All the Neighborhood's a Stage in the Drive-Through Vortex Odyssey

The Vortex keeps things safe, sacred, and mythically provocative in their newest stage spectacle

"...if only we could escape for a little creative meatspace diversion beyond Facebook and Zoom, could get out and..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Arts Events

"...coronavirus has made us all swerve into physically distant cyberspace to avoid spiking its medical impact to where our..."

March 20, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

ISHIDA Dance Makes Its Debut

A world-class contemporary dance troupe for Austin makes its first moves

"...Where does a dance company begin? In the case of Ishida Dance Company,..."

Jan. 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Emmet Hunker Has a Gay Agenda

Queer comedy to open minds, push boundaries, and create space

"...a three-ringed circus of sorts – part market, part dance party, part variety show – united by The Gay..."

Aug. 19, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Mac Irvine

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...since the Eighties. She's obtained a master's degree in theatre history and criticism from the University of Texas, worked with..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Diverse Space Dance Theatre's Memoirs and Armours

The company's season closer showed the young dancers' commitment to a shared vision and their potential as artists

"...It's a curious thing, this dance show mounted by Violet Crown Players and Diverse Space..."

May 10, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

2019 Arts Hall of Famers Announced

Bravo, Harden, Kinney, and Sawyer to be inducted this year

"...the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, honoring leaders in dance, theatre, and arts philanthropy...."

May 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...of all kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for films – several hundred..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman travel to three diverse communities – Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tuscaloosa,..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Performance Park Takes Over the Vortex

Bonnie Cullum’s dream wakes the Tarot into life in her company’s immersive theatrical experience

"...The Vortex Repertory Company, that provocative and often ritual-inspired theatre group helmed by Bonnie Cullum for three decades now,..."

March 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Zach Theatre's A Christmas Carol

This slick and polished musical adaptation of the Dickens classic serves up holiday cheer in abundance

"...Carol – or we should, anyway. Let's not waste space rehashing it here...."

Dec. 22, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

UT Dept. of Theatre & Dance’s The Crucible

The department manages to elicit tension from Arthur Miller’s familiar drama, but not without a few flaws

"...the program for the University of Texas Department of Theatre & Dance's production of The Crucible. It gratefully acknowledges..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Building the Wall

UT Department of Theatre & Dance rushes to get Robert Schenkkan's timely political drama onstage

"...to stage a script that the UT Department of Theatre & Dance promotes as having been written in "'a..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...to flourish on new levels altogether, mixed by the diverse musical backgrounds of the fourpiece's members. – Abby Johnston Scott..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

2017 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...Paramount Theatre (713 Congress Ave.)..."

March 3, 2017 SXSW Post

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...and a host of cultural centers celebrating our city's diverse population, Austin has a little something for everybody. Bullock..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Austin's April Dancers

A month flooded with movement closes with Jennifer Sherburn's Arena and Tapestry's Passing It Forward

"...fall from on high, April in Austin abounds in dance. The month's first half saw Ballet Austin debut The..."

April 29, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...of its creative representatives – chef Sonya Coté, hip-hop poet/theatre artist Zell Miller III, musician/composer Adrian Quesada of Grupo..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...you had written a novel, you had started a theatre company, you had the number one video of the..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

2016 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and what that line’s going to be like

"...Built in Downtown Austin in 1929, the Ritz Theatre has flirted with many identities over the years: music..."

March 7, 2016 Screens Post

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's True Story

In Kathy Dunn Hamrick's new dance, communities, like truths, were fluid and the movement was incomparable

"...During the few moments when the dancers moved synchronously in Kathy Dunn Hamrick's newest work for..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...When the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of the artists to be on..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Gay Place: Computer Love

The robots come to town and teach us a li'l history

"...QUEER BAR Wear blue for this all-gender-inclusive, anti-isms/ists, pro-makeout space courtesy of the cuties at WtGG-ATX. Did you ever..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Find Your Qummunity

Events for every stripe of the rainbow, especially Qumbia Queers and Going Grrls

"...you don't like the music, you don't have to dance with who brung ya. There's sure to be a..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Park Benched

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

"...line of the last newsletter from the beloved art space. In a fashion that reflects the personalities of curators..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...kicking against the pricks with their Sham 69-style slam dance since 1994. Reforming last decade with a blend of..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

School of Dance

Post-MFA, Ellen Bartel has a brand-Spankin' new choreographic point of view

"...The dancers were unhurried as they paced and pivoted, evoking the..."

May 11, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"..."I'm not afraid of dying," says dancer and choreographer Sharon Marroquín. "We like to think that..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Voices of Rhythm

Spoken word added spark, but dance still spoke the loudest in Tapestry's show

"...Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center, 701 W. Riverside..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Sharon Marroquin Benefits

The dance community rallies around one of its own to help with medical expenses

"...expense of medical treatment. Now, it's happening in the dance community. Choreographers and dancers are looking to help Sharon..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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