Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Karen Sneed, Crimes of the Heart..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Is This Drawing?"

Its distracting title notwithstanding, the Concordia exhibition Is This Drawing?' features some intriguing visual work by outstanding Austin artists

"...Karen Martin / no / assemblage..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Review by Rachel Koper

Romeo and Juliet

The trick in staging Romeo and Juliet has ever been keeping the suspense in the second half that the first half never really needs, and the Austin Shakespeare Festival almost manages it

"...nurse also weaves her presence throughout the story, and Karen Kuykendall is excellent at that character's sharp-tongued, take-no-prisoners attitude,..."

April 30, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...a Guggenheim; her last film, Atomic Ed & the Black Hole (an early version won best documentary short at..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Articulations

Ridiculous Theatre Company's Everett Quinton comes to Austin to do a "twisted" version of Oliver! for Zach, Ballet Austin gets in touch with New York, and honors for painter Michael Ray Charles and Austin Babtist Women.

"...The Nutcracker was worth a photo, so there was Karen Hughes, all gussied up as BA's Mother Ginger, nestled..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The World Goes 'Round

With The World Goes 'Round, director Dave Steakley has crafted a gem of a show, one that celebrates the musical team of John Kander and Fred Ebb with the panache and rich feeling of a beautifully crafted, sublimely entertaining musical of old, that makes us want us to come to the cabaret.

"...Last but never least is the ever-elegant Karen Kuykendall, whose credentials in cabaret are formidable and who's..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Dangerous Corner

Different Stages' latest attempt at a theatrical answer to a good, cheap summer beach novel, J. B. Priestly's 1932 mystery Dangerous Corner, isn't much fun. It's full of unsympathetic characters rendered in a flat and melodramatic style.

"...Baldpate, Reginald Denham's Ladies in Retirement, and Agatha Christie's Black Coffee. Last summer, the company got a theatrical sunburn..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...pipeline to the Barton Springs salamander, golden-cheeked warbler, and black-capped vireo. Defending the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), whose..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Room at the Inn

Case Marianella homeless shelter provides a badly needed haven for homeless Spanish-speaking immigrants.

"...Dressed in a stylish black-and-white polo shirt, long, baggy shorts, and white tennis shoes,..."

June 16, 2000 News Feature by Anna Hanks

The Other Sister

Multiple Personalities

"...Among the settlers are Austin's favorite feathered friends, the Black-capped Vireo and the Golden-cheeked Warbler. As a consequence, about..."

July 2, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...meticulous dedication for over a decade. John Henneberger and Karen Paup, now operating Texas Low Income Housing Information Services,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Reflections

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98

"...Wally again. Desperate, the henchmen resort to adopting a black dog from the pound and dumping a sack of..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

"...fine-grained to grainy 35mm, 16mm, Hi-8, infrared, color, and black-and-white) creates a rich palette of tones and images from..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Storytelling, a Book Trail, Markets, and More Arts Events

Get reading, go shopping, or just enjoy a gala this week

"...like BookPeople, Monkeywrench, and BookWoman to specialty stores like Black Pearl, Tribe Comics, and the Little Gay Shop, you..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...serial version of Swimming With Sharks, the cult 1994 black comedy about the merciless nature of Hollywood life...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...cultural shift in beauty standards towards embracing (or appropriating) Black aesthetics and features, deconstructing what we understand about race..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...As I wheeled my picnic basket full of black-eyed peas, roasted red peppers, cornmeal, tofu, and cookbooks through..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Reflections

"...Roni Deitz; DP: L. John Morelli; Cast: Michael Rehfield, Karen Mascari, Louis Guerra. Video, 74 min., 1998 (WP)..."

March 19, 1999 Screens Feature

Post Marks

Park and Ride

"...Dear Mr. Black:..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Column

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...performance to transform a former military facility into a Black queer utopia. Through immersive storytelling and visuals, the film..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...I'm Gonna Make You Love Me D: Karen Bernstein Fellini meets Motown in I'm Gonna Make You..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...UT's RTF department, where Marge Baumgarten, Nick Barbaro, Louis Black, and Ed Lowry met. CinemaTexas showed movies in conjunction..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...for vengeance. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Taissa Farmiga, James Ransone, Karen Gillan, John Travolta (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...blue-collar lifestyle, Hap teams with Leonard Pine, a gay, black Vietnam vet, to whoop ass and take names in..."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Wednesday Picks

"...German drone and Beck's sardonic sentimentality. – Austin Powell Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

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

"...The Woman in Black, State Theater Company..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin in 1956, as a member of UT's first black undergraduate class, I have never seen a non-black Council..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Contributors

Descriptions of the contributors to The Austin Chronicle 20th anniversary issue

"...in the RTF Department at UT with Barbaro, Louis Black, and Ed Lowry. Throughout the decades, she has hung..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Dear Mr. Black,..."

May 12, 2000 Column

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