Fire Island Hot Glass Studio: Fire goes out with a blowout

After 25 years, Matthew LaBarbera is closing Fire Island Hot Glass Studio, the oldest glassblowing studio in Texas

"...tending his "Fire" – i.e., the Fire Island Hot Glass Studio – during which time he and his wife..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

EAST-tastic

Six stops to make the 2012 East Austin Studio Tour extra special

"...with Big Medium's group show, featuring great work by EAST founders Jana Swec, Shea Little, and Joseph Phillips, individually..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East Austin Studio Tour 2012

November 18, 2012. 28 Photos

"...Shara Funari demonstrating glass work at East Side Glass Studio..."

Nov. 19, 2012 Photo Gallery

Troy Campa's EAST Tour

"...3) Michael W. Hall (gouache, watercolor) – East Side Glass Studio, 507 Calles..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Feature

East Austin Studio Tour Made Easy

Whether you're a veteran or a rookie, get the most out of East.

"...Whether you’re a veteran of Big Medium’s 15th East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) or brand new, it can..."

Nov. 10, 2016 Events Post by Thomas Danh

East Austin Studio Tour, Fall 2004 Map Guide

A guide to the participating stu-dios in the fall 2004 East Austin Studio Tour

"...4. Fisterra Studio 1200 E. Second, 482-0747, www.fisterrastudio.com..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature

West Side Tour-y

Big Medium lets artists on the other side of I-35 in on the fun

"...So east is east and west is west, and never the..."

May 18, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East Austin Studio Tour

The city's autumn marathon of art covers work by some 300 artists in 175 venues

"...for Austin's annual autumn art marathon. With this year's East Austin Studio Tour, your legs need to be strong..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dimension Gallery Shows Support for Art and Artists at EAST

The 2018 East Austin Studio Tour bears fruit with help from local artspace

"...employing fabric, porcelain, wood, cardboard, industrial felt, paper, blown glass, even VHS tapes. They promise a wealth of unexpected..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

11/11 EAST Stops

The Chronicle Arts editor's recommendations for the 2011 tour

"...1806 Willow, 222-7286, www.eastsidesign.com..."

Nov. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art's Eastside Origins The East End by Mike Clark-Madison

"...You can see it most clearly around East Sixth Street past the interstate, between the tortilla factories..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Feature

East Austin Studio Tour Map

"...story was published in 2007. Check out our current East Austin Studio Tour coverage...."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature

Austin Studio Tour 2022 Is All Over the Map

The annual celebration of art expands to match its city's size

"...Here's the 2022 Austin Studio Tour, a free, self-guided celebration of visual art, offering deep..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Create a Holiday Memory, Learn Something New

East Side Glass Offers Christmas Ornament Classes

"...Things are heating up at the East Side Glass Studio. In fact, they're 2100 degrees hot:..."

Nov. 30, 2011 Chronolog Post by R.U. Steinberg

So Much Beginning Where Sixth Street Ends

The arts-heavy complex at 507 Calles defines creative synergy

"...Look: There's a large, varicolored group of long glass blades that, though separate, hang together in harmonious mid-air..."

July 26, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Art for Days

Can you handle two weeks' worth of the East Austin Studio Tour?

"...To wrangle this year's East Austin Studio Tour, you're gonna need Noah's frickin' ark...."

Nov. 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DIY, and So Can I

KLRU's 'Arts in Context' mirrors the the collaboration and can-do of the artists it profiles

"...Mario Troncoso is in the Sky Candy studio, tucked behind the H-E-B on East Seventh in a..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...best known for his prints and complex etchings in glass, continues to be a vital presence in the Austin..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

The Making of an Endorsement

"...At the very least, the charter amendment language as written leaves a great..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...so its staff could strike the set of The Glass Menagerie and prepare the stage for the gala. The..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

Cleared for Blast-Off

Locally owned and operated music site Blastro.com defies the Web bust with booming business and booming beats.

"...Cinema headquarters, always strikes me as falling just this side of the line between geek chic and geek reek...."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

What Is This Miracle Called Movie Music?

Making movie-music magic 'Infamous'

"...long distance, then booking the recording date at a studio you've never even heard of while not being able..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Mark Rubin

L. Shapley Bassen's "Portrait of a Giant Squid"

First Place winner

"...and the museum site of their house and shared studios on Long Island had been renamed, hyphenated to include..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by l. Shapley Bassen

Desert Island Discs

"...6. Glass Eye, Bent by Nature (Bar None)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...act, including Sam Jordan, Mari Rubio, and new Austin resident Hannah Read of Lomelda onstage, offered an improvised 45-minute..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Darling Mickey

Prolific director Mickey Keating dials in to the Sixties

"...there's something far more sinister lurking in the Upper East Side than roaches and rats. "I love films about..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Emerging Foodscapes

Austin restaurants get serious about design

"...then Austin had never seen anything so modern. All glass, metal, and concrete, a curving see-and-be-seen bar dominated the..."

June 14, 2013 Arts Feature by Rachel Feit

First Look: Figure 8 Coffee Purveyors

It takes a village to build a shop

"...while managing Thunderbird Coffee, then began cocktail bartending at East Side Show Room at night and serving at Houndstooth..."

Aug. 12, 2014 Food Post by Amira Jensen

Fizzy Logic

Drink local soft drinks – from Dublin to Maine

"...to be that to carry those distinctive, cute little glass bottles with the old-timey etchings in one's store or..."

March 2, 2012 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

Punk, hip-hop, disco, salsa – all born in five short years in New York

"...several times over. Punk was born on the Lower East Side. Hip-hop emerged from street jams powered by illegally..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Greg Beets

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