Project ATX6

The city’s unofficial music ambassador program turns 4 thanks to the sweat equity of founder Chris Brecht

"...to play the Reeperbahn Festival in Germany with last-minute funding from the City of Austin...."

Nov. 24, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin’s Gender Unbound Spotlights Trans and Intersex Creators

The multi-disciplinary arts fest seeks community support to expand

"...It’s no secret that Austin fosters trans and intersex..."

July 18, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Charlie Neddo

Beyond the Fatal Shores

SXSW's Aussie and Kiwi invasion

"...this approach to the U.S. government's kill-'em-all-and-let-God-sort-it-out approach to arts funding. Who needs the arts when there are fights..."

March 5, 2004 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

PostFest

Organizers of Three Recent Arts Festivals Pass on Lessons Learned

"...not being seen." Eventually, he realized that in a city with a strong music scene, multiple film festivals, hundreds..."

March 10, 2000 Arts Feature by Dawn Davis

An Inside Look at Austin’s Biggest Used Bookstore

Half Price Books, N. Lamar: “We tend more toward the unusual.”

"...Elsewhere in the Chronicle, we told you a little..."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

HOG Wild

How a concrete wasteland has become a street-art wonderland called the HOPE Outdoor Gallery

"...bullish on before the '08 market crash dried up funding sources for the project. Ayad calls the market downturn..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Bob Makela

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...several inaccurate assumptions were made without ever contacting the city. Those included claiming the city has done nothing to..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Heal Thyself

City to Perform Self-Reflection

"...You really have to give the folks down at City Hall credit. They live in their own little world,..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

AFS Announces 2021 Feature Grant Recipients

Ten projects reflect talent and diversity in Texas film

"...directors an AFS Grant for Feature Films, providing vital funding for films made by Texas artists that have been..."

Sept. 7, 2021 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

Residents to Vote for Hotel Occupancy Tax Allocation, Soccer

County, city grapple for hotel dollars

"...East Austin. This escalates the conflict between county and city leaders over who will reap the benefits from levying..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders

May 23 meeting tackles "Downtown puzzle," "micro-mobility"

"...City Council wrapped up what Mayor Steve Adler called a..."

May 24, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

“A Watershed Night”

Mayor Steve Adler basks in a big victory, big plans

"...“The city spoke with a single voice tonight,” declared re-elected Mayor..."

Nov. 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Council: Visit Austin, But How?

Defining oversight for city tourism

"...having a Tourism Commission. The new 11-member board, which City Council approved after a contentious discussion (sound familiar?) last..."

June 22, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

10-1, Take Two

Five City Council incumbents up for re-election this November

"...Council Member Leslie Pool was already heavily involved with city government. By appointment, Pool served on various commissions, including..."

May 20, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Next New Neighborhood

City and residents plan a sustainable Colony Park

"...fresh food? Was she aware that right now, the city was working on a master plan for 208 acres..."

April 4, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

More Art for Laguna Gloria

The Contemporary Austin gets $9 million for sculpture park

"...donated her Lake Austin estate to the Texas Fine Arts Association to be used as a civic art museum,..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Daily Hustle: 9/20/10

Unpacking items from council

"...We've got a City Council meeting coming up. A great big, honkin', 136-item..."

Sept. 20, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 8/3/10

Sparks rains on City Council

"...If this week's sleepy City Council agenda lacks excitement, leave it to Judge Sam..."

Aug. 3, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Reading the Riot Act

I want a new central library, and I want it now

"...State Library, to the Texas Library Association, to the city Library Commission, to the boards of the Austin Public..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...low-paying jobs now have to pack themselves into non-central city apartments, cycling or riding Capital Metro to their work..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Austin at Large: Let's Take a Vote on That

Forced elections are now routine, but are they "grassroots"?

"...design, finances, hotel tax, state law, tourism marketing, cultural arts funding, all of it, going back 30 years –..."

July 26, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Point Austin: “Austin Will Still Be Austin”

Adler’s “state of the city” imagines a bulwark against “a giant honking mess”

"...Mayor Steve Adler's "State of the City" speech Tuesday night was a fairly subdued affair, with..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Playback: The Future of Austin Recording Studios

Studio owners look at different solutions to surviving in an increasingly expensive city

"...finding variant solutions to continue in an increasingly expensive city. For Chico Jones, that meant teaming up. Operating Ohm..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Making Room to Play

Create Space Austin kicks off the drive to secure more performing venues in the city

"...and it's experiencing delays in coordinating efforts between the city and the property landlord which will push its reopening..."

April 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...Like the city it depicts, Richard Linklater's Slacker sees no need for..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Back on the Dais

"...The City Council convenes today (Thursday) for the first time in..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature

Council Recap: Stay Home, Go Slow, Be Resilient, Ask for Help

City Hall extends eviction freeze, earmarks relief funds, and more

"...proceedings until at least Aug. 24, thanks to a City Council vote taken Thu., May 8...."

May 8, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Austin! International! Poetry! Festival!

Writ in thought, spoke in words.

"...if not hundreds of poets flocking to this river city from all over the world this weekend, to partake..."

April 6, 2011 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Daily Hustle: 3/8/11

Five things about Max Nofziger

"...in 2003, he completely missed the near decade former City Council member Max Nofziger spent on the dais. Now,..."

March 8, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Civic War

Can a city so dedicated and so divided endure?

"...This is not specific to Austin, but the city's extensive and overlapping creative communities can be in situations..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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