Family Court Feud: Public Defenders for CPS Cases?

Two civil court judges hope to ensure better legal representation for indigent families

"...Create a bureaucracy that will improve service to the public and save taxpayer dollars...."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

365 Days/365 Plays: Week 11

The yearlong festival of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks continues with seven plays performed by the UT Department of Theatre and Dance's Performance as Public Practice program

"...four years earlier. Admission is free or by donation, as noted. For more information, visit www.zachscott.com/365...."

Jan. 19, 2007 Arts Feature

Team Risk

UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work

"...Courtney Sale will tell you flat-out that the reason she's in Austin is the Cohen New Works Festival...."

March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Examining the Sins and Virtues of Hypermasculine Theatre

When is violence in theatre too much?

"...This past June, a Chicago theatre company became the focus of..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Artists' Honor Roll: Austin takes the prize

A rundown of recent honors bestowed on local artists and arts educators

"...creative world." The Exchange told Hay, "Your experimental work has remained alive and contemporary over four decades, inspiring your..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Longs give a million, the Rudes add a co-PAD, Mills shows his new dance, and Kitch joins a board

"...inductees were being given the Clara Driscoll Arts Award – named for the patroness who donated her home, Laguna..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Flip Side

In Poor Shadows of Elysium's Richard II, a coin makes all the difference in what you see

"...brawny and dark and brooding. Gates' first acting experience was as a character named Mr. Tall in a first-grade..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

The First To Question

Remembering the ultimate theatre historian, Oscar Brockett, 1923-2010

"...Measuring the impact that the late Oscar Brockett had upon..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The skinny on selecting public art, Cookie leads Dance/ USA, Conspirare goes worldwide, and a UT playwright's scholarly honors

"...• Ever wonder how artists for public art projects are selected? The Austin Art in Public..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Column

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"...and wonders but FronteraFest, the annual jamboree of homegrown performance where anyone and everyone is encouraged to take the..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sterling Lands' New Mission

Sterling Lands II and the Eastside Social Action Coalition fight for equity in Austin's public schools.

"...escapes the walls of Greater Calvary Baptist Church in Northeast Austin, flooding outward into the parking lot. It's an..."

Jan. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...Day Camps and Classes..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Playback – Carnegie Bound: Gary Clark Jr.

Gary Clark Jr. strips down on his way to Carnegie Hall, hardcore duo Street Sects kills the lights, and Savannah Welch makes her first public appearance since losing her leg

"...of directions, spots a musician on the street and asks, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" The response:..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...This feature was originally published on Nov. 12, 1993...."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACC’s Music Trade School Gets a World-Class Facility

The Music Business Performance Technology department spreads its wings at ACC Highland

"...one of the most state-of-the-art recording studios is at – of all places – the community college...."

Aug. 20, 2021 Features Feature by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

No Schism

"...Food Center (SFC) appreciate the attention The Austin Chronicle has been giving to East Austin recently, but we were..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Column

Money for Nothing

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

"...Isn't Texas supposed to be the state of "government accountability"? A..."

Oct. 31, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"..."Lost Austin" issue [July 4], it is all too easy to see what is "lost" about Austin. It is..."

July 11, 2003 Column

Forte at Forty

Thriving under Jack Allen's leadership, KMFA endures as Classically Austin radio

"...Jack Allen, general manager and program director of KMFA-FM, is sharing one of the motivating..."

July 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Gregor

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...Film Festival 1998. Additional reviews can be found in last week's issue. The symbols (RP) and (WP) indicate regional..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

AISD to Consider Charters and Communities Tonight

Agenda a complex dance between trustees, neighborhoods and employees

"...As Austin ISD's Board of Trustees meets tonight, there will..."

Dec. 17, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

This Is the Box We're In

Council doesn't have a budget, but they're cutting it nonetheless

"...may be a while before the city of Austin has a budget...."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Come Together

Latino poets building a community at CantoMundo

"...When Deborah Paredez was a graduate student, she lived in Chicago's north side,..."

July 1, 2011 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Chacon Makes Final Cut of Picks to Lead APD

City manager announced on Friday top three candidates for police chief

"...top job at the Austin Police Depart­ment, along with Dallas Police Assistant Chief Avery Moore and Los Angeles Police..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Marketplace Art Gallery's Open Studio

In the Marketpace Art Gallery, four women have created a studio where they can develop as artists together

"...Behind them is a low brick wall (really low – it isn't even as tall as the flamingos). The..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...Last Saturday, Dec. 12, Austin was weird – even weirder..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Waxing Queer

Performance artist Silky Shoemaker opens the doors to queer culture's lost past with her gay wax museum

"...I'm not alone in remembering this; in 2007, New Mexico-based painter and curator Harmony Hammond wrote of Shoemaker's "campy,..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...and suits are stemmed by violence, not community and compassion...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

Ciné-Varda

AFS Essential Cinema: Agnes on Agnès

"...interview given in the Sixties. By that time, Varda was already an experienced filmmaker, having made her first feature..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...On Dec. 9, at the height of the holiday season, not every Austin family had reason to celebrate. For..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

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