their respective rambunctious crews, relish in the..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Arts Feature by Adam Wood

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Power dance trio Little Stolen Moments (Austin)..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing Through Uncharted Territory

Choreographic explorers Sharir & Bustamante and their 20-year expedition of discovery

"...seasons, but their expedition through the frontiers of modern dance has been going on for more than two decades...."

May 13, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

"...Stratus to develop its property. Yet, how did the city leave neighborhoods directly abutting these tracts out of the..."

July 19, 2002 Column

Dreaming ART

This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.

"...student actors from the UT Department of Theatre & Dance, and Equity actors from both Austin and New York..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Performing in the Moment

"...respect. In a small open courtyard next to Capitol City Playhouse, a memorial service was being held for Michel..."

May 7, 1999 Arts Feature by Barbejoy Ponzio

First Steps

A New Life for Flamenco Star Pilar Serrano

"...about Austin is that there is something about this city that's magical. It's full of beautiful angels. They're looking..."

June 14, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

How $50,000 Is Shaking Up Austin's Black Artists Buried Treasure

"...coalition-building among African-American artists and arts organizations in the city. While rumors and innuendoes fly, the city remains vague...."

Feb. 23, 1996 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Qmmunity: Transing Pride

ATX Trans Pride puts the spotlight on the transgender community during Austin Pride

"...booked for Austin Pride despite being a longstanding Bat City trans DJ icon. Making a bit of counterprogramming to..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by James Scott

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Adair (Elyse), The Tasters, UT Department of Theatre and Dance Kareem Badr (Antonio Salieri), Amadeus, Penfold Theatre Company Macy..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...across subjects, telling a story but doing it in multiplicity. Frequently working with collaborators, Siifu builds tracks that are..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...June 3, at 7pm in a ceremony at Cap City Comedy Club, 8120 Research. Here are introductions to these..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...the arts and culture to take root in a city, to develop and flourish there, and then to make..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...the institutions and provided the support that allowed theatre, dance, classical music, and the visual arts to take root..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

1, 2, Tres, Cuatro: Waltz Across Texas

San Antonio rock & roll posters and Central Texas dance halls – preserve them.

"...their paper past? That's one goal of our sister city's South Texas Popular Culture Center, which itself was a..."

April 6, 2012 Music Column by Margaret Moser

Jerry's Kids

A new generation dances Jerome Robbins' 'ballet in sneakers' to the big screen

"...late-Fifties "cool." So you could have forgiven the twentysomething dancers who performed it in a 2005 revival at New..."

March 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Larkin's Journey

New York choreographer Regina Larkin keeps coming back to Ballet East

"...war with Iran, Regina Larkin had a revelation while dancers lifted her into the sky. "My head was way..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, a city which contrasted the ghetto squalor of South Providence with..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Sxsw

"...slot? And what about the Tejano Concert at the City Coliseum that same night -- all night? Matador showcase..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

In Memoriam: Gina Lalli

Pioneer of Indian classical dance in Austin dies at age 89

"...across the world to study both North Indian temple dances and South Indian court dances and then brought them..."

Feb. 19, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...arts on Monday, June 4. The ceremony at Cap City Comedy Club crept along like a senior citizen in..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...tonight, because we owe $500 to Cvok at River City Automotive, $300 to Nolan at Tire Man, and Steve..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the year's most exceptional achievements in the visual arts, dance, classical music, and theatre. The nominations for the 2008..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big. The city was riding high on high tech, and so much..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Before E

A career retrospective on one of the lost cosmic cowboys, Rusty Wier

"...stylish big hair rises and slithers into a snake dance. She dances with most of the men in the..."

May 31, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Who Owns Sixth Street

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

"...opened doors of the clubs. A growing smattering of dance clubs up and down the street offer strobe lights..."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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