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Austin ISD Sees Opportunity for Big Money in Leasing Land
Untapped properties could help teachers, per superintendent
"...people are aware of it, but the Austin Independent School District owns a lot of property in this town...."

June 21, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Spiders, Slams, and Other Shows Worth Seeing This Week
Dare to go out on a school night!
"...who of the genre that helped put the state capital on the world map: Clifford Antone, T.D. Bell, Marc..."

June 14, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Week in Recommended Live Music
Narrow Head, Pussy Gillette, the Nude Party, and even some innuendo-less acts to see
"...or Natalia Lafourcade. Real name Nicolás Perea, the Mexico City-born artist most recently released March soother “Vente a Cenar.”..."

May 3, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events
A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more
"...Looking for some old-school revelry relevant to our modern milieu? Carnaval’s origins hark..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

New Funding, New Era, New Stages for the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex
East Austin fixture will be an arts hub via Cultural Trust investment
"...one of the first sites to benefit from the city of Austin’s Cultural Trust, and general manager Kim Wright..."

March 28, 2023 Arts Post by Joelle DiPaolo

Raul's in Overdrive: "Have a Good Time, Get in Free, and Drink Some Beer"
Enter 1978, when Austin punk meets San Antonio’s the Next and Dallas’ the Nervebreakers
"...check. This was 1978, Gates was still in high school, and the only gay person he knew was fellow..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Melissa Carper, Taméca Jones, the Hide Outs, Alex Coke, and more local shows to see
"...Despite her ongoing ties to Music City, Carper returned to Austin, or just outside of it,..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Music Column by Abby Johnston

Why AISD Wants and Needs a $2.4 Billion Bond Program
Equity is not cheap
"...say, all of them), plus districtwide stuff like low-emission school buses and new computers and musical instruments and fixing..."

Oct. 7, 2022 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin's Airport Art Program Makes Every Flight a Trip to the Gallery
Got some time at AUS? There's many distractions in plane sight.
"...all, an enormous, ongoing construction project – and the city of Austin was the first municipality in Texas to..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Back to School With Queer Austinites
Queer Austin artists and icons give their two cents on surviving ATX
"...In this week’s Back to School issue of the Chronicle, several Austin queer icons shared..."

Aug. 18, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Artist Calder Kamin Envisions "A World Without Waste"
With animals crafted from plastic bags, the Austin native turns our eyes to nature
"...you to mail her your old plastic bags. The creative reuse crusader, known for turning trash into art, crochets..."

July 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million
Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022
"...Despite lengthy discussion last year, Austin City Council did not allocate exclusive funding from the first..."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Hip-Hop Pioneer Tee Double Perseveres
Holding the vision through institutional racism, isolation, and a double transplant
"...Hos­pital to Mack and Rosie Johnson, a recently retired schoolteacher, Terrany grew up initially as "Roderick's little brother."..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Faster Than Sound: Girls Like Us Occupy Hotel Free TV
P1nkstar celebrates trans Texan artists on Hotel Vegas' virtual platform and Music Lab closes final location to make way for Tesla
"..."It's like getting my dream job straight out of school, except I spend all my money on it and..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020
It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings
"...founder (and former lead Jester King brewer) Garrett Crowell's creative notes, this low-fi beer project slowburns on the strength..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Ex-NFL Star Joe Barksdale Moves to Austin to Tackle Music
After a drastic career change, Barksdale looks for understanding and self-reflection
"...singers get more recognition than guitarists, but the Motor City produced its share of shredders, adept strummers highlighted by..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Checking In: Marcia Ball Took Her First Summer Off Since 1984
“It gets hot in Austin in the summer, did you know?”
"...a Janie Appleseed of styles in the Lone Star capital, fusing blues and regional roots styles together like New..."

Sept. 15, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County
Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage
"...is considering them only in relation to a larger city nearby. Through­out Texas especially, history and culture originates in..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Edith Frost Returns
Austinite once again, Edith Frost offers first new songs in over a decade, plus Natalie Jane Hill's debut and Red River Cultural District requests
"...music, supported for decades by influential Chicago label Drag City. Emerging in 1996, she cut a swath of country-influenced..."

May 22, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest
Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf
"...when you could ride your bike all over the city, and I made a life history of cutting school...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature 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?
"...than nothing. And what we do locally in a city that is seen as fresh and progressive can act..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

In 1990, We Predicted What 2020 Would Look Like. Did We Get Anything Right?
And since we're here, why not place some bets on 2050?
"...(No matter the era, lamenting Lost Austin is our city's eternal favorite pastime, followed closely by lamenting about lamenting.)..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

New Head at Austin Studios as the Facility Enters a New Era
Martin Jones leads the Austin Film Society-run facility into the next decade
"...Columbus, Ohio – like Austin, he said, "a state capital and a big college town" – and that's where..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

To Expand the Convention Center or Not?
Despite unanimous support from City Council, voters will decide the answer
"...In March, City Council voted unanimously to move forward on a plan..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District
Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.
"...buildings and not much else. And yet, mirroring a citywide boom, there's a storm of new structures headed for..."

May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Turtles, Two-Steps, and Active "Shooters"
"...Just as City Council is taking a breather from its recent land..."

May 24, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A Guide to Austin Classical Music
The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here
"...music grouped under the banner of the Live Music Capital. The organizations and ensembles dedicated to the classical music..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Next Austin Bust
Will it be bad? Can we be ready? Or should we not care?
"...can seem grating as well as distorting, but the city of Austin proper makes up only 43% of the..."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Faster Than Sound: Pop Goes the Arts District
Fight over an empty lot near Riverside Drive intensifies, Xetas’ Kana Harris will open Bluebonnet Records in Lockhart, and Why Bonnie get a peachy opening gig
"...when his station entered into an agreement with Austin Creative Alliance and the Presidium Group last year...."

Jan. 11, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

A New Jail for Travis County?
County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry
"...to delay the new building (which would have the capacity to incarcerate more women) until it reduces the female..."

Sept. 7, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

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