Dancing About Architecture

Monte Montgomery hooks up with big-time booking; Texas Music Group has big plans.

"...begun touring nationally this summer with upcoming tour dates throughout the Midwest and Southeast, though he'll be playing his..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

House of Blues breaks ground at Southpark Meadows where the old stage will be replaced, but not before Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic.

"...there was a press conference and groundbreaking ceremony at Southpark Meadows last Wednesday, as high muckety-mucks from the mighty..."

June 9, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Bleacher Bums: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

It may be too early for most of us to really care about the baseball season, but the Subterranean Theatre Company production of the comedy Bleacher Bums is a near-perfect game that's worth catching.

"...Bleacher Bums: Take Me Out to the Ballgame..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Overlapping Fireworks

It’s been six long years since Frontera artists Vicky Boone, Margery Segal, and Annie Suite have all worked with each other on a play, but the threesome still send off fireworks together, as C. Denby Swanson

"...know each other so well that their overlapping conversation about the play Love's Fire at St. Edward's University, a..."

April 7, 2000 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

As Much Magic as Fact

In the month since the much-hyped publication of Stephen Harrigan's historical novel The Gates of the Alamo, a visible restructuring of the public notion of the fort has seized the imagination of Texas. Chronicle writer David Garza explains why.

"...the fabled old Catholic mission, surprisingly little is known about the actual events that occurred during the days that..."

March 24, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

In Between Days

At the Crossroads of the 1999-2000 Austin Music Awards.

"...-- The Cure, "Out of This World," 2000..."

March 10, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...a version of Stroszek, the director's 1977 cult classic about a man named Bruno and his battle with the..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

How the WTO touches our readers' lives; and other hot-button issues like film reviews, bikes, and Kevin Fullerton.

"...public statements have anything to do with the truth about WTO. Forget that. "Trade barriers" means such things as..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Column

Silent Partner

You don't hear much about Wayne Bell when the Long Center for the Performing Arts is discussed. That may be because this honored Austin architect is low-key, modest, the consummate team player. But he's the point man on this $60 million project and arts writer Robi Polgar reveals how integral he is in getting it built in a calm, orderly, informed, and successful way.

"...state restoration architect with the Texas Historical Commission; first chairman of the Historic Landmarks Commission; first director of the..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Scanlines

Practical Magic

"...with Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn, Chloe Webb...."

May 7, 1999 Screens Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...Lunch is dead! Long live the Lunch! Such an outcry wouldn't have been unexpected following last Thursday's City Council..."

April 9, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The SXSW Wind Blows In

"...is -- the penultimate issue of the Chronicle before South by Southwest starts. Wait a minute. What am I..."

March 12, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Exhibitionism

Big: a Bit By-the-numbers

"...a 12-year-old boy in the body of a 30-year-old man. What follows is something of a corporate fairy tale..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Arts Review

Cruise Central

"...portrait of not just The City, but also of humanity as a whole, at once comical, sorrowful, and sublime...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

From Southerners to Seventh Grade

"...air conditioning, cable TV, and superstores -- know little about what made such women. As my grandmother used to..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Books Feature

Handicapper's Guide

Slam-O-Rama

"...of poetry. They also have two wicked, tough, opening-round bouts...."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature by Michael Bertin

Robyn Hitchcock's Moving Pictures

Jonathan Demme Films Storefront Hitchcock

"...maze of the "Veins of the Queen," met "The Man With the Lightbulb Head," seen humans transformed into "Flesh..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Postmarks

Good News, Bad News

"...the fantastic downtown section this past issue - wonderful layouts, maps, and commentaries...."

Feb. 6, 1998 Column

Scanlines

Hamlet

"...big for their codpieces is Kenneth Branagh. Yes, the man did bring a luscious Henry V to the screen..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

"...a CD player stuck on shuffle, forced to figure out what the album is from random snatches of music...."

Dec. 19, 1997 Arts Review

Dancing About Architecture

Whither Austin or: Funny, It Looks Bigger on TV

"...the S&M Fest proved was that even our local youth have become jaded and unresponsive enough to make up..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...terribly interesting. Better luck finding an issue of SPIN without a Nirvana reference than finding a "scene" that'll be..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Fine Tuning or: Gavin Peace a Chance

"...Austin music scene that the world is theoretically buzzing about. According to Lance, the key to a successful music..."

July 18, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live Shots

"...Willie Nelson and Derek O'Brien at Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic GRAHAM PARKER Cactus Cafe, July 5..."

July 18, 1997 Music Feature

Record Reviews

"...most streamlined and contemporary. There's no question that the man is a good saxophone player; he's smoother than mom's..."

June 6, 1997 Music Review

The Hispanic Factor

Place 5 Poses Moral Quandary for Some Latino Voters

"...Bobbie Enriquez declines to endorse either Spelman or Zuniga. photograph by Alan Pogue Bobbie Enriquez may..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Burn Down the Mission

Darden Smith

"...had changed. Alternative and grunge were in, singer-songwriters were out, and Smith found all his A&R champions gone from..."

April 4, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Exhibitionism

"...her work. But while Sarah Higdon does give animals human qualities in her acrylic paintings, her settings tend to..."

March 7, 1997 Arts Review

Change As You Go

Reynolds' Latest Flop: Pay As You Throw

"...illustration by Jason Stout..."

Feb. 28, 1997 News Column by Alex de Marban

Plays in Our Stocking

A Few Dramas We Want St. Nick to Give Austin Theatre

"...a new theatre downtown (the John Henry Faulk at Fourth & Brazos), new offices for the Austin Circle of..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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