Here Come the Transporters

In the endless Central Texas transportation wars, the lions and the lambs look for ways to make peace

"...plans. Which are really parts of the same plan. Though the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's toll-road system and..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Patti Smith

"...form (as were Gone Again, Peace and Love, and Gung Ho before it), with PSG members returning as co-writers..."

May 21, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

If It's Summer, It Must Be Shakespeare

Summer is the time for Shakespeare, so naturally here are a couple of the Bard's plays being staged in the Austin area -- Julius Caesar from the Austin Shakespeare Festival and Two Gentlemen of Verona from Different Stages -- and directors Paul Norton and Norman Blumensaadt to explain how they came to produce them this season.

"...the time for Shakespeare. Dozens upon dozens of companies throughout the country spend the vacation season producing little but..."

June 27, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

The Hightower Report

George whacks education aid for military families; and his war is just plain crazy.

"...recent gut job on the program that provides essential school aid for the children of our troops...."

April 4, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Get Your Brain on with Cartoonist David Rees

A profile of cartoonist David Rees, coming to Austin to promote his book Get Your War On

"...War On features cubicle workers discussing (usually on the telephone) the War on Terrorism, the War on Drugs, the..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

Everybody suddenly wants to take credit for commuter rail.

"...statement, the Dellionaire took special care to congratulate and honor state Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, for his work..."

Oct. 18, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and age of corporate swindles, the city of Austin should be embarrassed that they are being taken once again...."

July 26, 2002 Column

The Hightower Report

George W.'s corporate scolding reeks of hypocrisy; the Pentagon buys into Hollywood.

"...Here's yet another story of those at the top of the corporate pyramid getting insider..."

July 19, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Tracers

Director and sound designer Stephen Balgooyen and his youthful cast bring us the horrors of war live and in living drab green in Tracers, but shouted lines and an overwhelming sound design render much of their work on this difficult material unintelligible.

"...Edward's University. It's also a bunker and a barracks, home in 1984 and the front line in 1968 Vietnam...."

July 12, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Local Arts Reviews

"...The Man Who Came to Dinner: Character CountsMcCallum High School Fine Arts Center,..."

June 7, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Patti Has the Power

"...inadvertently squirted herself in the face with one of those small nozzle Ozarka bottles as she tried to take..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Music Column by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture

KUT gets a facelift; the Flatlanders resurrect.

"...notable alterations, All Things Considered is moving up an hour (and gaining an extra hour Monday-Thursday), Soundsight has been..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Hooray for Muellerwood?

The Austin Film Studios find a Home at Mueller

"...was suggested in jest, given the airport's proximity to neighborhoods such as Cherrywood, Delwood, and Wilshire Woods. But with..."

Jan. 25, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...MVP for: State Theater Co., Austin Playhouse..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Pure Happiness

Unassuming Austin singer-songwriter stumbles upon the big time.

"...Last June, a prank phone call was the last thing either Bruce Robison or..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Taking Sides

A few weeks ago, Ronald Harwood's Taking Sides -- about the interrogation of a world-class conductor and possible Nazi sympathizer during WWII -- wouldn't have seemed all that relevant to the world's headlines. Now, it does, this solid production from ActAustin and the Magnolia Theatre Company may make you consider the characters (and thus the situation) beyond the decorated stage's rectangle of light.

"...Strange how things resonate. How just a few weeks ago, this..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin @ Large

SOS & Smart Growth, and the candidates

"...predecessor/nemesis Robin Rather and SOS co-founder Brigid Shea were gung-ho behind the corporate subsidies he opposes, SOS itself had..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Gasoline Dreams

Rounding up 2000 LPs.

"...(happened by now), whether the Supreme Court realizes just how ridiculous George W. looks up there and awards the..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gut Girls

The title characters in Sarah Daniels' play Gut Girls are brash, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling cockneys, carving their lots from life at the slaughterhouse, and the UT Department of Theatre & Dance production's colorful design work, solid direction, and vivid performances put us inside their greasy, tough world.

"...worker, give her freedom. For the girls at the slaughterhouse, the gut girls of East London, one week's pay..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...Stevie Ray Vaughan's Family Style. I was also a heroin-shooting, cocaine-smoking, hard-core junkie...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Patti Smith, Backyard, July 21

"...twentysomethings. Dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, shaggy-haired, and without the requisite 20-lb weight gain aging rockers often sport,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Carmina Burana: Hi, Latin!

The New Texas Music Works rendition of Carl Orff's masterwork Carmina Burana was the usual exhilarating sonic roller-coaster of songs about love and lust and way too much drinking in the Middle Ages, but the exuberance of conductor Craig Hella Johnson also made it feel like a good new friend was introducing us to one of his favorite old friends.

"...the wafer transubstantiates. It is definitely our good fortune, though, to be able to hear the Carmina Burana itself..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

About AIDS

A promising new style of condom may enhance pleasure for both parties.

"...The condom might not seem to be a product..."

March 31, 2000 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Creepshow, Maniac

"...D: George Romero (1985); with Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Howard Sherman, John Amplas, Richard Liberty. CREEPSHOWD: George Romero (1982);..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Review by Jerry Renshaw

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...Orchestra, too; everyone agrees he's the only one who should bare his musical soul before the high priestess (sorry,..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...The main problem: He's stuck in Amsterdam. To catch Hollywood's attention, Max grabs a not-so-steady-cameraman and decides to pitch..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Dancing About Architecture

The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

"...Chronicle before the Austin Music Awards kicks off the whole shebang. For badgeholders, it's time to think about which..."

March 10, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Seeing the Light

Capital Metro unveils plans for light rail, a bus-rapid-transit system, and HOV lanes for Austin.

"...to do the deed? On October 25, the transit authority's board of directors will decide whether to accept their..."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Super-8's Super Fans

The Cinemaker Co-op preserves the art of the littlest of motion picture formats -- Super-8 -- and trains tomorrow's filmmakers along the way.

"...and forbiddingly dank basement. Nestled amongst a dusty, old med-school microscope and a glut of Sixties-era ski gear that..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Town Lake hike-bike trail, directly across from the old Seaholm Power Plant, cast your gaze on the quiet little..."

July 2, 1999 News Feature

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