Page Two: A Column Where First We Ramble

Then we let others blow our horn. And with SXSW 2011 only weeks away, there's lots of horn blowing still to come.

"...stories. Many of these are George Herriman-esque Krazy Kat landmarks in a life too often led in the wrong..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Column by Louis Black

More 'Slack'

The Chronicle's 20-year love affair with Slacker

"...Production Manager) collaborated on an annotated map of Slacker landmarks. First stop? The bus station at Highland Mall. Remember..."

Jan. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Favorite Arts-Related, Ah, Things From the Past 12 Months

A surfeit of visual-arts splendors and transcendent theatre elevate 2010

"...Animal, the video-documented palimpsest series created during the artist's Landmarks residency. The space itself, the multigallery design, and the..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

City Hall Hustle: Top 10 City Council Stories

From the dais to the streets

"...and an Austin ISD moratorium. Opponents pointed to the landmarks' drain on city and school coffers, while preservationists defended..."

Jan. 7, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

East Austin Studio Tour

The city's autumn marathon of art covers work by some 300 artists in 175 venues

"...Landmarks, the University of Texas public art program, hosts an..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hey, It's Art Night Austin!

Hot-pimping the righteous qualia

"...excellent itinerary continues into the oui hours with a Landmarks co-hosted party with David Ellis at Pine Street Station...."

Nov. 10, 2010 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Home Tour Alert: 'Tis the Season

The Heritage Society of Austin's Fairview Park Home Tour

"...After an introductory lecture by Steve Sadowsky on the Landmarks Program’s criteria, process, and role in Austin’s preservation program,..."

Oct. 6, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Culture Flash

Your chance to dance with Jack Black, and votes pour in for the Paramount

"...to draw attention to and support for preservation of landmarks within local communities, with a $25,000 grant going to..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Engagement

UT's new Visual Arts Center connects its art department with the world

"..."motion painting" he was commissioned to make for the Landmarks program, by the 10-15 students a day who have..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Hall Hustle: In the Zone

Land-use issues in all corners of the city dominate council agenda

"...cases ... which we are designating properties as historic landmarks now. ...Those who are now obtaining landmark status are..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: History Abated

Council returns to the vexing question of historic zoning

"...cost of maintaining the property in historic style, most landmarks are sited in tony neighborhoods like Pemberton Heights and..."

June 11, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Headlines

"...limit of owner-initiated cases, a one-per-month cap on designating landmarks in local historic districts or in a national registry,..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature

Art Week Austin 2010 Schedule

"...8:30-11am: Art Ride: Landmarks, the public art program of the University of Texas...."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature

Cathedral of Junk Helps Keep Austin Weird

"...the West Campus area, not to shut down local landmarks and businesses. The Cathedral of Junk has been up..."

April 19, 2010 Postmarks

Day Trips

History Ahead: Stories Beyond the Texas Roadside Markers is part travel guide and part history book

"...the aluminum signs with raised lettering have sprouted at landmarks and historic sites. Quite often these interpretive plates, many..."

March 26, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

A SXSW Easter Egg

Danny Strauss' satirical short "Always a Bride"

"...viewers think seriously about the absurdity of the life landmarks women impose upon themselves...."

March 17, 2010 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Aural History

Hannibal Lokumbe and his trumpet stand at the crossroads of jazz, blues, and Jimi Hendrix

"...Coltrane's volcanic quartet equals a tiny fraction of historical landmarks at Lokumbe's crossroads, which include Jackie Wilson, Lightning Hopkins,..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Peace Through Pie

A sweet honoring of Martin Luther King

"...homeless and build restoration funds for two important cultural landmarks, Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church and the Limerick-Frazier House..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Tax Abatements Are Not Just for West Austin Mansions

"...public benefit in the recognition and preservation of local landmarks, and the abatement program is one very important tool...."

Jan. 5, 2010 Postmarks

Rockin' Christmas Party

Changes to the long-running holiday revue give the show a fresh sparkle

"...crystal ball appears, in which flakes flurry around Austin landmarks. These outsized evocations of pop-up books and snow globes..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Politics Gift Guide

Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year

"...Wynn is still mayor). While sussing out the local landmarks and personalities is a rush, it's the conflicted comic's..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Lady Diane

Diane Keaton takes her life to the stage

"...the L.A. Conservancy, in an effort to save significant landmarks and also in an effort to create a survey..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two: Drowning in Triviality

Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense

"...that all reason is lost, and all the long-known landmarks by which to navigate are gone. Even in the..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Cultural Arts Division

Learn from the city how public art happens and how the downturn is affecting local creatives

"...Guide), and a tour of the University of Texas Landmarks Collection...."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: Field of Dreams

Summer in Vermont singing Gram Parsons' Grievous Angel

"...in my head, there is a profusion of cultural landmarks that must be acknowledged. As crucial as Sweetheart was..."

July 31, 2009 Column by Louis Black

After a Fashion

Get well, Todd Wolfson!

"...everything seemed so new and stylish (alongside the existing landmarks such as the Continental Club, Just Guns, Rivers &..."

July 17, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Lebermann Legacy

Death of Lebermann recalls a productive life

"...Paramount Theatre, and the passage of the city's pivotal Landmarks Ordinance. Former Mayor Bruce Todd said, "Although he had..."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gold for Green

Laura Dunn's environmental doc wins UT award

"...over the role of Barton Springs, and other natural landmarks, in the life of the community. On one side..."

April 17, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

'Floodlines'

Jaclyn Pryor's site-specific performance can get you lost in a familiar neighborhood

"...had us careening through the neighborhood French Connection-style with landmarks whizzing by too quickly to be clearly perceived; we..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Creative Research Laboratory

This exhibition exploring cultural modification will keep evolving over time

"...that she set up to produce images featuring Texas landmarks such as the Texas Capitol, McDonald Observatory, and the..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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