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

"...she was the epitome of petite, almost – to borrow a word often applied to Audrey Hepburn – gamine...."

Nov. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...For a city that’s supposed to care a lot about the arts, it’s always been an oddity that there’s..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The X Files' Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre

What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?

"...more than seven years, the actor who's played that redoubtable FBI assistant director since The X-Files' first season back..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'A Lie of the Mind'/'Love's Labour's Lost'

Seeing two plays she did 23 years ago prompts flashbacks for a local actor

"...Summer 1988: My then-boyfriend Ken Webster directed me in Sam Shepard's A Lie..."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Animation Station

Through ADVision, Austin has become a hotspot for producing English-dubbed anime. Who knew?

"..."In the dying days of the Tukoobuwa Sho -- "..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Exhibitionism

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika: Feels Like Hope

"...Zachary Scott Theatre Center, through November 22 Running Time: 3 hrs..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Altamont Now: Maybe Later

"...Altamont Warehouse, through September 26 Running Time: 1 hr, 40 min..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Arts Review

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...Glass Half Full Theatre presents Yamel Cucuy..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...a closet full of caftans, and James Wood? It's been a huge honor to write "The Good Eye" this..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Postmarks

Last week's Summer Smut Issue gets a whuppin' from some prudent readers.

"...From Issues to Irrelevancy..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column

Articulations

A major change in direction for the Austin Circle of Theatres.

"...ACoT Change..."

July 21, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

The Austin Museum of Art has a new chief curator.

"...It's building time for the Austin Museum of Art -- but..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Shannon Sedwick

The once and future queen of Esther's Follies receives a special B. Iden Payne award

"...Shannon Sedwick may not have been as nonplussed as the president when he was notified..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Where to find this year's Critics Table Awards party and what former Austin actress Sharron Bower is up to in NYC.

"...Critix Pix Redux..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Playwright-Performer Provides a New Kind of Documentation in (Un)Documents

In an award-winning solo show, Jesús I. Valles sits down, alone with family

"...Paper, what is it good for? Absolutely everything. And nothing at all...."

Feb. 15, 2019 Arts Feature by Beth Sullivan

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Hard as it may be to believe, when Elisabet Ney moved to Austin in..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who Wants to Be a Theatre Geek?

A quiz to find out who knows what about theatre in Austin.

"...Okay, class, if you think I've been spouting off here, week after week, just to hear..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

"...help the theatre community he loved. In the weeks before making an unexpected trip to Houston for emergency heart..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

"...It won't be long before we get a national touring production of..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Drive, He Said

In its 13th year, Jason Neulander shifts Salvage Vanguard Theater into overdrive

"...Here's the thing about Jason Neulander of Salvage Vanguard Theater: You don't have..."

April 14, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Articulations

Payne Pleasures 1998

"...It's awards time again... On Monday, the Austin Circle of Theatres..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Peerless

All About Joe (York)

"......"

Jan. 24, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

More Austin theatre turning up in New York: Despair’s Book of Dreams and Lipstick Traces set for spring 2001 runs.

"...New York Bound..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Good Listening

Meryl Streep speaks on the key to acting and its importance to life

"..."I'm not really a religious person, but I believe in the work that I've chosen. That's..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...is dance, it's the nature of the artists to be on the move. And in Austin, they certainly are,..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Art on Waller Creek, Drag on Congress, and More Recommended Events

Step outside and appreciate some art

"...Through November 23, Recspec Gallery..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

In Praise of Designers

A show of gratitude as two of our finest, Ia Ensterä and Jason Amato, depart Austin

"...And the high blood pressure...."

July 17, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Smooth Ride

When Lana Dieterich is acting, nothing seems calculated or forced, no step is false. Her performances are smooth as glass, as silk, as a ride on the bike that she pedals regularly around her Hyde Park neighborhood.

"...She doesn't just sit on the barstool, she teeters on it, as if in the sway..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...upon an idea for a new story. So he began eagerly stitching words together that he might share this..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letting Go, With 'Peace'

Champion for new plays Suzan Zeder closes her career at UT with a new drama of her own

"...Peace of a kind will soon be coming to the halls of the Winship Drama Building..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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