Austin Chefs and Restaurants Nab Six Spots on James Beard Awards Semifinalists List

Organic pastry, fusion BBQ, and Caribbean flavors recognized

"...James Beard’s birthday, June 5, 2023, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago...."

Jan. 30, 2023 Food Post by A. Richmond

SoundSpace: Downtown NYC 1960

Blanton Museum's music series turns the clock back to minimalism's early years in Manhattan

"...of the piece by that title from his 1997 opera Monsters of Grace, which NPR Music commissioned during the..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...fund for low-income housing to cover up the city's malfeasance on Vision Village? Jackie has allowed the city attorney's..."

May 3, 2002 Column

The Changing Face of Downtown

"...COMMERCIALUNDER CONSTRUCTION..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature

day trips

"...mountains and winter snows of the central routes. The San Antonio-El Paso Road quickly became a major thoroughfare to..."

June 13, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more

"...stranded marine animals and wrote a lively newspaper column. San Jose and Mustang islands are much better places because..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...ARTS Center Stage, and those of the the symphony, opera, and ballet, the three groups that are the cultural..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Articulations

The voice of soprano and longtime UT voice teacher Martha Deatherage goes silent, and two Central Texas schools put on a show at the 2003 State UIL One-Act Play Contest.

"...May 5, after a three-year battle with leukemia. A Kansan by birth, Deatherage became an Austinite first in the..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Austin quiz kids prove they know opera, the Texas Commission on the Arts proves it cares about Republic Square, and visual artist Tré Arenz proves she cares about humanity.

"...But the half-dozen teens in the Heller Center for Opera this past Saturday sure knew about this German romantic..."

Nov. 23, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Dance:

"...20, 8pm. $15. Carver Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry. San Antonio. 210/226-2891. Music: THE CORPUS CHRISTI SYMPHONY offers "A..."

Jan. 19, 1996 Arts Feature

Magda, Mélat, Madam Radar, and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the week in Austin

"...Arthur, she continues.   – Christina Garcia TOPAZ’s Cosmic Opera..."

June 28, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

SXSW Music List Four

Spoon, Kate Nash, Malcolm London, and 141 more added

"...Kendrix (now smokin’ in Denver) and Mirror Travel, currently operating out of New Mexico...."

Jan. 19, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...beginning his transformation of the Trinity University campus in San Antonio. After school, Box returned to East Texas and..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...we took the scene's pulse. Ninety-nine bands from Austin, San Marcos, and San Antonio. Not all of them masterpieces,..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Christopher McCollum, The Woman in Black/ La Tentación de San Antonio/The Foreigner/I'm Not Lying..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...Charlie Robison prefers to be thought of as a San Antonian rather than an Austinite, though the talented musician..."

July 6, 2001 Column

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Aleman (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Postmarks

Turner Is Worthy

"...only Beckettian resonances here is the existential angst of soi-disant "white guys" like Clark-Madison. Dorothy Turner has never "channeled..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Column

Dance:

"...20, 8pm. $8-$15. Lila Cockrell Theatre, 200 E. Market, San Antonio. 800/225-6516...."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Feature

Gay Place

The Gender Unbound Art Fest will spotlight the work of trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming artists and musicians

"...23, 6-11pm. Six Flags Fiesta Texas, 17000 I-10 W., San Antonio, 210/697-5050. $45.99 till Sept. 22, $50.99 after. www.sixflags.com/fiestatexas/special-events/out-park...."

Sept. 23, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...regional planning conference at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. By "we," Polikov means the ever-expanding corridor from..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Nature news, scenic drive routes, and events all over Texas

"...About all that was left were the granite and sandstone walls and the Doric columns at all four entrances...."

Dec. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

After a Fashion

Travel across Texas with your Style Avatar, and how was Stitch?

"...me and took me to the furthest reaches of San Antonio. So near yet so far. We caroused and..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Revolution Rock

At the crossroads of the Clash and the great state of Austin, Texas.

"...and especially towns with names like Laredo, El Paso, San Antonio. To them, Texas was a mythical place that..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Music Feature

Day Trips

The Painted Churches of Fayette County.

"...In the fertile rolling hills between Houston and San Antonio about an hour and a half from Austin,..."

March 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Amor Prohibido

Selena's Crossover Dream

"...can still look forward to the touted official biography sanctioned by her ultra-controlling father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. Quintanilla is..."

June 28, 1996 Books Feature

Composer Nathan Felix Transitions to Video During Quarantine

Short, simple films of mundane tasks analyze human condition

"...Prior to that experience, the now opera composer and experimental director disdained the music he currently..."

July 17, 2020 Music Post by Nataleah Small

Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect ...

Part One: The Artists' Application Process

"...photograph by Bret Brookshire General Director, Austin Lyric Opera Discipline: Music..."

March 26, 1999 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

Itzhak Perlman: Extension of His Soul

"...Sunday night, while the mob roared for Pavarotti, the thousands at the sold-out Bass Concert Hall won encore after..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Review

Postmarks

Think Positive

"...last week's article in The Austin Chronicle about the thousands of dollars the University shells out each month to..."

May 8, 1998 Column

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