South by Spoken Word

No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am

"...West, Danny Solis, Wammo, and Hilary Thomas are the Austin Poetry Slam Team. In past years, the South by..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West

South by Spoken Word

Thursday

"...may be more familiar as a musician than a spoken word artist; he's one of the founders of Hitting..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature by Phil West

Spoken Word Crash Course at Hyde Park Theater

"...Theater offers a tempting opportunity to catch up with Austin's performance poetry scene, with six of the more talented..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Books Column

IN CONTEXT Presents: Spoken 4 All

Austin-based series reveals more of makes Austin rock

"...A glimpse at Austin's spoken word (or slam poetry) scene is shared in..."

Feb. 24, 2011 Screens Post by Belinda Acosta

Word Up, Showdown

Austin's teen poets unfurl their flag in Silicon Valley

"...Spoken word. Now there's a term with some integrity. It..."

July 13, 2007 Books Feature by Stacy Alexander Evans

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...but consistently over many years – who have made Austin a capital of creativity. It's precisely those individuals that..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)

Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts

"...Blaze Foley's been added to the 2016/17 Austin Music Awards lineup!..."

March 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Celebrate Bastille Day Austin Style

Boots, baguettes, and Jello Biafra

"...Austin's various celebrations of the French Revolution become more diverse..."

July 10, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Eurythmy Ensemble: Our bodies, our instruments

With their performance of Touched Twice, the members of the Austin Eurythmy Ensemble mark 10 years of embodying sound through movement

"...Mention the word "eurythmy," and, more often than not, you'll be met..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Word Is Out

After Broadway, Def Poetry Jam goes national and Austin's Pro Arts Collective snags them

"...and million-dollar star vehicles and shouted, "Hey, America, the word still matters!" It was a gutsy move putting poetry..."

Feb. 13, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...original cassette won Best Tape in the latter year's Austin Music Poll. This many moons later on CD, it..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

‘Austin Chronicle’/Fadó Adult Spelling Bee

Thursday’s bee was entertaining and slightly tinged with alcoholic determination and briefly marred by a gaffe or two.

"...The word was “nescience.” “N-e-s … um could I have a..."

Nov. 1, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...high art of hip-hop deity J Dilla. The former (Austin's Andrew Thaggard) conceived the hilarious pseudo-marketing campaign as an..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin's House Music Scene Clings to the African-American Community That Birthed It

House music rose to prominence from Chicago’s black music community and hangs on here in its original form

"...its late-Eighties pioneers Chicago's Ron Trent, who debuted in Austin playing a three-hour set showcasing his deeply soulful style...."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...Like those acts, Austin's small but formidable cadre of soul vocalists also refuses..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Austin Music Awards, a Black Rock Maverick, and More Crucial Concerts

Our recommended shows for the week ahead

"...Juárez brought her dreamy-then-spiky bedroom pop to last year’s Austin Psych Fest ahead of Cuco (who she’d previously worked..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Five Live and Legendary Austin Performances This Month

Local stages shake with terror, delight, and motion this September

"...rebirth. The playwright and cultural entrepreneur's story reverberates through spoken word and the rhythms of Ingoma Nshya, Rwanda's first-ever..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...The Austin hip-hop scene's collective march toward widespread recognition is taking..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...of the Texas capital's storied music scene. The Northeast Austin native impactfully employed her voice to curate an all-Black..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Sinatra), "Tune In" grooves like a breakthrough anthem for Austin duo Anthony Farrell and Andrew Trube, its airy and..."

July 10, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...with a suave and swanky lilt. Seventh-generation Texan and Austinite for all but the first six months of his..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...show fuses arresting imagery by cinematographer Anlo Sepulveda with spoken word performance from environmental scientists and the agile music..."

June 5, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Austin Dance India Calls on Us All to Respect Mother Earth

Multimedia, multicultural production Sacred Earth Stories appeals to the heart

"...an original score played live by local musicians, with spoken word commentary by Austin Critics Table Award winner Carla..."

June 28, 2019 Arts Feature by Sumaiya Malik

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

CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin

Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?

"...But pay attention to that word: "project." Because when we talk about CodeNEXT, we're talking..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran to fully embrace brooding indie rock, full..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...to celebrate, but he won't leave San Marcos for Austin. "I don't want to tell too many reasons why..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Austin's April Dancers

A month flooded with movement closes with Jennifer Sherburn's Arena and Tapestry's Passing It Forward

"...the showers that fall from on high, April in Austin abounds in dance. The month's first half saw Ballet..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Austin's Gay Days

We've got all the Pride info and sneak peeks into a very gay fall season.

"...about this festive frisky week. It's on, baby bunnies. AUSTIN PRIDE..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

GABC Pictures Black Austin

#iamblackaustin showcases a diversity of black Austinites

"...president of the chamber – today called the Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce – for three and a..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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