Austin ISD’s New Board Is Mostly Decided, With One Runoff to Go

Two former teachers will face off in December

"...beat educator Sarah Ivory on Tuesday night to join Austin ISD’s board of trustees in District 2, which includes..."

Nov. 8, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature

Getting the hot and cold scoop from local LGBTQ community members on queer Austin

"...of weekly print? Interview every single LGBTQ person in Austin? Maybe by next year. In 2024, however, we’re taking..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Features Feature by James Scott

Sunbird Fest Offers Art and Education in Solidarity With Palestine

Four-day event with intention for Palestinian liberation

"...a visual artist, a musician, and a student at UT-Austin, participated in the campus protests against Israel’s attack on..."

June 19, 2024 Music Post by Meher Qazilbash

Amid Budget Crisis, Austin ISD Leaders Push Vaguely to “Rethink How We Work”

Sense of doom as no one solution will be enough

"...A troubling new reality has descended on Austin ISD. At school board meetings over the last six..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Budget Cuts Are Coming to Austin ISD

And probably a tax increase too

"...Budget cuts are coming to Austin’s public schools next year, but will they impact students?..."

April 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Resource Recovery Charts a New Course to Achieving Zero Waste

A quick look at the city’s new Comprehensive Plan

"...City Council adopted a new path to salvation for Austin’s landfills at last Thursday’s meeting...."

Nov. 7, 2023 News Post by Hannah Rossi

The Piehole Project: Austin’s Virtual Pie Auction Returns!

Local initiative tastes great, looks good, helps the community

"...The Piehole Project, an Austin-based virtual pie auction, returns for its second year, working..."

Nov. 2, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group Cooly Girls. Alongside taking over Manners' longtime..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Point Austin: Hate Crimes Require Sparks Before They Ignite

Who’s holding the guns?

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

Sept. 8, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: On the Border and Elsewhere, Gov. Abbott Suffers the Little Children

Best governor in the nation? Depends on who you ask.

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

July 21, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: A Great Time to Be a Republican

Bryan Slaton, Ken Paxton … and the rest of them

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

June 30, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Rodeo Austin: Everything You Need to Know

Aaron Watson, Flo Rida, Carly Pearce, and more to boot (scoot)

"...up them bootstraps, and head to the fairgrounds: Rodeo Austin returns to the Travis County Expo Center this Friday,..."

March 8, 2023 Events Post by Dex Wesley Parra

The Austin Songwriters Group Symposium Returns With Country Hitmakers

Including Russell Sutton, who got his start at the gathering

"...at Dell and writing songs on the side. The Austin native had grown up around the music industry, with..."

Jan. 7, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Black Food Week’s Begun, Austin Restaurant Weeks Are On Their Way, There’s Canine Noms at Blue Lacy, Dollar Sales at Twin Liquors, a New Bar Boss at Watertrade, Local Pastures in South Austin, and Water, Water, Everywhere …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from numerous PR releases, words..."

Aug. 24, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: I Subscribed to the Austin-Based festivalPass and Felt Confused

Few discounts and few Austin options on new NFT-dabbling concert ticket marketplace

"...access to live events and hotel bookings, the new Austin-based company positions itself in opposition to tacked-on ticket fees..."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come

Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water

"...issued what's called a red flag warning for the Austin and San Antonio metro areas, indicating increased wildfire risk..."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

In Austin, Nancy Pelosi Says She Sees No Chance of Pro-Choice Legislation Passing Current U.S. Senate

Pelosi: “I wish I could be more optimistic”

"...Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s last visit to Austin at the start of September coincided with the enactment..."

March 24, 2022 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Progressive Political Rallies Kick Off Early Voting in Austin

"...U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., visited Austin and San Antonio to rally progressives and get out..."

Feb. 14, 2022 Photo Gallery

Trans Awareness Week: Queen Austin Empowers Black, Trans Visibility

Local rapper, advocate on the lifeline of trans pride

"...Self-empowerment is key for local rapper and advocate Queen Austin, who performs as Ms. Amazing Head. Her 2021 EP,..."

Nov. 17, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...last year and a half. In that time, many Austin theatre companies, and troupes globally, have moved their work..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: The Pleasure Is Not Ours, Sir

If GOP bad boys like Chip Roy dislike Austin so much, why not just leave us alone?

"...great deal of pleasure in representing a place like Austin in that they have to grin and bear the..."

Sept. 17, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief

APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist

"...announced the seven candidates on the shortlist for becoming Austin Police Department's next chief...."

July 26, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: More Alike Than Different

Where to start a conversation about creating decent housing for all of Austin

"...to talk about producing decent housing for everyone in Austin, 1 million and counting, where it needs to be...."

July 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Inbetween Girl Comes Home for the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Austin-Made dramedy brings teenage dreams and Sorkin rhythms to the drive-in

"...have its first public screening, a drive-in as the Austin Asian American Film Festival's centerpiece event on June 11...."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Selome Hailu

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...The Austin City Council has officially apologized for the role the..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...The upcoming May 1 special election provides Austinites with an opportunity to fundamentally change the structure of..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: Help Is Not on the Way

By design, decadence, and default, Austin and Texas have entered a DIY era

"...And lo, did the cold wind split Austin down the middle in its splitting place as was..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Teen’s Small Business Raises Funds for COVID-19 Relief

nutssosweet goes from Jennifer Fang's kitchen to your snack drawer

"...massive disruption of the traditional job market. Here in Austin, one 16-year-old girl has launched an entrepreneurial project for..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Food Post by Naomi Brady

How to Celebrate Austin Museum Day 2020

In person and virtual events abound on the city' annual free museum day

"...Here comes the 23rd annual Austin Museum Day, citizen, that free celebration of art, culture,..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Arts Post

Council Recap: Undoing Austin’s White Supremacist Legacy

A Juneteenth holiday, renamings, alcohol rules among changes

"...legacy of white supremacy that haunts every American city, Austin included...."

July 31, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

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