'Wild Beasts'

Five artists massage your corneas with vivid colors and Fauvist style

"...Fauvism, Wikipedia tells us, "is the style of les Fauves (French for 'the wild beasts'),..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...cause for joy, but for thousands of filmmakers, it's the annual time of frayed nerves and to-the-quick-bitten nails, as..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Former Fleet Services Manager Says Scrap Tires Only a Symptom

Fired whistle-blower says management has ignored serious problems for years

"...Officials in the city's Fleet Services department were reportedly warned about problems..."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Food-o-File

Half-price appetizers at American spots old and new this week

"...review of chef Mallmann's award-winning cookbook, Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way, in our summer reading section this week..."

May 28, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Susannah

The Butler Opera Center production achieves real magic, most notably a triumphant performance in the title role

"...McCullough Theatre, through April 27..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

Feb. 29, 2008 News Feature

Moosehead

Canada gets bigger

"...Is it the cold winters and desolation of the Northwest Territories?..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

The Truth Hurts

Rowdy Stovall's Mexican Sunrise was inspired by his real life, whether it be football injuries or run-ins with satanists

"...Mexico for some margaritas and dancing. Throwing caution to the wind, you swallow a countless number of cold ones..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...This is the 15th year that local critics have put their heads..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...The lights come up, and there he is, like a..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "[It] was more like a suggestion." – Sen...."

March 16, 2007 News Feature

Tag – You're It!

Celebrating urban scrawl with Gallery Lombardi's exhibition 'Austin Graffiti Art: From Birth to Present'

"...Recent announcements from APD that graffiti is on the rise make Gallery Lombardi's "Austin Graffiti Art: From Birth..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...It Is the Time for ReasonDear Editor,..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Column

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...Anywhere – Lari Burson would've known what killed her father last summer, within about 24 hours of his death...."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Page Two

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

"...There was a time that this column would have been..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Re: "Meet the New Neighbors," News, July 29: Quoting from a news..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I usually like the movies you like. I often agree with your reviews...."

July 29, 2005 Column

Hide & Seek

The disappearance of a child is a wretched topic for a novel

"...Canongate, 284 pp., $21 The disappearance of a child is a wretched topic for..."

July 22, 2005 Books Review by Nora Ankrum

22, Two

The Austin Museum of Art has lined up the next 22 local artists that we ought to keep our eyes on

"...One of the most exciting exhibitions organized by the Austin Museum of..."

May 20, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pageant

With Patrick MacDonald's dark comedy 'Pageant,' Hyde Park Theatre takes us deep into the woods to consider the nature of beauty with a quartet of low-key comic Canucks

"...Hyde Park Theatre, through April 30..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

2004-05 Austin Music Awards

Austin Music Hall, Wednesday, March 16

"...Austin has run a marathon in the last 23 years. From the Drag to Sixth Street...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Report From Art Basel

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

"...and in Miami since 2002. Galleries from all over the world competed tooth and nail to get one of..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Jacqueline May

"Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation"

The Arthouse exhibition "Comic Release" is well worth seeing if you like to give your mind's teeth something complex to chew on or you appreciate the vernacular of comic books and graffiti or even if you don't

"..."Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation"Arthouse at the Jones Center, through Oct. 24..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Late Great Daniel Johnston

Texas platters

"...The Late Great Daniel JohnstonDiscovered Covered (Gammon) Firstly, don't let..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Greg Beets

Articulations

More budgetary bloodshed in the UT College of Fine Arts, as Daniel Johnson, nationally renowned early music specialist and director the UT Early Music Ensemble for 17 years, has been cut loose from the School of Music.

"...More budgetary bloodshed in the UT College of Fine Arts: Daniel Johnson, nationally renowned..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...bad for Dennis Quaid. His excellent performance ricocheted off the polished surfaces of a film false at its core...."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Borderline Vaudeville

Bill Crawford and Gene Fowler go off-off-off Broadway with Border Radio.

"...would have played witness to an agitated gentleman urging the men in the audience with declining virility to let..."

May 10, 2002 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Yo La Tengo, La Zona Rosa, September 29

"...Tengo La Zona Rosa, September 29 Love was in the air, even as the freaks came marching down. Near..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Music Review by Michael Chamy

TV Eye

Looking for something to watch this Easter? Try a little history lesson with George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire. Also, Antiques Roadshow comes to Austin; Great Writers, Great Cities premieres on PBS; no one takes the flap for Who Wants to Marry a Multi-millionaire.

"...shots every time someone says, "Oh, Moses, Moses" in The Ten Commandments. (Why Jell-O? It was the key "special..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...The movie distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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