Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...Get ready to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University of Texas at Austin..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Long Center/Texas Performing Arts

Austin's biggest concert halls team up to present touring Broadway musicals

"...to the opening of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, one big question was: How will the new..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...Spaces are dark. Companies can't produce. The resources for performing artists to create new work are scarce and getting..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts

A major grant lets UT's arts presenter boost the profile of classical music

"...$450,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Texas Performing Arts, that presenter of concerts, plays, and other..."

July 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Performing Arts Center

Modlin Center for the Arts' Kathleen Panoff to University of Richmond: Gone to Texas

"...for its long renovation in 2007, the University of Texas Performing Arts Center of which it's a part lost..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Law and Other Performing Arts

The hottest arts venue in Austin this week may well be the UT Law School, where internationally renowned cultural figures, local arts luminaries, and prominent legal experts are converging there for a symposium on law and the performing arts.

"...The hottest arts venue in town this week? The UT Law School...."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Performing Arts Center: Wadsworth announces retirement

Pebbles Wadsworth, who has run the UT Performing Arts Center for 15 years now, will step down from her position as director of the UT PAC as of New Year's Day 2008

"...the other five venues that make up the UT Performing Arts Center – for 15 years now won't be..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...With the autumn comes the feast, in the arts as well as in the harvest. This season is..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...The sound of applause? Coming not from some ersatz arts space on your computer but from actual theatres, concert..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Touring Roster Applications Open Through January 31

Program pairs artists with paying gigs at nonprofit events

"...Applications to join the Texas Touring Roster, which provides statewide nonprofits a list of..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...there anything … worthwhile going on in Austin’s fine arts sector this fall?..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

Long Gone Lonesome

This tale of a Scotsman who loved and sang country music rang Texas true

"...are cleared away so patrons can two-step to their hearts' content as the band plays on. The musicians' feel..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...weather and every weekend packed with music, food, and arts festivals, craft fairs, and all kinds of cultural experiences...."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...in Mexico, you frequently encounter changarritos – portable food carts or tienditas run by hardworking entrepreneurs. The carts usually..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Sarajevo Haggadah

This compelling performance for accordion and piano was equal parts music and prayer

"...of the exodus narrative. The compelling performance was equal parts music and prayer: May we return to convivencia, amen...."

Nov. 28, 2014 Arts Review by Natalie Zeldin

Wicked

An election-year return to Oz finds the hit musical packing an extra punch

Feb. 3, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Arts Folks Nix Tex Tix Tax

When the Texas Legislature sought to pay for a property tax cut with a tax on performing arts events, local arts groups mobilized and made their opposition heard

"...When it appeared last week that the Texas Legislature might try to help pay for a property..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Get Going in 1995 Forward Motion

"...In arts circles, 1995 may be best remembered as the year..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

End of an Arts Era

The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.

"...If a history of the Austin arts scene is ever written, 2003 will be remembered in..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Seussical the Musical

This theatrical tribute to the good doctor tries to take on too much at times, but its heart is in the right place

"...R.L. Davis Auditorium, Texas School for the Deaf, through Aug. 10..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Arts Alive Institute: Reaching all learners with art

VSA Arts' Arts Alive Institute brings together artists and educators from across the state to discuss best practices for using the arts to reach everyone in the classroom

"...or bilingual just by registering for and attending the Arts Alive Institute: A Bi-Lingual Inclusive Arts Exchange on Tuesday,..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Texas Medal of Arts Awards

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its fifth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...Or all four? They're all recipients of this year's Texas Medal of Arts Awards, being presented in Austin on..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Metamorphoses

Aerialists add theatrical magic to the myths here, but a Texas twang sounds off

"...But when it comes to the performing arts, artistic license rules, and as long as men..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Visual Arts Benefits

Waves in the gardens on the horizons

"...will be Making Waves on Thursday to benefit its Arts Education Outreach Programs in AISD's underserved schools. The annual..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Access Arts Summer Events

"...If you wish to volunteer for Access Austin Arts, want more information on its programs, or wish to..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Feature

If It's Thursday, This Must Be Texas

On the morning of January 24, NY Loves America: The Broadway Tour delivered a Big Apple thank you in the form of a dozen beautifully belted show tunes to a small but appreciative audience in the Texas State Capitol Rotunda.

"...The centerpiece? Five veterans of the Great White Way performing numbers from current shows (Cabaret, Chicago, Rent, The Full..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Arts-Park Plan

"...neighborhoods. Then, on top of that, the University of Texas put local performing-arts groups on notice that its facilities..."

Oct. 23, 1998 News Feature

Black Arts Movement: BAM! The sound of creativity

Who's bringing the dance, theatre, spoken word, and jazz to ProArts' second BAM! performing-arts festival

"...case, what's up is the second installment of Black Arts Movement, the performing-arts festival from ProArts Collective that showcases..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Drums Across Texas

What does Reagan High's drum line have in common with civil rights? Larry Jackson.

"...Bands across Texas and around the region, from Louisiana to Georgia, come..."

June 17, 2011 Music Feature by Kate X Messer

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