'The Dragonfly Queen'

Composer Chad Salvata takes his Dragonfly Princess to the next stage of her evolution

"...Faery heroine. He is continuing her story in The Dragonfly Queen, a new opera opening at the Vortex on..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Dragonfly Princess

Despite its fairy-tale trappings, ethos' opera The Dragonfly Princess takes us down a dark path of intrigues, heresy, power struggles, and death

"...The Dragonfly Princess..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dragonfly

"...to say that without sounding disgustingly elitist.) Soapbox aside, Dragonfly is indeed a new film starring Kevin Costner, and..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Love Happens

You can probably guess what happens when Aaron Eckhart's widower meets Jennifer Aniston's lovelorn florist.

"...picture? Writer/director Camp (of the drip-dry Kevin Costner drama Dragonfly – similarly dead-wife-obsessed) and his co-writer Mike Thompson clumsily..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Houston Fiber Artists Invade Rosedale

Fiber arts at Dragonfly Gallery: July 12-Aug. 13

"...will make its local debut next Thursday at the Dragonfly Gallery in Rosedale...."

July 8, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...Blunt Force (Sat., 5:30pm, Dragonfly stage) Electronic heavies incorporate drums, samples, and guitar into..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Weaves of Glass

The art of Markow & Norris

"...as if inhabited; an anatomically precise (but 5-foot-long) crimson dragonfly – it's pure, unalloyed beauty...."

Nov. 26, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ziggy Marley

Live Shots

"...record a solo album. Worse still, Ziggy Marley's new Dragonfly manages even less melody than the ever-dwindling flow found..."

June 20, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

CQ

"...to the project. And before long, the film -- Dragonfly is its title -- finally lands squarely in Paul's..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Waterloo Greenway Conservancy's Creek Show

"...Odonata’s Enter the Dragonfly lights the creek way with enlarged metal insects native..."

Nov. 15, 2022 Photo Gallery

Mr. Leather Bear Austin 2015

Where the crack of hide and the plush of fur meet

"...bring some extra dough for shopping, as Durbin Industrial, Dragonfly-Leather-Works, and OTTER INK will also be set up to..."

April 10, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Vortex Cosplay Expo

All week, Austin's masters of theatrical fantasy show you how to make an out-of-this-world look

"...in musical fantasies such as Sarah Silver Hands, The Dragonfly Princess, Pythia Dust, and the cybernetic operas Elytra and..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Society of Sculptors Exhibition

The Wildflower Center has artworks on view worthy of a visit in their own right

"...center, is Julio Sanchez de Alba's sculpture of a dragonfly. You don't have to look too closely to find..."

April 9, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bridge to Terabithia

This excellent screen version of the Newbery-winning novel is not about fairies and enchanted forests but about kids who feel as though they don't fit in.

"...will scare the pants off littler ones, and some dragonfly warriors, a giant, and so on, and while they..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Gadgets and Gizmos

From digital derring-do to super sculpey miniatures, imagination turns into mind-blowing matter in Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

"...one that's chock-full of giddy, dizzy kid-centric delights -- dragonfly submarines and Ray Harryhausen-styled beasties -- is little surprise...."

Aug. 9, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Dyed-in-the-Wool Fan

The Historical Fiction of Diana Gabaldon

"...me over. In a two-week period, I devoured Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager, neglecting both work and sleep...."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Microcosmos

"...us hear sounds as faint as the beating of dragonfly wings. (The filmmakers do own up to dubbing-in certain..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 6-12

"...will love it. If you decide you want the dragonfly or bumblebee or lark to be your spirit creature,..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

How Erika Thompson Keeps Her Cool While Scooping Up Bees

TikTok hit and Texas Beeworks owner stays meditative in viral videos

"...grant requests for a puppy. She remembers bringing a dragonfly bedspread to her dorm at University of Texas at..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 26 - July 2

"...CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the..."

June 26, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...& ROYAL BLLUE William McRaven SEA STORIES Leila Meacham DRAGONFLY Juana Medina JUANA AND LUCAS: BIG PROBLEMAS Meg Medina..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...duo. "Desert Moon" from 2015's Jack Rust and the Dragonfly IV EP incorporates astronaut transmissions over a transcendent wash..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Euphoria’s Urban Upsurge

Young Thug and Wiz Khalifa spike weekend EDM fest

"...light-up hula hoops and glow toys illuminated the creek-side Dragonfly Amphitheater, crowded with worshipers of down and dirty dubstep,..."

April 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Must-See Country

10 twangy acts to catch

"...LP hit "Not Pretty Enough." This year's double LP Dragonfly, her 11th release, marks her most ambitious, including more..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Winter Break Reading

Chronicle staff pages through its reading to-do list

"...I'll be rereading the first two books, Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber. – Virginia B. Wood, staff writer..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Books Post by Chronicle staff

Outlander Is the Rare Adaptation That Gets It Right

Cable show stays true to the beloved, genre-defying book series

"...episodes based on the second book in the series, Dragonfly in Amber...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Screens Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Good Eye: Art Dolls

"...“Dragonfly,” Rosie Rojas.Back to column...."

Aug. 7, 2014 Photo Gallery

The Contemporary Austin

'Susurrus,' 'Music for Wilderness Lake' offer art for the ears as well as eyes

"...life, and every thing that flits by – butterfly, dragonfly, wasp, even the cottony fluff drifting on the air..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Skygazing With James Turrell

Skyspace: "The Color Inside" opens on UT campus

"...then in groups, gasping with perfect strangers as a dragonfly flies over, and peering out of the aperture like..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Arts Post by Anne Harris

Locavore Chef

Jesse Griffiths on fishing, hunting, and 'French encouragement'

"...meal to 17 people at a facility called the Dragonfly House. The supper club idea proved viable and it..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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