Zach Theatre's Matilda the Musical

With its memorable characters and energetic performances, this production connects adults with their inner child

"...of art supplies, breathing energetic life onto this blank canvas via offbeat characters, inspired lighting design, and spirited ensemble..."

April 19, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Learn Farm-to-Table Cooking at This Glamping Retreat

One of many activities at Collective Hill Country in Wimberley

"...dining hall, Three Peaks Lodge. This primary tent’s large canvas exterior is an unassuming mask of the elegance inside,..."

April 16, 2019 Food Post by Jessika Roth

TexARTS' Xanadu

This musical comedy embrace of Eighties pop culture is served up with all the energy, excess, and extravagance the decade deserves

"...pastels projected onto the stage backdrop. Filling this blank canvas with larger-than-life characters and movement, director Jarret Mallon and..."

March 1, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Nadia Waheed: "Notes From a Windowless Room" at Raw Paw

Explorations of identity by an artist of color, of colors, of many colors

"...eyes upon her rich visions, translated to pigments on canvas – that audience receives nothing but reward after reward...."

Feb. 22, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Post-Apocalyptic Harvest" at Atelier 1205

Artists Erika Huddleston, Tammy West, and Amy Scofield salvage beauty from a sundered world

"...Huddleston's oils on canvas and rougher materials capture the sort of viny, arboreal..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...Cnvs [Canvas] (Querétaro, Mexico)..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

"Erin Shirreff" at Lora Reynolds Gallery

The artist blurs the line between photography and sculpture, creating a stunning result

"...does not confine herself to one medium. The only canvas in the show, Night Exposure, is a cyanotype –..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Review by Marisa Charpentier

Permanent Record's White

In James Ijames' satirical portrait of the artist as a privileged white guy, a black woman provides the most vivid and interesting shades

"...Alas, this isn't something the artist renders purposefully on canvas. Rather, in the play White, it comes out in..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Beyond the Latke

Five alternatives to everyone’s favorite Hanukkah dish

"...food truck bringing Asian fusion flare to the traditional canvas of wrapped protein and crispy tortilla. Live up to..."

Dec. 6, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

CBD-Centric Gifts to Keep Your Holidays Chilled Out

Seven ways to calm the hell down during this stress-filled season

"...deck, the lodge (also housed in a stately white canvas perma-tent) serves as a host station, living room with..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Fabulous Realism at Atelier Dojo's Art Gym

Artists are ready to school you in their new studio at Canopy

"...skills in rendering the human figure on paper or canvas? That's the ongoing, thrice-weekly open studio program. And workshops..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Musician Hurt in Panhandler Attack Outside Show

Assault highlights worsening criminality in the live music district

"...caused last Monday’s show, which also featured Youth & Canvas, Cheeky Orange, and Canadian act Autopilot, to end abruptly...."

Nov. 12, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Jennifer Higdon, American Voice

One of this nation's most acclaimed and active composers, on our rich melting pot of music

"...Del Suono Trio released its recording of Higdon's American Canvas (which will be performed at the UT New Music..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: Tree Sculpture Tour, Galveston

Galveston Tree Sculpture Tour turns lemons into lemonade

"...unsightly reminders of the hurricane, others saw an artist's canvas. Paid by homeowners and civic organizations, three artists went..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Far Flung Correspondence: Chennai Cafe

South Indian fare brings the heat and opens the mind

"...cake, on the side, and they're the perfect blank canvas to soak up all that broth, filling us with..."

June 29, 2018 Food Column by Emily Beyda

When Artificial Intelligence Meets a Failing Mind

Sci-fi drama Marjorie Prime questions human identity

"...the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, a 165-foot circular canvas that envelops the viewer). In Almereyda's world, our sense..."

June 29, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jarrott Productions' Seminar

Theresa Rebeck's play abounds in contradictions and irony, and this staging embraces them all – for the good and bad

"...temperature through Chris Conard's thoughtful lighting. Less a blank canvas than a clean slate, the set conjures the dread..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

Picks for the 2018 West Austin Studio Tour

When you head WEST, stop here

"...Lanina 1900 Larchmont. Fantastical beasts and human hybrids on canvas and paper, plus exquisite original music boxes inspired by..."

May 11, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Afridrilles, Shoes From Africa to Austin and Beyond

Local nonprofit helps children with special needs via Kickstarter

"...the factory in Kenya where a team takes the canvas to a screen printer in Nairobi. From there the..."

April 14, 2018 Design Post by Acacia Coronado

SXSW Film Review: Final Portrait

Stanley Tucci's film cuts a wonderful slice of artistic anguish

"...sitting in a chair and Giacometti staring at a canvas, endlessly smoking cigarettes. But the magic of the film..."

March 11, 2018 SXSW Post by Josh Kupecki

Black Art Matters Puts Artists of Color in the Spotlight

Austin Justice Coalition's exhibition opens Feb. 17

"...San Antonio showcased her series Soul Food, acrylics on canvas inspired by Southern recipes. Her Southern Fried Cabbage manages..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Amani Newton

DVDanger: Animation Nations

Napping Princess leads this week's home releases

"...is always going to be painted on a grander canvas than most. The titular napping princess is Kokone Morikawa..."

Jan. 29, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Canvas People (Austin)..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Five Arty Things to Do: Jan. 5-7

Apocalypse indefinitely postponed; go out, have some fun

"...Jardi has captured exactly such situations in his large oil-on-canvas images that often incorporate a subtle shift into the..."

Jan. 4, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

"Light" at Wally Workman Gallery

Taking in all the varieties of gold in this polished group show is akin to basking in sunlight on a bleak winter's day

"...from soft meringue to deep amber contorts across the canvas...."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...a bonus. Higher subscription levels offer such perks as canvas prints of Pipkin's wildlife photos from Kenya and a..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: White Riot, Black Identity

Crowdfunding a black punk narrative, shuttering the Houston Press, and soundtracking Enchanted Rock

"..."The subject matter actually provided Ryan with a canvas to tell a really interesting story about black sheep..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2017 Texas Biennial: Putting It Together

Leslie Moody Castro on reviving the show after four years

"...with the Chronicle ("I Saw Miles and Miles of Canvas," Sept. 29), Castro describes the epic 11,300-mile road trip..."

Sept. 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Day Trips: Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, N.M.

New Mexican artist collective turns an old bowling alley into a modern fun house

"...Instead of viewing the art, you're immersed into the canvas...."

Sept. 22, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Best Wishes and Bon Voyage, Brandon Watson

Chronicle Food editor sets sail, Jessi Cape assumes helm

"...he’ll be casting his exacting eye on a broader canvas to include San Antonio. (Watch out, S.A. Brandon is..."

Sept. 14, 2017 Food Post by Kimberley Jones

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