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E-flux Video Rental Austin: Keep circulating the tapes
E-flux Video Rental Austin: Keep circulating the tapes
E-Flux Video Rental has come to Austin, bringing more than 600 short and feature-length art videos that you can watch at Arthouse or take home to view at no charge

Robert Faires, Nov. 24, 2006

Arts Review
Frozen
The premiere production of the City Theatre Company is excellent – a simple and powerful staging of Bryony Lavery's Frozen, a difficult drama about a serial killer and forgiveness

Hannah Kenah, Nov. 24, 2006

The Darkling Band: Lay on, Macduff ... again
With his latest novel, The Darkling Band, comics writer Jason Henderson returns to the story of Macduff and creates a sort of Western with dark elves

Joey Seiler, Nov. 24, 2006

Arts Review
Plaid Tidings
Zachary Scott Theatre Center's charming production of Plaid Tidings, the sequel to the hit musical revue Forever Plaid, proves you can never have too much of a good thing

Barry Pineo, Nov. 24, 2006

Arts Review
'Celebrated Skin'
The tattoo art on display in "Celebrated Skin" show technical virtuosity and are visually arresting, but the element that shines the most in the exhibition is the respect for tattooing

Salvador Castillo, Nov. 24, 2006

Culture Flash!
A big gift for Austin Lyric Opera, national honors for two of Austin's young classical musicians, and TexARTS sails up a Big River in January

Robert Faires, Nov. 17, 2006

Jimmie Roulette: Hitting the jackpot, playing the Palace
Jimmie Roulette: Hitting the jackpot, playing the Palace
Austin comic Jimmie Roulette will hit Vegas this week as part of an exclusive stand-up showcase in HBO's the Comedy Festival

Robert Faires, Nov. 17, 2006

EAST, at Ease
EAST, at Ease
The 2006 East Austin Studio Tour reveals 86 studios and one stacked pod art city with a shared alphabet

Rachel Koper, Nov. 17, 2006

Demetri Martin: Under mild surveillance
Demetri Martin: Under mild surveillance
Demetri Martin, of the "Trendspotting" segment on The Daily Show, explains his quick rise in comedy, how it feels to be semifamous, and why he chose Austin for filming his next Comedy Central special

Daniel Oppenheimer, Nov. 17, 2006

2006 EAST Studio Tour
2006 EAST Studio Tour
The full list of studios and artists

Nov. 17, 2006

Arts Review
Kneeling Down at Noon
The Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Kneeling Down at Noon is a thoughtful and deeply humane drama that considers the way Islam informs the lives and actions of various characters

Robert Faires, Nov. 17, 2006

Arts Review
Double Exposure
In Double Exposure, writer/performers Wayne Alan Brenner and David Jewell offer old and new material they've created, and their knack for capturing nuance in the mundane entertains

Heather Barfield Cole, Nov. 17, 2006

Arts Review
'Buster Graybill: The Oklahoma Snorkel'
Artist Buster Graybill presents the finer points of a good day out at the lake in his solo exhibition "The Oklahoma Snorkel" at the Donkey Show

Salvador Castillo, Nov. 17, 2006

Understanding Islam
Understanding Islam
Steve Moore's latest play makes a pilgrimage to the truth of a misunderstood faith

Robert Faires, Nov. 10, 2006

365 Days/365 Plays

Robert Faires, Nov. 10, 2006

Arts Review
Have You Ever Been Assassinated?
Rebecca Beegle's 'Have You Ever Been Assassinated?' plays out like a fever-dream version of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy,' deliriously mashing up vaudeville acts with American history

Robert Faires, Nov. 10, 2006

Art From the Streets: Taste the rainbow of flavors
Art From the Streets: Taste the rainbow of flavors
What makes the annual "Art From the Streets" exhibition and sale interesting is the way it shows not how different homeless people are from us, but how much we all have in common

Rachel Koper, Nov. 10, 2006

Arts Review
'Heyd Fontenot and Louie Cordero: East Meats West'
Art Palace's 'East Meats West' shows how Heyd Fontenot and Louie Cordero may have different styles, but they share an enjoyment in contemplating the body that's palpable

Rachel Koper, Nov. 10, 2006

'Con Mis Manos': Everyone's familia
'Con Mis Manos': Everyone's familia
Misael Martinez's 'Con Mis Manos' takes place in el Valle, and few Latino plays conjure the same sense of place while sensitively portraying a family coping with cancer

Patti Hadad, Nov. 10, 2006

Culture Flash!
Hunting PLC wants to give a Texas artist $50K, puppet people want you, a Beegle play is Louisville-bound, 'Cantanker' publishes again, and KDHDC and Yellow Tape partying for your cash

Robert Faires, Nov. 10, 2006

Arts Review
The Night Hank Williams Died
Austin Playhouse's revival of 'The Night Hank Williams Died' boasts a strong script and acting but so carefully skirts anything ugly or messy that it's all surface: bloodless, polished, and clean

Hannah Kenah, Nov. 10, 2006

Yoga Drama
Yoga Drama
For the next year, Austin will be practicing daily public acts of creative expression as part of 365 Days/365 Plays

C. Denby Swanson, Nov. 10, 2006

Arts Review
The Assumption
'The Assumption' is Refraction Arts Project's very modern and entertaining take on 'Hamlet' – a Shakespearean satire of all things hillbilly and all things Eastern, set to a rock & roll beat

Barry Pineo, Nov. 3, 2006

Arts Review
'William Kentridge: Weighing ... and Wanting'
William Kentridge's film 'Weighing ... and Wanting' re-examines the biblical tale of Belshazzar in post-apartheid South Africa

Nikki Moore, Nov. 3, 2006

Arts Review
Ring, Rip, Rent
Ring Rip Rent, a new play by Martha Lynn Coon, shows us a future where women who have violated society's sexual mores are confined, classified, and treated

Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006

Where the Money Goes

Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006

'High School Musical': From the Disney Channel straight to Austin High
'High School Musical': From the Disney Channel straight to Austin High
Disney's made-for-cable phenomenon High School Musical is jumping from the small screen to the stage, and Austin High is one of seven schools chosen to premiere the official stage adaptation

Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006

2006 B. Iden Payne Awards: Payne, Payne, who got the Payne?
2006 B. Iden Payne Awards: Payne, Payne, who got the Payne?
When the Austin Circle of Theaters handed out its B. Iden Payne Awards for 2005-2006, it was 'American Fiesta' that, well, bowled over the rest of the nominees

Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006

First Night Austin: Just eight weeks until New Year's
For folks working on First Night Austin, eight weeks out is crunch time for the mammoth cultural extravaganza, especially since they want the second edition to be even better than the first

Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006

Keeping Pace, Culturally
Keeping Pace, Culturally
Proposition 4 calls for an investment in cultural facilities for the city, and Austin, it's time

Robert Faires, Nov. 3, 2006

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