Chain Reaction

Downtown construction projects raise fears that Austin will lose its charm.

"...Whole Foods' flagship store and BookPeople, and that building's top-floor offices commanded a pretty nifty view of downtown --..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Exhibitionism

O.t.: Court and Spark

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre,through November 7 Running Time: 2 hrs..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Woody Guthrie's American Song: Up with the People

"...State Theatre through April 20 Running time: 1 hr, 45 min..."

April 11, 1997 Arts Feature

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...debut with Chicago-set ghost story Girl on the Third Floor...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...each other on little scraps of paper with short, ground-down pencil stubs. A car comes around the bend and..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...he joins Don Stewart on guitar for the middle ground in Migas. With TC-er Eric Conn beating the hell..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...or marveled so hard at the spinouts from dance floor acrobats it makes your ego quiver. The point is,..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...phenomenal growth. The truth, which lies closer to the ground, is a different thing altogether. The infrastructure upon which..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Making a Front Porch for the City

As he was completing the final design for the Austin Museum of Art's long-awaited downtown facility, architect Richard Gluckman took time to discuss the project, his approach to architecture, and what it means to design buildings for a boomtown.

"...competition for the Fort Worth [Museum of Art]. That background and the projects that we did helped convince this..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Stompy Jones

"...Scott was sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of his stereo, dropping discs into the..."

April 30, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Chow Downtown

Dining in the Heart of Austin

"...stop for coffee. They rode through the deserted Capitol grounds and down lonely Congress Avenue, stopping at the corner..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Food Feature

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...the Austin Film Society's Summer Free-for-All and the Paramount Theatre's Classic Film Series, offer revival schedules that provide the..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Days of Future Past

The history of Salvage Vanguard Theater's unlikely sci-fi success, The Intergalactic Nemesis

"...Hip young theatre company that built its rep staging edgy contemporary dramas..."

July 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...size and scope would exhaust the resources of most theatre companies -- indeed, even the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC),..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Children Are Becoming Heavy

When San Antonio rock ruled South Texas

"...Sunken Garden Theater on July 21, 1969, it's a ground-zero image of Texas rock and rare evidence of a..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Only Natural

The Texas Memorial Museum decides to focus on its natural history roots.

"...its gigantic welcoming Lone Star to its vertigo-inducing IMAX theatre, it delivers history as theme park: a giant display..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Guitarist Sterling Morrison of New York's Velvet Underground spent most of the Seventies in UT's medieval literature..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Blood Wedding

The air of rural Spain pours forth from the entire ensemble in this riveting production of Lorca's drama

"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre, 3001 S. Congress, 512/448-8484 www.stedwards.edu/theatre Through Nov. 24 Running..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Off the Record

A curated survival guide to the Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...Even before breaking ground, the new Austin City Limits Live at the Moody..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

An 'Our Town' for Our Town

With 100 Austin stories, Zach builds a city on a stage

"...we don't see it portrayed much in our national theatre. Plays in this country tend to focus on smaller..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Renee Woodward8pm, 18th Floor @ Crowne Plaza Before this Austin singer-songwriter became a..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...their JC Penney clothes and rolled around on the floor. Especially "Millie and the Welder," whom the Holy Spirit..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...had burned down in 1881). Sometime after that, the ground became sacred when the State Historical Survey Committee declared..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Not Just Dance

Moving Into New Forms at the Performing Arts Center

"...21 and 22 -- all interweave dance with opera, theatre, and live music. The importance of the other forms..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Arts Feature by Stephanie Beauchamp

The Work Matters

A look back at some of our most impactful reporting

"...Spin Room, where supporters would gather to crowd the background of TV two-shots when their victorious candidates made appearances...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Energy Abounding

Few words better encompass what the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Company is all about

"...I know they're dancers because they're all on the floor, and they're all stretching. But it isn't so much..."

July 7, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...9pm, Texas Union Theatre Tex-Mex queen Tish Hinojosa is one of the most..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...had a conversation with Clay Nichols, the head of Theatre Focus at St. Stephen's Episcopal High School, about an..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to visit this subject again and could use additional background information, please let me know...."

July 12, 2002 Column

Exhibitionism

"...Theatre Room,Winship Drama Bldg, UT..."

April 4, 1997 Arts Review

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