Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: Arts Commission Special Meeting

Commission seeks creatives' input on city staff's recommendations

"...Stabilization Recommendations" – city staff's response to the Mayor's Omnibus Resolution. Tonight, the Arts Commission wants your thoughts on..."

Aug. 2, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown

Vetting City Hall's recommendations to Mayor Adler's arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest's Renaissance location and debut lineup

"...That wake-up call arrived with the presentation of Adler's Omnibus Resolution, a creative stimulus package for Austin's music and..."

July 1, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: Where's the Fire?

How urgent is the plan to aid the music and creative sectors?

"...Mayor Steve Adler announced his Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, you could smell smoke from a wildfire. When..."

July 1, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: A Year Later

Twelve months after Mayor Steve Adler rolled out his plan to save live music and the arts, what's happened?

"...as he unveiled his Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, a package of policy initiatives aimed at addressing..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mayor’s Omnibus Resolution: Actualization Is Hard

Moving into Phase II

"...Adler put forth the Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, a creative stimulus package for Austin's music and..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives

Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape

"...morning, Adler, flanked by musicians and artists, unveiled his Omnibus Resolution, policy proposals aimed to stimulate the local music..."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: The Arts Commission Hustle

City group gets moving on policy plan for Austin creatives

"..."Music and Creative Ecosystem Stabilization Recommendations" regarding the Mayor's Omnibus Resolution, and the commissioners showed some hustle in addressing..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: Music Policy Draft Fails Venues

A complete detachment from the original vision of the Omnibus

"...months after the unveiling of Mayor Adler's much ballyhooed Omnibus Resolution, my expectations for the City of Austin to..."

May 19, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SOS to Council: Save Our Spaces

Artists, musicians send message with City Hall march today

"...and city staff don't forget them or the Mayor's Omnibus Resolution. They'll march on City Hall this afternoon –..."

Sept. 14, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nine Lives

Composed of nine occasionally interlocking vignettes that star a dozen or so terrific actresses, Nine Lives presents intimate portraits of women grapplng with life.

"...writer/director García sets some of the scenes in his omnibus film in more classically dramatic places – a graveyard,..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mother's Day

The movie is a moneymaking contrivance, just like the holiday itself

"...that counts, dear.” But take her to this holiday omnibus, and you’ll run the risk of having her think..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Movie 43

This raunchy collection of short films drew A-list talent behind and in front of the camera.

"...Movie 43, an omnibus of lazily connected comedy shorts, does not begin with..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Freakonomics

The runaway nonfiction book that improbably spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list is now, just as improbably, a movie.

"...a movie. The film is something of a documentary omnibus, with four segments created by top nonfiction filmmakers of..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

New York, I Love You

The central thesis in this ominibus of short films is that New York is not its landmarks or its landscape; New York is its people.

"...Yelchin and Burt Young. The central thesis in this omnibus of short films (spun off from Emmanuel Benbihy and..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Animation Show 4

Mike Judge is back with a brand new collection of short animated films, and it's premiering here in Austin.

"...ambitious shorts in this fourth incarnation of the popular omnibus roadshow, which was co-founded by Mike Judge and Don..."

April 25, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Paris, Je T'Aime

Eighteen short films by an international who’s-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.

"...an international who’s who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris,..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Academy Award-Nominated Documentary Shorts 2005

A rare opportunity to see what's considered the best in the field of short docs; plus all four nominees have a socio-political bent.

"...for public viewing. The four nominees presented in this omnibus package (no clue why the traditional five films were..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Company

Robert Altman sidles up to Chicago's Joffrey Ballet and finds lots of glorious footwork but missteps when it comes to storytelling.

"...anyone else in the troupe. Altman’s film is an omnibus of staged performances, with the occasional, entirely fillerlike "dramatic"..."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

September 11

Compelling but uneven omnibus film showcases 11 films by 11 international directors.

"...It’s as good a structure as any for an omnibus film, I suppose, but the result is unsurprisingly uneven...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That Thing You Do!

"...Thing You Do! is sort of a Tom Hanks omnibus, peppered with bits of his past (check out the..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

2nd International Festival of Short Films

"...in the package Oscar Shorts that played here recently) “Omnibus” by Sam Karmann, an amusing anecdote perfectly suited to..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oscar Shorts 1993

"...five) and last year's live-action winner by Sam Karmann, “Omnibus,”about a harried office worker who boards his regular train..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 by – (Program Four)

"...Directed by: Various. Omnibus films, in which various directors contribute short pieces on..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen by – (Program Three)

"...Directed by: Various. Omnibus films, in which various directors contribute short pieces on..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen By - (Part One)

"...Directed by: Hal Hartley and Laurent Cantet. Omnibus films, in which various directors contribute short pieces on..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

2000 Seen By – (Part Two)

"...Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako and Ildiko Enyedi. Omnibus films, in which various directors contribute short pieces on..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016

Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year

"...On Electronics and local cassette specialists Holodeck Records. Mayor's Omnibus..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Save Our Spaces March: "Give Us the Keys!"

Creative Alliance leads artists on a second line down Second

"...2016-17 fiscal year. When Mayor Steve Adler introduced his Omnibus Resolution for the Austin Music and Creative Ecosystem back..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: Agent of Change Returns

New hope and typical bureaucracy precede Council vote on sound dispute resolution

"...Adler supported Agent of Change as part of his Omnibus plan, a sweeping music policy wish list. In 2017,..."

Oct. 19, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Westin Sues the Nook Over Sound

And “Playback” votes in the Austin Music Poll

"...fact, one such policy recommended in Mayor Steve Adler's Omnibus Resolution, the Agent of Change Principle, resolves neighborly dynamics..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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