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Works in Progress

Celebrate the Riotous 'Rite of Spring'

If you'd told me in March that it'd still feel like spring mere days before the start of June, I'd have laughed in your face. Read More | Comment »

3:07PM Wed. May. 29, Monica Riese

The Very Last Night at Wardenclyffe

Even Nikola Tesla, that genius and master of strange forces, had to leave us eventually. And now so does the Eastside artistic epicenter named after his laboratory. Read More | Comment »

1:51PM Thu. May. 16, Wayne Alan Brenner

Kickstart Your Weekend: 'The Show Must Go On'

There's no drama like high school drama – except maybe high school drama drama. And one documentary, The Show Must Go On, seeks to capture it all through the lens of the annual UIL One-Act Play competition. Read More | Comment »

1:45PM Fri. Apr. 12, Monica Riese

Forklift: Power Up!

With her 2009 work The Trash Project, Allison Orr managed the remarkable feat of making us see the daily routines and movements of Austin's sanitation workers and their equipment as dance. Now, the award-winning choreographer is planning to do the same for the employees of Austin Energy. Read More | Comment »

2:08PM Thu. Mar. 21, Robert Faires

Aether Galvanizes the Austin Gallery Scene con Gusto

"Here," says Wally Workman kindly, "you should really use a blanket." Read More | Comment »

3:34PM Fri. Mar. 1, Wayne Alan Brenner

Stefanie Distefano's Public Mosaics Mirror Austin's Bright and Vivid Streets

Every time Stefanie Distefano breaks a mirror, somebody's in for years of good art. Read More | Comment »

1:17PM Wed. Feb. 27, Wayne Alan Brenner

Scare for a Cure Starts Halloween Early

It's only 87 days to Halloween. Only, you say? Well, if you're trying to put together Austin's biggest charity haunted house, that's not a log time to send out the call to all the boils and ghouls. So local cancer charity Scare for a Cure is holding its annual kick-off and volunteer drive today. Read More | Comment »

1:47PM Sat. Aug. 4, 2012, Richard Whittaker

The Carillon: Update

Chef Josh Watkins (who drew national attention as executive chef at the Driskill Grill) unveiled his refreshed “New American Grill” menu at a media party last Thursday at The Carillon. The food was spectacularly good; the downside is the University of Texas restaurant’s academic-institutional feel. Read More | Comment »

8:28PM Mon. Feb. 1, 2010, Katherine Gregor

Better Late Than Never

I can make it to rehearsal on time. I rarely miss the start of a show. But when it comes to technology, I am forever running behind. Last guy on his block to get a cell phone. Still not plugged in to Facebook, much less Myspace. Still using a hand crank to start the ol' flivver. Thus, Arts becomes the last section of the Chronicle to join the blogging masses. Ah well, for those few of you who haven't yet abandoned these shores for the zippier, punchier isles of Twitter, we hope to offer more timely updates on what's happening through the performing arts, visual arts, and comedy scenes, including news items, commentary, and reviews of shows and events that we wouldn't necessarily get to cover in the print edition. And with that, the flivver is cranked up and hitting the road. Read More | Comment »

10:54AM Fri. Feb. 20, 2009, Robert Faires