The Luv Doc: Big, Dumb & Inexplicably Lucky

How about some empathy for the simpletons?

"...bit of a misquote. The actual text read, "the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness."*..."

July 17, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

As Budget Battles Begin, APD Takes a Minor Hit

Only a small change, for now

"...the city's hotel occupancy tax – cultural contracts, historic preservation, and the city's new Live Music Fund – will..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Proposed City Budget Cuts Police Funding by $8.1 Million

Decrease falls far short of $100 million activists called for

"...overall (all funds) budget, funding for cultural and historic preservation programs and the city’s new Live Music Fund will..."

July 13, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison and Austin Sanders

AGLIFF Presses Play on The Capote Tapes

LGBTQIA+ film festival announces online lineup for 2020

"...Premiere Caught up in the precariousness of survival and self-preservation, homeless queer and trans youth of color hang out..."

July 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Venues Are Out of Money

Following last week’s Barracuda closure, a domino effect will continue without emergency city funding

"...properties by the city is an important piece of preservation (see "Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a..."

June 19, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Could Austin Arts & Music Finally Get a Cultural Trust?

It's not here yet, but talks are intensifying. Also, bars and a few live music venues reopen.

"...Even so, the concept of cultural preservation has kicked around Austin politics for decades. At the..."

May 29, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns

Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests

"...Cowan urges that federal funds go to live music preservation, buying up venues will have to come from elsewhere...."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Up From the Streets: New Orleans: The City of Music

Delightful if overstuffed musical history of the Crescent City

"...Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, James Booker, Fats Domino, Cosimo Matassa, Preservation Jazz Hall Band, Professor Longhair, and Dr. John, to..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Blood Quantum

Pioneering First Nation zombie film rips the genre away from traditional hands

"...back on his fellow survivors in an act of self-preservation – frames the zombie movie in a whole new..."

May 8, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Day Trips & Beyond: Stay Trips

Daytripping in the age of stay-at-home orders

"...The San Antonio Office of Preservation has opened a museum without walls. The website has..."

April 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Buzz Mill Shady Location Is Closed

Jason Sabala confirms the East Austin property is for sale

"...is effectively releasing Buzz Mill Shady to ensure the preservation of the larger Buzz Mill business. He believes people..."

April 23, 2020 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Eyes on Tillery Street Pecan Groves

"...for generations. Flood and sound mitigation, air quality, and preservation of Austin's tree canopy, is also important, as this..."

April 19, 2020 Postmarks

Texas-Set Drama Bull Gets in the Chute With Black Rodeo Riders

Austin-based director Annie Silverstein premieres her SXSW selected feature

"...to teens as a form of self expression, cultural preservation and social change. And through this work I started..."

April 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Masks for Docs Harnesses 3D Tech to Fortify COVID-19’s Front-Line Health Care Workers

All volunteer group is getting personal protective equipment where it's needed most

"..."The [face shields] definitely help with the preservation of N95s," says Dr. Kevin Pham of Baylor Scott..."

April 17, 2020 News Feature by David Brendan Hall

Star Parks' New Album Proves Prescient in These Uncertain Times

Sophomore LP, The New Sounds of Late Capitalism captures our suddenly insecure moment

"...various bands, most notably the retro psych-pop of the Preservation, before finally committing to Star Parks in 2015. Debut..."

April 3, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Alamo Adds Terror Tuesday and Weird Wednesday to Virtual Cinema

Signature programs return online to keep community together

"...American Genre Film Archives (the Drafthouse's film restoration and preservation non-profit). Screenings will come with the traditional Alamo preshow..."

March 31, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...new date TBA Pecan Street Festival 5/02-03 – canceled Preservation Austin Homes Tour 4/25 – postponed until Sept 26..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Austin Industry Bands Together for March Music Week

Why Austin venues and musicians need you to turn out the next 10 days, and where to do it

"...week under the tagline "We Can Do Magic," including preservation of headliners like Wire, Questlove, Power Trip, the Spits,..."

March 13, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Music Awards Open Balcony Tickets to Benefit Local Music Community

Discounted tickets go on sale the day of the show

"...The Society for the Preservation of Texas Music, which produces the Music Awards, are..."

March 9, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

City Offers $10 Million to County for Palm School

Funds to purchase historic landmark to come from hotel tax

"...of 15% of the city's HOT revenue to historic preservation, which Cronk in his letter identifies as the source..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Music Awards Honor Bill Carter & Ruth Ellsworth Carter, and Tamara Saviano

Mike Judge and Jack Ingram also set to make appearances

"...Chronicle courtesy of AMA organizers the Society for the Preservation of Texas Music, also trumpets performances by Big Wy’s..."

Feb. 20, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Adler Offers Olive Branch After Second Reading of Land Development Code

Code compromise?

"...reduce the minimum age of structures eligible for the preservation incentive from 30 years to 15; and create an..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Recap: Land Code Revision Advances to Final Round

Late-night second-reading vote features familiar 7-4 split

"...will allow for bigger duplexes; a modification to the preservation incentive that will reduce the minimum age of structures..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Operating at Full Capacity?

We all need some slack ... and what ET (the tool) says about housing

"...will be zero accessory dwelling units, second units, or preservation bonus units added to any existing houses in other..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

City Council Shapes Land Use Overhaul on Second Reading

Debate continues as Austin learns to code

"...Finally, Casar's amendment to modify the LDC's preservation bonus was approved 8-3 (Alter, Pool, and Kitchen voting..."

Feb. 14, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Land Development Code: What's New in Draft Two

A look at the latest version of Austin's revised land use rules

"...• The so-called Preservation Incentive is improved over previous drafts, but still quite..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

How the Red River Cultural District Was Made

Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub

"...Cindy Widner explored the overlapping puzzle of preservation initiatives in a 2015 Chronicle article on the RRCD..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

City Opens Black History Month With First-Ever Genealogy Event

Growing Your Roots conference is free and open to the public

"...claiming heritage in spaces originally founded by Black residents, preservation storytelling efforts, and reconnecting with the perished via Austin's..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Public Notice: More Unintended Consequences

If you build it ...

"...Austin's common practice of prioritizing overall "capacity" over the preservation of existing affordability seems especially shortsighted. There are lots..."

Jan. 31, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Department of Unintended Consequences

Could the new land development code actually make Austin less affordable?

"...at first reading" (Tuesday, 1pm); and zone modeling/rendering, the Preservation Incentive, and changes to floor/area ratio, impervious cover, and..."

Jan. 24, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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