Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Los Cogelones, PickleStock, Lady Dan, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Rey and Weyes Blood on a 2021 cover of Joni Mitchell's "For Free" – Zella Day brings her disco-touched,..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Empire of Light

The bulb glows dim in Sam Mendes' tribute to picture palaces

"...Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke and Toby Jones...."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Glam Punks of 70s Austin Get Up to Their Gypsy Tricks

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part two: Glitter rock (1972-76) fades

"...Never the Same Again as a "better-looking, more streetwise Joni Mitchell," Olson still speaks in elasticated Texas vowels despite..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Reminiscing With k.d. lang

Ingénue Redux tour revisits crooner’s spotlight moment

"...KDL: Oh, classical music for sure. Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Emmylou Harris people like that...."

Sept. 13, 2018 Music Post by Beth Sullivan

2017 Music Critics Poll

Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.

"...Castro-Cota: Tameca Jones, Continental Club Gallery..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Greg Beets

In Memoriam: Sam Shepard

The late writer-actor left lots of himself in Central Texas

"...Johnny Dark, the father of Shepard's first wife, O-Lan Jones. The Harry Ransom Center at UT houses 30 boxes..."

Aug. 3, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones' Theatrical Jazz

The accomplished stage artist, scholar, and UT professor pens the first study of artists translating jazz aesthetics into theatre

"...goes a long way toward explaining what Omi Osun Joni L. Jones is digging into in her book, Theatrical..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place: In & Out

Get in or get out! You can't lose with these Gay Place events.

"...hitters AB Soto (Thursday & Friday) and Omi Osun Joni L. Jones (Sunday) come to town. Out, way out:..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

A contrarian view

"...both nuanced and controlled. There is nothing in Kimberley Jones' four-star Chronicle review that I overtly disagree with or..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Screens Post by Louis Black

Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season

Two cults beat as one: Jimmy Buffett & Sixto Rodriguez

"...and surveying the surrounding farmland, I couldn’t help recalling Joni Mitchell’s concerns about paradise and parking lots...."

May 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Gay Place

From Outerspaces to Deep Inside, this is the week that is... gay

"...MEMORIAL FOR SEABROOK JONES Tuesday, May 14, 6-9pm at Lanai, 422 Congress, 653-2546...."

May 3, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

SXSW Friday Picks and Sleepers

"...chanteuse Jenny O. Automechanic lightly, brightly updates Rickie Lee Jones and Joni Mitchell, mixing in a dash of Indigo..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

Get ready to see a lot more ukuleles

"...with a guitar, people would immediately compare me to Joni Mitchell...."

Feb. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Gay Place: Pride: Lamé, Not Lame

Celebrate the new Ana Sisnett Library at UT!

"...names its new library for Ana Sisnett. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Courtney Morris, Evelyn Anderson, and..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

'Wura-Natasha Ogunji: The Epic Crossings of an Ife Head'

Finding the origin point for this Austin artist's journeys

"...Next Thursday, Jan. 20, Ogunji, Amanda Johnston, Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Annelize Machado, Matt Richardson, kt shorb, and..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Joni L. Jones/Omi Osun Olomo, delta dandi..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Revolution of Spirit

Ritual jazz theatre pioneer Sharon Bridgforth premieres a new work, her last in Austin

"...In the words of Dr. Joni Jones/Omi Osun Olomo, the leading scholar on the theatrical..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young

Art + Activism Intertwined

Steps on a path

"...Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic, co-edited by Bridgforth, Dr. Joni L. Jones/Omi Osun Olomo, and Dr. Lisa L. Moore,..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature

ACL Sunday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...based in Austin, Elizabeth Wills follows trails blazed by Joni Mitchell, but Fly, released earlier this year, distinguishes her..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Friday Sleepers

"...gem, a breakup disc between bandmates renovated with Shawn Jones' sneering cynicism. Gathering a loose collective of players for..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

The Arts Alive Institute: Reaching all learners with art

VSA Arts' Arts Alive Institute brings together artists and educators from across the state to discuss best practices for using the arts to reach everyone in the classroom

"...creative writing in bilingual classrooms, a workshop by Dr. Joni L. Jones/Omi Osun Olomo on theatre for social change,..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Friday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...& roll context with a songwriter's heart. Rickie Lee Jones seems well-suited for the New West stable. Her career..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Top 10 Performances of 2004 That I Ruminate Over After the Dust Has Settled

Heather Barfield lists her favorite stage performances of 2004

"...8) Joni Jones/Iya Omi Osun Olomo in sista docta Jones was..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Naked City

"...including community organizer Patrice Mallard, UT professor and artist Joni Jones, social worker Carole Metellus, singer-songwriter Lourdes Perez, and..."

June 21, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin Coliseum (soon to be torn down and where Joni Mitchell played in the Seventies and many good wrestling..."

March 1, 2002 Column

Cumulative Staff Box

"...WhittingtonEditorialScreens Editors: Jennifer Scoville, Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Kimberley Jones..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Angel in the Dark

The last release from pop noir princess Laura Nyro.

"...sunshine, with celebrity emcees like the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones, career-making performances by Janis Joplin and the Who, and..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Who Wants to Be a Theatre Geek?

A quiz to find out who knows what about theatre in Austin.

"...... a. Sharon Bridgforth b. C. Denby Swanson c. Joni L. Jones d. Emily Ball Cicchini..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On the Bus

In the process of writing her new play con flama, Austin poet / writer Sharon Bridgforth discovered that the piece was not complete without her own voice in it. In the process of observing con flama's development, writer Belinda Acosta discovered something about her own voice, too.

"...with musician Lourdes Pérez, and performer and UT professor Joni Jones, who served as dramaturg. But being around the..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

B. Iden Payne Award Nominations, 1999-2000

"...Christa Kimlicko Jones, desire..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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