Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition

200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?

"...The long, one-story, gray building on the oddly shaped parcel..."

Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Neighbors Push to Limit Size of Austin Opera House Project

Traffic concerns clash with midsize venue vision at 200 Academy Dr. development

"...200 Academy Dr., an envisioned music venue has become the sticking point. The development hopes to revive the former..."

April 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...Richard Buckley knows a thing or two about the opera Of Mice and Men, and not just because..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

35 Years of the Austin Music Awards

Living in a dream

"...Blame the Big Boys, whose scathing punk for a classed-up Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Doug Freeman

Having a Riot: The Chaotic and Beautiful Birth of the Austin Music Awards

"...I'm not an "Is the glass half-full or half-empty?" kind of guy. I'm a..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature by Louis Black

7 Roky Erickson Moments at the Austin Music Awards

"...1986: The 1985/86 Austin Music Awards took place at the Austin..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

Arts Review: Austin Opera’s Carmen

Love and death mingle in a classic, crowd-pleasing opera

"...Even if you don’t think you know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah..."

May 10, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Austin Opera Probes the Power and Perils of Connection With The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

The local company launches a new collaborative production for the nation

"...choose pieces that we think will make sense for Austin." So says Austin Opera general director and CEO Annie..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Opera Takes Aim at the Election With Its Adaptation of The Manchurian Candidate

Composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell shoot to thrill in their opera based on Richard Condon's Cold War classic

"...unconventional of election years, why not have an unconventional opera, one that speaks directly to American politics and also..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: The Stafford Bank & Opera House, Columbus

Historic small town theatre continues to perform

"...The Stafford Bank and Opera House in Columbus hearkens back..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...If he hadn't been driving the getaway car, Tim O'Connor might have punched Willie Nelson...."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group Cooly Girls. Alongside taking over Manners' longtime..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...South by Southwest reconverging physically this March likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin

Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties

"...Close-up on two musicians side by side. That they're musicians you have to take on faith – all..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

An Austin Music Poll FAQ: Attempting Answers on the 43-Year Tradition

Winner announcements move to print; the party moves to Antone’s

"...It's been 43 years. Just a few months after the launch of The Austin Chronicle as a brand-new baby..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...Even with South by Southwest landing the biggest headliner ever on Wednesday ­– the Obamas –..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Into the Mystic

RIP: Traci Hancock, Duck Dunn, Tony Offender, Robert Vignaud

"...note about her dying sister Traci, Conni Hancock discouraged the obvious, saying instead, “She’s here - now - breathing..."

May 14, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Reading The Riot Act With Devon Parks

Arkansas filmmaker on the lessons of no-resource cinema

"...It's easy to forget it's not that long since Austin didn't have a filmmaking scene. It took sweat and..."

Jan. 18, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...South by Southwest audiences have seen the artier side of Ryan Gosling with films like the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Man With the Light Touch

Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire

"...If all the term "symphony conductor" calls to mind is that cartoon..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chapter 1: Before the Beginning

The Austin Chronicle is founded and struggles quite a bit.

"...This is the story of a group of people who got together..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

The Mystery of the Mysterines

Why did I fly 1,500 miles to see Liverpool’s sixth best act?

"...Lia Metcalfe defines lupine. Tall, dark, with blood-red lipstick, the singer summons a growl raising goosebumps, hair, ardor. Last..."

May 25, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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

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

"...of thought and consulting with musicians and people in the business, $3 million should go directly to musicians who..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...Blaze Foley's been added to the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards lineup!..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...Begin with the Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1984, and remember who you're talking..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Play’s the Thing in Grand Theft Hamlet

Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane take arms against a sea of virtual troubles

"...March 2020. The global film industry went into COVID lockdown. Like every..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place Trips on the Road

Galveston, New Orleans, Queer as Sh*t.

"...done so much! After hitchin' a vibra-ride on Dandy the Unicorn, Xmess and I arrived in Galveston where we..."

Nov. 14, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

The 41st Annual Austin Music Awards Step Onto a New Stage

Celebrate the city's best sounds this Sunday at Mohawk

"...The colorful archive of Austin Music Awards art remembers shuttered..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Michael Kaiser Has Ideas About What's Next for the Arts

The arts management expert spoke to Austin arts groups about the future, and the key word is “community”

"...For 60 minutes, more than 40 Austinites representing 20 area arts organizations gave their full attention..."

June 5, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Night at the Opera

Jon Else's Sing Faster, showing this Wednesday as part of the Texas Documentary Tour, shows us opera Like we've never seen it before from the stagehands' perspective.

"...Sure, opera's an acquired taste; many find it hard to sit..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

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