After a Fashion

Stephen does Dallas … No, wait, we mean Houston. Stephen does Houston. In a big way. With big names. At the Icon. Don't you wish you were this fabulous? Oh, and he does the State Board of Education, too. Don't they wish?

"...INAs soon as we entered the security check at the airport on our way to..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Shiny, Happy Creatures

With their vibrant colors and organic shapes, Faith Gay's artworks seem delightfully, hypnotically alive

"...Bright droplets of pure, vibrant color: the bluest sky blue, the greenest..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Who was tops in 2003? Who will last into 2004?

"...TOP 10 CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS OF 2003..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle is an ensemble piece full of verve and a punster's quick wit, with moments that are deeply thoughtful alternating with plenty of songs to present a pastiche history of our land, from the ride of Paul Revere through Charles Lindbergh's famous flight.

"...Second Youth Family Theatre has accomplished an effective feel-good show all about the..."

March 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Giants Have Us in Their Books

There are moments of magic in Shard Live Performance Collective production of Giants Have Us in Their Books, Jose Rivera's five-play take on human vices and virtues, but they are few and far between in an evening filled with urban and suburban angst, folly, and outright nastiness.

"...Giants Have Us In Their Books: Magic Buried Under the RealismVictory Grill,..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

TV Eye

Now that the February sweeps are over, take a look what the networks are dragging in for March.

"...February sweeps are over. Thank goodness. After a month of so-so miniseries that included not one but two JonBenet..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Public Notice

KOOPerate, Dammit

"...If you are a member and want to oust the current board, you should go. If you are a..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column by Kate X Messer

Love Letters, Pro Wrestling, and More Recommended Events

Your weekdays are spoken for

"...Memoir of a Snail with pre-recorded Q&A..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Turkey Prep, Indigenous Films, and More Weekday Events

Events to attend before you're too stuffed to move

"...Essential Cinema: The Eyes of Peter Lorre..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Gladys Knight, Nick Shoulders, and More Crucial Concerts

Get out and get live this week

"...Thursday 24, the Chronpound..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Letters at 3am: Doppelgängers

Across generations and geography, doppelgängers emerge

"...Doppelgänger is a German word in the Oxford English Dictionary; it means "an apparition or double..."

March 8, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Something Wild

AFS Essential Cinema: Hong Kong New Wave Cinema

"...The term "world cinema," a catchall for anything outside our..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Austin Eats Is Now Bigger and Better Than Ever!

If these choices aren't enough for you, we don't know what is

"...festivalgoers will be happy to see a large number of newcomers to the Austin Eats Food Court – from..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...Shame, Shame, next month. Hailed for its inventive updating of 1960s pop, the fivesome's harmonies, hooks galore, and kaleidoscope..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...Atop the biggest stage on the biggest night of the biggest..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

This Kitty's Got Claws

Teeth tears into everything from abstinence programs to rape culture. Is Austin grownup enough to handle it?

"...The scene: Saturday night, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, the sold-out..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Friday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...to Change Money Waters Visions, 9:30pm Strong characters telling their most engaging stories are missing in hip-hop right now,..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Recurring Character

Four Texas writers on fathers and sons

"...My father, Jesse "Jake" Sublett Jr., died on Jan. 4 of..."

June 17, 2005 Books Feature

Steady as She Goes

Li'l Cap'n Travis humbles its way into Austin's musical heart

"..."Before all of this ever went down,..."

July 2, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Letters at 3AM

A Little Late, For Bix

"...was coming and pretty much knew what it meant (whether for or against): This war announced a changed America..."

May 16, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

The Scarlet Letter

The Vortex Repertory Company's retelling of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter feels like it's coming from a fitful, troubled sleep, a hazy dreamscape in which director Michelle Fowler and her cast create a society of suffocating morality and the cruel reprisals that await any who violate its rigid rules of conduct.

"...The Scarlet Letter: A Recurring Nightmare..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...Long Live the King!..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Back Home in Texas

The return of the reigning Queen of Austin Country Music

"...It sounds like the grandfather Buddha of Austin country music, big daddy Don..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Live Shots

Nueva Luz, Zupia

"...Rock en Español. Remember those words. You already know them well, but in a year you'll know them better...."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Feature

Mr. South Austin

"...one were to choose a musician who is emblematic of South Austin, that person would simply have to play..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Music Feature by Lee Nichols

Record Reviews

"...produced an album so good (Garbage) that it left the inevitable question, "Can they do it again?" Version 2.0..."

May 22, 1998 Music Review

Search & Destroy

Pages That Rock

"...In the subUrban wasteland of my youth, in a tiny, bland..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature

Postmarks

My Vote, My Message

"...Now that we know how Indonesia bought the U.S. Government's silence over genocide in East Timor during..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Column

Record Reviews

"...Diary of a Mod Housewife (Koch)..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Music Review

Mercedes Wanguemert-Peña's Grand Obsession Stuck Inside Cuba

"...altar, several life-sized naked female bodies -- one giving birth -- and all the partitions in the primary gallery..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

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