Mondo Veterans and SpectreVision Announce New Collectibles Company Mutant

Reassembled team working on major poster and vinyl releases

"...Drafthouse and Mondo founder Tim League is also on board as founder. Praising the Mondo veterans, he said, "I've..."

Jan. 29, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

New Funding, New Era, New Stages for the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex

East Austin fixture will be an arts hub via Cultural Trust investment

"...first sites to benefit from the city of Austin’s Cultural Trust, and general manager Kim Wright believes that investment..."

March 28, 2023 Arts Post by Joelle DiPaolo

Unofficial Parties & Free Shows to See During South by Southwest

The Chronicle’s recommended concerts for the coming week

"...Problems earned Pitchfork’s Best New Music status, Austin’s indie-punk stalwarts A Giant Dog never disappoint, and Pigs Pigs Pigs..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Faster Than Sound: City Council Supports Music-Focused Arts Facility on East 11th Street

Harold McMillan breaks down civic steps to the envisioned Kenny Dorham Center

"...In 2007, Austin City Council created an African American Cultural Heritage District in East Austin, recognizing the home to..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Past, Present, and Future of Waller and Shoal Creeks

Finally doing right by Austin's waterways

"...The crowd starts lining up across from Cheer Up Charlies, then rounds..."

Nov. 30, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: The Business of Governing

Choosing a transit chief, a debt level & more

"...meeting, 6-8pm, Monday, Jan. 8 at the AISD Per­form­ing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan Blvd. in Mueller. The Cap..."

Jan. 5, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Save the Coyotes!

A morning on wild, wild life, an afternoon on workers’ rights

"...it turned out, was that members of the Animal Advisory Commission objected altogether to renewing a relationship with TWS,..."

Oct. 10, 2016 News Post by Michael King

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

"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its leaders – those artists,..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows

Does ridesharing work for Austin?

"...figuring that if they can get gullible folks on board for this one ostensibly progressive libertarian cause, they can..."

April 1, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?

Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?

"...• Monday, Jan. 25 at Austin Board of Realtors, 4800 Spicewood Springs Rd., 6-8:30pm...."

Jan. 22, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

AISD to Consider Ridding School Names of Confederate Legacy

AISD Board in the process of crafting a mechanism that allows for renaming schools upon public request

"...Next Monday's full board meeting will not see any campuses renamed, but could..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...an area that the city had declared an official "cultural district." A fair amount of hoopla surrounded the designation..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Speculation Surrounds the Cancellation of MACC Awards

Did choice of emcee lead to cancellation of annual Latino excellence awards?

"...The Mexican American Cultural Center's recent postponement of its annual excellence awards honoring..."

May 22, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

All Over Creation: Site Specifics

Fusebox Festival helps the community envision a new kind of development with thinkEAST

"...company and its partners – the owners/developers, the city's Cultural Arts Division, and entrepreneur Fred Schmidt – launched their..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Boards & Commissions Mix-and-Match

The city tries to consolidate its committees

"...Austin currently lays claim to more than 60 different boards and commissions, ranging from the Arts Commission to the..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Outside of Society

Does Austin have enough room for two queer film festivals?

"...lot has happened in the Austin LGBTQ film and arts scene is an understatement as big as Texas...."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

SXSW Gaming Expo Introduces Awards

In case you were worried SXSW wasn't growing enough

"...The nominees are chosen by the SXSW Gaming Advisory board with winners voted on by the public...."

Sept. 12, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...The Chronicle editorial board (consisting of the News staff and Publisher Nick Barbaro)..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

There Goes the Neighborhood

City split over the latest in urban living options: short-term rentals

"...city code, 15% of HOT revenue goes to the Cultural Arts Fund, which last year distributed money to hundreds..."

June 22, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

City Hall Hustle: Got an App for That?

From the lobby to the parks, council has an item for you

"..."opportunities to compete for City social service funding, City cultural arts funding, City (including federal and state) block grant..."

Oct. 21, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 9/20/10

Unpacking items from council

"...20070412-015 to increase the number of Waller Creek Citizen Advisory Committee members. (Council Member Sheryl Cole Council Member Chris..."

Sept. 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Planetarium, AISD PAC: Two Dreams to Come True?

Austin moves closer to having a planetarium and an AISD performing arts center

"...for both a city planetarium and a districtwide performing arts center for the Austin Independent School District. Now both..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 14-21

"..."Conjuring the Radical Dr. King.") 8:30pm. Orun Center of Cultural Arts, 1401-B Cedar. $5. www.projectabundantlife.org...."

Jan. 15, 2010 News Feature

Boards & Commissions

"...Here’s a list of 122 board and commission appointments made by City Council at the..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature

The B&C List

"...Below is our subjective division of city boards and commissions into tiers, based on the degree to..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature

James Housefield

An appreciation of AMOA's adjunct curator as he leaves Austin for California

"...to the West Coast, and, as art connoisseur and cultural philanthropist Joe Long puts it, "California's gain is our..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

UT School of Music

Ernest and Sarah Butler make the largest-ever donation to a music school at a public university

"...Sarah Butler are well-known and active in the local cultural scene (he serves on the UT College of Fine..."

March 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...make a contribution. This might be true for a cultural scene more than most, as so much of art..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...Secretary Margaret Spellings asked Burt to resign from an advisory panel on student aid. Cuomo's allegations are being investigated..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...AISD's magnet high school at LBJ High, the Liberal Arts and Science Academy, is accepting applications for next school..."

Dec. 29, 2006 News Feature

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