Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...Some people knew the Boyd Vance of the working week, the man who ran..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Man Who Laughed

More remembrances of Boyd Vance

"...This is the way I remember Boyd: Looking at me with that famous sidelong glance, saying..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature

BAM! Performing Arts Festival: What's that sound?

Pro Arts Collective gets your attention with BAM!, a new performing arts festival bringing dancers, actors, poets, and musicians to Austin to display the surge of creativity among African-American artists

"...www.proarts.info. Unless otherwise noted, festival events take place at Boyd Vance Theater in the George Washington Carver Museum and..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Sat. 18, Carver Museum Boyd Vance Theater, 11:15pm Cuban rappers and sometime Austinites Odaymara..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance

Despite some flaws, this ACC Department of Drama production provides valuable insight into the Harlem Renaissance

"...Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem ReniassanceBoyd Vance Theatre, 1165 Angelina, 223-3245 www.austincc.edu/drama Through March 3..."

March 1, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Sat. 17, Carver Museum, Boyd Vance Theater, 11:45pm Born and raised in Austin, Stacey..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Friday SXSW 2014 Showcases

Make like a shrub and plant yourself for Friday night SXSW showcases

"...noodle nimble. Greg Beets Inside Gospel Live7:10pm, Carver MUSEUM Boyd Vance Theater..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

David Barrow: The Revivalist

Local filmmaker and activist showcases local food movement

"...An advanced screening of Farm-City, State will play today, Sept. 25..."

Sept. 25, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

'Beauty Is the Best Priest: Short Plays of the Harlem Renaissance'

ACC's Department of Drama polishes a few rare gems by black women playwrights

"...Feb. 22-March 3, Friday-Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 2pm, at the Boyd Vance Theater, 1165 Angelina. For more information, call 223-3245..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fourth Annual Austin African American Book Festival

Schedule and description

"...11am: Leonard Pitts Jr. (Boyd Vance Theater, Carver Museum)..."

June 25, 2010 Books Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...9pm, Carver Museum Boyd Vance Theater Feel the need to get in touch..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Black Arts Movement: BAM! The sound of creativity

Who's bringing the dance, theatre, spoken word, and jazz to ProArts' second BAM! performing-arts festival

"...includes dynamic spoken-word ensemble the Universes and Urban Ballet Theater from New York, Phoenix-based jazz saxophonist Marion Meadows and..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Bradley, Josh Meyer, and Catherine Berry) and the State Theater Company production of The Woman in Black (nominated for..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Map

Austin's art scene kept catching the eye of the nation in 2005

"...and made its New York debut at the Joyce Theater. Rob Nash finally got his solo epic Holy Cross..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Dog' Has Its Day

Pro Arts Collective premieres Suzan-Lori Parks' breakthrough drama Topdog / Underdog.

"...were produced locally -- Venus, mounted by Salvage Vanguard Theater, and The America Play, staged by the Zachary Scott..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Sam Bass Theatre's Forever Plaid took top honors at the 30th anniversary B. Iden Payne Awards

"...On Monday, Sept. 27, the Austin Circle of Theaters handed out its annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Pay your respects to the late Boyd Vance, June means green for the Paramount and State, and six Austinites are officially 'New American Talent'

"...of ways to pay your respects to the late Boyd Vance. ProArts Collective, the company he founded and ran..."

June 17, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In Memoriam

Jason Ansara Brooks, who directed, choreographed, and was performing in Pro Arts Collective's production of 'Black Nativity,' died Tuesday, Dec. 13, days before the show's closing performances

"...company is still recovering from the April death of Boyd Vance, who led the organization for a dozen years..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Engineering Quality – and Equality

The African-American Quality of Life plan gets aired out; NAACP unsatisfied

"...of the first ones – renaming the Carver Museum Theater after African-American theater pioneer Boyd Vance – was implemented..."

Nov. 4, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Culture Flash!

Esther's crowns new wits, and Chase Staggs gets a check from SVT

"...comedy specialists Latino Comedy Project's Adrian Villegas, ProArts Collective's Boyd Vance, National Comedy Theatre's Les McGehee, stand-up goddess Nancy..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Column

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...Pro Arts Collective, both run by his old friend Boyd Vance. Inspired by Vance's commitment to create opportunities for..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992

Pro Arts Collective's production of "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" brings all the emotion of the Rodney King beating and its aftermath rushing back

"...State Theater, through Feb. 27..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Rude Mechs took home four awards, while the State Theater Company's I'm Not Lying and the Zachary Scott Theatre..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...2015. Daily screenings take place at the Texas Spirit Theater and the Bullock IMAX, the largest IMAX screen in..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

white road Dance Media: Deer, to Me

The Brooklyn troupe's dance was often visually arresting but at times bland

"...white road Dance Media: Deer, to MeBoyd Vance Theatre, 1165 Angelina www.whiteroaddancemedia.com Through Oct. 30..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Big Range Austin

The festival that packs a year of contemporary dance into two weekends

"...Center there, a couple of autumn showcases at the Boyd Vance Theatre and Austin Community College, and so on...."

June 25, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...named to honor local theatre artist and community activist Boyd Vance. Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Funnyhouse of a Negro

Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro is a bold, daring play, and Austin Community College and ProArts Collective have given it the bold, daring staging it deserves

"...Gallery Theater, Austin Community College Rio Grande campus, through March 4..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

1998-99 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

The year's best work on Austin stages.

"...Iden Payne Awards in a ceremony at the State Theater. The awards recognized outstanding work on local stages from..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"..."meaningful" in relation to the kind of work the theater should be doing. His silence was the last word...."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

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