Fuse Box: Supercharged

In its third year, Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival has evolved from the Little Festival That Could into the Amazing Colossal Fest

"...Ever seen a fuse box explode?..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...Twilight of the Little Boxes..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box: The final jolt

Refraction Arts' newly expanded Fuse Box Festival is almost out of juice, but before it goes, it still has some electrifying new dance, theatre, video, and site-specific performance to deliver

"...This year's newly expanded and exploded Fuse Box Festival is almost out of juice, but before..."

April 27, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fuse Box: Now with more electricity

The newly expanded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks across Austin, with the second week packing in even more new dance, theatre, screenings, bands, and art

"...This year's newly expanded and exploded Fuse Box Festival continues to shower sparks all over Austin,..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Electric Exchange

Theatre, dance, music, and film meld and get supercharged in the Fuse Box Festival

"...and more. But Berry's crowning achievement may be the Fuse Box Festival, an annual event meant to bring together..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Whale of a Tale Goes 21st Century

The Fuse Box Festival hosts a Herman Melville Hoot Nite

"...(a frequent Chronicle contributor) intend to do with a Fuse Box Festival event titled The Living Whale: A Marathon..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Scott Theatre CenterProduction, ComedyAs You Like It, Austin Shakespeare Festival..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Where Are They Now?'

Cyndi Williams is living a playwright's dream with her play 'Where Are They Now?,' which is being staged for the third time in 15 months

"...chance to remount it last April in Refraction Arts' Fuse Box festival. "I didn't want to change the way..."

March 10, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Long Center: Who's playing

Austin's new performing-arts center releases the performance schedule for its first few months

"...Mechs, Aztlan Dance Company, ProArts Collective, the Austin Shakespeare Festival, Austin Chamber Music Center, Teatro Vivo, A. Mozart Fest,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Souls of Our Feet, Tapestry Dance CompanyShort Work"Room," Fuse Box Festival, Deborah Hay, Linda Austin, Tahni HoltChoreographer Sharon..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2008, in the theatre

"...4) Five in the Morning (Rotozaza at Fuse Box Festival) Bare stage. Three swimmers. One disembodied voice..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Object Lesson

In Sherry Kramer's new play, things that are ordinary become magical: flowers, Barbies, even the writer herself

"...the British group Rotozaza as part of the 2008 Fuse Box Festival. It was sort of a piece of..."

May 16, 2008 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Seattle, snags a top honor at the renowned Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and zooms briefly back to Austin before heading..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2008 in dance and classical music

"...2) Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Conspirare, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and Texas State University Chorale) Craig..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Five in the Morning, Rotozaza, Fuse Box Festival..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Honor Roll

The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Five in the Morning, Rotozaza, Fuse Box Festival DESIGN Scenic Design..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: B Scene

The Blanton Museum of Art, Friday, May 2, 2008

"...drink “Blantinis,” watch a sample theatrical piece from the Fuse Box Festival, and groove to the sound of Austin’s..."

May 2, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...of some films currently showing in the SXSW Film Festival. The symbols (RP) and (WP) indicate regional and world..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Sharing the Dance

A new generation of Austin choreographers is expanding our concept of dance through the combination of movement styles and traditions from across the globe, and Barbejoy Ponzio talks to them about the part fusion plays in their work.

"...New York City in the 1970s, these artists can fuse the ancient and the modern, the Eastern and the..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

TCB

Godspeed, ODB. Say hi to Doug Sahm for us.

"...Boxed Out..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Litera

Lectures, Classes, Misc.

"...Cowboy and send it to: Liquid Paper Press, PO Box 4973, Austin, TX 78765..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...can provide: advance information on over two-thirds of the festival's showcases. Already, in the last two issues, somewhere in..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Slam Week Events

"...Electric Lounge: 302 Bowie, 476-FUSE..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Feature

La Bush Resistance

France and Israel put in a strong SXSW 07 showing, with Holland, Spain, South Africa, and Germany bringing up the International Bands' rear

"...effect. The band's third LP, Sweet Beliefs, lights the fuse, then heads for the hills. The electronic convulsions of..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Saturday Picks and Sleepers

Saturday night SXSW blurbs

"...bizarre and brilliant – intergalactic and out of the box. The pair of "QueenS" share a cosmic aesthetic with..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Art

Art Openings

"...in the narrative competition of the 1997 SXSW Film Festival. The works are only on view through March 14...."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"..."What's your dream festival lineup, dead or alive?" asks Sun Radio this Labor..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Carver Museum Hosts Austin African American Book Fest

Annual event is free and open to the public

"...Bassett (both), and earned some $120 million at the box office. Waiting to Exhale alone spent months on the..."

June 21, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...The show opened during Chinati weekend, a townwide art festival centered around the Chinati Foundation's annual open house each..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Articulations

Gregor Leaves TFAA

"...back from taking part in the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Long -- who, by the..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires