Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...mix depending on the player's position inside the game," writes Thorsten Quaeschning, to whom Froese bequeathed the group, which..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Austin's award season starts in dramatic fashion on Monday night..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Girl God Checkmates Comedy

Trans comedy duo brings their new sketch show to Austin

"...Girl God, the trans comedy team of writers Grace Freud and April Clark, met as kids. Or,..."

Sept. 29, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest

Because the best comedy always has a story to it

"...sketch, m'kay. Nowhere will you learn this better than Austin Sketch Fest, put on by alt-comedy bastion ColdTowne Theatre..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Arts Column by James Scott

P.G. Moreno Can’t Get Enough “Adventurous Music” and Austin’s More Interesting For It

Epistrophy Arts leader talks past, present, and holy grail bookings

"...jazz legends Andrew Cyrille and Billy Harper at the Scottish Rite Theater in May and Colombia’s eclectic Meridian Brothers..."

Aug. 29, 2022 Music Post by Michael Toland

Improvisational Music Curator P.G. Moreno: "I Feel the Most Confident I've Ever Felt About Epistrophy Arts"

His latest booking? Scandinavian jazz powerhouses Atomic on their final U.S. tour before disbanding.

"...Wiik, trumpeter Magnus Broo, drummer Hans Hulbækmo, and bassist/former Austin avant-jazz hub Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, the Swedish/Norwegian blend has..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Faster Than Sound: Happy Birthday, Daniel Johnston

Hi, How Are You Day commemorates the late, great Daniel Johnston, and SaulPaul's Alien Adventure beams down at Scottish Rite Theater

"...Last Wednesday inside ACL Live at the Moody Theater, following some nonlinear ramblings on the scientific method, Cage..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...For many in Austin's theatre community, they will remember, remember the fourth of..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Archive Theater Company's Cyrano de Bergerac

Jennifer Rose Davis' new staging immerses audiences in 19th-century France, taking them on an epic journey that's equally humorous and heartfelt

"...Three Musketeers at St. Edward's University). Given the Archive Theater Company's stated mission of staging classic stories for a..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

A New Generation Brings Heloise Gold's "Bird Dream Dances" to Life

Taking wing with the bird dances Gold has been making for 40 years

"...Bird Bath & Beyond, running May 30-June 2 at Austin Scottish Rite Theater, Nasky, Hasandras, and Oliver are learning..."

May 31, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Two Steps Forward ...

A year ago, the last CodeNEXT draft was "unworkable." What's changed?

"...Stephen Oliver – hardly an obstructionist on the code rewrite – called "a failed starting point ... a half-baked..."

April 19, 2019 News Column by Nick Barbaro

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...The 44th annual awards ceremony was held at the Austin Scottish Rite Theater Monday, and more than 30 shows..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Scottish Rite Theater's Wit

In this production, people are there for one another and no one has to face the end alone

"...It's that last lesson in which this production by Austin Scottish Rite Theater seems the most deeply invested. The..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Past, Present, and FuturX of Latinx Performance in Austin

The current surge of Latinx theatre and dance in Austin speaks to both tradition and pioneering new directions

"...Ground Floor Theatre's premiere of There and Back by Austin playwright Raul Garza; (Un)Documents, a new work by local..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Arts Feature by Roxanne Schroeder-Arce

Fair Youth Make Fairer Shakespeare

Two fine chances to see young people make the Bard come alive

"...sample the work this weekend by Camp Shakespeare and Austin Shakespeare's youth troupe...."

June 21, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...art shows and artists on Shady Lane in East Austin. As a result of its landlord not renewing the..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Booth's Richard III by the Hidden Room Theatre

Beth Burns and company unearths a fascinating theatrical time capsule with this version of Shakespeare's tragedy

"...Theatre, in conjunction with the Harry Ransom Center and Austin Scottish Rite Theater, now offers a play that is..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

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

"...Her suit was persuasive, given the forceful words that Austin writer Rebecca Whitehurst armed her with and the passion..."

March 9, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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

"...Local Artists – in its run this week at Austin Scottish Rite Theater. In La Clemenza di Tito: A..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shanon Weaver's Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017 (the Second Half)

The year was well-served by actors who could channel spookiness, rebellion, despair, and dance fever

"...KAREEM BADR IN WOMAN IN BLACK (Penfold Theatre/7 Towers Theatre/Austin Scottish Rite Theater) Charisma for days in a spooky..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

2017 Payne Theatre Award Winners

Lotta love for Nevermore, Drowning Girls, Agent Andromeda

"...at the 43rd annual awards ceremony, held at the Austin Scottish Rite Theater Monday, those they loved they loved..."

Oct. 25, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Woman in Black at Scottish Rite Theater

Skilled actors and atmospheric design combine to make this co-production a spine-tingler ideal for Halloween

"...a skilled design team. The old-world feel of the Scottish Rite Theater makes it a perfect venue, and the..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...Vortex Repertory Company) and Monty Python's Spamalot (Summer Stock Austin); the Theatre for Youth production El Paraíso de los..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 11-13

Elvis tribute to Japanoise, take your pick

"...10. Since then, the pair – irrevocably tied to Austin music – have celebrated their birthdays jointly at the..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Music Post by Victoria Mycue

Music: Summer Snapshot

Concert calendar

"...Dillinger Escape Plan, American Sharks Mohawk, May 27...."

May 19, 2017 Music Feature

Q&A: Henry Threadgill

Master improviser speaks on sustaining creativity

"...Henry Threadgill makes an ultra-rare Austin appearance this weekend. The Chicago-born, New York City-stationed composer,..."

April 6, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...biography, local cultural map, and a scholarly snapshot of Austin's vaunted 1970s music scene...."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Before EAST? During EAST? Something Other Than EAST?

We totally <3 that East Austin Studio Tour, but hold on a minute

"...to be sure – because Big Medium’s annual East Austin Studio Tour is one of those rare good things..."

Nov. 11, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place: Do You Feel So Used?

Well, OK, if it's aGLIFF, sure ...

"...that "discarded." Now you know how the items at Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival's Big Gay Garage..."

April 17, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Anything ...

Selena's birthday week is Dreaming of You

"...Austin International Poetry Festival Meeting of the minds, words, and..."

April 10, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

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