The Art of Parenting With Art

Trying to find ways to make art while sustaining a family is no easy road.

"...Before the girls came along, we'd both been working artists, eking out a coexistence supplemented by jobs outside or..."

June 22, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

'Art Should Be Convulsive'

The Austin Film Society and SXSW celebrate the films of Mexican cinema giant Arturo Ripstein.

"...filmmaker is, most likely, someone you've never heard of: Arturo Ripstein. The Austin Film Society seeks to correct this..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Art + Commerce

Marc English Design's DIY Criteria

"...single identity, a brand that not only defines the artist and his art but leaves a lasting, lovely scar..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Art Is Formally Known as Prints

A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin's screen-printing scene

"...I first moved to town, I worked at Asel Art Supply on MLK, and they had a small Speedball..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Where Does Art Fit Into The Goodnight?

It's a matter of what can be done with available space

"...a place do you think we're running here?" says bartender Derron Rogers, frowning at his boss who's just set..."

June 3, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...Austin Police Department mental health officers Art Fortune, Joel Pridgeon, and Sgt...."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Rosenwald

Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is profiled

"...documentary about a Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist who spent his fortune building schools for impoverished southern blacks during the Jim..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

APD Cracks Down on Spillway Swimmers and Dogs

APD began enforces ban on swimming and off-leash dogs at the spillway, after years of turning a blind eye

"...When David Thornberry arrived at the Barton Springs spillway with his two dogs, Ranger and Skip-Bo,..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Amy Kamp

We Are X

Japanese rockers are the best band you've never heard of

"...Toshi’s exit from the group into the Home of Heart, a musical organization that, in Yoshiki’s narrative, borders on..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seraphim Falls

A morality play without the morality, Seraphim Falls demands its protagonists (Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Anjelica Huston) resign themselves to their loneliness and brutality.

"...Bond, Brosnan was the victim of his own good fortune: Under contract to play the Hollywood personification of simmering..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The House of Sand

The House of Sand is a quintessentially moderate art film: panoramic and symbolic, epic in scope, technically accomplished, and miraculously acted by the mother-daughter team of Fernandas Montenegro and Torres in showy dual roles.

"...Dona Maria (Montenegro). One or two sudden reversals of fortune later, Áurea and Maria are alone in the dunes..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Image-Maker

Former Chronicle "Cover Master" and legendary tattoo artist Michael Malone's aka Rollo Banks' career has always on been in ink; now it's on paper.

"...Bull's-Eyes & Black Eyes: The Art of Michael Maloneedited by Don Ed Hardy..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

APD Is Enforcing the Doggone Spillway Ban

Police and Parks Department crack down on hot spot for dogs and swimmers

"...When David Thornberry arrived at the Barton Springs spillway with his two dogs, Ranger and Skip-Bo,..."

Aug. 4, 2014 News Post by Amy Kamp

Dr. T & the Women

"...to draw in the regular connoisseurs of maverick film art. The idea of Richard Gere as a Dallas gynecologist..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mambo Kings

"...by: Arne Glimcher. Starring: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty and Maruschka Detmers. This film adaptation of Oscar Hijuelos'..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...the equally luminous Victoria (Watson) and ends up wedding Carter’s Corpse Bride instead. The understandably flustered groom is immediately..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oldboy

This 2003 revenger from Korean upstart Chan-wook Park is a multilayered, intensely performed, shockingly violent, and viscerally visual tour de force.

"...This 2003 revenger from Korean upstart Chan-wook Park (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) is a multilayered,..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Thankfully, the dark tone of the beloved childrens books is carried over to the screen, and the terrific performances and production design provide extra lift.

"...sight gags; the film also enjoys some of its heartier laughs by providing English subtitles to Sunny’s seeming gibberish)...."

Dec. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Angel Baby

"...Unfortunately, Rymer displays only a rudimentary feel for the art of storytelling and little faith in his actors' ability..."

April 11, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...Long Island singer-songwriter cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any of their era peers between the late..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Schroeder v. APD

Latest police shooting case raises retro question: Why not Glasgow?

"...18-year-old Daniel Rocha could've been avoided if then-Austin Police Department. Officer Julie Schroeder had just taken a moment during..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Patron Though Poor

In Collecting Art, Clint Boelsche Supports Artists

"...I am the friend of the artist. I must be available from the beginning to the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...light blue letters: It's a souvenir from the contemporary art space at the heart of what can only be..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

New Street Craft Book Features Local Yarnbomber Magda Sayeg

We’d recommend it anyway, because it’s just that good

"...producing books – well-researched, beautifully designed books – about art and culture...."

March 3, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Energy Forward

Sofia Resnick gets her kee-op! on at Master Yi Martial Arts Academy

"...a stop at the side entrance of Master Yi Martial Arts Academy on North Burnet Road, I could see..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Screens Feature by Sofia Resnick

Local Video Game Releases

A handful of local games showcase the weird side of interactive art

"...The team at Swagabyte Games took this lesson to heart when they created Disorder, a 2-D platforming game that..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...If you had the good fortune to be at Esther's Follies in its early years..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Rocha Case: New Drug Evidence Raises Questions About County Lab

First test showed no drugs in suspect; second contradicted

"...the blood and urine samples be submitted to outside, third-party analysts for additional testing...."

July 22, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wallet and Spirit

Sickbed Fortune

"...beds while he was running Baptist Health System's emergency department in the 1970s. Earlier, he had been a doctor..."

Jan. 29, 1999 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

The Last Shall Be First

New Year's Eve becomes a cultural extravaganza with First Night Austin

"...the first night of First Night Austin, and the arts scene is eager to see just how our town..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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