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Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Qmmunity: Queer Comedy Pipeline
Ivy Le talks the impact of Tongue in Cheek, a queer comedy open mic providing fertile ground for Austin's LGBTQ comics
"...live show in the vein of 2 Dope Queens (but gayer, obvi) butted up against a pretty small pool..."
Sept. 29, 2023 Column by James Scott
The House That Built DJ Shani Hébert
Decades in the making, The Groove Temple arrives on KUTX
"...There's a difference between needing help and helplessness. Shani Hébert sometimes needs the former, like prying open the heavy,..."
March 3, 2023 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
Back to School With Queer Austinites
Queer Austin artists and icons give their two cents on surviving ATX
"...But I loved the responses from the people I queried!..."
Aug. 18, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott
8 Austin Education Opportunities for Adult Learners
Get your GED, find your passion, take a class, or just nerd out for a night
"...lot of ego” around education, says Kathy Dowdy, the executive director of Adult Education at Austin Community College, older..."
Aug. 24, 2019 News Post by Alexandra Currie-Buckner
Jennifer Higdon, American Voice
One of this nation's most acclaimed and active composers, on our rich melting pot of music
"...Bernstein. (That's what happens when you hit 100 birthdays.) But this week in Austin, Lenny has to cede his..."
Sept. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017
Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year
"...KALIL (Texas A&M University Press) This was published in autumn of 2016, but what is 2017 if not a..."
Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Melany Jean
Jennifer Chenoweth's XYZ Atlas
For years, the artist has been mapping locals' emotional experiences of the city and making them into art
"...I got my first job at Schlotzsky's Deli near South Lamar and Riverside Drive. I hated it. I'd just..."
May 13, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos
Council Recap: Water and Housing
Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing
"...(Item 17) that requires ground transportation chauffeurs (i.e. taxi, shuttle, and limo drivers) to submit national criminal background checks,..."
April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma
Alec Soth’s American Dream
Magnum photographer presents work and process to UT crowd
"...Frank, a take on the everyday world that found beauty in unexpected places...."
Oct. 24, 2013 Arts Post by Rod Machen
Food-o-File
What's cooking in the Food Lab? Creation, innovation, and the entrepreneurial spirit.
"...a component of the Center for Sustainable Development at UT's School of Architecture. First is the LongHouse Food Revival,..."
Jan. 25, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Food Events
Sept. 28-Oct. 4
"...Thought Symposium Scholars, community organizers, and culinary professionals will explore Black experiences with the social, political, historical, and economic..."
Sept. 28, 2012 Food Column
Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks
From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats
"...With the autumn comes the feast, in the arts as well as..."
Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Town Was Hoppin'
Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi
"...hometown, so in his mind the Magnolia Cafe on South Congress is still Flossie's Drive In, where country acts..."
March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran
Gay Place: Don't Stop, Get It Get It
We don't ever want to hear you complain that there is not enough LGBTQ up in this town
"...hand! And lots to plan for next week. Pull out your gaygendas and GO. ON OUR GAYDAR..."
Feb. 3, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer
Gay Place
Thanks, MonkeyWrench!
"...events we guarantee our readers would like to know about. So, this week (drumroll, please), we say, "Hats off,..."
Oct. 21, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer
Imagine, Nation
Using play to map the emotional terrain of 9 / 11
"..."tackle the event" of 9/11 in some theatrical way. But her desire to explore its meaning publicly is rooted..."
Sept. 9, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Kelly Fearing
Remembering the pioneering and influential visual artist and teacher
"...One of Austin's greatest artistic explorers has gone on to explore the undiscovered country. Kelly..."
March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Making It Right
Austin-based Students of the World strives to make it a better one
"...editing bay just off East Fifth Street is small but cozy. A few of the young people from Students..."
July 23, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer
re:Psyche
A fine creative team works to reimagine a myth, its own play, and love itself
"..."Best in Fest." This summer remount, however, does not constitute the same old story. The Psyche team has continued..."
July 2, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, April 8-15
"...JACK GOLDSMITH discusses counterterrorism policy and kicks off the Executive Power Symposium (see "Point Austin"). Goldsmith: 6pm; LBJ Auditorium,..."
April 9, 2010 News Feature
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Feb. 25-March 4
"...is in town to discuss his latest book. 5:30pm. UT campus, LBJ School of Law, Charles Francis Auditorium. Free...."
Feb. 26, 2010 News Feature
Truth Seeker
Photographer Sebastião Salgado bears witness to the world in black and white
"...they are the songbirds, the reflecting pool, the eloquent truth seekers. We are lucky Sebastião Salgado is not dead...."
Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Feature by Andrew Long
Cine Joven Sin Fronteras
Teaching technology, telenovela, and how to straddle two countries and two cultures with a camera
"...down over the past 50 years by dozens of outrageously popular (and populist) Mexican and Latin American telenovelas and..."
Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...the most generous and supportive mentor to all musicians. But Clifford's first love was the blues. His passion for..."
May 26, 2006 Column
Fidencio Durán: Painting the Known World
This fall, Fidencio Durán's 20 years of painting have earned him a midcareer retrospective at Mexic-Arte Museum
"...was still a student in the art department at UT-Austin, it's what led him to study with Peter Saul...."
Oct. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad
Getting Kids Into the Act
Curtain up on GRRL Action and Vortex Summer Youth Theatre
"...alternative theatres have been offering options that get kids out of the house and into the arts...."
July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
And in Other Council Business ...
After a month's break, City Hall has a long, long, long
agenda
"...in the inbox – as the City Council finds out every year right about now. Returning today (Thursday, the..."
July 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
"Now and Tomorrow"
The kid art in Creative Research Laboratory's "Now and Tomorrow" exhibit is more than notebook doodling; it's inventive, arresting self-expression
"...doodle an identifiable rose, a cartoon sailboat, and the outline of a swan. And I could do the Rush..."
June 18, 2004 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner
10 Under 10 (Again) Shorts
"...were selected for Texas Documentary Tour screening by a UT Radio-Television-Film student jury. "Soldier" D: Marko Slavnic A revealing..."
