Cowboys & Critters

Take Back Texas' Marshall Kuykendall Says It's Simply a Choice Between...

"...Whether or not one agrees with Marshall E. Kuykendall, Sr., the flamboyant, country-talking, stetson-wearing Son of the Republic..."

Jan. 26, 1996 News Feature by Audrey Duff

True to the Blues: Eastside Kings Festival Returns

"It's not three chords, it's the heart and soul of a nation!" – Birdlegg

"...in the Sixties – performing alongside esteemed organist Dr. James Polk, one of Austin's foremost musical geniuses who handled..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dialtone, Please

Eddie Stout's Shoestring Label Sticks Close to Its R&B Roots

"...a tour mile with various Antone's artists such as James Cotton, Sue Foley, Pinetop Perkins, Doug Sahm, and Kim..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Texas Eastside Kings

Texas Platters

"...Ephraim Owens on trumpet, Clarence Pierce on guitar, and James Kuykendall on bass, it's hard to go wrong and..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Blue Christmas (Dialtone)

Christmas Records

"...slab of rough-hewn Christmas blues from such locals as James Kuykendall, the Bells of Joy, and Clarence Pierce. Richard..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Among Green Pastures Again

Virginia B. Wood on why one of the great Texas cookbooks is being reissued.

"...editors heeded Dobie's advice and sent American culinary icon James Beard to Austin to help Mrs. Koock develop a..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

After a Fashion

Where and with whom did Stephen sally forth this Fourth of July? And what else happened in town on this party weekend.

"...new downtown boutique, Lucky Soles (stylishly designed by David James Crawley) on Colorado. Design Within Reach, a nationwide chain..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Wheels of a Dream

With the long-awaited Topfer Theatre, Zach races full-throttle into the future

"...Yes, that's a car on the Karen Kuykendall Stage inside Zach Theatre's new Topfer Theatre: a full-size..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The New Topfer Theatre at Zach Scott

October 4, 2012. 11 Photos

"...The view from the back row of the James C. Armstrong Family Auditorium, named for the family of..."

Oct. 4, 2012 Photo Gallery

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Karen Kuykendall, The Dinosaur Within..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Love! Valour! Compassion!

The Zachary Scott Theatre Center's production of Terrence McNally's Tony-award winning Love! Valour! Compassion! may last three hours, but it captured every second of my attention, weaving themes of family and forgiveness into a moving experience.

"...Parillo is especially stunning as twin brothers John and James, one black-hearted and the other lamblike; his performance culminates..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Blues in the Night

Austin Playhouse's production of the musical Blues in the Night pinpoints feelings of love and loss among three women all hurt in love, with singers Jacqui Cross, Janis Stinson, and Melanie Wilkinson blending their three strong voices into a mighty harmony and reclaiming blues music for their sex.

"...a tight bunch around the stage, as in a James Cagney gangster movie set. A waitress weaves through the..."

March 29, 2002 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Review: TexARTS' The Full Monty

Exuberant musical about stripping steelworkers gets a less-than-cocksure production

"...Daniel Ford), Ethan (Leslie R. Hethcox), and "Horse" (Quincy Kuykendall), who are struggling with the weight of emasculation after..."

July 22, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

HAIR

Director Dave Steakley has assembled knockout performers for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center revival of HAIR, and he synthesizes their individual energies into an electrifying whole, but his valiant efforts to make the show's scope inclusive of our modern world fall short.

"...with HAIR, written in 1967 by Gerome Ragni and James Rado. While the show is no Hamlet in its..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Arts Review by M.B. Rice

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...Karen Kuykendall, Full Gallop..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

The Silence of the Dan

The AG Keeps a Lid on It

"...the political interests of one person: Dan Morales," says James Marston, the director of the Environmental Defense Fund's Southwest..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...of $12 million from Houston Endowment, $10 million from James Michener, and $5 million from Bernard and Audre Rapoport,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nominations for the 2004-2005 B. Iden Payne Awards

A complete list of all Payne Award nominees.

"...James and the Giant Peach, Scottish Rite Children's Theatre..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Arts Feature

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...James Beaman, Love! Valour! Compassion!..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Coverage

"...Holt loses too, and if, as expected, Ohio maverick James Traficant switches to the Rs, control of the House..."

Nov. 10, 2000 News Feature

Precise Points

"...did a federal intervention in 1962 in Oxford, when James Meredith was trying to enroll at the University of..."

July 27, 2020 Postmarks

Zach Theatre

Construction is starting on Zach's third performance space, its biggest yet

"...Also marked out on the grass was the Karen Kuykendall Stage, an 80-foot-wide proscenium more than three times the..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...of local arts writers, began with the induction of James Armstrong, Larry Connelly, Sally Jacques, Emily Little, Harold McMillan,..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Bars, Bedrooms, Bukowski, James Cotton..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Cafe Manhattan: Karen Kuykendall and Sterling Price-McKinney,..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Election 2000

Chronicle Election Preview

"...for Senate; trailing Dianne Feinstein California-27 L.A. (Pasadena)R - James RoganTossupLeans DImpeachment star in deep trouble in traditionally Democratic..."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature

A Day at the Races

Primary races start heating up in nearby counties, across Texas, and around the nation.

"...strong Democratic primary candidates. In Los Angeles, impeachment star James Rogan will be run ragged by Democratic state Sen...."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...A Delicate Balance Lee Eddy, The Cherry Orchard Karen Kuykendall, Angels in America Melanie Myers, The Brothers Karamazov Meredith..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature