20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...the reason you think. It's the moment when Austin Studios, the filmmaking facility run by Austin Film Society for..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Pandemic Production: Martin Jones, Austin Studios

"Everything keeps sliding. End of June, Fourth of July."

"...Martin Jones, Director, Austin Studios..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Red Ribbon Revelries

Local Austin health orgs celebrate World AIDS Day 35 with fun and educational events

"...in your busy queer schedule? Kind Clinic has you covered with Rock the Ribbon: a 24-hour testing bonanza at..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

Expanding East

The third East Austin Studio Tour doubles the days, doubles the fun

"...the spring that the semiannual tour of Eastside artists' studios had grown so that it was impossible to see..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

East Austin Studio Tour, Fall 2004 Map Guide

A guide to the participating stu-dios in the fall 2004 East Austin Studio Tour

"...2. dcrain 1102 E. Cesar Chavez, 480-0688, www.bigredsun.com..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Arts Feature

From Penitentiaries to Picture Shows

Spiderwood Studios founder Tommy Warren follows the dream

"...across a room smelling of fresh paint. Imagine Spiderwood Studios, he urges. See it as he sees it. Workers..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Bargains in the Mist

Where to find the missing link

"...Paul Frank Wallet – Plastic, red and blue striped w/ monkey – $15..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Features Feature

Austin Music Industry Awards Winners

KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue

"...Austin Music Industry Awards this evening at the Palm Door on Sixth. We’ll have photos tomorrow and a recap..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by The Music Staff

Shop the Monkey

SoCo boutiques and more

"...RED Texture Studios..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Tattoo You

Black Pistol Fire’s weird institution of ink

"...part of May at local track house 5th Street Studios putting serious work into a new LP for the..."

May 24, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Game On Austin

Local video-game developers show their stuff. And beer!

"...to bring developers and gamers together. The two main ingredients are beer (for those of age) and video games,..."

Oct. 8, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...digital quest to make a collaborative album in quarantine, captured in new documentary Alone Together. However, in the centerpiece..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...Film's local economic impact has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars during the past three years,..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene

$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?

"...and growing. Venue owners rely on bar sales and door fees to pay musicians. Should that burden be on..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Things That Go Bump

Young writer Eli Kooris spends the night in a haunted photography shop to see what he can scare up.

"...into their nightly gigs. "There's a club right next door, and they blast their music until about two, so..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Eli Kooris

Massively Multiplayer Partying

SXSW ScreenBurn and the Chronicle host Game On Austin

"...of, but the reasons behind the pride are more obscured. That's why, for the second year running, The Austin..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...8pm, Beauty Bar/Palm Door Led by the butcher-shop painting of bassist Emma Richardson..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Top 10 Most Popular Screens Stories of 2023

Rooster Teeth still rules the roost, even in the strike year

"...were the film, TV, podcasting and streaming stories you cared about the most?..."

Dec. 20, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...galloping torpedo of blitzkrieg thrash. Led by Wade and Jared Allison, the quintet's local profile has happily taken a..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...Three more-or-less objective buoy markers are anchored to help steer this flood of words. "Austin" designates..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...on May 24, 1971, that Texas had its own state-sponsored way of dealing with Hollywood and its ongoing love..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sxsw

"...with volcanic force, the molten lava sound of Skrew roared furiously on their last Metal Blade outing. That bodes..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

We Built This City

On rock & roll venues opening up left, right, and especially east

"...just before the highway, is the ND at 501 Studios, a multipurpose performance space complete with a 20-foot-by-30-foot projection..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Death of Brad Will

An American reporter films his own murder in Oaxaca, and Mexican and U.S. authorities look the other way

"...automatic-weapon fire the flimsy barricades erected by masked rebels. Hundreds were killed, wounded, or imprisoned...."

Aug. 10, 2007 News Feature by John Ross

After A Fashion

Your Style Avatar repents for earlier anti-Renée Zellwegging, peanut butter, chocolate, and pee-pee

"...AND THE WINNER IS ... The cavernous Austin Studios was the most important place to be last Thursday..."

March 18, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Prints Charming

Marking Austin's Museum of Art's "Fresh Ink" Exhibit

"...inches. Published by Flatbed Press. If out-of-town friends suddenly appeared on my doorstep expecting to be entertained, I'd include..."

Feb. 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

30 Years Ago, GG Allin Cleared Austin’s Scuzziest Punk Venue in 24 Minutes

Witness accounts of the notorious shock rocker’s antics and arrest at the Cavity Club

"...night pervo-punk GG Allin played the Cavity Club, 615 Red River, current home of Swan Dive – as "the..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Around the World of Weird

The many genre delights of Fantastic Fest 2008

"...said we wanted a revolution, we didn't mean Revolution Studios...."

Sept. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Troublemaker

Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.

"...After getting fired from Rolling Stone in October 1970, I'd begun writing..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...pedigree true. Founder and only constant member John Andrew Fredrick possesses an uncanny knack for finding melody in the..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

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