Arts Consultants: Connect the Cultural Dots

The city's consultants recommend a new, one-stop shop and more funding for Austin's arts programs.

"...particularly Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman -- decided the cultural contracts program, handing out bed-tax money to artists under..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

U.S. Geography

Whatever makes our states most mythic is going fast. Ain't that America?

"...he calls "the essential looseness of American lives, the vitality and variety of American vistas, the cut and jib..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The Mayor's Task Force on the Economy is not completely clear on the concept.

"...focusing on "traditional industries," on small business, and on cultural vitality ("keeping Austin weird") -- have cogitated and surveyed..."

April 18, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Delta

"...debut feature. Sexual orientation crises, class and racial divisions, cultural aftershocks of the Vietnam war, dysfunctional families and teen..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Austin @ Large: How Weird Is That?

Austin's new recipe for economic vitality collides with the reigning quality-of-life agenda

"...recruit companies or industries or investments. They use their cultural amenities and personalities to attract citizens, and economic vitality..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

When We Were Kings

This documentary Oscar winner is a vivid retelling of the "Rumble in the Jungle," in which Muhammad Ali bested George Foreman in a storied boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire.

"...young champ George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire. The stunning vitality and passion of this film arises not only from..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Retooling the Austin Machine

"...Wired' made a lot of sense.") But preserving Austin's cultural vitality -- what the task force means by "weird"..."

Nov. 29, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

Four months late, the findings are both incomplete and inconclusive

"...its efforts to help the local businesses that support "cultural vitality." He also made a pitch for the city's..."

July 2, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...Will Wynn and Betty Dunkerley, has a subcommittee on "cultural vitality" -- popularly dubbed the Keep Austin Weird committee..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...That the vitality of Austin's cultural scene is owed to its leaders..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: The Task Force Findings

"...Cultural Vitality (Keep Austin Weird)..."

April 18, 2003 News Column

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...by their architecture. They are also defined by the cultural vitality and energy that occur on the street level...."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...natural resources of the Austin area, discussions about saving cultural heritage in the Himalayas, albeit more geographically remote, is..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column

Pyramid of Dreams

What Is the MACC?

"...warranted for the facility. "It adds a taste of cultural vitality to the downtown arts district itself," says Angie..."

Sept. 4, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Austin at Large: The Center of Attention, Again

Austin continues its golden-child ways as the rest of America goes pear-shaped

"...calls "18-hour cities" that punch above their weight in cultural vitality, like Austin. And so forth. You're Doing Amazing..."

Dec. 4, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018

Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...When you look at the vitality of the arts and culture in Austin, it isn't..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...and the environment; and 3) community health, equity, and cultural vitality." Together, these are meant to constitute not just..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Smoke Signals

Red River's live music venue owners fear Austin's newly proposed smoking ordinance – with good reason

"...music scene, is it worth risking the economic and cultural vitality of our culture?800-Pound Gorilla Protection..."

April 15, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Austin @ Large: Every Day Is Halloween

But will only the good corporate kids get the candy?

"...local residents; and that it will work to encourage cultural vitality. All Above Average As the matrix is structured,..."

Nov. 12, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: A Healthy Heart

Central Austin neighborhoods should embrace UT, not fight it.

"...a big college campus if you weren't seeking the cultural vitality and diversity that comes, more than anything, from..."

Jan. 23, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...19]. The festival is a jewel in the local cultural landscape. In addition to their excellent film offerings, Cinematexas..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Column

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The boys from the chamber look for an opportunity to muddy the waters once again.

"...industry, mostly keyed to live music and our other cultural and natural attractions (not the Capitol, not the Longhorns)..."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Support More Adventurous Music

"...19]. The festival is a jewel in the local cultural landscape. In addition to their excellent film offerings, Cinematexas..."

Sept. 22, 2003 Postmarks

News Roundup: Antis, State and Local

Council appointee blames Hispanics; White won't meet with LGBT group

"...the contributions of the foreign-born to the economic and cultural vitality of Austin; and promote the availability of, and..."

April 13, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Let the Marathon Be

"...called a "city," Ms. Rice. In exchange for the cultural vitality and opportunities for growth and enrichment created by..."

Feb. 22, 2009 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Painting by Numbers

Design standards turn out to be (maybe) more than just skin-deep

"...the deterioration of the local economy, standard of living, cultural vitality, and public fiscal health. The fact that stricter..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Which Way Did We Go?

Looking for the starting line as the Council races begin.

"...of the city's supposed embrace of small business and "cultural vitality." And we'd pay close attention to the gaps..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Clark-Madison Unfair to University Neighborhoods

"...here, from fashionable SoCo, because I was "seeking the cultural vitality and diversity that comes from [living near] the..."

Jan. 29, 2004 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Running Scared

Time waits for no one -- especially not the Downtown Austin Alliance or the Austin Music Network -- at the City Hall sausage factory.

"...lots of ink urging City Hall to preserve Austin's cultural vitality...."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dancing About Architecture

The local music community holds its breath as it waits for the music-industry target-study set to go before the City Council's budget meetings.

"...before the city decides on its budget -- were "cultural vitality." Those two words form the key phrase of..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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