The Pirates of Penzance

While the staging could use more swash with its buckle, this take on the G&S pirate musical succeeds where it must: with the music

"...For more than 30 years, the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin has delighted local audiences..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

No Visible Suffering

The Texas executions continue, amidst new questions about pain and suffering

"...the man who stabbed to death her father, Leslie Gilbert Hooks, in a drunken brawl in a motel room..."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Articulations

The Austin Circle of Theaters has handed out its annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in local theatre from August 2002 through July 2003.

"...bestowed on some of the community's smallest companies: The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin took home three awards..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In the Shadow of the Shepherd

A church's expansion plans threaten a neighborhood. Sound familiar?

"...of the property at the corner of Exposition and Gilbert. (The LO zoning allows up to 60-foot heights, though..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Sorcerer

The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin's new revival of the G&S operetta The Sorcerer proves a genial spoof of class prejudice, at least as staged by G'Ann Boyd. Her uncluttered approach allows the work's understated satire to shine through the performers' presence and delivery of the songs.

"...kissing a cop. The numberless love potion in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Sorcerer gets an entire town..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Reflections

"...Sara Gilbert photograph by John Anderson..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Fantastic Fest Review: Memoir of a Snail

Australian stop-motion drama will draw you out of your shell

"...break any flesh-and-blood human: orphaned, losing her twin brother, Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee), schoolyard bullying, adult betrayal, loneliness. Yet, as..."

Sept. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Highs and lows from Austin’s stages in their first real post-pandemic year

"...not a big fan of the iambic verse/ And Gilbert & Sullivan, well they bother me worse/ But the..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Day Trips: Center for Wildlife Rescue, Corpus Christi

New initiative responds to crises and educates the public

"..."It's a game changer," Jesse Gilbert, CEO of the aquarium, says of the new wildlife..."

April 14, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Oil Painter, Former President George W. Bush Still Bullish on Democracy

SXSW chat touches on immigration, Jan. 6 attack, and MLB’s misstep

"...Bush gave a shout-out to Austinite Gilbert Tuhabonye, founder of the local training group for runners..."

March 18, 2021 SXSW Post by Benton Graham

The Texas Conference for Women Turns 20 With Expanded Programming

Megan Rapinoe, Tracee Ellis Ross to keynote nonprofit, nonpartisan networking event

"...Win Carla Harris, and Eat, Pray, Love memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert. Locals include Mayor Steve Adler and Texas' First Lady..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Your Weekend in Film

­Pack it up, we’re traveling

"...Gilbert. Documentary looks at the life of comedian Gilbert Gottfried...."

Nov. 9, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Fantastic Fest 2017 Preview

The show must go on

"...Professor Marston & the Wonder Women A very surprising peek into the..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: In Greta Garbo's Bungalow

As beautiful as Greta Garbo was, she was something more

"...My hosts related how Greta Garbo and John Gilbert (or was it that symphonic conductor?) came here in..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...A waitress at Hyde Park Bar & Grill says she likes Bill Carter's big silver skull..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Third Coast Invasion! Austin At San Diego Comic-Con

Mondo, 'Darksiders,' and 'Ultimate Spider-Man' at SDCC

"...Furry Freak Brothers creator, Longhorn and Chronicle cover artist Gilbert Shelton. He'll be drawing a new piece for the..."

July 10, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

As the Season Rots Away

Fair-weather fans flee the rotting burnt-orange corpse

"...Garrett Gilbert — who has absorbed his share of vitriol while..."

Nov. 11, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Horns Discovers Hidden Assets: Coaches Who Coach, QB Who Runs

Upset Nebraska

"...Add the crazy move to have UT QB Garrett Gilbert keep the ball (not so crazy – he ran..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Football Watch

The Horns did it! The Cowboys didn't.

"...player leading their previously impotent running attack, quarterback Garrett Gilbert, who ran for two touchdowns in the first half..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Sports Feature by Mark Fagan

This Week in Campaign Fail

Perry's funds, Staples' Interwebs and Patterson's plane

"...of consumers are actually connected.) His Democratic challenger Hank Gilbert dryly fired back, "I'm sure people on landline modems..."

June 21, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Peter Hedges in Real Life

The writer/director returns to his roots with new novel The Heights

"...the scene with his McMurtry-esque first novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape. He later adapted the novel into a movie..."

March 19, 2010 Books Feature by Michael Agresta

Kinky's Questions

Campaign consultant Colin Strother explains the Friedman Dem race switch

"...As mentioned earlier, the close personal connections between Shami, Gilbert and Kinky could make life complicated, and Strother confirmed..."

Dec. 14, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Frank Delvy

Remembering one of the city's best-loved musical-theatre actors

"...played leads and character roles in musicals from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Gilbert & Sullivan, died Sunday, Aug. 31,..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...behind the stage, it sounded crazy big-stadium loud," marvels Gilbert Elorreaga, whose extra-large frame dwarfs his tiny trumpet. "We..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Food-o-File

Mother's is tough; Vera's Pies are stuffed; and Dream Bakery offers a Persian puff

"...dessert business called Vera's Pies (877/841-7247, www.whosvera.com). Owner Kim Gilbert grew up making pies with her grandmother and decided..."

March 16, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Texas in Bold, Dark Strokes

When Jack Jackson wasn't studying, researching, and presenting history in painstakingly drawn graphic novels, this wildly talented artist and scholar was making it himself

"...where he became friends with another budding cartoonist named Gilbert Shelton. At the Ranger, Jackson and his pals tested..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This Voice in My Heart

A Genocide Survivor's Story of Escape, Faith and Forgiveness

"...by Gilbert Tuhabonye with Gary Brozek..."

June 2, 2006 Books Review by Rita Radostitz

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Lynn Gilbert [Michael Ventura responds: Dear Ms. Gilbert: I saw those..."

March 3, 2006 Column

Satire or 'A Tiny Masterpiece of Coercive Ideology?'

Feb. 27, 2006 Postmarks

Burundi: History and Tragedy

An African nation's brutal past ... and present

"...On the day that Gilbert Tuhabonye calls the holocaust – October 21, 1993 –..."

May 13, 2005 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

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