“Economic Censorship”: The Devastation of the NEA Grants Cut Grows

After Trump administration rule change, fears mount for future of arts

"...The head count of Austin arts organizations that found their finances wrecked by..."

May 7, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Creative Alliance Honors 2016

ACA salutes SVT, Byrd, Brooks, Seibert, Willenzik at the ND

"...valuable contributions to the city's creative scene. And because of that, each is being honored by the Austin Creative..."

Nov. 16, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Obey Giantess: Mega Mural of Feminist Proportions Pops Up Downtown

Artists Sandra Chevrier and Shepard Fairey give Austin a 12-story tribute to the centenary of the 19th Amendment

"...first glance, the massive new mural at the intersection of Congress and Cesar Chavez seems like an ad for..."

March 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...If there's been a single defining image of the ongoing strikes hitting the TV and film industries,..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Shape of Things to Come

What will the arts in Austin look like in 10 years? CreateAustin has a good idea – in fact, it has 10.

"...but nobody does anything about it. At least, that's often how it feels in Austin, where folks seem to..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

The Top 10 things that had people talking in Austin film and TV this year

"...1) Television saved the film star..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s

Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known

"...Best Austin Music Photographer..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Music Feature

Austin Creative Alliance Honors 2015

Third class of honorees: Moser, Mexic-Arte, Esparza, Harden

"...When the Austin Creative Alliance isn't busy connecting members of our arts,..."

Nov. 10, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Battle of Small Beer vs. Big Distributors Rages on With Texas Beer-To-Go Bill

Another chippy round of political beer pong

"...the small, plucky craft brewers and the overdetermined parade of wholesale distributors are, unsurprisingly, back at it again for..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

A Primer on the Texas Guidelines for Film Production in a Pandemic

The ABCs of lockdown filmmaking

"...Governor's Office: When the state extended the list of businesses to..."

July 3, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Last Day for AFS Film Grants

Get your AFS Grant applications in before midnight

"...Indie filmmaking is a tough game. Even a few thousand or..."

June 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beyond the Picket Lines: SAG, WGA, and the Austin Industry

Local film professionals explain how they're navigating the strike

"...Two dates are burned into the memory of everyone working in film, TV, and commercials. First there..."

Aug. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Larry Flynt for President

New documentary gets inside the Hustler publisher's campaign

"...In 1984, America blanched at the idea of making a foul-mouthed businessman president. Not to suggest that..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Rodriguez Filming Hypnotic in July in Austin

Hitchcockian thriller starring Ben Affleck moves from California

"...Big studio films are heading back to production, and one of the..."

June 25, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2019/2020 Austin Music Industry Award Winners

ATX’s best label, venue, festival, and more revealed at ceremony

"...On Monday night, March 2, at Emo’s, the Austin Music Industry Awards recognized the people, places, and organizations..."

March 3, 2020 Music Post by James Renovitch

Behind the Camera With the Capital City Black Film Festival

Celebration of film places more emphasis on making it into the industry

"...there's a theme to this year's Capital City Black Film Festival, executive director Winston G. Williams points to the..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Celebrating the 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Award Winners

Behind-the-scenes players of Austin music get their night

"...On Sunday, Feb. 17, Austin Chronicle Music muckraker Kevin Curtin and Riverboat Gambers/Drakulas frontman..."

Feb. 18, 2019 Music Post by Kimberley Jones

'Farm-City, State' Documentary Film in Progress

Local filmmaker explores Austin's sustainable food movement

"...itself with healthy, organic produce from local farms? Local filmmaker David Barrow poses this question in a documentary focusing..."

Jan. 8, 2013 Food Post by Carla Crownover

Qmmunity: Dance, Dance (Queer Austin Remix)

Two queer DJ-centric parties fire up a weekend full of great events

"...weekend is about the LG-BEAT-Q – get it? Because Austin's hosting two fabo DJ-centric events that elevate queer disc..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Column by James Scott

Point Austin: The Way We Were

In Austin's politics of nostalgia, the truth is a frequent casualty

"...Meeker Campaign Comedy Circus) has featured the lion's share of looniness (see "Place 1: Who's on First?" by Lee..."

May 2, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Now Streaming in Austin: A Night For Austin

Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Paul Simon for music fundraiser

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. In..."

June 10, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New in Print: 'Austin Breakfast Tacos'

Blog Taco Journalism leaps to print with this ode to the best meal of the day

"...Austin Breakfast Tacos: The Story of the Most Important Taco..."

July 19, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week

Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it

"...In the wake of the city of Austin's cancellation of South by Southwest..."

March 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin

X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies

"..."I'm a man of the world," declares John Doe, singer/bassist of seminal Los..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: A Tale of Two PUDs

It's not too soon to aim for green space

"...It's a good thing City Council got some time off in July, because they're really putting in overtime this..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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

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

"...MP3 file to fellow KOOP 91.7FM host Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Ruby’s BBQ: Where Austin Music & Barbecue Legends Intersect

Campus-area mainstay celebrates its silver anniversary

"...Many aspects of Austin culture exert a strong gravitational pull – the..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Into the Woods, With a Canister of Film

The 2009 Art Outside festival

"...October could mark the end of the brief breather in Austin's otherwise packed fall film..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Austin Creative Alliance

After a decade of leading the arts service organization, Latifah Taormina retires

"...but as for the first? Well, running the former Austin Circle of Theaters wasn't anywhere close to being just..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

Austinite Chris Eska's August Evening wins big at LAFF, a year after locals Gretchen and Chalk did

"...red-hot, snaring a distribution deal and scoring the Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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