After a Fashion

Stephen lovingly remembers his time designing couture for Zach Scott Theatre

"...was much happier in someone else's. I moved to Austin and enrolled at Austin Community College, where an old..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Long Fringe -- Bring Your Own Venue!

"...Produced by: Austin Community College Dance & Drama Department..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Filmmaking Sin Fronteras

In its 18th annual edition, Cine Las Americas presents an eclectic mix

"...first Cine Las Americas International Film Festival debuted in Austin and brought with it an astonishing wealth of Latin..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

"Nobody's Women" See the Light

Mexican Women Film Directors Series

"...because we don't know Mexican film. Thanks to the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria and an impressive..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Need to Flip a Car or Burn a Building Down? Call EB3 Effects.

How brothers Everett and Craig Byrom went from building maintenance to making movies

"...Go to the Byroms' place in Southwest Austin, and there's a disemboweled cow hanging from the ceiling..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

BAM! Performing Arts Festival: What's that sound?

Pro Arts Collective gets your attention with BAM!, a new performing arts festival bringing dancers, actors, poets, and musicians to Austin to display the surge of creativity among African-American artists

"...Francisco; Phoenix; Jackson, Miss.; Dallas; San Antonio; and, naturally, Austin, gathering here to show you firsthand the current surge..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dreaming ART

This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.

"...Spring Storm is receiving its world premiere production in Austin. Inside the B. Iden Payne Theatre, an opening-night crowd..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The ACM Machine

Assistant City Managers Outlive Rumors of Their Demise

"...City Managers (ACMs) who each oversee several related city departments. Three months later, blood-thirsty critics of city staff have..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Articulations

Another death in the dance community, longtime UT jazz dance instructor Lathan Sanford.

"...Austin's dance community suffered another loss this week, even as..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The World Is Watching J. Quinton Johnson

The UT alumnus left Austin to be in "the room where it happens": in Hamilton on Broadway

"...No matter how many high school drama students hit him up for selfies at the Long..."

April 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

The Real Obscenity

"...all, didn't they get help enough from the police department? I know there are enough burglaries going on in..."

April 30, 1999 Column

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Television Festival has just added gaming and international intrigue drama Tetris to its headliners as part of today's second..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

It's the Sound of 50 G's, Baby

UT grad Nora Boxer wins the prestigious Keane Prize for her short story, 'It's the song of the nomads, baby; or, Pioneer.'

"...graduate of the Creative Writing Program in the English Department, took the prize for her short story, "It's the..."

May 5, 2010 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

A Tangled Web at Spider House

A culture of heavy drinking and late nights, alleged sexual misconduct, and a lawsuit all pull on the threads of a poisonous time at the campus-area cafe

"...Ballroom isn't exactly bustling, but it's far from empty. College students, alone and coupled, sit outside drinking beers or..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Let's Fix That

How New Plays Are Developed in Austin

"...be very different from that for a one-man historical drama like The Confessions of David Crockett, which Remembrance Through..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

SXSW TV Review: Lucky Hank

Bob Odenkirk lends his weight to light academic comedy

"...There's often a confusion that drama has to be epic, overblown, and filled with dire..."

March 18, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFS Announces 2020 Feature Grant Recipients

Special new fund will help those hit by SXSW cancellation

"...cash and $15,000 in goods and services under the Austin Film Society's AFS Grants for 2020. However, in these..."

Sept. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

High School Thesps Earn More Than Applause

New area musical theatre awards announce first nominations

"...thespians were about the nominations for the first Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards...."

March 21, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Radio Snack

Food on the airwaves in Austin

"...and tribal connection. Music, news, sports, politics, gossip, religion, drama, and humor all have places across the spectrum of..."

July 15, 2011 Food Feature by MM Pack

Working Playwright

Steven Dietz just wants to get in, roll up his sleeves, and make the words better

"...toxic and really excoriates his script, that flays the dramaturgical hide off his literary creation – then he'll print..."

Nov. 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Mysteriously Happy Atmosphere

"...buzz at the Black Mountain estate in near South Austin. The two acres of densely wooded trails and creek..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Feature by John Spong

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...at St. Michael's Academy from 1997-2000, chairing the Theology department, directing the community service program, and sitting on the..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Posey. (R, 98 min.) "Twentysomething and fresh out of college" is increasi ngly coming to define a whole genre..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Give Him Enough Rope

John Walch's new plays -- the monologue The Circumference of a Squirrel and the epic The Dinosaur Within -- are inextricably linked: In their ambitious scope, in their genesis, and in the amount of national attention they're generating for this award-winning Austin playwright.

"...and a winner of new play awards from the Austin Theatre Critics' Table and the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre..."

April 20, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Articulations

But Is it ART? Finally, Yes

"...For months, the local stage community has been buzzing over the rumor that Tuna Top..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Memoriam

"...gone. Webster Smalley, who taught playwriting at the UT Department of Theatre & Dance from 1969 to 1989, died..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Column

Crossing the Lines

Women Comic Strippers

"...you wanna spend the night, babe?" This work of Austin artist Van Horn and 13 others appear in an..."

May 12, 1995 Books Feature by Kate X Messer

Hustle and Show

City Theatre Company's first year is a lesson in building a new stage and mounting a season at breakneck speed

"...Austin's newest resident theatre company opened the doors of its..."

July 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Beyond the Closet Door

Gay/Lesbian Filmmakers Find New Inspiration

"...The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) is celebrating..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Screens Feature

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