The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards Goes Digital

The Long Center’s annual celebration of excellence in high school musical theatre moves center stage to center screen

"...The Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Award show is like..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Nataleah Small

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The boys from the chamber look for an opportunity to muddy the waters once again.

"...to separate Ryan from his money as any other Austinite, and I guess I'm not alone. Twice in the..."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable. They are improvisers, and Austin is overrun with them...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...It was four for Thr3e at the Austin Critics Table Awards on Monday night, with Salvage Vanguard..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Cop Suspended for Racist Comments Later Resigned After Working While Drunk

The supervisor who waited to report him was also suspended

"...New disciplinary memos published by the Austin Police Department and the Office of Police Oversight show..."

Oct. 30, 2024 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Census Returns While the Live Music Fund Faces Delays

A spring music ecosystem news roundup with all those familiar players: the Austin Music Census, Live Music Fund, and HAAM

"...In 2015, the first Austin Music Census highlighted fault lines in the local music..."

May 27, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Point Austin: Welcome to Hard Times

Ausitn Interfaith's summit addresses economic plans, current crisis

"...of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation, parent organization of Austin Interfaith. Cortes was in town Saturday morning for AI's..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Austin's Paranormal Activity

Four places to check out if you ain't afraid of no ghosts

"...presence, then we'd like to recommend four spots in Austin that ought to scratch your ghost-hunting itch this week...."

Oct. 10, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wish List: A Forever Home at Austin Zoo

Keeping the zoo's animal kingdom warm this winter

"...The Austin Zoo spares the lives of animals that have been..."

Dec. 12, 2016 News Post by Montinique Monroe

One Small Step Towards Equality, One Large Step for Austin

Austin + Domestic Partner Benefits = Reality

"...On October 24, City Council passed new requirements for Austin's economic incentives program. Workers for companies awarded these incentives..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Imagining Austin

Austinites begin a new comprehensive plan for the city's future

"...them up to inspire a dozen tables of engaged Austinites who attended a comprehensive planning kickoff community workshop at..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Austin Comp Planning: A Brief History

Moving forward sometimes requires looking back

"...bumps and grinds, it lends perspective to realize that Austin's impulse to do a grand city plan – a..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Will Austin Applicants Get a "Fair Chance"?

Proposed ordinance would require businesses consider job applicants with criminal histories

"...Mar. 25), and Council Member Greg Casar's resolution requiring Austin's living wage of $13.03/hour apply to construction workers on..."

March 25, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Point Austin: Sick and Tired

Council moves toward commonsense ordinance, despite business resistance

"...hour of earned sick time for every 30 hours worked for the employer." That's the fundamental provision of the..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Council Proposes “Austin Affordability Action Plan”

Looking for ways to balance the budget

"...Predictably as clockwork – or calendar-work, with the FY 2018 budget deliberations..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Austin, California?

The West Coast Goes to the Southwest

"...so, as rents and home prices have risen, and Austin traffic has grown more crowded and snarled, many of..."

June 30, 1995 News Feature

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...the "compact and connected" city idealized in the Imagine Austin comprehensive plan. But CodeNEXT is not the code itself...."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Point Austin: Follow the Money

Final city budget discussions begin in earnest

"...last week's formal presentation of the proposed city of Austin budget. Whether that's a good thing or not remains..."

Aug. 9, 2013 News Column by Michael King

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...The Austin hip-hop scene's collective march toward widespread recognition is taking..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Save Austin Now Files Lawsuit Over Rejected Signatures

Invalid petition signatures kept SAN's mission to reverse decriminalization of homelessness off the ballot

"...Save Austin Now, the "educational nonprofit" founded by Travis County GOP..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Point Austin: From Frontage Road, Texas

Traffic jamming at the Urban Rail Town Hall

"...urban rail occurred in the back room of the Greater Austin Merchants Assoc­iation's warehouse, a cooperative that caters to..."

Aug. 29, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The wise aftermath of Smart Growth

"...what we didn't like in the service of the greater good...."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Building Austin

As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin's new face?

"...It's been two months since construction worker Ramiro Loa fell to his death while working on..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Talking Curation With Art Alliance Austin's Asa Hursh

Lora Reynolds Gallery's exhibition of work by Troy Brauntuch, Andy Coolquitt, and Jeff Williams proves a good case study in putting together an art show

"...I've asked him to talk about contemporary curation in Austin, and this is how we start. The image snaps..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

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

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...at the vitality of the arts and culture in Austin, it isn't just the current crop of creators who..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Austin Handles Mental Health Emergencies

Police, EMS, and Integral Care work together to serve people in psychiatric crisis

"...someone experiencing delusions about crossing a highway to "save Austin from the apocalypse.") Once that decision is made, the..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin City Election

Endorsements for mayor and Council

"...districts and the needs of the whole city of Austin. We hope that, whoever you may choose, you keep..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

New Work: Performances

Journeys in story, song, and dance with four outstanding women of color

"...You can see Austin artists presenting new work on pretty much any day..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Introducing the Constitution

Texas Civil Rights Project remains a 20-year work still in progress

"...boasts a staff of 36 in three full-time offices (Austin, El Paso, San Juan), staff in Odessa and Houston,..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Column by Michael King

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