Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The Austin Critics Table has named the fifth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the fifth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...the question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of Austin's creative community connect. We stay so active here..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What to See and Do When You're Visiting the University of Texas Campus

Explore the Forty Acres deep in the heart of Austin

"...town at heart. Multiple universities dot the I-35 corridor, but at the center of it all is the University..."

Aug. 5, 2024 Chronolog Post by Aaron Sullivan

UT Releases Convention Center Study

Council to consider “alternative futures” for Southeast Downtown

"...meeting (at the Central Library) for the formal presentation of “Frameworks for Placemaking,” prepared by UT-Austin’s Center for Sustainable..."

April 1, 2019 News Post by Michael King

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2006

"...Urinetown: The Musical (Zachary Scott Theatre Center) This unlikeliest of Broadway hits – a parody of Thirties political musicals,..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Raises the Solar Roof

Students build all-solar house for national competition

"...The University of Texas Solar Decathlon Team held a ceremonial roof-raising Wednesday..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...getting a feel for how the car handles now, but the road that appeared to continue to the horizon..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Dancing About Architecture

Microradio back in Austin, Fortune 500 gone.

"...Return of the Fame Game..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Voices of Deep Eddy

Conversations with those who helped restore the historic bathhouse

"...and among them many volunteers, organized by the Friends of Deep Eddy. They worked in cooperation with Austin's Parks..."

June 1, 2007 News Feature by Michael King

Dancing About Architecture

Labor Days ends, people bummed.

"...it, with increased enforcement on the highways and squads of frightening APD blue meanies patrolling the Sixth Street area..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"...The general consensus around the Chronicle office was that the premiere episode of MTV's Austin Stories..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Girls and Cats this week: Schrödinger's Cat, Libbi Bosworth, Lucinda Williams, Dixie Chicks, Shawn Colvin

"...on a gilded path. Some have taken the sponsorship of Jim Beam, or even accepted a helping hand from..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

SXSW begins

"...It's South by Southwest week again, isn't it? Whew. Which means..."

March 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

South by Southwest draws closer -- lots of news from SXSW 2001

"...With South by Southwest now a mere month away, things are..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

FCC raids shuts down the third and last local microradio station.

"...three stations taken down in two months, micro-radio is off the air in the Austin area. The feds completed..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative expression..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

UT Regents Rita Clements and Tony Sanchez torpedoed Herzog & De Meuron's design for the Blanton Museum because it didn't fit in with the Campus Master Plan. But neither do most buildings built on campus since the mid-1960s.

"...Straight from the George W. Bush Institute for Informed Policymakers, a pop quiz for UT Regents..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Arts Awards

A fall harvest of theatre, dance, and architecture prizes

"...• The University of Texas School of Architecture 2011 Student Architecture Award was..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

Giving a lot of sweet bouquets (and taking their sweet time doing it)

"...as the Austin Critics Table marked its 20th year of presenting annual awards for outstanding achievements in the arts..."

June 8, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Staging Mr. Burns, a post-electric play With Zero Waste

A UT student production of Anne Washburn’s play shows how to make theatre the sustainable way

"...culture, the Simpsons were ubiquitous – the First Family of Television. Homer feasts on doughnuts at his job as..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Council Moves on Convention Center Plans

The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”

"...vote last week (May 23) on a wide-ranging set of measures for the southeast quadrant of Downtown, dubbed –..."

May 31, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Showing the Way

The 2006 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...They are among the first to find new forms of creative expression, to discover new works of art and..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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.

"...In more than 30 years of working in and around Austin as both a professional..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Articulations

The resignation of the UT School of Architecture's dean over the Blanton Museum of Art furor.

"...The tortured saga of the Blanton Museum of Art has a new and..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...Time flies when you're recognizing excellence. One minute, you and a half-dozen arts writers are handing out..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Here Today ...

Site-specific art that exists so briefly says a lot about Austin

"...The transformation of the space was as stunning as promised. Suspended under..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Early to Rise

Daniel Johnson loves early music's purity of sound and intimacy, and he's not alone

"...rebel. And he certainly doesn't sound like a rebel. But don't be fooled by the middle-age placidity, the casual..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...ideal moment or action by others to make a contribution. This might be true for a cultural scene more..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Land Trust Homes Could Go to Displaced Austinites

"Right to return" preference policy to be used with sales of city-owned homes

"...The city of Austin is preparing to implement a "housing preference policy"..."

April 22, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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