Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Mind the rain, yes, but don’t miss these public treats IRL

"...2) The world of high fashion can be so..."

May 3, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events this Weekend

Instead of just staring dully at that Roseanne reboot, right?

"...3) Our theatre reviewer Shanon Weaver, who knows a..."

March 29, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017

Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year

"...road trip provided a revelatory survey of the visual arts landscape statewide. The culminating exhibition gathered some of the..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Fine Arts a Fine Teacher

"...for her review of Mary Moody Northen Theatre's ANON(ymous) [Arts Listings, Nov. 17]. Plays like this one are incredibly..."

Dec. 14, 2017 Postmarks

Street Corner Arts' Pocatello

Rich performances highlight the pain, hope, and heart in this staging of Samuel D. Hunter's family drama

"...an Italian restaurant during "Family Week." In Street Corner Arts' production, director Benjamin Summers finds all the nooks and..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

East Austin Arts Puts It Into a FRAME This Weekend

Big Medium, Co-Lab, Tiny Park, MASS Gallery: Four in Legion

"...at least as far as involvement in the creative arts is concerned in the deepest heart of Austin, Texas...."

May 15, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Califa Arts Collaborative

After season's close, ballet dancers join forces in a unique new venture

"...Austin dancer Beth Terwilleger, who last year founded Califa Arts Collaborative, a summer project that formalizes that process. Choreographers..."

June 10, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

'Natasha Bowdoin: The Daisy Argument'

A work that takes Lewis Carroll's text undersea and lets us drown in words

"...The Arcade, UT Visual Arts Center, 23rd & Trinity..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

UT Visual Arts Center

David Ellis creates a 'motion painting' – or is it several? – for the university

"...in residence at the University of Texas' new Visual Arts Center, paints simple things. David Ellis, who compares what..."

April 23, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nosferatu

When this play looks in the mirror, the dramaturg is invisible

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through Oct. 31..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The Austin Critics Table has honored seven more pioneers in the Austin arts community

"...group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. As with the previous honorees, these..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

McCallum Fine Arts Academy: 'Rent' Due After All

AISD pulled its sponsorship of a districtwide production of Rent, but the show will go on at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy

"...being produced as a district-sponsored summer musical in which fine-arts students from across the city would participate. Their only..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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

The Full Monty

Naughty Austin's production of the musical The Full Monty gets off to a clunky start, but once it hits its stride, it generously delivers a fun night for its audience

"...Arts on Real, through June 23..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

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

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

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Biennial, Okay Mountain

The 2007 Texas Biennial exhibition at Okay Mountain generates color and a communal spirit while raising questions about festivalism and appropriating sources

"...reach and spread across four Austin galleries, the Chronicle's visual-arts writers chose to review the exhibit collectively, in a..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Review

UT Chamber Singers/Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble: Vox Americana redux

American choral music earns more big love in 2007 with back-to-back concerts of American vocal works by the UT Chamber Singers and the Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble

"...James Morrow conducts. The following night, the Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble presents American Music: Past and Present, with Kenneth..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2007 Texas Biennial, Butridge Gallery

The Chronicle's visual-arts writers review the second Texas Biennial in dialogue and find the work at the Dougherty Arts Center to be diverse but presented awkwardly

"...Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center, through April 15..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Review

Arts on Real: Secrets to building a successful theatre

Naughty Austin Artistic Director Blake Yelavich spills all about the creation of his theatre, Arts on Real, in his cover-story interview in the trade publication DramaBiz

"...old ice warehouse into a stylish and intimate theatre, Arts on Real, now in its fourth year of successful..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Confessions of a Mormon Boy

In his 'Confessions of a Mormon Boy,' Steven Fales reveals intimate details about his life as a Mormon and a male escort and proves himself as brave and courageous as a performer can be

"...Arts on Real, through Sept. 9..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The 24th Day

Not everything in Arts on Real's production of The 24th Day comes together as well as it might, but Tony Piccirillo's script works quite effectively on the level of human drama

"...Arts on Real, through June 24..."

June 23, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Up in the Old Hotel

The delights of Refraction Arts Project's 'Up in the Old Hotel' are many, but the creators seem to assume that you already know a lot about 'New Yorker' writer Joseph Mitchell

"...above if you visit the Blue Theater for Refraction Arts Project's Up in the Old Hotel (also the title..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Vin Gallery

With courage and grace, Vin Gallery has successfully made the transition from its burned home in the Guadalupe Arts Center to a space by Gallery Shoal Creek

"...open their renovated downtown gallery space in the Guadalupe Arts Center this month, they experienced an abrupt change of..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Jacqueline May

Big Thanks for Arts Coverage

"...to thank you! for the recent articles regarding visual arts in Austin ["The Art of the Business of Art,"..."

Aug. 4, 2004 Postmarks

Arts Bits

Calling all artists for new Art in Public Places projects! Heather Barfield does England with Metamorphosex.

"...2. For more information, as well as the Civic Arts/Public Art Downtown Master Plan RFP, visit www.cityofaustin.org/aipp...."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature

Arts Bullets

Two Austin arts groups go to D.C. for an international arts festival, and another is headed to New York for one

"...Austin makes itself known at the 2004 International VSA arts Festival in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 11. That's..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature

Austin Arts & Jazz Festival

"Off" year doesn't stop the impressive names from coming.

"...For an "off" year, the Austin Arts & Jazz Festival has some impressive names for its..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...Through April 20, Dougherty Arts Center..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...Works by the annual Tito’s Prize Winner for Visual Arts – yes, that’s the Tito’s Handmade Vodka Tito, tyvm..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

$3 Shows Mixes Arts and Social Issues, Like Ben Buck’s Album Release and a DAWA Fundraiser

$3 entry for Como Las Movies, KVN, Suzanna Choffel, and more on Sunday

"...“[Ludwig] was connecting the arts community with the social issues community through a live..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Music Post by Adam Cherian

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