Park Benched

The Cost of Art, Part II: Without enough buyers for art, local galleries like Tiny Park can't make the rent

"...others still, it means a complete shutdown of operations (Champion Contemporary, Okay Mountain, Birdhouse Gallery)...."

March 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Quiz Show

"...(read: white) America. Evoking the Eisenhower era as few contemporary films have -- its milieu blends beautifully into the..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All Over Creation: Wide Open Spaces

A new crop of arts venues is sprouting all over Austin

"...Palace, D Berman Gallery, L. Nowlin Gallery, Blue Theatre, Champion Contemporary, Okay Mountain, Birdhouse Gallery, Wardenclyffe Gallery, Domy Books,..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Queer Curator

Getting to know the Blanton's talented curator, Evan Garza

"...lecturer at Harvard University, MIT, and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston...."

April 11, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Give Me Those Nice, Bright Colors

Scholar John Rohrbach shows how color photography developed

"...history of color photography in a talk at the Contemporary Austin on March 20...."

March 28, 2014 Arts Post by Rod Machen

Bufalina Pizza on East Cesar Chavez: My God, It's Full of Pies

Steven Dilley's long-awaited eatery cooks up a savory taste of Naples

"...day, an invitation from Sonia Dutton, former owner of Champion Contemporary Art, said I should come to the family-and-friends..."

July 18, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"...AC: How do you stay contemporary with pop culture? Who's intriguing or laughable to you..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Award, the Kickstarter NextGen Award, and the Janet Pierson Champion Award presented by Indiewire...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...troupe's custom blend of rhythm tap, modern, jazz, and contemporary ballet has been spicing the local scene since 1989,..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...MLS playoffs altogether in 2023 after only eventual league champion LAFC stopped them from a MLS Cup berth in..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Chol Soo Lee

True-crime documentary reveals the depths of anti-Asian bigotry

"...At the same time, it's how he found a champion in K.W. Lee, the wry, foulmouthed, no-nonsense, award-winning reporter..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...and Nepal, this drama tells the story of the contemporary Tibetan situation through the lives of three cousins whose..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Roll 'Em

March

"...film version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses set in a contemporary high school. (Mar. 5)..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Still the Greatest

When We Were Kings

"...As a sports legend, the three-time heavyweight boxing champion has the crowns to back up his claims to..."

March 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...on Pinehurst, North Carolina to determine the next “world champion” and who might become golf’s next phenom. The Short..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Postmarks

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

"...Pekar mentions a number of contemporary creative musicians whose contributions were ignored by the series...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Column

They Went West

Back in the saddle with a faded genre's favorite stars

"...minor point, one of the most significant problems with contemporary viewing of silent films is the speed at which..."

May 28, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...qualities. The home company alternates reconceived classical works with contemporary dramas and new plays. Not surprisingly, the mutability of..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

SXSW Film Review: Clemente

Baseball doc shines a light on a small-market superstar

"...both athlete and man, weaving together archival footage and contemporary interviews with teammates and family members. Known for his..."

March 12, 2024 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

aGLIFF 2019 Announces Full Lineup, Including Trixie Mattel Documentary

Gay Chorus Deep South to open jampacked fest schedule

"...Le Gallo, Maxime Govare (France, 100min, Southwest Premiere) When champion Olympic swimmer, Matthias utters a homophobic slur on national..."

July 17, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts

Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park

"...Garland followed the Yellow Brick Road in a Studebaker Champion. So in the spirit of the story, we've mapped..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...or even newer work. Indeed, Bay has been a champion of contemporary music, programming orchestral works of the last..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sanctuary in the Past

In The Whispering Swarm, Michael Moorcock confronts ghosts – history's and his own – in a secret area of London

"...and a host of other aspects of the Eternal Champion, who appear in dozens of related novels and stories,..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

National Treasure

Reflections on John Sayles' America

"...and breadth of Sayles' work, many assume he is championed and beloved by critics and cultural observers. This seems..."

May 13, 2011 Books Feature by Louis Black

Page Two: Persistence of Revision

Fascism, Frank Capra, and how legend becomes history

"...As a Capra champion who dislikes most contemporary film and filmmakers, Michael Medved..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...several years running. With a repertoire from classical to contemporary, Palm School Choir is one of those delights of..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

2004 ACL Fest Guide

Everything you need to know

"...choir's joyful noise, Austin's Electric Church gives gospel a contemporary makeover with a contagious zeal that made them the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Anything Else but the Truth, an apocryphal tale of contemporary indie songcraft fulfilling that EP promise. – Raoul Hernandez..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Hollywood Babble On

The Silver Screen in Black & White

"...late teens when she met her third husband, world champion athlete and chaplain Fred Thomson, Marion's statement also relates..."

July 25, 1997 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

Point Austin: Trials of Our Would-Be Rulers Highlight the Limits of American Justice

In Trump and Paxton trials, the rules don’t apply

"...powerful avoiding accountability, and a precise illustration of the contemporary political aphorism coined by composer Frank Wilhoit: “Conservatism consists..."

April 19, 2024 News Post by Michael King

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