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The Off Center, Saturday, August 21, 2010

"...They deserve it, if only for their ability to dream big. Sure, they probably swashbuckled their way through plenty..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

Theatre in the Round (Rock)

Penfold Theatre makes its entrance up north – where it's always wanted to be

"...creative capital, most of them launching with the same dream: to produce plays in their own stage space somewhere..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'No No: A Dockumentary' Benefit

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dock Ellis' LSD no-hitter

"...the perfect game even happen, or did I just dream about it while passed out? Ah ... college...."

June 9, 2010 Sports Post by Will Eidam

An Okie-Dokey Deadpan

Oklahoma director Mark Potts on his suburban comedy Simmons on Vinyl

"...Simmons, for sure, it's all about Potts and Selix double-team screenwriting:..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Quarterback Gilbert Transfers – Guess Where?

"...help get me the recognition needed to fulfill my dream of being a first-round NFL draft pick, when that..."

April 2, 2010 News Feature by the News Staff

Vienna Secrets: A Max Liebermann Mystery

A murder mystery with a healthy dose of Freudian psychoanalysis

"...Papers, Tallis' acclaimed mystery series that features the crime-fighting team of police Inspector Oskar Reinhardt and psychoanalyst Dr. Max..."

March 5, 2010 Books Review by Jay Trachtenberg

A Super Bowl to Remember

Who Dat nation rejoices

"...being elected president, and Marilyn Monroe standing over that steam vent in her white dress all wrapped into one..."

Feb. 8, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

'The 101 Dalmatians Musical'

Tony Award-winning Director Jerry Zaks describes going to the dogs

"...Smith would have appreciated," says director Jerry Zaks. His team has taken a dog's-eye view of the tale, with..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Record

Touring Austin's new clubs and digging into Heavy Light Records

"...Bill Baird nabbed the television wall in the Sound Team divorce, and it's displayed at his new Eastside studio...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Res Publica

"...SAULPAUL: DREAM IN 3-D The author shares his life story and..."

Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature

Calling All Citizens

The Comprehensive Plan and the waterfront need engaged Austinites

"...Plan" phase. By the end of September, the WRT team and locals should have defined a citizen participation plan..."

July 31, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

All That Remains

Roxanne Paltauf vanished three years ago, leaving her family with only memories and investigators with few clues

"...The dreams are all strikingly similar...."

July 3, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Playing Through

Spectator sports can crush our most ardent hopes and dreams, and that's a good thing

"...their capacity to crush our most ardent hopes and dreams. We live in an age of contrivance, of spectacle,..."

July 3, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

When the Sun Rises

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, a group of teenage filmmakers galvanize the tales of their island

"..."This is like my dream class," says Jennifer, letting the healing begin. "The happiest..."

June 5, 2009 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...a site-specific chamber work by the Golden Hornet Project team of Reynolds and Stopschinski. And in two weeks, the..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Talented on the inside

"...that breathless, starry-eyed kid from the sticks with a dream. Everyone is working so hard to be cool and..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

God Save the Queenie

Duke Ellington's almost lost opera of a Harlem beautician gets rescued and a makeover

"...of the story. His son, Mercer Ellington, kept the dream of the opera alive and, in 1983, received a..."

April 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playing Through

If you haven't caught the NBA-level talent playing with the Austin Toros, don't miss the game on Friday

"...about fitting in, playing a role. That's what NBA teams are looking for in D-League guys: Do they get..."

April 10, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

SXSW Showcases

Friday

"...the El Guapos, Aftermath, the Fireants, Anarchy on Mars, Team Next, the O'My's, Carson Brock Group, You & Me,..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...So you've never heard of the (semi)legendary fraternal-twin filmmaking team of George and Mike Kuchar, the visionary duo behind..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Every Step They Take

Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker

"...in the cop drama Blue Steel, the ex-cop turned dream dealer in the futuristic conspiracy thriller Strange Days, or..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Marcia Ball turns 60 in style, Bill Baird finds himself in song, and more confirmations for the Austin Music Awards and SXSW 09

"...want it to be at a party." Bright Blue Dream..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...the Violence in the Bay Area. KRS-One and our team decided to focus more intently on it because hip-hop..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across the Disciplines (In No Particular Order)

Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2008

"...bit high in the fine-art strata to be tagged "steampunk," Brudniak's exquisitely crafted objects nevertheless often resemble what Capt...."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFF Review: Six Man, Texas

Not your usual Texas football

"...When your town’s small, so is your football team. High school football is of the same importance as..."

Oct. 20, 2008 Screens Post by Mark Fagan

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...unlikely match as a Roller Derby hangout, but some teams have been known to frequent these digs. 515 Pedernales,..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

Exit Music for a Film Fest Producer

Sending off South by Southwest's Matt Dentler

"...became more enmeshed in the Festival, and he stopped dreaming about becoming a filmmaker. "I was like: 'You know,..."

May 2, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Slumber Party!

Natalie Marquis brings the green to Habitat Suites

"...model to an environmental oasis. When Marquis joined the team in 1990, she found herself up against a wall..."

April 18, 2008 Features Feature by Darcie Stevens

A Bloodcurdling Day in the Neighborhood: ANC Council Candidates Forum

Tense ANC candidates forum on Wedensday.

"...a level to say they're enforceable." But we can dream, can't we? The rigid ANC format prevented the Place..."

March 28, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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