We Have an Issue: Up Close With Our East Austin Neighbors

Pick up this week’s issue to see the “Where Is Here” portrait series of East Austinites aged 100 to newborn

"...Phillip Niemeyer, "Where Is Here" documents the people of East Austin at every stage of life, newborn to age..."

July 17, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Northern-Southern Shows Eastside Community in a Century of People

Where is here? It’s everywhere.

"...are all those people in the middle of your Austin Chronicle this week? Whence these monochrome portraits of citizen..."

July 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Notable Events at East Austin Studio Tour 2019

Parties, performances, and portraits you’ll want to know about in this year’s EAST

"...E.6: Clayworks' 40th Anniversary & Closing Party Pioneering Eastside arts business is throwing itself a party as it..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Rebris" at Northern-Southern

Reduce, reuse, recycle is seldom so remarkable as in these works by Virginia Fleck and Ted Carey

"...the more memorable works on view during last year's East Austin Studio Tour was Virginia Fleck's Cascade: collective thirst,..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Michelle Marchesseault” at Northern-Southern

The paintings filled with nesting S-curves comes from the artist’s meditative practice, but they’re joyful in their rumination

"...in creating straight lines and perfect curves. At the Northern-Southern gallery in East Austin, there are no straight lines,..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Northern-Southern Gallery's "Left in Leaves"

This group exhibition frees artwork from lockdown and sends quarantined viewers in search of it

"...Northern-Southern Gallery's group show "Left in Leaves" provides a touch..."

May 22, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Premember" Drawings Capture Austin Shops Before They're Gone

Northern-Southern gallery is showing Drew Liverman's art series focused on quirky local businesses that are still here, but maybe not for long

"...Drew Liverman is drawing attention to a disappearing Austin by drawing Austin before it disappears. His current series,..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...It’s a really nice return to reality. In turn, Austin-area breweries have recommitted to quality-driven mainstay beers supplemented by..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It

Shall we dive in?

"...The pitfalls of Austin's pool system are so enduring that they have inspired..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Quality of Life for Blacks in Austin: Going Beyond Midtown

The city's treatment of blacks – both governmentally and culturally – is questioned

"...destroyed the Midtown Live nightclub continued last week when Austin Police Chief Stan Knee and City Manager Toby Futrell..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Newbie’s Guide to Green Spaces in Austin

Discover these iconic parks and outdoor spaces

"...If you’re new to Austin and love spending time outdoors, you’re in the right..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Chronolog Post by Jasmine Iman Wright

Austin Filmmaker Brings Her Rap Drama Back Home

Katherine Propper finds family in Lost Soulz at Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival

"...what it is to be young today. Or, at least, she understands how to recount the stories and experiences..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Downtown Austin Restaurant Recommendations

Good places to eat in the middle of all the hubbub, bub

"...here you are, smack in the middle of Downtown Austin, deep in the left ventricle of the sclerotic heart..."

March 10, 2023 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Punk Chronicles: "I Don't Think the Sex Pistols Inspired Anything Other Than a Buncha More Punk Bands!"

The San Antonio shoot-out ricochets locally in Chapter 4 of the “Austin Punk Chronicles”

"...Chapter 4, Part I, in a serialized history of Austin’s punk culture, written by veteran journalist Tim Stegall. The..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Austin Cider Houses Rule

Is hard cider ready to make a historic comeback?

"...were plentiful, like the UK, northern Spain, and the northeastern U.S. But adventurous tasters are looking for new drinks,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Meghan Shogan Carves a Career Path Through Solid Rock

With hammer, chisels, and steel brushes in hand, the Austin artist is on a trajectory in stone

"...there's Shogan in the middle – working in her East Austin studio in the relative wilds behind Callahan's General..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Stay Gold Goes Long, Hard Luck Turns Sunny, Sway Is Hopped, Spread & Co. Gets Woodsy, TFM Celebrates Blackness, and – Oooh, Free Cheese?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene during this first week of February...."

Feb. 3, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Award-Winning Restaurants Within Walking Distance of the ACL Music Festival

Step away from the music for a taste of Austin

"...First Plates, our annual list of 100 restaurants defining Austin now – is perfect for dining outside of the..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Honky-Tonk Soul Man Charley Crockett Makes His Move

The singer’s long road to Austin

"...about it because I didn't have insurance," offers the Austinite. "This last year of touring, it really started bothering..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Hatching a Plan

Austin's emerging culinary creative class is sharing talent and resources to find the right recipe for success

"...kept his eye out for commercial space in South Austin. He was lucky enough to be first in line..."

June 18, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Don't Dissolve District

"...zone of the Barton Springs Aquifer. The City of Austin's rules, including the S.O.S. ordinance, apply in only about..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Top Nine in Visual Art of 2020, Plus One Exceptional Other

Wayne Alan Brenner chooses outstanding visual artistry that made this year a feast, save for one performative and culinary experience that was the cherry on top

"...2) PHILLIP NIEMEYER Niemeyer turned his Northern-Southern gallery into "Baton," an installation that transforms itself across..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chef Matt Jennings Collaborates with Olamaie’s Chef Michael Fojtasek

The Austin Food and Wine Alliance dinner series starts June 28

"...it folks, is usually hotter than proper summer anyway), Austin Food and Wine Alliance will be bringing culinary stars..."

June 27, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Top 10 Arty Ways 2020 Was the Best Year Ever

Barbara Purcell shares art highlights from a year that tested our sanity and humanity

"...2) SOLE AIR Northern-Southern gallery's dispersed outdoor art exhibitions and Vault Stone Shop's..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Tandoori Junkie

Over the years Austin has absorbed (and discarded) several new Indian restaurants, most in the mode of the classic Americanized Indian dining establishment. But within the past few years, we have been fortunate enough to attract a new class of Indian restaurants. Mick Vann has compiled a guide to them.

"...semi-regular visits to Shalimar, the first Indian restaurant in Austin, which held court in the Capital Plaza shopping center...."

Feb. 16, 2001 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Hottest Race in Texas

The David Fisher-Todd Staples Senate Contest in East Texas Will Decide the Fate of the State Senate -- and the U.S. House

"...and personal political event was in progress up in East Texas. In the auditorium of Frankston High School in..."

Oct. 27, 2000 News Feature by Michael King

More Money, More Options for I-35

The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed

"...to someday rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin picked up a bit of speed last week as..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018

Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year

"...narrative arc conjured by the claywork-bruja during the 2018 East Austin Studio Tour, we're blown to epistemological smithereens...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mapping the Changes

A preview of proposed new single-member districts

"...of Justice, which has to "pre-clear" any change to Austin's electoral system to make sure it doesn't violate the..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 20-22

First, read this list aloud … in the voice … of Michael Caine, Mr. Wayne

"...of warm-up to the vivid juggernaut of the imminent East Austin Studio Tour? You’re in luck, because all the..."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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