Floyd Moore R.I.P.

"...Floyd Moore passed away Monday. His name won’t mean much..."

Jan. 29, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Austin Justice Coalition's Chas Moore Keeps Fighting for Black and Brown Lives

"...of white Austinites, outraged over the murder of George Floyd and seeking an outlet for their indignation, poured onto..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Robert Faires

Final Flowering

With Cold Sassy Tree, distinguished composer Carlisle Floyd crafts an opera to crown his lengthy career.

"...craft at work in this new opera by Carlisle Floyd. Character, atmosphere, mood, dramatic tension -- all are eloquently..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...Center. Between 1976 and 1982, the maestro conducted Carlisle Floyd's adaptation of the popular John Steinbeck novel 48 times..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Floyd Moore Memorial

Antone's, Feb. 17

"...Floyd Moore MemorialAntone's, Feb. 17..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Termagant Homosexuals...

"...Hubert Lynn (Floyd) Moore..."

May 23, 1997 Column

The Overthinking Man's Fighter

Floyd Patterson biographer W.K. Stratton explains the appeal of boxing's gentleman eccentric

"...In late September 1962, Floyd Patterson, the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history, boarded..."

July 6, 2012 Books Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

A Month After Mike Ramos Died, Some Hesitant Steps Toward Accountability

Justice comes slowly

"...local effect: It compelled Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore to decide she would present the fatal police shooting..."

June 5, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...and local level,” Austin Justice Coalition Executive Director Chas Moore told the Chronicle. “Brian Manley is not a bad..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Mom Seeks Justice for Son Killed by APD

The police kill, advocates rally, white people urged to act

"...brutality elsewhere as well as in Austin – George Floyd, killed by police in Minneapolis in 2020, and Tyre..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Manley Makes His Exit

Police chief's 30-year career at APD will end March 28

"...and local level," Austin Justice Coalition Executive Director Chas Moore told the Chronicle. "Brian Manley is not a bad..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Eighth Street Survivors

They came out to protest police brutality. They were met by a life-altering wave of police violence. Eight months later, they still await justice and change.

"...30-31, to stand against the police killings of George Floyd and, locally, Mike Ramos. These protesters, most in their..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Scenes From Saturday's Protest Against Police Violence

"...across the nation spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other high-profile cases of police violence..."

May 31, 2020 Photo Gallery

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...third guitar, adding simple and woven patterns into Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo's detuned chords and breaks, which still..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

A Summer of Protests to Reclaim Power From the Police

"Whose streets? Our streets."

"...The next day, Chas Moore of the Austin Justice Coalition canceled his group's planned..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Record Turnout in Run-Off Election Pushes Democratic Party Toward Change

State and local races show the blue getting bluer

"...In a stunningly lopsided defeat, incumbent D.A. Margaret Moore was unseated by Workers Defense Project Executive Director José..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...Brooks and Allan Burns, creators of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Sonny Curtis walks in no man's shadow...."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Articulations

The passing of a longtime professor of music and the birth of a new opera by Austin Lyric Opera.

"...four companies jointly commissioning a new work by Carlisle Floyd, the composer whose opera Susannah is the most performed..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...some deeply intuitive way beyond logic. Artistic director Steve Moore leads the way, generating scripts which do indeed tell..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Austin Identifies Top Seven Candidates for Next Police Chief

APD Interim Chief Joseph Chacon among those on the shortlist

"...in Austin, is joined by Anne Kirkpatrick, Avery L. Moore, Celeste Murphy, Mirtha V. Ramos, Gordon Ramsay, and Emada..."

July 26, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Grand Jury Indicts APD Officer in Shooting of Michael Ramos

Christopher Taylor faces first-degree murder charge

"...Black and Latino man, came just weeks before George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, whose..."

March 10, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Ten Defining Moments of Austin's Intense Year of Police-Community Conflict

We Fought the Law

"...temperature of Austin's police/community relations, a month before George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police...."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Articulations

Two theatre companies may have to cancel shows if they don't raise funds by a certain date; ACoT gets down to business; and Hogg Auditorium is headed for a makeover.

"...production of its first indoor musical, the chamber musical Floyd Collins, which was set for Arts on Real in..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

King of the Swing Fiddle

Honoring country music's second most famous fiddle player, Johnny Gimble

"...Nelson, Connie Smith, the Hot Club of Cowtown, and Floyd Tillman. Benson, for his part, can't say enough good..."

April 5, 2002 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

A Tidal Wave of People Batter the Foundations of Austin’s Structural Racism

Thousands took to Downtown and Eastside streets to say, emphatically, that Black Lives Matter

"...for justice galvanized nationally by the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis...."

June 12, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dancing About Architecture

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson A Big Hand for a Little Lady

"...After poking fun at Abra Moore's SPIN and SPY magazine appearances, I was asked to..."

March 13, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...racist, anti-Semitic, or promoted the conspiracy theory that George Floyd's murder was staged. For his part, Texas Agriculture Commissioner..."

June 12, 2020 News Feature

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Stax Records Roundup

"...careers of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Eddie Floyd. Just as the label's fortunes crest in 1967 with..."

Dec. 21, 2007 Music Review by Greg Beets

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...against police brutality, sparked by the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and, a month earlier, Mike Ramos here..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Dancing About Architecture

Liberty Lunch is finally reduced to dust bin debris even as Mueller Airport hosts the "Airport Rave" and some 6,000 attendees, one of which was NOT Biz Markie, who was a no-show. Who says there are no more live music venues in Austin. Once-local guitarist Evan Johns hospitalized in DC with severe liver problems, just as Bad Livers finish recording a new album. Ken Lieck, King of the Segue.

"...hearing and that the then-onstage Honky sounded like Abra Moore in comparison. It was just prior to Honky's set..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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