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Giving Voice

BY ROBERT FAIRES

Students and colleagues sing in tribute to the late Martha Deatherage

THIS WEEK IN ARTS

Giving Voice
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Students and colleagues sing in tribute to the late Martha Deatherage

Pop Goes the Art!
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Thirty years after the 1960s, Pop Art superstar Peter Max is still making art and still pushing the brand, coming to Austin on a national tour of his paintings and prints

Bass Delay Gives Groups Room to Play
BY ROBERT FAIRES
UT delays Bass Concert Hall renovations for local art schools

Articulations
BY ROBERT FAIRES
UT delays the closing of Bass Concert Hall for a year, Conspirare wants to sing an ode by a young Austin poet, and Zach decides whether it wants to go out with Sally Bowles or Roxie Hart

Exhibitionism

The Flying Dutchman
Austin Lyric Opera's first production of The Flying Dutchman was a solid and compelling staging of the opera that marked a turning point in Wagner's career and in German opera
Blue Surge
Director Ken Webster has made a career out of discovering quirky, funny scripts by young playwrights that entertain as they offer insight into our culture, and that describes Rebecca Gilman's Blue Surge perfectly
Tribal
In Ballet East Dance Theatre's Tribal, the company's original dances made you aware of the people around you and your connections to them

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Not Too Tight at All February 5, 2010

BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER

The disciplined abstracts of Helmut Barnett

Michael Mogavero: A Double Seduction February 5, 2010

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The Austin painter explores taboo with images that blend classicism and sex

'Spaceship Austin Downtown Cruisers': Austin in the Sky, Checkpoint Down Below February 5, 2010

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Now docked at the airport are two spaceships that depict Austin's skyline

Manufacturing Fizz January 29, 2010

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What makes L'Étoile a light, bubbly Champagne of operas

Headlong Dance Theatre: Fusion Cuisine January 29, 2010

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This Philadelphia troupe's mix of theatre and movement creates something tasty

Fusebox Festival: Charged Up! January 29, 2010

BY ROBERT FAIRES

The 2010 lineup promises a Fusebox as wild, novel, and thrilling as ever

In the Game January 22, 2010

BY ROBERT FAIRES

For her first museum work, Jade Walker steps up to the plate and swings big

'The Selkie Project': Comfortable in Their Skins January 22, 2010

BY KATHERINE CATMULL

Two artists use the seal-creatures of Celtic myth to get back to the sea

East Austin Studio Theft: Fire Arts Cooperative Gets Seriously Burned January 22, 2010

BY ROBERT FAIRES

The burglary of an Eastside metal arts studio hurts more than the owners

Art Work: Why Don't We Think Being an Artist Is a 'Real Job'? January 22, 2010

BY ROBERT FAIRES

Local artists convene for a conversation about art, labor, and the economy

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RECENT REVIEWS

L'Étoile (The Star): You can thank your lucky stars for this opera of big, colorful, bouncy fun

more.: Headlong Dance Theater's study in domestic life was both cerebral and immediate

Harmonia Ariosa: Texas Early Music Project delivered a magical night of live music and discovery

Manufacturing Fizz: What makes L'Étoile a light, bubbly Champagne of operas

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RECOMMENDED:

SOUTH AUSTIN MUSEUM OF POPULAR CULTURE: TRIBUTE TO BILL NARUM This is a terrific retrospective and a memorial exhibition of work by rock art giant and Armadillo World Headquarters stalwart Bill Narum. Through Feb. 27. South Austin Museum of Popular Culture, 1516-B S. Lamar, 440-8318.

START TREKKIN' Based on audience suggestions, the show's comedic cast boldly creates a never-before-seen space epic set in the original Star Trek universe. Phasers set on hilarity, Mr. Shpock! Tue., Feb. 9, 7pm. Alamo Drafthouse, 1120 S. Lamar, 707-8262; 2700 W. Anderson, 459-7090; 320 E. Sixth, 476-1320. $8-10. www.originalalamo.com (But Wait -- There's More!)

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