Thief Delivers Mailbox Blues

Some thief stole this family's cool mailbox

"...With a fan blade for a propeller and a red flag on its..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Moveable - and Musical - Feast

Eating at ACL Fest

"...staple at The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival since 2003 and the perennial shaved-ice masters at ACL. They serve..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature

Cash Blowing This Way

Texas gets Federal cash for wind turbine research.

"...the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Partnership will each be getting $2 million in test equipment for large-scale turbine research facilities...."

June 25, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Hamlet

Vortex Repertory Company's new production of Shakespeare's Hamlet has a strong contemporary feel, but ultimately it diminishes some of the power of the tragedy

"...Running time: 2 hr, 10 min..."

March 23, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hammer of the Gods

Scandinavia brings the lobster tail to SXSW 07

"...the Vandals haven't put out a good album in 20 years, and the Goths, well, we know where they..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Developing Stories

Five current projects work for Austin-centric synergy

"...Tex-Mex cafe in its funky old building in the 200 block of Congress. White Lodging turned an indifferent ear..."

Feb. 2, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Luv Doc Recommends: The Rocky Horror Show

Topfer Theatre at Zach, Thursday, October 26, 2006

"...perspective, it’s best not to stand out. The tallest blade of grass gets cut first; the nail that sticks..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Candace Briceño: Nevermore

With her solo exhibition Nevermore, Austin artist Candace Briceño continues her sustained inquiry into landscapes while driving her use of color and line into new territory

"..."Candace Briceño: Nevermore"..."

July 7, 2006 Arts Review by Amanda Douberley

Winter's Wolves

Unsheathing the Sword's two-fisted 'Age of Winters'

"...Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Metallica; it's an image that still frightens..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

The Bloodthirsty Killers of Circle C

Victims take flight! ... Officials shrug! ... Stealthy predators stalk the suburban streets!

"...garage doors are all neatly closed, and not a blade of grass grows taller than six inches. But don't..."

Dec. 9, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Green Wave

Virgina Fleck's 8,000-shopping bag mandala, 'Laguna Gyra,' swirls in imitation of a significant environmental disaster and sends an urgent, powerful message about the need for environmental restoration

"...what I take as basic knowledge about the sharp blades of scissors. You see, the kids were all taught..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Review

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...course, Bill Monroe. They're working on a follow-up to 2003's critically lauded Insofarasmuch. – Jim CaligiuriNICKNACK8pm, Zero Degrees This..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

My SXSW

Music fest diary

"...said three Hail Marys, and woke up feeling lousy.March 12-14 More driving through the gravel pit that seems to..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Stan Ridgway

P2C05

"...their songwriting, as heard on songs such as "Barael's Blade" and "Ebethron." It's something those metal bands over in..."

March 4, 2005 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Finding Their Tuva

The Texas Documentary Tour screens 'Genghis Blues,' the Belic Brothers' next step in living a 'kickass, adventurous life and meeting cool people.'

"...would change our lives: He told us about Paul Peña, the blind, black blues musician who, it just so..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Seeking Levity

A writer best known for goofball comedies, Ed Solomon tapped his darker side for his directorial debut.

"...better known for roles of over-the-top mimicry like Sling Blade or A Simple Plan than for Monster's Ball or..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Spirited Anime

Director Shinichiro Watanabe translates his much-loved television series Cowboy Bebop to the big screen.

"...I don't care how many Dragonball Z action-figures or Pokémon trading cards your little brother has -- in America,..."

April 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Mrs. Warren's Profession

The State Theater Company's scintillating revival of Mrs. Warren's Profession moves George Bernard Shaw's characters beyond the politics for which they serve as mouthpieces and fills them with the breaths and gestures and expressions of people who live.

"...Running Time: 2 hrs, 10 min..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...Alan Sparhawk, who released It's the Black-Eyed Snakes in 2001 on his Chairkicker's Music label. (Beerland, 8pm) -- Michael..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Flesh & Blood

The Drafthouse thinks you could do with a little more Udo. That's why they're bringing in German legend Udo Kier for the weekend.

"..."We went to Italy to shoot Frankenstein in Cinecittô," recalls Kier, "and at the time we were all..."

Dec. 6, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Billy Budd

With its exploration of men's actions in the midst of war, Herman Melville's Billy Budd could not be more timely and relevant, but while Mainline Theater Project's production is perfectly cast, poor artistic choices cause the show as a whole to fall flat.

"...Dougherty Arts Center, through Nov. 23..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Piece of Work

A row of shining tines, wrought like the iron spire fences hemming in 18th-century churches, but burnished to blinding brilliance in ultra-modern stainless steel, stand at attention on the wall of D Berman Gallery, and the clash of the familiar and the novel is disarming.

"...CF 5-9, 2002 Bronze and stainless steel sculpture by Troy Woods,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Molly Beth Brenner

Eight Days a Week

Austin Film Festival 2002

"...Due to time constraints and screener availability, we haven't..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Screens Feature

Moby's Play

Playwright Kirk Smith talks about trying to squeeze a great white whale into a tiny theatre with his adaptation of Moby Dick for Vortex Repertory Company's Summer Youth Theatre.

"...that leads to the next thing, until finally the blade falls at the end. That required a little more..."

July 19, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...arts writers gathered to put together nominations for the 2001-02 Critics Table Awards, they found so much exceptional work..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Nutcracker

In these troubled times, Ballet Austin's production of The Nutcracker reveals a beauty undimmed by tragedy, a magical landscape untouched by terror.

"...through December 23..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

In Person

"When I was talking to my wife about coming to speak at the conference I told her that I expected to be pelted with rotten tomatoes," environmental journalist Michael Pollan said at the opening session of the Organic Trade Association's (OTA) first annual All Things Organic Conference & Trade Show, held in Austin last week. "She said, 'Well, at least they'll be really good, organic tomatoes. Hopefully, Muir Glen.'"

"...Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (Random House, $24.95), a work of literary nonfiction that elucidates the social..."

May 25, 2001 Books Feature by Maria Hong

Philadelphia Freedom

Hockey, My Brother, the '74 Flyers, and Me …

"...something without him, left him behind. He waited maybe 20 years to describe the hurt that day. Like a..."

March 23, 2001 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

Shelby Hearon Reviewed

"...Knopf, 259 pp., $23..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Tom Doyal

Jazz's Generational Divide

The IAJE vision of jazz's future.

"...four full days of torrential activity at the recent 28th Annual International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in New..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

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