Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...mom on a day trip to celebrate the birth of the frozen margarita...."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival Hangs On to Unmistakably Tejano Traditions

From buzzworthy family band Baraja de Oro to local mainstay Los Pinkys

"...than the fits among Saturday and Sunday fans at Austin’s Rancho Alegre Conjunto Festival. Attendees from as far as..."

May 2, 2023 Music Post by Nayeli Portillo

Gricelda Silva, Equal Parts Pragmatism and Whimsy

For five years, the actress has been among the busiest and best on Austin's stages

"...In the midst of a sea of anxious freshmen, she was an island..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Becoming Herself

What role the 'Universe of Texas' played in the life and art of Marcia Gay Harden

"...Award winner, an inductee into the Texas Film Hall of Fame, and a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...I am a regular reader of the Chronicle, and despite my interest in the arts..."

July 1, 2005 Column

Volleyball, Dalí, and Feminists Rule This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture for the work-week socializer

"...etchings and engravings from 1960 to 1974 – many of which have never been exhibited to the public. Now..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Paramount Theatre Launches New Digital Interview Series

Conversations with various experts from home, popcorn required

"...break (we know you’ve watched everything). There’s another form of quarantine entertainment coming, courtesy of a longstanding, Austin cultural..."

May 1, 2020 Arts Post by Sofia Tafich

Gay Place: We're Expecting Guests

Gird up, ATX! The city's expecting 150,000 revelers in a rainbow sea next weekend.

"...We're Expecting Guests: OK, Austin. Gird your flanks. The city of Austin estimates over..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Keep Calm and Party On

Everything you need to know to navigate SXSW Film

"...before they sold out” about. (Gaw, don’t be one of those blowhards.)..."

March 4, 2013 Screens Post

How Green Is the Music?

Festivals, bands, and musicians seek environmental harmony

"...change the way the touring operates." He explained, "Some of our best ever shows have been in the U.S.,..."

April 20, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Film News

It's Texas vs. Arizona in the 'Friday Night Lights' Bowl, but we might have a secret weapon: the new TXMPA

"...shine again in incentive-free Texas? Friday Night Lights has officially been picked up by NBC for the fall television..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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"...Voice of the People?..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Column

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...year, but today the film festival released the lineup of films that will be part of its online streaming..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eddie Stout Is a One-Man Historical Blues Society

On the eve of his Eastside Kings Festival the Dialtone Records founder remains doggedly preservationist

"...Young Eddie Stout wanted a record label of his own...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...Entering her seventh year working at South by Southwest, Austin’s Monica Skinner had planned to help oversee production at..."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

God's Paper

Austin-based Publisher Reaches Out to Russians

"...his dream paper, "God's paper," would have a "coalition of audiences... the new immigrants. We'd try to get the..."

Sept. 27, 1996 News Feature by Andy Langer

Articulations

"...Wanted: Cultural Czar..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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"...have no real differences with Jackie Goodman ["Governing Post-Boom Austin," April 12]. Jackie Goodman is a good woman, who..."

May 3, 2002 Column

The Big Picture

"...An open letter to the Austin City Council:..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature

Articulations

The city wants you as a Cultural Contracts Program peer review panelist, Michelle Schumann competes in Canada, and Uncle Cuddles gets a gig

"...Cultural Contracts Seek the Proud, the Few..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Some individuals make their contributions to a cultural scene in brief but intense bursts, flashes of creativity..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Bikes, Toll Roads, TNCs

A miscellany of mostly transportation

"...May is National Bike Month, and to kick it off, the bicycling education and awareness organization Please BE KIND..."

May 1, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

The House That PAC Built

"...the title structure, then are introduced to a host of characters, one by one, with each introduction establishing a..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Quest for Aztlan

Roen Salinas Searches for -- and Finds -- Life in Folklórico

"...photograph by Kenny Braun..."

April 24, 1998 Arts Feature by Mary Jane Garza

Articulations

Last week for comments on the revamp of the city's cultural funding process, and chroegrapher Ann Carlson returns to UT.

"...City Arts Funding Input Deadline..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Tail Wags the Dog

"...One measure of how well the Cultural Contracts Program has been managed..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sing Globally,...

As the One World Project Turns

"...the world to sing..." -- that's the one. It offered a warm and fuzzy vision of global unity: people..."

April 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pushing Priorities

Councilmembers Lay Down Their Cards

"...go to press, to the victor go the spoils of voter appreciation. Every councilmember came to the table today..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Chasing the Dream

AVAA Director Vanessa Ronsonette

"...Three weeks after Vanessa Ronsonette came to Austin in 1992, she wrote an article for Avaanti, the..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature

Energy Efficiency Is All Important

"...leak as much as 25-50%. Goodbye energy dollars. Locally, Austin Energy's rebate programs encourage multifamily complex owners to upgrade..."

Sept. 17, 2007 Postmarks

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