Lee Daniels' The Butler
The stars shine bright in this broad yet moving overview of the last 90 years of African-American history.
"...The sweep of history achieves a grandeur in Lee Daniels’..."
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Aug. 16, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
At the Statue of Venus/Three Decembers
The Butler Opera Center's pairing of these Jake Heggie chamber operas opened up small concerns to an enduring sense of love
"...At the Statue of Venus/Three DecembersMcCullough Theatre, 2375 Robert Dedman Dr.,..."
March 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Dan Welcher Leaves Butler School Over Sexual Misconduct Charges
Article cites multiple instances of inappropriate behavior
"...In the wake of an online article detailing repeated instances of..."
Oct. 2, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires
For the 2020 Austin Chamber Music Festival, You Provide the Chamber
With the annual event online in your home, chamber music doesn't get any more intimate
"...ordinary summer, Austinites could count on finding relief from the hellish march into the triple digits with cool evenings..."
June 26, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellowship Program's Spring Performance
The program's mix of classical and contemporary work challenged its young dancers and left you wanting to see what's next for them
"...dancers are eternal students; even international stars depend on their teachers
and coaches. So when does a ballet student..."
March 10, 2017 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz
Children of the Grave
Black Sabbath sunders the Frank Erwin Center
"...“Let me hear you!,” bellowed Ozzy Osbourne behind the black scrim boxing the Erwin Center stage Saturday night...."
July 28, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland
A Bit of History About the Chronicle Building
Little has changed with our building, which lies in the path of an expanded I-35
"...We've noted before in our I-35 coverage that the current office of The Austin Chronicle, at 4000 N...."
Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Improving Safety and Access on the Lakeside Hike and Bike
Caring for the trail
"...With around 4.5 million yearly visits, the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail offers many Austinites..."
March 26, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham
Butler School of Music
Two concerts – one by Harvey Pittel, one for the late Rose Taylor – pay tribute to 'living in a song'
"...– that's what's being offered in two concerts at the Butler School of Music this weekend, one by pioneering..."
Jan. 24, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'Beat the Rush'
Butler School of Music's new concert series connects great music with great art
"...Lately it seems that the only reason that classical music makes the headlines is..."
March 15, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin
'Creativity in the Face of Death: The Contemporary Resonance of Terezín'
UT symposium honors and ponders art created in the Nazi concentration camp
"...Art existing in the midst of genocide is a paradox that the mind..."
Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Week in Recommended Live Music
Narrow Head, Pussy Gillette, the Nude Party, and even some innuendo-less acts to see
"...João Gilberto or Natalia Lafourcade. Real name Nicolás Perea, the Mexico City-born artist most recently released March soother “Vente..."
May 3, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
The Staycationer: Hotel ZaZa Austin
Your Close-to-Home Guide to Getting Away
"...Before the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions, Austin tourism was..."
April 14, 2021 Food Post by Veronica Meewes
The LEGO Batman Movie
The Dark Knight returns to Legoland
"...Everything is Batman in this boisterously entertaining cousin of the awesome The LEGO Movie, which snuck under the radar..."
Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
'How Wild the Sea'
Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts brings waves into the concert hall with new symphonic work
"...out to sea. This image, caught on video during the tsunami that followed the 2011 Tohoku earthquake off Japan's..."
Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Keeping the Lights on at Casa de Luz
The iconic Austin eating-and-meeting place dearly wants to continue pursuing its macrobiotic mission – but can't quite seem to comply with public safety codes
"...Austin almost 24 years ago, he believed food was the answer. He doesn't think that anymore...."
June 14, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano
Review: Austin Playhouse’s The (One-Act) Play That Goes Wrong
An evening of side-splitting schadenfreude
"...Sayer have made a career out of calling out the little mishaps, miscues, and occasional missed lines that take..."
Nov. 23, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman
Public Notice: The Zilker Master Plan Is Back
And so is the Community Advancement Network report
"...The Zilker Metropolitan Park Vision Plan has been released in..."
Nov. 18, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Bigg Robb, Weedeater, the return of Lou Ann Barton, Mike Sailor's Good Time Orchestra, and more
"...With ample sauce in his game to justify the extra Gs and Bs in his name – hell,..."
July 1, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
From the Vaults: David Oyelowo
Rising star David Oyelowo is in two new films – with two more on the way
"...The actor David Oyelowo co-stars in two films currently playing..."
Oct. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten
Darren, the Devil and the Drowned Souls
Saw' director Bousman opens the tent of 'The Devil's Carnival'
"...Darren Lynn Bousman went to Hollywood to make musicals. There were no musicals to make, so he made horror..."
April 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Archive of the Patriarch
Ransom Center acquires Gabriel García Márquez papers
"...In one fell swoop, the Harry Ransom Center has given a major boost to..."
Nov. 25, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires
Sold on the Cool
The Blanton's 'Birth of the Cool' is midcentury modernism made sexy
"...The woman leans back into the sleek black sofa, her..."
March 13, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Thousand-String Guitar
Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar
"...in June, you expect local teens to be marking the summer break in the time-honored ways: minimum-wage-slaving it in..."
June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Exploring the Life and Death of Jennifer Cave in True Crime Podcast The Orange Tree
Former UT students Tinu Thomas and Haley Butler find a history of murder on campus
"...It was the quest for free parking that led Tinu Thomas and..."
Aug. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by David Sotelo
Friends to the End (of the World)
Ric Roman Waugh and Gerard Butler reunite in Greenland
"...When a director finds an actor on their same wavelength, it’s a relationship to be cherished. John..."
Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Bounty Hunter
In this romantic comedy, Gerard Butler is a bounty hunter charged with capturing his ex-wife, played by Jennifer Aniston.
"...Directed by: Andy Tennant. Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Gio Perez and Jason Sudeikis. Strictly by-the-numbers, cookie-cutter, Hollywood..."
March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Mapping the Future
Seven longtime Austinites talk about Smart Growth, neighborhood planning, and the future of Central Austin in an October roundtable discussion.
"..."The whole point of this conversation is to have fun,"..."
Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
SXSW Live Shot: Will Butler
Younger Arcade Fire sibling ably steps into frontman role
"...relationships often spur a younger sibling’s determination to differentiate themselves from the familial pack...."
March 21, 2015 Music Post by Neph Basedow
Arcade Fire – Deep in the Heart of Texas
Bobble heads, confetti canons, and the official afterparty
"...as Arcade Fire’s fifth album, last year’s Reflektor, remains, the Canadian outfit’s show Thursday night at the Circuit of..."
