Who Let the Dogs Out?

A playlist for the dog days of summer

"...cheating (doggin') significant other, crystalline piano and a gospel chorus echoing Wilson's pain. It spent three weeks at No...."

July 17, 2015 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

How Little, So Big

Composer Nico Muhly's How Little You Are evokes the vastness of the West with a choir and 12 guitars

"...initiative to boost the profile of classical music in Austin – was developed with Conspirare and Austin Classical Guitar..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: June 20

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Raval’s alternately heartwarming/breaking Before You Know It opens in Austin Friday, and here’s another 10 queer documentaries for the..."

June 20, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Tosca

Austin Lyric Opera brought all the power in Puccini's opera to bear in a staging that pitted heaven against hell

"...So mighty were the forces at war in Austin Lyric Opera's recent production of Tosca that heaven and..."

Feb. 7, 2014 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Birth of a Revival {UPDATE}

Holy, holy, holy: Austin's working on a queer church

"...Religion has always been a thorny subject for LGBTQ...."

Jan. 22, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

Gay Place: Hop, Bop, Shop

Nothing like gifts for the fam made by your other fam ...

"...way more than "30 minutes of wonderful" at this Austin take on a Southern classic. Dec. 5-22, Thu.-Sat., 8pm;..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

This week, Polari zhoooshes our town

"...FALL BENEFIT FUNDRAISING CONCERT Join the Capital City Men's Chorus and guest artist Brett Barnes for this annual ruckus/season..."

Oct. 11, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Luis Miguel – Otra, Otra!

Crooner dazzles the Frank Erwin Center

"...Austin’s Hispanic community was out in full force, me included...."

Sept. 26, 2013 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Do My Thing: Ty Segall

Prolific garage rocker wrestles with his ‘Sleeper’ hold

"...Playback checked in this week with Ty Segall, who..."

Aug. 26, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

America's Mortal Goddess

AFS Essential Cinema enchants with Marilyn Monroe

"...beguiles? The nine films and lone documentary of the Austin Film Society's aptly named series More Than Meets the..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Endangered Species Conservation

'The Last Unicorn' takes a victory lap at the Alamo Drafthouse

"...want to try something else?" Throughout the 1980s, this chorus rang out from video stores across America as parents..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Feature by Amy Gentry

Sonic Pathos & Antipathy: Gregg Turner

Angry Samoan turned critic gives into his goofier side

"...Austin Chronicle: There’s a long circuitous path from the Angry..."

Jan. 8, 2013 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Antigone

Though Oh Dragon's debut is uneven, its take on the Greek tragedy shows fiery promise

"...Austin audiences are no strangers to unknown variables. New theatre..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Orchestrating Partnerships

Maestro Peter Bay likes to play with others – especially when they're outside the orchestra

"...the time, it's also an isolated one – something Austin Symphony Orchestra maestro Peter Bay knows all too well...."

May 4, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder in 10 songs? It's a start.

"...for its twanging Clavinet melody, just waiting for that chorus of horns to wiggle with pure joy. Listening to..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Music Feature

Ensemble VIII

Austin's new professional chorus is the perfect size for singing early music

"...cultural ventures, Morrow has created Ensemble VIII, a professional chorus of eight singers that will explore the polyphonic music..."

May 13, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Circle Sky

For your resident Head, the Monkees' Michael Nesmith still lassos 'Circle Sky' country-rock

"...Davy Jones' impish croon helms the chorus:..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Godspell; and A Chorus Line. The show turned a page in the history..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tommy Tune

The master hoofer isn't getting older; he's getting more nonchalant

"...he had only one dream: to dance in the chorus of a Broadway show. Astonishingly, he achieved that dream..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Hall Hustle: Ghost in the Machine

The council receives prophecy from an unexpected source

"...SCENE: Thursday, May 27; the Austin City Council is nearing its third hour of privately..."

June 4, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

La Mission

Benjamin Bratt plays a reformed convict and recovering alcoholic in this film written and directed by his brother Peter Bratt.

"...meticulous paint jobs, also serve as a neighborhood Greek chorus. Most instrumental, however, is Lena (Alexander, who’s best known..."

May 14, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ellen Fullman

The former Austinite returns to turn Seaholm into a giant stringed instrument

"...Ellen Fullman is returning to Austin to play her Long String Instrument here for the..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

In this battle for Narnia, Aslan is taken down by a lack of vision and weak direction

"...The chorus of woodland creatures highlights the deepest problems with the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Ron Paul

Moses and handguns

"...day in Corpus Christi and Edinburg before returning to Austin and an estimated crowd of 30,000. In an hourlong..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Threshold of Night: Music of Tarik O'Regan

Listening to Conspirare sing Tarik O'Regan's music, we held infinity in our ears

"...as in the third movement of Triptych, where the chorus contemplates resurrection in the hereafter in pumping, racing rhythms..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Elephant in the Living Room

Spencer Gibb tiptoes atop 54 Seconds

"...you sent me, I kinda like that, but the chorus comes in at a minute and 10 seconds. I'll..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thoroughly Modern Millie

The young musical thespians of Summerstock Austin's Thoroughly Modern Millie are determined to entertain you, and they succeed impeccably

"...Thoroughly Modern Millie, one of Summerstock Austin's two productions this summer, is one of those rare,..."

July 27, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Ruddigore, or The Witches Curse

With Ruddigore, the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin has provided a welcome opportunity to experience one of the less seen works of the G&S canon performed with aplomb

"...own work. Out of an oeuvre already replete with choruses of maidens, hapless heroes, and sailors, it can be..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

SXSW Picks 2 Click 2007

What's a nice Midwestern gal like Sara Beck doing with an alias like "Pink Nasty"?

"...That tour landed Pink and Black in Austin a little more than two years ago...."

March 2, 2007 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

They Hear America Singing!

Grammy-nominated Conspirare brings together 600 voices in search of our national sound

"...those voices into a mighty red, white, and blue chorus? Does it sound any different than one in Canada..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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