Tere O'Connor

Don't fret over getting this choreographer's dances, and you'll be richly rewarded

"...to Pulitzer Prize recipient Junot Diaz talk at the Dallas Museum of Art a few weeks ago, I was..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

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"...anymore. I'm sick and tired of my friends in Dallas having a good laugh at Austin's expense because they..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Column

... And the 'West' is History

How Big State Productions' little monologue show changed Austin theatre

"...the Eyes of Frankie Dan, a short-lived live soap opera, Downtown, by Lin Sutherland), sign of the newly burgeoning..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Otaku* Overload!!!

After Monster Island Studios sank, Austin's acting community and Houston animé giant A.D. Vision unleashed talent bent on vengeance and redemption (*otaku = animé geek)

"...While it was operating, however, Monster Island attracted the best and the brightest..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Travel across Texas with your Style Avatar, and how was Stitch?

"...her nonsinging role. It was a production of the Opera in the Heights company – a refreshing interpretation that..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

TCB

Welcome to Deadwood: Sorting SXSW's cocksuckers from the hoopleheads

"...be adorned with more anti-administration slogans than Houston or Dallas, and certainly Waco or Wichita Falls, we've got an..."

March 18, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Overnight Sensation

Sword of Dracula' creator Jason Henderson is taking over the (fantasy) world

"...stint at the private Catholic college the University of Dallas did more good than harm, the obverse of the..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Report From Art Basel

Texans find a place with the art world elite in Art Basel Miami Beach

"...an off-site grouping of 61 emerging galleries, included the Dallas gallery Angstrom, run by David Quadrini, and Houston's Mixture..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

Change in the Weather

A different kind of summer for the city arts funding process

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...will have the same effects it did with Tempe, Dallas, and others. I guess the only options left are..."

May 16, 2003 Column

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...of the Austin Studios, but other cities -- like Dallas -- have film-production facilities, and as with most kinds..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Day Trips

"...At least 20 nationalities worked in the largest coal-mining operation ever established in Texas...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin, Texas, and the World

"...The Austin Lyric Opera shocked the local arts world by firing longtime General..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...this grand beneficence, it is anything but realistic for operating ACC within a balance budget. I am dismayed and..."

May 3, 2002 Column

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...SPREE: Former Tripping Daisy vocalist Tim DeLaughter leads this Dallas-based symphonic pop ensemble through an aural affirmation that will..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

To Infinity and Beyond!

The year 2001 saw a host of local cultural types taking journeys beyond their homes, traveling to other communities to share their art and finding new venues locally in which to produce their work and expand their creative sensibilities.

"...only place to win firsthand looks at Austin art. Dallas also got to see Margraff's Judges 19, and cities..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Among Green Pastures Again

Virginia B. Wood on why one of the great Texas cookbooks is being reissued.

"...at Czech weddings and St. Ignatius church bazaars. The Dallas chapter vividly recounts the elegant buffets served at the..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Capitol Chronicle

Pols play musical chairs -- to their own accompaniment

"...knows? But on that slender premise hangs a soap opera that promises to entertain Texans until -- oh, at..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Column by Michael King

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Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...Austin from places other than California (like Houston and Dallas). The writer's opinion is no better than racism...."

July 13, 2001 Column

Better Than Nothing

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

"...Ornette Coleman made this step, though he always credited Dallas/Fort Worth saxman Red Connor with doing it before him,..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Harvey Pekar

Dancing About Architecture

A New Year and those who didn't and almost didn't make it

"...piano pieces. That's at the Armstrong Center (Austin Lyric Opera building), Barton Springs Road and Bouldin, next Thursday, Jan...."

Jan. 12, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Broken Spoke is broken into and thieves ride away with owner James White's family heirloom: a saddle, mister.

"...next Tuesday, 7pm (repeats Dec. 13), along with teen opera phenom Charlotte Church, contemporary Christian artist Michael W. Smith,..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...was in many Texas papers -- Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston -- that the T-Birds had hired another Yankee..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

The Plot Thickens

Funeral Scandal Is a Real Scene Stealer

"...which nearly pulled the plug on the funeral soap opera during its last session, may decide to end the..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...by dance companies across the country and beyond -- Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dayton Ballet, Sarasota Ballet of Florida,..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

Dynamite Hack goes prime-time; Atomic Cafe hangs in there; the Old Settler's Music Festival is upon us.

"...familiar, you may have heard it on the Rock Opera soundtrack... Speaking of local music-oriented cinema, filmmaker Brian Watkins..."

April 7, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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"...to turn minor differences of opinion into a soap opera. While it might make good copy, it will not..."

March 3, 2000 Column

Jimmie Dale Gilmore: One Endless Night (Windcharger/Rounder)

"...Love Is My Rest," the hidden blues "Goin' to Dallas," and Gilmore's title cut not far behind, each as..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Half Japanese, Brown Whörnet, Adult Rodeo, Emo's, January 29

"...Damn that squirrelly Daniel Johnston! According to Sadies guitarslinger Dallas Good -- hired out by Johnston's ol' Half Japanese..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

The Education of a Lifetime

A look at UT's Performing Arts Center and the process by which they bring the biggest names in jazz to Austin.

"...the college of fine arts' academic productions. For every opera, play, musical theater, or dance production created by faculty..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

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