Chances Are

"...In 1982, when Sandra Dee Martinez bought the club she would turn into..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

Great Scott!

"Why Not?"

"...be as innovative and as monumental as the Dobie. --Sandra Martinez..."

April 16, 1999 Screens Feature

'Open Doors Downtown'

The second exhibition for the Open Doors art group takes advantage of the cavernous AMLI space to present six new large installation works

"...each of the frames, creating a surreal, fairy-tale-like sensation. Sandra Martinez uses twisted fragments of car tires to create..."

March 25, 2005 Arts Review by Jacqueline May

"Open Doors"

A group of nine artists has created "Open Doors," an energetic, fun installation show with a piece of art in each room of a bubble-wrapped house

"...a shop window display, make the untitled labyrinth of Sandra Martinez a convincing experience to walk through. You can..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Cheer Up Charlie's New Red River Digs

East Sixth fixture moves into storied space with warm gay memories

"...bars in general, by fostering an open clientele. Owner Sandra Martinez not only welcomed but invited all stripes of..."

Dec. 30, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Alternate Screens

Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...anywhere on their lists. Neither do Scott Dinger or Sandra Martinez, the artistic and executive directors, respectively, of the..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...and Two Nice Girls, finding her "main place" in Sandra Martinez's gay bar-cum-punk club Chances at 900 Red River,..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Coming of Age

Recommended at aGLIFF 2002

"...Not that you'll hear Dinger or Executive Director Sandra Martinez bragging about it. They've earned that right after..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Gay Culture in Focus

"...All of this, says aGLIFF board president Sandra Martinez, helps enhance gay folks' sense that, "For two..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...Legacy Awards boosting Austin spacemakers Priscilla Hale, Chale Nafus, Sandra Martinez, and Susan Post at Cheer Up Charlies on..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...Legacy Awards boosting Austin spacemakers Priscilla Hale, Chale Nafus, Sandra Martinez, and Susan Post at Cheer Up Charlies on..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Swishing It Up for OUTsider Fest 2024

An exclusive look at what's next for Austin's premier transmedia fest

"...| Legacy Award: Austin Ancestral Spacemakers! Honoring Priscilla Hale, Sandra Martinez, Chale Nafus and Susan Post, featuring performances by..."

Jan. 16, 2024 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Queering the Archive With Kate Messer

"Your own culture is worth a memory."

"...ground for Austin’s queers and misfits. In the Eighties, Sandra Martinez opened Chances, a popular lesbian bar and punk..."

July 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

LGBTQ Bars Reclaim Their Place as Community Hubs

After Orlando, queer space is more important than ever

"...punk rock performance space that closed in 1994. Before Sandra Martinez purchased the building in 1982, the bar had..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Food Feature by Sarah Marloff

Outside of Society

Does Austin have enough room for two queer film festivals?

"...artist), Ron Berry (Fusebox), Chale Nafus (Austin Film Society), Sandra Martinez (aGLIFF, Project Transitions, Chances), and many, many more...."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Polari: Unabashedly Queer

Gays descend on Downtown for Polari's opening night

"...and be recognized – was given to former partner-in-crime, Sandra Martinez...."

Oct. 17, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

A Festival in Transition

Twenty-one years on, aGLIFF reinvents itself

"...both departed; when Scott Dinger left in 2004 and Sandra Martinez in 2005, the crucial relationships with sponsors that..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Screens Feature by Clay Smith

Out and About

13th Annual Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

"...Dinger, who runs the show along with executive director Sandra Martinez. "We bring people together in a way other..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Public Notice

Revenge of the Nerds

"...Ahhh! We love a Sandra-Martinez-themed double bill: The prelims for the Miss Universal Thang..."

April 23, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

The Spirit of Volunteerism

"...people who, for whatever reason, need help. People like Sandra Martinez, Ana Sisnett, Malcolm Greenstein, Peg Kramer, and Wisdom...."

Dec. 25, 1998 Features Feature

Village People

Gay Austinites Carve Out Festive Niche Downtown

"...meet and socialize with one another," says former owner Sandra Martinez, who is now the executive director of the..."

Jan. 30, 1998 News Feature by Clay Smith

Adventures in Loving

"...anything that a woman can truly call her own. Sandra Martinez, who shuttered the venerable lesbian hangout in 1994..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Features Feature by Amy Smith

Lean, Mean, and Smoking!

Kris McKay

"...McKay credits Sandra Martinez, owner of the now-defunct Chances nightclub, with the..."

July 12, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Austinites - plays a big part in the list. Sandra Bullock brings her big-screen comedy The Lost City for..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Roll 'Em

March

"...D: Bronwen Hughes; with Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner,..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

1% for Soul

Weighing the Costs of the Art in Public Places Program

"...funds in memory of her husband. With AIPP's assistance, Sandra Fiedorek and David Heymann were chosen to realize their..."

March 7, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...gamut from fiction writers such as Texas literary treasure Sandra Cisneros (she's written and illustrated her short story Pura..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...justice system than the July 2015 in-custody death of Sandra Bland in Prairie View. Bland, whose failure to signal..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

SXSW Film Reviews

A wholly originally, wholly beautiful rumination on memory and rootlessness

"...Slow Business of GoingD: Athina Rachel Tsangari; with Lizzie Martinez, Daniel Aukin, Sandra Carter, Mike Martin, Steve Moore. (35mm,..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Candice Renee, Breon Gorman, Tim Landfield, Isaac Nippert, Devon Martinez, Clint James (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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