Fierce Creatures

"...that the zoo must from now on stock only “fierce animals,” the line of thought being that the public..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fierce, Fierce Beauty

The title for Keith Carter's exhibition at the Austin Museum of Art, "A Poet of the Ordinary" describes the photographer to a tee, a man who takes subjects from the everyday world and takes pictures of them that tell their story with the distilled purity of expression that characterizes great poetry.

"...part in someone's hair -- and gave them a fierce, fierce beauty," said Carter, and in his words and..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dinosaur

"...film, and that shows in the photorealistic way the creatures move, the way their musculature jiggles beneath their pebbled..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In & Out

"...his competition but then, as Ready to Wear and Fierce Creatures remind us, great personnel guarantees nothing. The real..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Last Best WEST List

Five West Austin Studio Tour reasons to ramble

"...for design and a welcome complexity of color, the fierce creatures coming across in a kind of streetwise Malcolm..."

May 15, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dave Eggers' New Novel Sharks Its Way Into Your Social Brain

'The Circle' could teach Stephen King a few tricks about horror

"...mediascape that Dave Eggers conjures so well in his fierce cautionary tale The Circle, OK?..."

Oct. 14, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Movie Titles for 1997

"...DAY 1.5 (M.B.) 5/9/97 FEMALE PERVERSIONS 4.0 (M.B.) 5/23/97 FIERCE CREATURES 3.5 (M.S.) 1/24/97 FIFTH ELEMENT, THE 3.5 (M.S.)..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

A Whole Lotta Lava Going On

Winter/Spring Movie Sneaks

"...FIERCE CREATURES D: Robert Young and Fred Schepisi; with John..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Five Things to Stuff Your Literary Stocking

Supercharge your personal, locally sourced library

"...writing as writing? Glorious. St. Philomene's Infirmary for Magical Creatures..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Hoyos Comstock (Count on Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships ), editor Bree Despain (The Savage Grace: A..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The AggreGAYtor: August 16

Your daily dose of LGBTQ news

"...• Fluffy-haired blobfish Bryan Fischer seeks graphic photos to..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Neko Case, the Urban Cultural Fest, and More Crucial Concerts

Live sounds for the week ahead

"...balances up against Mannaerts’ piercing intonations. Her sweet but fierce delivery raises hairs both honeyed and harrowing – Tanya..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...wares, sonically abetted by DJ Detra, welcoming all fashionable creatures of the night, but: ages 18 and older only,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Los Cogelones, PickleStock, Lady Dan, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Come early for Ruthie Craft's soulful synth-pop and Dodo's fierce fusion, then decade-surf with Je'Texas and Pearl Z before..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 3-9

"...you raise up the magic world around you? Meditate fiercely and generously on that tantalizing project. The coming weeks..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Qmmunity’s 2020 Guide to Gifting Queerly and Locally

Gifting queer cheer after one helluva year

"...every budget – “So Fine,” ($38 per person) “So Fierce,” ($56 per person) and “So Fancy” ($70 per person)...."

Dec. 3, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Celebrates Godzilla's Global Impact

Here be monsters (here being Books Kinokuniya)

"...with wants and needs, and are often depicted as creatures with their own sense of morality, or even positioned..."

May 24, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jaimee Harris

"...about loss, surviving, and struggling to find strength, sometimes fierce and defiant, sometimes crushing and barely holding on. Red..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Gay Place

Magical Realness, an Austin spin on vogue / drag balls

"...news that I believe queers are the most magical creatures. This weekend, Mouthfeel, the Q, House of Kenzo, and..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Grand Designs of Ia Ensterä and Jason Amato

"...of Valhalla. With an audacious imagination to match her fierce drive and construction skills, Ensterä has crafted several of..."

July 17, 2015 Photo Gallery

Five From Here: An Eclectic Selection of Local Gift Ideas

Your Austin friends and neighbors have been mighty busy this year.

"...eclectic (but most often country-fried) original music by a fierce posse of musicians? Is it a collaboration between the..."

Dec. 11, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Four Austin Art Galleries Worth Your Weekend Time

Gonna make your eyes wanna kiss your brain

"...you not consider UT? – this town's got some fierce venues for your cultural diversion & edification.) But: Here..."

July 26, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

There's Peter, Never Mind the Wolf

The Golden Hornet Project turns Prokofiev

"...– all hopelessly entangled with cartoon images of woodland creatures traveling through some dark Russian forest. Thanks, now, to..."

Jan. 19, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rock, Paper, Carbon

This group show exploring organic forms displays work of top quality

"...her two-dimensional works. Craig also makes sculptures of jellyfishlike creatures by manipulating hand-printed sheets and strands of epoxy resin;..."

June 10, 2011 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Ideas of Mountains'

This Creative Research Lab exhibition is a peak of no small aesthetic excitement

"...camping gear, even an altar, all appropriately embellished with fierce craft and creative paraphernalia. This trio of artists could..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Choice Is Yours

Rubber Repertory's Casket of Passing Fancy makes you 500 offers you can't reuse

"...to portray a community of complexly aggressive, fluid-spouting alien creatures with penchants for audience footwear. This is Rubber Repertory,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Austin Playhouse's production provides a pleasurable escape from our world of straight talk and minimal etiquette

"...Like a cockroach, Merteuil is one of the few creatures left standing after everything has been destroyed, but one..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Will Travel for Food (and Awards)

Barcelona

"...with bulging eyes and intense scarlet gills; weird sea creatures, such as gooseneck barnacles, whelks, and scabbard fish; and..."

April 2, 2004 Food Feature by Mick Vann

The Absence of Nectar

"...11-year-old sister Alice, our narrator. They are opposites, Alice fierce and untrusting, Boone gentle and saintly. These contrary (but..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Books Review by Katherine Catmull

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...Agamemnon weary and skeptical and Alan Dobie's Odysseus all fierce pragmatism, the debates over the horse become unexpectedly fresh..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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