In Memoriam: Ralph White

Ralph White, Texas painter, UT Professor Emeritus, and Austin Arts Hall of Fame inductee, has died at age 83

"...wrote that painting is "an undeniable and personal declaration of the gift of life." Just how passionately he believed..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

This year's Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony turned into something of an endurance test, setting a new record for length at three and a half hours.

"...I don't want to say that this year's Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony was long, but hoo-boy, it..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Owing to budget woes in the College of Fine Arts, the UT PAC Prop Shop is closed for business, and local choreographers and dance companies earn national awards and international gigs.

"...Strike one more resource in the ongoing battle by Austin performing arts groups to create maximum theatre on minimum..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Another sad and confounding week in the live music capital: City Council takes steps to create a music department as APD pulls the plug on Shady Grove, and Tina Marsh succumbs to breast cancer

"...Tina Marsh was a singular, irreplaceable voice in Austin jazz, not just in the resounding depth and clarity..."

June 19, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Articulations

Choreographer Deborah Hay is welcomed home from New York, Doyle Bramhall rocks the house at Zach, and new plans for the Long Center are being unveiled

"...at UT's Harry Ransom Center on March 31. The Austin Arts Hall of Famer, home following a two-month residency..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

More Happy Feet

Dance legend Fayard Nicholas returns to Austin for the fifth annual Soul to Sole Festival

"...Stormy Weather; and that, at the ripe old age of 88, wowed Austinites lucky enough to attend the Soul..."

June 3, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...clarify a myth about himself. "I wasn't a graduate of Radio-Television-Film at UT," he said. "I have a bachelor..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Culture Flash!

The Longs give a million, the Rudes add a co-PAD, Mills shows his new dance, and Kitch joins a board

"...giving something back. On Friday, June 6, at the Austin Museum of Art's Art Ball XII gala, the recent..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Ruth Denney: In Memoriam

Ruth Denney, one of the most influential arts educators that Texas ever knew, died March 26, little more than a week before her 93rd birthday

"...over the past half-century has died. Ruth Denney, one of the most influential arts educators that Texas ever knew,..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Deborah Hay wins raves, The Match in New York, and Ballet Austin brings a New York dancer to town to play Hamlet

"...Austin Arts Hall of Famer Deborah Hay has been spending..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Graduating, With Honors

Local awards are nice, but Austin artists are being recognized nationally all the time now

"...As I contemplate the Austin Critics Table Awards hitting the 20-year mark – a..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Origin Story

"...Dear Editor, Many thanks to the Austin Critics Table and the Chronicle, for the well-deserved induction..."

May 31, 2015 Postmarks

The Long Center

The new Long Center managing director is the old Paramount executive director

"...city's cultural scene earned him a place in the Austin Arts Hall of Fame's inaugural class, has signed on..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Don Howell: In Memoriam

"...being honored for his meaningful contributions to and support of the arts in Austin, Don Howell has passed away...."

Aug. 1, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"...Coyle, hair framing her face in a tangled hemisphere of loose brown curls, walks into Austin's Cap City Comedy..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Zach Theatre

Just in time for Zach's diamond anniversary, a pair of million-dollar donations

"...with a gala performance and party, but the venerable Austin arts organization will have more than longevity to celebrate...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Extended Play '07

Off the Record scratches the surface

"...be more difficult than expected. Here are a few of the more notable local events worth revisiting one last..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Karen Kuykendall: In Memoriam

When this performer and friend of the arts died on Oct. 31, the city lost the grandest of its grande dames

"...When folks speak of giants walking among us, Karen Kuykendall is the kind..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Zachary Scott Theatre Center: A stage for a diva

The new theatre being built by the Zachary Scott Theatre Center already has a name: the Karen Kuykendall Stage, in honor of the Austin native and award-winning performer

"...has a name: the Karen Kuykendall Stage, in honor of the Austin native who is to many in the..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Boy Returning Water to the Sea'

Poet Andrea Selch saw so much in Kelly Fearing's artwork, she had to write about it

"...years: the E. William Doty Award from the University of Texas' College of Fine Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Morris Beachy

Remembering Austin's pioneering choral conductor

"...The man who brought together more voices in Austin than anyone else has sung his last song. Morris..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Surveying the aftermath from the Red River shootout outside Spiros

"..."Our entrance was literally bulletproof," Spiros general manager Josh Cisneros told the Chronicle in..."

June 5, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Catfish, outlaws, and armadillos

"...the time to find something to celebrate at one of the festivals or just get your toes wet in..."

May 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...have a music industry infrastructure – just a lot of motley musicians wandering aimlessly from club to club. Dispelling..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Becoming Herself

What role the 'Universe of Texas' played in the life and art of Marcia Gay Harden

"...Tony Award winner, an inductee into the Texas Film Hall of Fame, and a Distinguished Alumnus of the University..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre and Paul Beutel: They're Playing His Song

After 35 years in Austin, former Paramount Theatre Director Paul Beutel is headed home to Houston to be the Miller Outdoor Theatre's first artistic director

"...After 35 years of making invaluable contributions to capital city culture, Austin Arts..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AFS to Honor P.T. Anderson, Armie Hammer

Legendary director and rising actor take inaugural awards

"...Few filmmakers have ever depicted the failures and resilience of the human condition with as much delicacy and compassion..."

Feb. 6, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Legerdemain Man Ray Anderson

The fact that magicians around the world revere the magic man of Esther’s Follies is no illusion

"...West Coast entertainment capitals, hungrily seeking out Ray Anderson, Austin's much-loved magician, illusionist, and longtime MVP of Esther's Follies?..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Activities to help you stay cool as summer heats up

"...that any travel adventures need to include copious amounts of air conditioning and/or a swimming hole...."

July 6, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Luv Doc Recommends: Harold and Maude

Mercury Hall, Sunday, February 17, 2008

"...weren’t even a zygote in 1971, otherwise you’re one of those hags or geezers who are dragging the Chronicle’s..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

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