Robert Faires’ Top 10 Dance and Classical Joys of 2018

In this year’s dance and classical offerings, extraordinary depictions of loss and suffering continue to haunt

"...1) "FOUR MORTAL MEN" (Ballet Austin) Stephen Mills' elegy for dancers he knew in Eighties..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AISD Prepares to Slice the Apple

School district battles its budget monsters

"...At the final meeting of Austin ISD's Budget Stabilization Task Force on Nov. 14, Eric..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Playback: Compose Like a Pro

Graham Reynolds teaches musicians how to score ... film

"...Next Thursday, Austin's most distinguished composer teaches a free, two-hour film scoring..."

Nov. 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Review: Otello

Austin Opera staged a victory worthy of the Lion of Venice

"...To have witnessed that moment in Austin Opera’s just-closed concert staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s grand tragedy..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...Having two separate productions of Macbeth running in Austin this week called to mind a similar instance in..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony's Happy Birthday, Lenny

In its concert celebrating Bernstein, the ASO shows the composer giving his all in even the briefest of works

"...That's what you heard again and again in the Austin Symphony's centenary celebration of the beloved, revered, and definitely..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Aiming for the Big Kill

Scott Martin on the inaccurate West in his new gunslinger flick

"...Martin's vision for this off-beat but very traditional horse opera. He said, "I wanted a lot of color in..."

Oct. 18, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tillie Walden Returns Home With an Important Message

The prolific graphic novelist says eat spicier food; kiss more queers

"...What came out for the Austin-born, now L.A.-based artist was the webcomic-turned-graphic novel On a..."

Oct. 1, 2018 Arts Post by Beth Sullivan

Jennifer Higdon, American Voice

One of this nation's most acclaimed and active composers, on our rich melting pot of music

"...when you hit 100 birthdays.) But this week in Austin, Lenny has to cede his concert crown to another..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fast Forward Austin Does Compute

New-music champions science the shit out of its upcoming concert with The Difference Engine

"...but for aural adventure and sonic stimulation, Fast Forward Austin is tough to beat. The compositions play with rhythm,..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...uh, is there anything … worthwhile going on in Austin’s fine arts sector this fall?..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

ATX Film News

Acquisitions, awards, and a big gaming rumor

"...the Alamo Drafthouse planning its own MoviePass killer? The Austin-based cinema chain will start a trial run of their..."

July 6, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Peter Bay’s MASS Appeal

The local maestro brings Leonard Bernstein’s massive stagework to Austin with a lot of help from a lot of friends

"...Peter Bay, conductor and music director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, is realizing a childhood dream with two..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

David and Nathan Zellner Deconstruct the Cowboy Myth in Damsel

Two of Austin’s most quirky filmmakers venture west

"...But this is the Zellners, two of Austin's most quirky and creative filmmakers, and so Damsel, their..."

June 22, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bob Schneider Ages Gracefully on Blood and Bones

New LP finds emotional resonance in personal experience

"...Today, one of Austin's most successful stay-at-home acts is in Ann Arbor. By..."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Critics Table's Crème de la Crème

The winners of the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...was large enough to fill the showroom as the Austin Critics Table gathered for the 26th time to honor..."

June 5, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Object Collection’s It's All True

This opera culled from Fugazi concert detritus was an endurance test for both audience and performers

"...a live show except the songs, to stage an opera that, while certainly operatic, exploded any ordinary understanding of..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Margaret Perry: A Life of Music

Classical community honors the late educator in concert Friday

"...to music, that was only fitting. So this Friday, Austin's classical community will gather at St. Martin's Lutheran to..."

May 23, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events in Austin This Weekend

In which your local cultural FOMO is subdued via this handy listicle

"...out and about and experiencing some of what goodness Austin’s got to offer, artwise:..."

April 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Max Richter Puts SXSW to Sleep

UK classicist previews his eight-hour SXSW debut

"...Austin Chronicle: There aren’t many composers that break out of..."

March 9, 2018 SXSW Post by Dan Gentile

LOLA's La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The quality of mercy is never not strained in this new adaptation of Mozart's late opera

"...Tito as he's named in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's late opera. As the title La Clemenza di Tito notes, Rome's..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Playback: Next Big Buzzes at SXSW 2018

Forecasting this year’s breakout acts

"...industry powerhouses by the time they set down in Austin, all but ensuring their commercial success. Remember when they..."

March 9, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events This Weekend

On the weekend before that SXSW thing engulfs us all, yes

"...calm, but not the doldrums – because this is Austin, see, and there’s always plenty of worthwhile diversions from..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Opera Local Artists' La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling

The company’s take on Mozart’s last opera asks hard questions about forgiveness in a messy world

"...resonance to the latest effort from LOLA – Local Opera Local Artists – in its run this week at..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hamilton Comes to Bass Concert Hall in 2019

Season tickets now on sale for Broadway in Austin series

"...has paid off: Broadway sensation Hamilton is finally hitting Austin boards. Well, in 2019, that is...."

Feb. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Opera Terminates Buckley's Contract

Artistic director said to have violated policy on harassment

"...Austin Opera announced today that it has "terminated the employment..."

Feb. 1, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos

Dude ranch antics make this reimagining of Strauss too busy, but when the music takes center stage, it’s gorgeous

"...The desire to liberate operas from their traditional settings to modern-day milieus can yield..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...to Daryl Hannah, Kate McKinnon to John Cena, plus Austin talents like the Zellner brothers, Ethan Hawke, Andrew Bujalski,..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Recommended Art Events This Weekend

How can you lose with a sweet list to use before it's time to choose?

"...vile wyrm lately birthed upon the burgeoning ‘scape of Austin, Texas, where you for reasons unfathomed still deign to..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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