Attention to Sound

John Cage's approach to music has shaped how Michelle Schumann listens to and plays it

"...longtime partner Merce Cunningham when the two were at Black Mountain College in North Carolina working with folks like..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Book Reviews

John Taliaferro's biography of a man and a mountain

"...of it, and we have a hunch that the Black Mountain Sioux aren't entirely pleased with the thing, but..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Review by Shawn Badgley

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...the time; Collins and Younger were a team called Black Mountain Art. (See the Chronicle feature "A Mysteriously Happy..."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...of the year seemed unusually dramatic: the closings of Black Mountain Arts, the Public Domain Theatre on Congress, Lyons-Matrix..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Spaces with history and heart. When we lose a Black Mountain College or a Public Domain Theatre, we don't..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

George Jones Stubb's, October 22

"...a pint of Guinness. After the animated fiddle breakdown "Black Mountain Rag," Jones used a pair of new songs..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Fashion Gets Grave

Austin's Caskets by Design can insure that death will become you.

"...modeled after Renaissance fountain fish, no less -- by Black Mountain Art. The perky, highly positive woman in charge..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Welcome Place

FronteraFest `98: Bigger but Still Room for Everyone

"...as a whole was not engaged or felt its Black Mountain Balleyhoo photograph by Brett Brookshire patience tried, people..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Arts Feature

Moses Speaks

Down from the Mountain:

"...there isn't much gray. It seems to be either black or white.... It doesn't mean that you give in..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

River

Astonishing nature documentary forces us to reconsider our connection to our waterways

"...And they begin in almost exactly the same way. Black-and-white footage of musicians tuning up, and Willem Dafoe joking..."

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

I Could Be So Happy

Heartless Bastards vocal quake Erika Wennerstrom moves The Mountain from Austin

"...her revamped trio's third LP for Fat Possum, The Mountain, Wennerstrom's voice remains the glass of whiskey that helps..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Neighborhood Watch

"...witnessing the essentially futile, decades-long struggle of the disenfranchised mountain people against the indifference of the companies who strip-mined..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Right Where They Belong

Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders

"...Cruise, unshaven and dressed for a Hollywood funeral -- black blazer, black T-shirt, black jeans, and work boots --..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gay Place

The last traces of SXSW have been packed up and swept away, but we're not calling it quits.

"...a building of intimacy happening this week – Queer Mountain is all about that homo love – and the..."

March 25, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Flippin' the Birds

Closing parts of Balcones Canyon Preserve angers mountain bikers and doesn't do enough to save wildlife.

"...sports enthusiasts didn't break the law by riding their mountain bikes through the endangered songbird habitat. When sport-utility vehicles..."

April 13, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Scanlines

The American Patchwork Series

"...of Charlie Patton or Robert Johnson, a look at mountain music without a lick of Bill Monroe. That's what..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

The weather’s ideal to learn about Bob Dylan or see hot air balloons

"...the Greenwood District, site of the 1921 massacre of Black residents (try the fried chicken at Wanda J’s Next..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback: They Only Came To Kick Some Ass

Both Jack Black the actor and Jack Black the rocker rule Austin

"...building, but it was the same spot," explained Jack Black last Thursday from the stage of the Austin Music..."

July 27, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Old Settler's Music Festival Preview

Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning

"...dropped their eponymous debut last spring. – D.F. Green Mountain Grass5pm, Hill Country Stage..."

April 18, 2008 Music Feature

Day Trips

The live oak tree at the top of Enchanted Rock, which has inspired religious devotion for centuries, is now in a fight for its life.

"...European settlers invaded the area, the mostly bald pink mountain was a sacred place to the native tribes...."

May 19, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...the show with her delicious portrayal of a deadly, black-clad siren who brings new meaning to the term "sex..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...as Midtown Live, a club then popular with many black Austinites, burned to the ground...."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...EXTRA GLENNS: The Mountain Goats John Darnielle has been making music with Franklin..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Songcatcher

"...like any self-respecting backwoods-gramma type would. Most of the mountain people are happy to oblige the fancy lady from..."

June 29, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...Community hip-hop and R&B cultivators proffer beatmaker/composer/Black Pumas keyman JaRon Marshall; the wise, aggressive, impassioned raps..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Culture Class

The 2009-2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...awards and a special citation, and Tutto Theatre Company's Black Snow, which was honored in four categories. Nine other..."

June 11, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...This Australian black comedy earned Judy Davis that country's best actress award..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Possessed by Paul James 8:15pm, Holy Mountain Multi-instrumentalist Konrad Wert drifts in from just south of..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Reelin' in the New Years

Where you gonna be when the clock strikes 12?

"...free from 2012 in the form of a tiny black guy in a diaper...."

Dec. 31, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: Packin'

Gay Place lays out a week as packed as a drag queen's lingerie

"...The legendary and most adorable Margaret Wright on the black & whites is a great way to head into..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

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