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.

"..."titans of post-war theatre." Sumio Yoshii is Japan's leading lighting designer. Scenic and costume designer Dionysis Fotopoulos has an..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Reflections

"...BLIND LIGHT Dir/prod/scr/ed: Pola Rapaport; DP/co-prod/co-scr: Wolfgang Held; Cast: Edie Falco,..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Lost in Space

Performance Artist Sally Jacques Lives Life on the Edges

"...an arm through a night sky, briefly sweeping away starlight - these are the concerns of Sally Jacques and..."

June 5, 1998 Arts Feature

Record Reviews

"..."I'd like to make this water wine, but it's impossible/I've got to get these dishes dry," but don't ignore..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night

New adaptation of the MMORPG anime

"...a Starless Night is based on the soft reboot light novels (basically, young adult fiction), which were based on..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Holograms of a Different Stripe

Zebra Imaging and the Future of Holograms

"...Ferdman notes that it doesn't read well in the daylight - it would need to be placed in an..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas by Georgia

How O'Keeffe Adopted the Lone Star State

"...clothes were the color of dust. She ingested the light and landscape, gobbled it down, and nurtured her artist-self...."

March 20, 1998 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

A New Chapter for Austin’s Small Bookstores

From serving neighborhoods to serving wine, how innovative local booksellers are filling the shelves

"...potential and relaxing pleasure. Be it the jumble and impossible-to-replicate scent of a used-book haunt or the clean lines..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...console those same dejected post-match fans), flicks on the lights early for weekend and midweek European matches when no..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...ridiculous that he has made Òsuspension of disbeliefÓ quite impossible, thereby distancing the audience from the already thin narrative..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Beach House

Terror rises like a tide in this unnerving lo-fi cosmic horror

"...the most fundamental components of reality. It can be light, as in The Color Out of Space, or sound..."

July 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Beaver

Jodie Foster directs Mel Gibson in this odd family drama.

"...movie, and although Gibson’s performance is spotless, it’s virtually impossible to not conflate the actor’s offscreen notoriety with his..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...no, I'm not trying to be funny or making light of smokers -- tobacco use does indeed damage the..."

April 18, 2003 Column

Breaking the Biker Code

Austin musician and Glass Eye expatriate Kathy McCarty sends greetings from the Sturgis, South Dakota, Black Hills Motor Classic & Rally, learns how to be a biker chick, and wishes we were there.

"...like Bighorn Canyon, Wind River Canyon, Chief Joseph Pass, Sunlight Basin, Ten Sleep Canyon -- and coming in to..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Features Feature by Kathy McCarty

The Menu

Restaurant satire cuts into class and the culinary arts

"...Leguizamo, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, Reed Birney and Judith Light...."

Nov. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 25 Austin Breweries of 2021

Our annual list of Central Texas’ top beers returns

"...a crispy boy in the cold, but not an impossible one! And all of those photos up on the..."

Oct. 12, 2021 Food Post by Eric Puga

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, Alison Brie (World Premiere) NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Devotion

The dance sparkles with captivating images of water and weightlessness

"...www.bluelapislight.org..."

June 24, 2011 Arts Review by Dawn Davis Loring

Heavy Mettle

Fact of Life

"...This is why 40% of the current LI-zoned, or light industrial, property in East Austin is actually being used..."

March 26, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lost in Space

Do They Know the Way in San Jose?

"...has San Jose acquired significant acreage built out to light industry. The city has far more people than it..."

Dec. 22, 1995 News Feature

Page Two

Light rail: "It's the future, stupid."

"...I'm scared light rail is going to lose. The arguments against it..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Louis Black

Believing the Children

In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution

"...ritual abuse" at day care centers, made it virtually impossible for the Kellers to receive a fair or even..."

March 27, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Neighbors relate their own housing crunches in response to last week's cover story.

"...TV" and "Access Denied" articles [July 14] bring to light what's wrong with cable access television. These two articles..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Column

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...clear - events may have overtaken him. It is impossible to watch this entertaining and bloody tour of hell..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

One Quadrillion ... and Then Some

New laser science at UT pushes the boundaries of knowledge

"...its quiet, insignificant business, the single biggest explosion of light and heat and energy the universe had seen since..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Jam City

Managing Congestion

"...to speed up traffic flow through techniques like signal light synchronization, widening intersections, and designating one-way streets and protected..."

Aug. 11, 1995 News Feature

Disney’s Snow White

This live-action remake isn’t just bad, it’s pointless

"...of that superior film’s swooningly romantic “I See the Light,” it's questionable whether Webb forgot which beloved Disney animated..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

One of Them Days

Keke Palmer and SZA star in a likable throwback comedy

"...in Los Angeles this week of all weeks. It's impossible to blame the creators of One of Them Days..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Rehabilitative Power of Art in Sing Sing

Oscar nominee Colman Domingo teams with Austin filmmaker Greg Kwedar in a story of transformation behind prison walls

"...Correctional Facility. Instead, the film glows with an inner light that illuminates what the program has meant to the..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All of Us Strangers

A ghostly meditation on grief that chooses the darkest path

"...relationship. The second event is something that should be impossible. When Adam decides to visit his childhood home while..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

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