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The Secret History of Tuna
Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.
"...That pretty much sums up the careers of Joe Sears and Jaston Williams, at least for most of their..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Starting Over
For Tuna creators Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, the fourth time is the charm
"...time Red, White and Tuna premiered in 1998, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams had already been dishing up Tuna..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What a Cut-Up
Kelly Sears collages the uncanny
"...The short films of Galveston-based Kelly Sears illuminate and offer alternate origin stories for cultural detritus..."

May 18, 2012 Screens Feature by Sarah Smith

Rosenwald
Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is profiled
"...the son of German immigrants, who essentially shepherded the Sears & Roebuck Company into the 20th century, with a..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'Tuna' Surprise
Joe Sears and Jaston Williams to receive Texas Medal of Arts
"...owner Didi Snaveley would say. Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, the gents responsible for Didi and all the other..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Disappearance of Alice Creed
A kidnapping caper with only three characters and one basic location, this masterful British film ratchets up the suspense to mind-frying proportions.
"...final, perfect frame of The Disappearance of Alice Creed sears itself onto your retinas. This is director Blakeson's first..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lower City
The toastiest summer on record is but an intermittently flickering 40-watt bulb compared to this positively incendiary sexual firestorm.
"...but the ride is so vicariously carnal that it pan-sears the doubt from your mind and serves it to..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Now and Then
Set predominantly in the summer of 1970, this film tells how four 12-year-old girls save their money to buy a room of their own in the form of a treehouse from Sears.
"...their own in the form of a treehouse from Sears. Roberta (Ricci), Samantha (Hoffman), Teeny (Birch), and Chrissy (Aston..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Hancock Center, R.I.P.
Everything Old Is New Again at 41st & I-35
"...shoppers, the shock troops in the postwar consumer revolution. Sears is staying put, the HEB will move around the..."

Feb. 14, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rich From the Journey
The crazy quilt career of Kimmie Rhodes.
"...home, playing some new music for local actor/director Joe Sears. The songs are part of the score to their..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report
Jim's holiday gift list; and Sears gets a present from ABC.
"...SEARS STARS IN YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Trip to Bountiful
The Third Visit to Tuna Still Yields a Profusion of Delights
"...Joe Sears (left) as Aunt Pearl Burras and Jaston Williams as..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Tuna Almanac: Facts About the Shows and Their Creators
Facts about the Tuna shows and their creators, and a guide to the characters in the plays.
"...Joe Sears is a native of Bartlesville, Okla., and a graduate..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature

Naked City
Happenings from Austin and beyond
"...more difficult to get political contributions down at the Sears store, following the dismissal of the Travis Co. grand..."

Jan. 7, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Foreigner
What makes this production of The Foreigner such a joy is seeing those familiar faces from the Greater Tuna franchise working together so sharply for such an appreciative audience
"...led by local theatre luminaries Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, who play Charlie and Betty Meeks, respectively. Williams' Charlie..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Tru Artistry
With Jay Presson Allen's Tru, performer Jaston Williams takes a vacation from the little town of Tuna, Texas, with which he is so closely identified, to portray celebrated writer Truman Capote, and in the process reminds us what an actor of range and skill he is.
"...problem for Jaston Williams. In 1981, he and Joe Sears launched a little comedy called Greater Tuna, and they..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

WNBA: The "We Got Next" Generation
The Revolution Is Being Televised... and Sponsored by Nike
"...affiliations guarantee advertising revenue. Sponsors are solid: Nike, Reebok, Sears, Budweiser, Buick/Oldsmobile, Spalding, Champion, Lady Foot Locker, Lee Jeans,..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Tuna Does Vegas
Taking the Tuna crew to Sin City was a huge gamble, but we end up bigger winners than losers
"...actually quite a gamble for creators Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard. Without Tuna itself to play off..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Claus & Effect
The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed
"...sewing. Perhaps a surprise to many, but chain store Sears has long been noted for the quality of their..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Red, White and Tuna
Even for a Tuna virgin, 'Red, White and Tuna' is a viciously funny excursion into small-town Texas politics, relationships, and heated gossip
"...Tuna, Texas, the show's writer-performers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears glide into vocal varieties and signature body postures with..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

A Select Bibliography of Texas Plays
"...Joe Sears, Jaston Williams, and Ed Howard, Greater Tuna (1982)..."

July 2, 1999 Arts Feature

'Tuna Does Vegas'
New Tuna comedy does such brisk box office, one-week Paramount run extends to three
"...Tuna – specifically, the kind cooked up by Joe Sears and Jaston Williams in their trilogy of comedies set..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
See a show and aid local theatres, catch some more Crush, show some dramaturgs how to two-step, and read up on Austin artists in national mags
"...• You can catch the latest collaboration between Joe Sears and Kimmie Rhodes this weekend and help a local..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations
The Texas Commission for the Arts gives Austinites a chance to see the state's best artists for free, and praise from the out-of-town press for local playwrights Cyndi Williams and Joe Sears and Jaston Williams
"...When Joe Sears and Jaston Williams took their 20th anniversary tour of..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Professors of Pleasure
Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.
"...Hunt: Sears. I remember when I was kid, at Sears they'd..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion
Nothing validates a scene like its own magazine.
"...WITH A SNEER "Come see the many sides of Sears," the sign at the auto service center said. And..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Marcel Duchamp's X-ray Specs
"...of time to hunker down and seriously contemplate this "Sears Roebuck catalog" of Duchampiana. Henderson's thesis is an elegant..."

July 16, 1999 Books Feature by Sid Moody

Record Reviews
Duke Ellington
"...the breathy-toned tenor saw style of Ben Webster, Al Sears, and later Paul Gonsalves, the sweet-voiced alto saxman, Otto..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature

Central Health, Ascension Take Each Other to Court
Each claims the other is breaching their contract
"...funds and recent acquisition of the old Hancock Center Sears for a new headquarters, at a cost of $63..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SAGE Studio Artist Rick Fleming Bags His Biggest Exposure Yet With Joe Biden Portrait
The local artist’s tote bag is now on sale in the Biden campaign store
"...began taking on custom commissions, Gross relates, with Gav Sears specializing in line drawings of homes and buildings, Sam..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

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