Articulations

The "first lady of Austin theatre" -- actress and educator Nan Cameron Elkins, whose credits included more than 300 Austin theatre productions and teaching speech and stage skills to thousands of Central Texas students -- has taken her final bow.

"...at Baker, Allan, Martin, and Murchison Junior High, and Johnston High School. Elkins' professional career was a distinguished one,..."

April 6, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

In the Wee Hours: Mister Sandman ...

Salvage Vanguard Theater has dared to revive the radio adventure serial in its action-packed original The Intergalactic Nemesis and, hard as it may be to believe in this age of Austin Powers spoofery, the company plays it relatively straight and gets impressive results.

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre,..."

June 2, 2000 Arts Review by Dawn Davis

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...Cry Pitch Carrolls, which premieres December 4 at the John Henry Faulk Living Theatre, currently in town to teach..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Momfest: the Schedule

"...JOHN HENRY FAULK LIVING THEATRE, 204 E. Fourth..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature

Exhibitionism

Managed Care: Down the Rabbit Hole

"...John Henry Faulk Theatre through September 27 Running Time: 1..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Arts Review

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...On the boards: Monsters! through Aug 10 at the John Henry Faulk Theatre...."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

As the Mitchell Turns

More Sequels Than a Spielberg Movie

"...to take over a $700,000 contract to renovate the John Henry Faulk Central Library, listed Wormley, Mitchell, & Associates..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Column

Green Pastures

Brunch in Austin

"...the childhood home of beloved local humorist and raconteur John Henry Faulk. Faulk's sister Mary Faulk Koock and her..."

March 16, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Losing Library Time

"...beginning the week of June 3. Except for the John Henry Faulk Central Library (which will retain its current..."

May 24, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

All in The Timing: Word Up!

Ada Calhoun critiques the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre's production of All in the Timing

"...John Henry Faulk Living Theatre,..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

Plays in Our Stocking

A Few Dramas We Want St. Nick to Give Austin Theatre

"...gift-wise. What with getting a new theatre downtown (the John Henry Faulk at Fourth & Brazos), new offices for..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: A Brief History of Laugh Riots in Austin

As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny

"...always. The granpappy of local joker competitions, the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships, has been a May tradition since..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...a ridiculous pitch, we're too tired to bring up John Henry Faulk or Billy Lee Brammer or Barbara Jordan..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Raising Hell With the Legacy of Molly Ivins at SXSW

Texas’ beloved crusading journalist gets her documentary due

"...recalls her mentor and fellow Lone Star resident scribe John Henry Faulk, Ivins remarkable life and livelihood is covered..."

March 12, 2019 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...The authors will take the podium at the Faulk Central Library to read from their work, answer questions..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Evil New Yorkers and Bit-Whoredom

They're horrible! They're evil, mean, and terrible! They're New Yorkers! They're the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre, and they're giving laid-back Austin a shot of scrappy, sophisticated, lowbrow, smart-ass theatre.

"...of ultra-violence, A Clockwork Orange, which opens at the Faulk Theatre this weekend. Supremely down-to-earth, FART is spearheaded by..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up

Who makes the jokes, where you can see them, and who keeps the scene running in a city where laughing matters

"...– has taken many forms through the years (O. Henry's newspaper The Rolling Stone, University of Texas satirical rag..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Exhibitionism

Dreamgirls: Groovin' All Night Long

"...Dreamgirls, Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger's musical, isn't long on plot. It follows the..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Arts Review

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...sexuality of others -- especially in print. Decades ago John Henry Faulk successfully sued a blacklist service called A.W.A.R.E...."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Postmarks

I never thought the letters in "Postmarks Forum" were real until this happened to me ...

"...guests were former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, former Congressman Henry Gonzalez, Dr. Benjamin Spock, John Henry Faulk, Jim Hightower,..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Column

Unstable Element

Are Austin's water fluoridation policies dangerous? It depends who you ask.

"...with reactionary conservative groups chiming in; for instance, the John Birch Society, which explicitly described fluoridation as part of..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

By Any Other Name

The history of Austin's cherished landmarks reveals the extent to which chance plays a part in who among their namesakes we remember and which fade with time.

"...to ask who was more important, Robert Mueller or John August Earl Bergstrom? (Mueller takes that one. Bergstrom, scion..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...One Hit Wonder photograph by John Anderson..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Eight Years Later, Elgin Man Becomes a 'Terrorist'

A 1994 outburst lands a local man in jail -- last fall

"...in jail, or both. Afterward, Collin Co. District Attorney John Roach told the Plano Star-Courier that Lawhorn's case was..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Earlimart, Black Lipstick, John Hunt & Beaty Wilson, Wooldrige Park Day Party, Saturday 17

"...Earlimart, Black Lipstick, John Hunt & Beaty WilsonWooldrige Park Day Party, Saturday 17..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Articulations

Austin playwrights are drawing attention around the nation, and one theatre company is getting hit by the Macbeth curse smack in the face.

"...for New American Plays has awarded a grant to John Walch (Craving Gravy, or Love in the Time of..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Long Fringe @ the Hideout

"...2/5 3:45pm; 2/6 3:15pm ($10)Tell Me About AmeliaWritten by: John Daniels, Jr...."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature

Festival Flood

A brief guide to the 13 – count 'em, 13 – arts fests coming your way in April and May

"...acts: Ron White, Wanda Sykes, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, John Mulaney, Marc Maron, Tim Minchin, and Jonathan Katz doing..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Not All of Me Will Die:
Remembering Joe Watson

In remembrance of The Brick Row Book Shop's Joe Watson

"...Shop, a loft on the musty second floor above Faulkner’s Drugs at the corner of Guadalupe and 24th Streets...."

Oct. 23, 2010 Books Post by Sidney Brammer

Check It Out

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...10 most-circulated items Austinites are checking out from the John Henry Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe...."

Aug. 3, 2001 Books Column

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