Review: Alchemy Theatre’s Mack & Mabel

Intimate staging bests Broadway’s Hollywood tragedy

"...in 1974 and currently being staged by East Austin’s Alchemy Theatre. The story focuses on the rakish silent movie..."

May 26, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

The Digital Alchemy of Pixar's Elemental

How two Austin creatives found ways to mix fire and water

"...gets done from A to Z," she explains. "Production works under the producer, we make sure that everything stays..."

June 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Burn This

Lanford Wilson's Burn This is a fierce, realistic drama about art and relationships, and Alchemy Works delivers a very human production, deeply felt and nearly flawless in its presentation.

"...She's playing the role of Anna in the Alchemy Works production of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, and her..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

line upon line: first

In the percussion trio's concert of new works, four pieces took very different forms, but all resolved in a comparable calm

"...after a program like first, which featured four new works, every one of them experimental and boundary-pushing in some..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Short Cuts

SXSW entry deadlines, more classes, congratulations, and a whiff of debauchery

"...bar. Costumes encouraged. E-mail film@agliff.org for more info... Austin FilmWorks is once again offering their highly recommended Final Cut..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

It's a Screenplay!

Austin screenwriting contest Movie Midwifing helps scripts with their first baby steps.

"...The brainchild of Lorie Marsh's Austin production company Alchemy Works, Movie Midwifing is a statewide screenplay contest now..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Short Cuts

It's still summer in the city, but news about fall film-related events means a break in the heat isn't too far away.

"...up when the temperature dips below, uh, 85 degrees. Alchemy Works' Movie Midwifing Screenplay Contest is slated to make..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

St. Stephen's kids make movie, Northcross 6 set to close.

"...girl)! The May 15 submission deadline is looming for Alchemy Works Movie Midwifing 2001 series. The popular script-reading event..."

May 11, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Bad Dog Comedy Theater initiates Japanese anime midnight screenings.

"...cinemkr@texas.net... Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7pm, at the Hideout is Alchemy Works' year-end grand finale in their ongoing Movie Midwifing..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Austin Studios and the new offices of the Austin Film Society were unveiled this week on the site of the old Robert Mueller Airport.

"...got that killer script finally hammered out? Lucky you, Alchemy Works has issued a call for entries for its..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Austin Film Festival 2000's Sundance Channel / Time Warner Cable Audience Award winners and upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community

"...www.reelwomen.org... Thanks to the election-night throng, the date for Alchemy Works' next Movie Midwifing event has been changed from..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Turk Pipkin goes to The Sopranos and other upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...aGLIFF members. More info? Call 458-1515... Local production company Alchemy Works is presenting another in their ongoing series of..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...site above for all pertinent info... Tuesday, Oct. 10, Alchemy Works is presenting another in its Movie Midwifing series,..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Chef Nikki Is the Cannabis Alchemist

Celeb chef mixes science and flavor to create cannabis comfort food

"...plant medicine in food, using scientific calculations, that is alchemy,” says chef Nikki Steward. “[My business] is called ‘The..."

March 14, 2022 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Austin Shakespeare's As You Like It

An Austin-infused Arden is more poetic license than artistic alchemy

"...no shortage of theatre traditionalists who think that the works of Shakespeare need protection rather than reinvention, as if..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Bob Abelman

Short Cuts

Busted legs galore and more on the Texas Production Filmmakers' Fund panelists.

"...Priestley. The panelists will have a screening of their works during mid-August; more on that as the date draws..."

July 20, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

EMERGE: The Four Elements of Hip Hop – Right Here, Right Now!

Annual celebration of graffiti culture goes bigger this Saturday

"...MCs, breakdancing, and graffiti – will wreak a vibrant alchemy this Saturday at Blue Genie Art Industries as Rachel..."

April 22, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Weird Science

Paul Qui may be some mad genius, but the alchemy at his eponymous restaurant fizzles

"...making pasta or gnocchi, soup or vegetables, his food works when he allows himself to riff on a classical..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...There's no place apart from 2am on the cable networks or lodged between features on AMC that short subjects..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...with National Outreach Coordinator Francisco Arguelles...The second installment of Alchemy Works' five-part Movie Midwifing series will be held Tuesday,..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...did, it was the least attended. There were no fireworks at all." Media biz site Inside.com had a different..."

July 28, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Front Steps Slips and Falls

As the nonprofit that runs the ARCH falls apart, the city's rush to replace it frustrates providers

"...informing them of [the contract terminations]," a woman who works in client services said. (Though the Zoom recording includes..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Of Mercy and Mississippi

On the Bookshelf

"...$22 hard), centers around the notion of change: the alchemy that individuals practice to better their lives. In alternating..."

July 18, 1997 Books Review

Drive-Away Dolls

Ethan Coen solo effort is screwball without the comedy

"...With a reunion in the works, the solo careers of Joel and Ethan Coen might..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge

Horror-comedy anthology has a mild case of sequelitis

"...That all works well (although probably best for horror aficionados) and is..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Art

Art Openings

"...443-9674. "The Sacred and Profane," a multi-media event featuring works by over 50 local artists, will be on view..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

The Writer, The Editor, and the Filmmaker: The Story of Turn Every Page

Lizzie Gottlieb on her father and LBJ biographer Robert Caro

"...relationship and their work together,” she said, “and the alchemy of that collaboration.”..."

Jan. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ex-Melvins Confederate Mark Deutrom Achieves Artistic Equilibrium

Longtime local learns The Value of Decay

"...Alley dropped debut Circus of Chaos in 1986 on Alchemy Records, co-founded by Deutrom with Captain Beefheart sideman Victor..."

June 22, 2018 Music Feature by Michael Toland

'Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada' Reviewed

"...and Antibalas founder Martín Perna are well-versed in aural alchemy, the process of transmuting common breaks into instrumental elixirs,..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Austin Powell

'Buy What You Love'

Collector Glenn Fuhrman on 'A Secret Affair' and living with contemporary art

"...Your tastes in that regard seem very consistent. The works in "A Secret Affair" share common threads: Humor seems..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

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