Austin Art Galleries: Venues in bloom
This is the season when new visual arts galleries seem to sprout up everywhere like bluebonnets, and this spring brings us a bumper crop
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Robert Faires, March 16, 2007
Joe Ely's 'Bonfire of Roadmaps': A life on the road, in 50 feet of drawings
Veteran Texas rocker Joe Ely forsakes the roadhouse for the Ransom Center, to show off his lifetime of artwork and verse about a musician's life on tour
Robert Faires, March 16, 2007
'I Am Not Tartuffe': American rock & roll vs. French art film
Yellow Tape Construction Company's I Am Not Tartuffe reimagines Molière's satire as a tale of scheming French people plotting to take over America's future
Elizabeth Cobbe, March 16, 2007
Slaughter City
Rarely has Austin seen a play or production with as much of a social conscience as Naomi Wallace's Slaughter City, as staged by the UT Department of Theatre & Dance
Barry Pineo, March 9, 2007
The Glass Menagerie
Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie may have been done to death, but the strong cast of the Austin Shakespeare Festival production makes this masterpiece come alive again
Clayton Maxwell, March 9, 2007
'Owen McAuley: New Work'
Owen McAuley's late-night landscapes lit by street lamps and other artificial sources are all strikingly beautiful, but some struggle to achieve a sense of mystery
Salvador Castillo, March 9, 2007
What's Past Is Prologue
Re-creating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company
Robert Faires, March 9, 2007
'My Trip to Al-Qaeda': Lawrence Wright's journey from page to stage
Lawrence Wright's experiences in the years he spent researching The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 have become the basis for a one-man theatrical work
Robert Faires, March 9, 2007
Gallery Lombardi: A little farther from the train tracks, but the art still rocks
Gallery Lombardi has left its longtime home on Third Street for new digs on West Seventh, but you can expect the same great salon-style group shows for which it's known
Barry Pineo, March 9, 2007
'Gyre': A swirling vortex of plastic ... and creativity
Ariel Dance Theatre revisits Gyre, its investigation of things we don't want to look at, and pulls into its spinning mass bunches of new artistic collaborators
Barry Pineo, March 1, 2007
El Gran Circo: The Aztlan Circus
In the same way that Aztlan Dance Company has revolutionized Latin dance, they take the circus and run with it in their new production, El Gran Circo: The Aztlan Circus
Patti Hadad, March 1, 2007
Arthouse Texas & Hunting Art Prizes: Art as big as Texas
The Lone Star State's two biggest honors for visual artists are one step closer to awarding their respective five-figure prizes this year
Robert Faires, March 1, 2007
Hogg Auditorium: $2 million to jump-start the renovation drive
UT's historic Hogg Auditorium is in line for a makeover, and UT alums David and Ann Honeycutt have made a $2 million gift to support the hall's restoration
Robert Faires, March 1, 2007
2006 People's Choice Winner: It had to be ewe
Visitors to Austin City Hall voted on the 101 works of art displayed in the 2006 People's Gallery exhibition, and their top choice was Benge Elliott's sculpture, Three Sheep
Robert Faires, March 1, 2007
Funnyhouse of a Negro
Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro is a bold, daring play, and Austin Community College and ProArts Collective have given it the bold, daring staging it deserves
Barry Pineo, March 1, 2007
Bi-ology
The Texas Biennial's second rising
Nikki Moore, March 1, 2007
Afterplay
As written by Brian Friel and performed by Babs George and Don Toner, Afterplay is a waltz of the walking wounded danced with stately grace to a beautifully elegiac tune
Robert Faires, March 1, 2007
365 Days/365 Plays: Week 15
The yearlong festival of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks continues with seven plays performed by the UT Players
Feb. 23, 2007
'The Sirens' Song'
Arthouse's exhibition "The Sirens' Song" is seductive, luring viewers with artworks that hint at storylines and inviting them to make plot from paint
Nikki Moore, Feb. 23, 2007
Touched by Fire
For half a century, Ishmael Soto has used flame to transform copper, clay, and bronze into works of wonder
Robert Faires, Feb. 23, 2007
More Than Just Kiln Time
Ishmael Soto passes the torch to a younger generation
Wayne Alan Brenner, Feb. 23, 2007
Macbeth
In the Mary Moody Northen Theatre production of Macbeth, the famously ambitious duo who murders its way to the top might well be the friendly couple next door
Robert Faires, Feb. 23, 2007
ProArts/ACC: Keeping Boyd's dream alive
To honor a man whose name was synonymous with community, ProArts Collective and Austin Community College have jointly established the Boyd Vance Scholarship Fund
Barry Pineo, Feb. 23, 2007
La Dispute
The funny lead performances in Capital T Theatre's La Dispute, combined with Mark Pickell's manic, energetic staging, provide an hour that's as light as a feather and just as beautiful
Barry Pineo, Feb. 23, 2007
Amparo Garcia-Crow: Write this way
Playwright and screenwriter Amparo Garcia-Crow appears to be on a roll, given the way her recent work has been garnering attention from coast to coast
Robert Faires, Feb. 23, 2007
Bach Vocal Music: His wondrous way with the human voice, exhibits A and B
Bach is in the air most splendidly this week, in concerts by La Follia and UT's Chamber Singers that testify anew to the composer's magnificent way with the human voice
Robert Faires, Feb. 23, 2007
Warrior Voices
With a Spanish-language production of 'The Vagina Monologues,' Austin Latinas are making themselves heard
Belinda Acosta, Feb. 16, 2007
'Theresa Marchetta: Retreat'
As you look at the drippy, globular shapes on the canvases in "Theresa Marchetta: Retreat," your mind may get lost trying to figure out what's in front of you
Salvador Castillo, Feb. 16, 2007
365 Days/365 Plays: Week 14
The yearlong festival of plays by Suzan-Lori Parks continues with seven plays directed by Kathleen Fletcher
Feb. 16, 2007
Eve Ensler and the V-Day Story
