Arms on Brazos

As it nears completion of an extended 'Great Streets' rehab project, has Austin learned any lessons?

"...the city's Great Streets Program, designed to make the urban core more livable, walkable, and commercially viable. The big..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...changing and the influx of the Hispanic immigrants into urban areas of the United States had a big importance..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Delay of Game

Seaholm, Block 21 challenge the Downtown Domino theory

"...the erstwhile Warehouse District should be reinvented, revitalized, and reurbanized into a proper front parlor for a big city..."

April 8, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...housing a high tech military contractor that has no roots in Austin, is not in character with our city,..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...rural rhythms of Colombian cumbias with the anarchy of urban streets. Imagine tuning your AM dial past Los Tigres..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

"...a finger to promote this movie outside of the urban niche, expending most of its marketing efforts on the..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...NARAS URBAN SHOWCASE: Thanks to a lil' album called Sittin Fat..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Postmarks

Mueller Will Gentrify

"...the main cause of severe air pollution in large urban areas, even ahead of bus, truck and car pollution,..."

March 5, 1999 Column

A Sovereign Neighborhood

Happy Days

"...and glamorous West Lake Hills, Rollingwood traces its municipal roots back to the mid-50s. (The "village," incorporated three years..."

Jan. 22, 1999 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Dialogue of Poets

Conjunto Aztlan's Movimiento Music

"...Dolores Huerta, this Mexican-American movement of empowerment reached from urban barrios to college campuses across the U.S. Young, urban..."

April 17, 1998 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

False Accusations

"...statement that the Irish Travellers "differ from [G]ypsies, whose roots are in Eastern Europe, only in ancestry" ("No False..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Album Review: Superfónicos’ Renaceré

Colombian funk septet marks a decade with debut long-player

"...Blue Noise Band, Grupo Fantasma birthed a progressive Latin roots movement previously unmanifested in Austin. Texans here ground out..."

July 19, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...With roots in saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi's SEED Ensemble and pioneering early..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY

A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE

"...of people with gospel chops and more of the urban soul roots that I hadn't really been around as..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Big Wheel Keep On Turning

Bluegrass, new grass, song grass, tropical grass – roll some Old Settler's Music Fest

"...Honk!TX, Austin Urban Music Festival, and Wobeon World Music Fest were all..."

April 19, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...is a Bomb in Gilead, a fine combination of urban grime and rural beauty. Given these road dogs' relentless..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...RECKLESS KELLY: They're the reigning roots-rock darlings of Austin, but don't let that dissuade you..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...cheese. For a brief while, though, there was the roots/cowpunk field with such adherents as Lone Justice, Rank and..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Music Feature

SXSW Record Reviews

"...Paris like so many other "world music" bands with roots in the various former French colonies. This comes as..."

March 13, 1998 Music Review

Mueller Contenders Present Plans

The major contenders for the New Mueller development make their case to the city.

"...know Peter Calthorpe." Calthorpe, one of the country's top urban planners, became familiar to Austinites through his work on..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Mapping the Future

Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.

"...little disappointing for people who want to put down roots. On the Eastside, a lot of the property that..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Scaggs Photo in Bad Taste

"...Urban Elitist..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Column

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...art, and music. Other lay-led congregations that offer a "grassroots" approach to being Jewish in Austin are Beth El..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...a flannel nightgown out the second-story window of their suburban home and into the snowy beyond. Thus begins RachelÕs..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror

Encyclopedic documentary finds the global roots of a genre

"...tackles the durability of old superstitions even among educated urban populations. Yet all are unified by a central theme:..."

March 16, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Does Size Matter at SXSW?

A smaller SXSW Music week still satisfies

"...distinctly tame or, for some, a return to its roots, SXSW Music week typically offered more unique experiences than..."

March 23, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Recommended ACL Records to Get You Psyched for the Fest

The best CPR (concert psychin' rock) to get in the fest mindset

"...Memória finds the São Paulo native lacing her vintage roots with low-end bass electronics to create an amalgam of..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Post by The Music Staff

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...is so in love with her girlfriend's Native American roots that she begin to lose sight of their relationship...."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Roger That

Q&A with the Byrds' Roger McGuinn

"...a foreign scene to me because of my folk roots...."

Aug. 4, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

New on Burnet Road

A basket of new dining establishments serving everyday eats to everyday folks

"...of restaurants have helped to revitalize segments to meet urban core needs. What's happening isn't necessarily destination dining; rather,..."

June 17, 2011 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

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