10 Can’t-Miss Art Museums and Galleries

Old Masters and new whiz kids all have a home here

"...A city of murals and outdoor sculptures and inspired graffiti, art is all around you in Austin –..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...In retrospect, confrontation seemed almost inevitable. Everyone saw it coming,..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

This Year’s Banff Lineup

A plethora of thrills and chills

"...What is it, exactly, that inspires a person to jump from the tallest peak in..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

A Fish Tank Worth a Thousand Words

Hiep Hong’s award-winning aquascapes are worthy of the greatest tanks

"...All of Hiep Hong's best creations are covered in water...."

Feb. 10, 2017 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Ana Esteve Llorens: Studies for Future Objects” at Women & Their Work

The show’s mix of colored textile works and a large installation of open ovals spark an urge to interact with them

"...My most persistent thought while viewing Ana Esteve Llorens' work was that I wanted to..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Public Notice: On and Off the Rails

Debating a Downtown rail station, AISD land purchase

"...permanent downtown rail station" on Fourth Street, and to begin the "process to establish two-way traffic" on Fifth Street...."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

East Austin Studio Tour? Here’s Four More Picks!

Just doing our best to mitigate that bothersome FOMO, citizen…

"...We posted an initial list of EAST picks earlier this week, and there..."

Nov. 17, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Where Do We Go From Here?

"...survival. Rather than just concern over what will happen during Trump's presidency, I'm truly scared it will do lasting..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black

CodeNEXT Is Coming

Special called CodeNEXT meeting signals new day forward for land development

"...Adler's $720 million transportation bond proposal, the stage is being set for the great policy battle of 2017. The..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Chris Cubas: King for a Month

How comedian Chris Cubas talked his way into being one of the wealthiest people in Austin – temporarily

"...Chris Cubas is sitting on the small front porch of his modest Eastside..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Last Stand's SMaSH IPA

Less is more with this single malt, single hop beer

"...Whoa hey, we get it. India pale ales are the Morrisseys of craft beer: scorchingly..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Food Feature by Eric Puga

The Take-Out: Responsibility in Food Writing

How to talk more respectfully about global cuisine

"...may seem a little overwrought to say this, but writing about food does carry significant responsibility – not only..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

“Figure/Heads: David Bae and Erin Cunningham” at ICOSA Collective Gallery

It's rare for a show to combine work by two artists so different in such a complex and intensely unified way

"...Erin Cunningham's cast-iron sculpture, of a delicate nature, rises in..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

"Femme National(e): Audrey Brown, Christina Coleman, Kasumi Chow / Desiree Michelle Espada, Emmy Laursen, Juliana Isabel Ramirez"

This group show is messy and a little berserk, but that's what makes it important and kindles joy in us

"...The layout of "Femme National(e)" has resulted in some resounding interactions between two particular parallel walls in..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Seeing Life’s Brevity in the Art Poles of South First

Street art goes vertical in South Austin

"...At first, you think: Did someone die here?..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

District 2: The Battle for Southeast Austin

Former firefighter Delia Garza faces two unlikely challengers

"...Two candidates have filed to challenge incumbent Council Member Delia Garza for the District 2 seat...."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

"Disparate Mythos: Women of Sculpture" at Dimension Gallery

In this varied group exhibition, Magdalena Jarkowiec's two-ness shows the richness of sameness and difference in duos

"...Magdalena Jarkowiec's two-ness is two female figures combined in one at the legs so one stands upright..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...The Parliament-Funkadelic experience remains as much visual as musical, and no non-musician had..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

"Sara Madandar: AnOther Birth" at Courtyard Gallery

The dozen works in this solo show are impressive in their variety, though many seem more like sketches than completed works

"...All of the work in Sara Madandar's "AnOther Birth," at the Courtyard Gallery on..."

June 24, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Introducing: Sound on Sound Fest

Everything you loved about Fun Fun Fun Fest – with a different name

"...from Transmission Events last month, he made clear his intentions to start a new music festival. Ever since, he’s..."

June 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Kozyworld

This collaboration between dancer Julie Nathanielsz and poet Margit Galanter employed fabric to explore human shape and contact

"...The first subsection in the Wikipedia entry on "Satiric misspelling" is "k replacing..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

"One / Sixth" at de stijl

This group show of work by six black graduates of UT's M.F.A. art program shouldn't have to exist, but thankfully it does

"...to have graduated from the University of Texas at Austin's MFA program (the seventh, Wendel A. White [1982], was..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Subject to Control

American Berserk Theatre's debut is a heady, funny treat, smuggling heavy ideas in a light package

"...Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd. www.americanberserktheatre.com Through June 4 Running time: 1 hr., 40 min...."

May 27, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...Beneath the Pleasant Valley Bridge, twilight hung back against a chorus of rising insect noise. Twenty of us..."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

West Austin Studio Tour: The Second Weekend

Our recommendations among WEST's artist studios and galleries

"...The first weekend of the West Austin Studio Tour, starting off with a community breakfast at..."

May 18, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Shakespeare's Macbeth

This military-themed staging of the tragedy gets lost in a haze of design and technical issues

"...In her program note for Macbeth, Austin Shakespeare Artistic Director..."

May 13, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Local Tech You Didn’t Know You Needed

Globotix and Party Time! Hexcellent! make stuff no one else is making

"...was seen, at first, as an unnecessary luxury before replacing the very fabric of society with an interweb of..."

May 11, 2016 Screens Post by James Renovitch

West Austin Studio Tour: Recommendations

Five suggested stops along the annual Westside visual-arts tour

"...So many things to see during the two weekends of the West..."

May 10, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Point Austin: Unlearned History

Vietnam War Summit raises ghosts and questions

"...I'm uncertain now whether, to many or even most Chronicle readers,..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Council: Members Spar on Affordable Housing, Meaning of Compassion

"...Adler back on the dais, City Council passed measures during its April 7 meeting related to affordable housing, ground..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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