Letters at 3AM: My Top 10 of All Top 10s

A list of the Top 10 cultural artifacts that have shaped my life

"...misbehave! Language could play! Language could dance burlesque or ballet. And they called that "poetry." And it opened worlds...."

Jan. 1, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

The Island of Dr. Ersek

Austin's media-friendly Robert Ersek is the king of pop cosmetic surgery

"...He is, after all, a supporter of the Austin Ballet and works with Austin Smiles, a group of doctors..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Breathe, Fall, Suspend

Kathy Dunn Hamrick explains what modern dance is and why she keeps making it

"...of the culture. We learn from it. For instance, ballet uses a linear storyline and has a set vocabulary...."

April 30, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Coach's Corner

When even the duffers at the muni golf course are talking about the Olympics, you know the ratings are through the roof.

"...the ordinary occurred. These guys don't go to the ballet. They don't talk much about "issues." They'd think badly..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Golf Cart Story

The oral history of the Great Chronicle Lakeway Golf Cart Raid

"...of Las Vegas-cowboy outfit. I had this like gold lamé jacket, silver boots, you know, I was dressed to..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

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Sucking Us Dry

"...18, No. 29] is a brilliant article on Austin Ballet choreographer and dancer Stephen Mills. Please continue this type..."

May 21, 1999 Column

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Think Positive

"...that is being increasingly bestowed upon its symphony, opera, ballet, and similar groups. No longer should they have to..."

May 8, 1998 Column

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...Berry announced that Tharp is here to break down balletic tropes and bring dance to the culture. Afterward, enjoy..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Terrence McNally on Art and Commerce

The Tony-winning playwright talks about the business of show

"...Off Broadway; at the Metropolitan Opera; Philharmonic Hall; City Ballet, where Balanchine ballets had their world premieres. And tickets..."

June 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

News Roundup: Storms, Season's Greetings, and Open Carry

Reminder: Open carry law takes effect Jan. 1

"...in his full drag regalia as Mother Ginger in Ballet Austin’s production of The Nutcracker. The Mother Ginger role..."

Dec. 29, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Sistering the Brothers Grimm

Austin-born artist Natalie Frank makes fables viscerally visual in her exhibition at the Blanton

"...books, is set design and costume design for a ballet or an opera. There's been such a great history..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Short and Sweet From SXSW

The full list of short docs, dramas and animation playing this year

"...Schulnik "Eager" is a traditional, stop-motion and clay-mation film ballet by painter/animator Allison Schulnik...."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After a Fashion

In between TV marathons, Stephen Skip-Bos to his Lou all over town at the functions he can still make it to

"...the iconic Becky Beaver (whom I'm accompanying to the Ballet Austin Fête*ish 2009 this weekend). But alas – we..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Hooping

Eighty-eight keys are too heavy, too melancholy, says computer-key stroker Laura Scarborough

"...an edge. We've got that circus-art element mixed with ballet, a modern dance style with a girl in pointy..."

July 3, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

31 Nights

Darcie Stevens braves 31 nights in a row out in the Live Music Capital of the World. Too bad she didn't live to see it.

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

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Our readers talk back.

"...presentation of works of the New York School at Ballet Austin, and the emergence of the Church of the..."

May 14, 2004 Column

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The Starbucks Showdown continues; and readers voice their opinions on last week's Best of Austin issue.

"...and the various season guides (Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Ballet, Paramount Theatre) and local zines that I carry from..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Column

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"..."Gideon" Tamblyn as Jet leader "Riff") and the umbrella ballet of Singin' in the Rain (directed by Donen). And..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

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Don't Dissolve District

"...Austin is blessed with having a great symphony orchestra, ballet, and other perfoming arts organizations. We need an established..."

May 1, 1998 Column

Live Shots

"...sold-out house had already been serenaded by Roy Lozano's Ballet Folklorico, Mariachi Relampago, another mariachi band, Los Caporales, as..."

May 30, 1997 Music Feature

Besame Mucho Braves the Cold for a Vibrant Latin Music Celebration

Second annual music festival packs four-dozen acts into COTA

"...joined on stage by Mariachi Michoacan and the outfit-changing Ballet Folklórico del Río Grande. After a few Vicente Fernández..."

April 7, 2025 Music Post by Catalina Perez

Qmmunity: The Optimist Weighs In

Staying positive these days is like being an 84-year-old Al Pacino trying to read names at the Oscars – a struggle!

"...Gilker describes as “about queer zoning, housing families, a ballet of beavers and much more.” Check out their self-constructed..."

April 4, 2025 Column by James Scott

Pool Parties, Pride Picnics, and Other Events Worth Braving the Heat

Get good and sweaty

"...families – including a dance poetry workshop led by Ballet Afrique founder and creative director China Smith, an art..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...singer-songwriter has trained in dance styles from hip-hop to ballet since childhood. The Austinite’s oceanic voice ripples – almost..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Die Spitz Cut Their Hard Rock Teeth

Childhood friends-turned-bandmates talk new EP and "the best year ever"

"..."[Schrobilgen] and I met in ballet class when we were 3, and we've both known..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

From Stage to Page to Screen: Inside the Script of West Side Story

Tony Kushner explains the process of adapting a classic

"...is sung by a fantasy character in a dream ballet. So I felt like I had the right to..."

Jan. 31, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...discuss the challenges they have faced with giving traditional ballet a hip new twist...."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...a space usually reserved for the city's symphony and ballet, but on the night of the screening the 1,300-seat..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Deconstructing Sonic Borders

The 13th annual No Idea Festival explores everything from phenological sound art to avant jazz and microtonal composition

"...a fine art, the same as European classical music, ballet, and painting...."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Now & Forever

New Orleans institution riles up the Paramount Friday

"...communities. One day you may catch us performing a ballet at a performing arts theater, the next we’re in..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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