Outing Ellen

TV Eye

"...Gene Stallings in place of the surely-it's-no-coincidence-this-is-aired-during-the-ratings-sweeps episode of Ellen on April 30. This is the much-talked-about episode in..."

April 25, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Ellen Spiro Retrospective

"...Ellen Spiro Retrospective will present several excerpts from the documentaries..."

May 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

In Memoriam

Alfred King, one of Austin's greatest cultural benefactors and advocates, has died at age 89

"...city's greatest cultural benefactors and advocates has died. Alfred King, of the King Ranch Kings, passed away Saturday, March..."

March 31, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...a revolutionary method: Have the students perform the plays. Speaking the lines and inhabiting the characters themselves helped them..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Killer Choreography

Ellen Bartel's blood-spattered new dance 'Killsport' mocks our love of the old ultraviolence

"...Warhol Factory alumna Mary Woronov race each other coast-to-coast, racking up points by mowing down pedestrians. A product of..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...no exception as the festival has just announced The King of Staten Island as one of its Headliner titles...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...Dead Man Walking, Austin Lyric Opera..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Twelve more friends of the arts have been named to the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, and Austin Lyric Opera loses Managing Director Michael Murphy to a performing arts organization in San Diego, from whence he came.

"...visual artist and educator Kelly Fearing; patrons Alfred and Ellen King ; Indian classical dancer Gina Lalli; Austin Lyric..."

March 28, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...it will close with the new adaptation of Stephen King's Pet Sematary...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

David Ohlerking

The whirlwind force behind Austin Figurative Gallery is spinning away to Jersey

"...David Ohlerking is leaving...."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Run-Off: Live Election Coverage

An historic race crosses the finish line

"...CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 Ed Scruggs..........6,172 / 49.77% Ellen Troxclair....6,229 / 50.23%..."

Dec. 16, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Roll 'Em

March

"...secretly funds a research lab that is devoted to cracking the code of the special baby language all infants..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Election Night Live

Up-to-the-minute midterm coverage

"...12:37am: It's looking like we won't know until tomorrow which two District..."

Nov. 5, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Rude Mechanicals’ premiere of Kirk Lynn’s Shakespearean reboot Fixing King John. (Since this author was a member of that..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...out the charges against ALEC at the Downtown protest. "Hijacking the legislative process to serve corporate interests and right-wing..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

What Happened to the No-Kill Millennium?

Austin's plan to end wholesale euthanasia at Town Lake shelter remains a distant dream

"...kill this morning, you don't have time to go looking for slippery little veins...."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Exhibitionism

Big River: Pleasantly Adrift

"...lengthy production, and it is submerged, albeit by some excellent distractions: booming voices, lovely duets, and a gifted chorus;..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Review

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...followup feature Take Shelter, which Sundance describes thusly: "A working-class husband and father questions whether his terrifying dreams of..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...Mitchell Hurwitz. If you're a fan of smart, funny, groundbreaking, dead-before-its-time TV, then you know the name: Hurwitz created..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Medea Stories

With The Medea Stories, the St. Edward's University Theatre Department with guest artists from the SITI Company reinvents Euripides' tragedy as a modern courtroom drama and connects us to Medea's tale with immediacy and a great urgency.

"...the violation of a sacred bond of humanity, the taking of innocent life by the very one who bore..."

April 19, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Public Notice: Speed Limit?

City government: Rebuilt in two weeks

"...See more on this in Michael King's "Council: Only the Strong Survive," and in "Mayoral Cabinetry."..."

Feb. 13, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

What's Old Is Green Again

Eco-friendly, home-based funerals recall a bygone era

"...Mortician Janice King says her work is her calling, and on a..."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Congratulations!

"...But Lord have mercy, you pulled it off! Michael King wrote an entire article about Ellen Troxclair's plan to..."

Sept. 8, 2017 Postmarks

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...The Austin Film Society supports Texas filmmaking in myriad ways – workshops, work-in-progress screenings, mentorships –..."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Dance Fever

With Hot September Flurries, a corps of Austin choreographers burn up the Blue all month long

"...toes. To tally up the total number of choreographers working in Austin today, you'd need at least another couple..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Top 10s

TV Eye's Top 10 on the Telly

"...4. The Larry King Show (CNN): Maybe in his day -- so very,..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

Now that the writers' strike has been averted, the networks feel secure announcing their fall television seasons. Here's a look at what's in store.

"...CBS: King of Queens (7pm), Yes Dear (7:30pm), Everybody Loves Raymond..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

She Got Rhythm

In the world of rhythm tap, female dancers are a minority, and women who are masters of the form, as Acia Gray is, are merely a fraction of the whole. But with the debut of the Soul to Sole Festival, Gray hopes to give women who tap their due.

"...Temple, Ann Miller, Ginger Rogers, Ruby Keeler, Eleanor Powell, Vera-Ellen. Yes, but when you work your way through that..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Territory Schedule

"..."My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts" (Torill Kove, Canada, 10:35 min., 1999) This animated..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Screens Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...to be a good time for releasing their more thought-provoking products. New works to look for by European auteurs..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

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