Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...(Steve Moore), Crucks (Kirk Lynn), Flame Failure (Dan Bonfitto), American Arcana (Cyndi Williams), Blood:Shock:Boogie (Daniel Alexander Jones). Current Premiere:..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

"...AMERICAN ARCANA: DESPERATION ON THE CUSP OF THE MILLENNIUM..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Arts Review

American Arcana

The U.S. of Cyndi Williams' American Arcana is a country unraveling, and Refraction Arts' production portrays this with a sense of urgency and tension

"...American Arcana..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

The cult following that surrounds the audio tapes of a couple of slurry drunks that were surreptitiously recorded in the late Eighties is given the documentary treatment.

"...from a 1995 episode of the radio show This American Life far better evinces the potency of the Peter..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hang the DJ

The new political theatre invites you into its messy, sexy conversation

"...who most recently performed his tender and politically questioning American Fiesta for the State Theater Company last fall, says,..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...Morales was a 13-year-old kid from Brooklyn with an African-American father and a Puerto Rican mother...."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

A Revolution in Acting

The SITI Company's J. Ed Araiza is transforming the way Austin actors view their art

"...The Road to Wigan Pier, The Cry Pitch Carrolls, American Arcana, Quake, and The Kentucky Cycle. These actors –..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Articulations

For the new year, resolve to support the new in the local arts scene. Here are several new projects that would welcome support.

"...work by longtime Austin theatre artist Cyndi Williams (Fish, American Arcana). The State Theater Company continues its longstanding support..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Commitment to Playwrights

The Life and Legacy of David Mark Cohen

"...Playwright, author of American Arcana, produced by Austin Script Works..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Feature

Six Degrees of Ron Berry

With another acting job in a new play, his own new theatre about to open, his own stage company that champions theatre as something fun as well as substantive, and a lot of friends to help him make "good stuff" onstage, is Ron Berry the Happiest Man in Austin?

"...in Captivity and in the productions of her plays American Arcana and Woman at the Window, says that Berry..."

June 16, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Articulations

Where to find this year's Critics Table Awards party and what former Austin actress Sharron Bower is up to in NYC.

"...Family Affair at The Public Domain) and Lisa Hargus (American Arcana at Austin Script Works). (Apparently, 2texans is a..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Script Works: Write On!

"...The Playwright's Handbook, and the world premiere production of American Arcana, by company core member Cyndi Williams. Unfortunately, with..."

March 27, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

In Memoriam

"...Works off the ground and through its first production, American Arcana. He had just won the Live Oak award..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...L. Ozeki's My Year of Meats (Viking, $23.95 hard), Japanese-American would-be documentary auteur Jane Takagi-Little is the director of..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Fantastic Fest Is Here To Bash Your Brains In

Shock, schlock, and awe at America's premier genre fest

"...No kidding. The American Scream is a heartfelt, charming, emotionally moving, and true-grue..."

Sept. 21, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Something Weird

How Tim League discovered 110 drive-in films in an East Prairie warehouse and other stories of disappearing celluloid.

"..."It mainly had to do with AIP [American International Pictures, home turf of director Roger Corman] features..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Magnet Roach Motel 9pm, The Hideout Mexican, Japanese, and American parts assembled in Tijuana, Ghost Magnet Roach Motel emphasizes..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Politics Gift Guide

Curios for current-events connoisseurs

"...Looking for a special token for that American literature aficionado in your family? How about a vintage..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature

Killing Yourself to Live: An 85% True Story

Chuck Klosterman, the undisputed king of metadiscussion, has a Ford Taurus with GPS, 600 compact discs, woman trouble, and a mission

"...may still devote his most rigorous analysis to pop-culture arcana – he starts a chapter by declaring Thomas Jefferson..."

July 29, 2005 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...is the AIA Sandcastle Competition. That's "AIA," as in American Institute of Architects. Boddeker Drive, 409/762-3278...."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

An Unsentimental Education

A/V Geek Skip Elsheimer is a curator of a certain brand of pop-culture ephemera: the forgotten "educational" film.

"...Elsheimer has made an obsession out of collecting such arcana. In the past several years, he has amassed a..."

April 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...support the candidate Vaughan endorsed in the presidential election ["All-American," Nov. 23]. Presumably Vaughan would also expect socially conscious..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Column

Whenever We're Opened

Mortician-for-a-night, Wayne Alan Brenner ponders life as he faces death.

"...Making a canoe.You can learn such arcana by becoming a coroner, or a mortician, or a..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nix on the Flix, Farm to Market Shutters, Sazan Hires a Hammond, Taste of Texas Extended

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...the relentless and much-informed programming of classics and filmic arcana are unmatched for your deep media enjoyment and everybody’s..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...beginning of a huge line-up, including 23 World, North American, and US premieres, ranging from Green Book (directed by..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

The lowdown on the 2017 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories

"...Lucas Loredo has had his work featured in Best American Short Stories, The Rumpus, The Washington Square Review, and..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Unfinished Business

The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"..."The Design of One's Day" Hunter Liguore is an American writer who holds degrees in history and writing. Her..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place: MO FLOAT

Get'cher gay on with AGLCC and AGLPF this week

"...STEAK NIGHT at a gay bar? That's as American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet. Thursdays,..."

June 22, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Mike Egan: The Death of 1977

Egan's stunning, simple graphic images of skulls bring Yard Dog to life

"...Reverend Howard Finster had been 1) obsessed with the arcana of life's termination and 2) strictly coached by Shepard..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box

"...Neubauten's sturm and clang, and Dead Can Dance's wispy arcana. Save godfather-of-goth Alice Cooper, all the figureheads are well-represented,..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Music Review by Christopher Gray

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