Artful Presents

Local gift suggestions from the Art Elf Prize Patrol

"...dedicated to culturally oriented gifts – that works by Austin visual and performing artists are sorely underrepresented under the..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two

'Be Here to Love Me' captures the poetry and loss of the late great Townes Van Zandt

"...been blowing whistles, squeezing whoopee cushions, giddily singing, or chorus-line dancing. The excitement has been in his smile, his..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Rolling Stones
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band

Live shots

"...Leavell, and a cadre of horns, plus MVP soul chorus Lisa Fischer, Bernard Fowler, and Blondie Chaplin, looked almost..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Rethinking Reagan ... and LBJ

AISD searches for student and community involvement in high school redesign program

"...of civic involvement couldn't be better timed – the Austin Independent School District is spending the year researching ways..."

Nov. 25, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

After a Fashion

Stephen lovingly remembers his time designing couture for Zach Scott Theatre

"...was much happier in someone else's. I moved to Austin and enrolled at Austin Community College, where an old..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Commissioners Court Gets Trashy

Commissioner Davis fights further landfill expansion in eastern Travis County

"...there is a shortage of landfill space in the Austin area...."

Oct. 21, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

APD's White Settles: The End of Mala Sangre?

Unanswered questions leave a cloud over top brass

"...month, a few weeks before trial, the city of Austin and APD Detective Jeff White reached an agreement that..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Not So Red

A "blue state" reporter journeys through the multi-colored regions of the Lone Star State

"...election, I visited the Shoreline Christian Center in suburban Austin, a 47-acre facility with the capacity to seat 5,000..."

July 1, 2005 News Feature by Rose Aguilar

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...– this was back in the Mesozoic Era of Austin theatre history, when I was young enough to have..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Enviro group criticizes USDA for lax oversight of food supply

"...At East Austin's Boggy Creek Farm Tuesday morning, Texas Public Interest Research..."

April 15, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

TCB

Going yard with a litany of baseball songs, a hot-rod show, and Trail of Dead

"...NELLY, "Batter Up": Austin-born Nelly hung up his minor-league spikes when he got..."

April 1, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...of brothers Rick and Mark del Castillo, this 2003 Austin Music Award-winning sixpiece has earned national buzz. 2004's Live..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Love in the Time of War

Nanci Griffith returns after a four-year absence, heart, mind, and activism in hand

"...was born in Seguin in 1953 and raised in Austin. She attended the University of Texas getting a degree..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Cleaning Up Economic Development

Greens and the Chamber of Commerce join hands for renewable energy in Austin

"...Last month the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce announced a plan to create a..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Mueller: Landing, or Just Refueling?

The Mueller deal is done, but that doesn't mean the process is over

"...Mueller master development agreement between the city and Catellus Austin touched down smoothly last week at City Council; except..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Dvorák's New World Inquiry

How a Czech composer helped America find its authentic voice

"...Burleigh's "Deep River" and other spirituals prior to the Austin Symphony concert Friday, Nov. 12.)"And so, it is very..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

New Worlds

Schedule of events

"...Peter Bay conducts the Austin Symphony Orchestra with guest pianist Benjamin Pasternack in performances..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature

Insecure

John Cale's strange relationship with Austin and Alejandro Escovedo

"...generation to follow. One such impression was made on Austin's Alejandro Escovedo, whose own influential music was shaped by..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

That Thinking Feeling

L.B. Deyo and Buzz Moran's Dionysium puts the fun back in cogitation

"...the Athenaeum. "Our collective goal, though, is to increase Austinites' access to intellectual, cultural, artistic, and literary presentations. And..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chick with Sticks

Austinite Vicki Howell hosts DIY's 'Knitty Gritty'

"...keeps busy is an understatement. In between working with Austin-based ventures like Ruby Goes Retro and the Austin Craft..."

July 2, 2004 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Alejandro Escovedo

Texas platters

"...One prays Alejandro Escovedo heals quickly. If nothing else, Austin's rock & roll Garcia Lorca – poet, dramatist –..."

June 11, 2004 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

L'Orontea

The Texas Early Music Project's concert rendering of this Baroque gem L'Orontea left no doubt as to the opera's musical pleasures

"...a 10-piece Baroque orchestra formed by the core of Austin's seasoned early music community...."

May 7, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Lioness in Winter

Eliza Gilkyson finds her roar

"...into a hillside on a cul-de-sac in deep South Austin with the look and feel of cool green isolation...."

April 30, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...expect. Even though Fracasso has a new album on Austin's Texas Music Group, A Pocketful of Rain, there's no..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Will Shill for Nukes

At UT and elsewhere, academic scientists are only too happy to lend their names and reputations to the nuclear power industry

"...On March 4, the Austin American-Statesman published an op-ed article by Sheldon Landsberger, professor..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by William M. Adler

Not Quite 'Ya Se Fue!'

The APD version of the Ozomatli bust at Exodus is ... hard to believe

"...According to Austin Police Officer Justin Owings, he was patrolling the 300..."

March 26, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Kiss Me, Kate

Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me Kate' is revived by the Austin Playhouse in such an atmosphere of fun (and ever-so-slightly wicked humor) that the production is rather endearing

"...Kiss Me, KateAustin Playhouse,through April 7..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...everything intently. She had to; she had arrived in Austin from Korea just two weeks before, and her English..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Luv Doc Recommends: Rock and Roll at Ruta Maya

Ruta Maya, Saturday, February 7, 2004

"...Usually when a beloved Austin institution moves and sets up shop in new and..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Web site and a letter printed by the Chronicle (austinchronicle.com/gbase/ Community/Postmarks?StartTime=2003-12-05, www.georgewbush.com/GetActive/WriteNewspapers.aspx?aid=102)...."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column

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