Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...In the final month of 1973, the Paramount was a terminal..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AISD's Underutilized Business

AISD weighs equity study to improve its limited program for minority- and women-owned firms

"...As staff and community members worked on the most recent Austin ISD bond package, their mantra was..."

May 24, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...title that portends a career of earthshaking import in the fine arts. But what can you do, Posterity? That..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...two things: It'll be hotter than Beelzebub's armpit, and there will be a musical you can see for free..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Playwright Dan Dietz gets his second play staged at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Johnson / Long Dance Company heads to Hamburg, and Zach shuffles its season

"...Dan Dietz is two for two at the Humana Festival of New American Plays...."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Turns out no one was more surprised by the news that the Save Our Springs Alliance Board of..."

May 21, 1999 News Feature

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...If you had the good fortune to be at Esther's Follies in its..."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Jackie Venson Solos

Local blues hero goes solo to cut costs, city polls on use of $12 million earmarked for the arts, and the U.S. State Dept. blocks Palestinian artist Dirar Kalash from the Fusebox Festival

"...Last week here and on Facebook, local soul force Tameca Jones detailed considerable debt upon returning from her..."

April 12, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin July Events Guide

The fun isn't over yet. Summer is just getting started.

"...Here are some great events happening this July for cooling off, kicking back, and taking full advantage of..."

June 28, 2018 Events Post by Cassie Arredondo

Blist'ring Strings

This summer the Austin Chamber Music Festival really brings the heat

"...not gonna lie to you. It's hot, and over the next few weeks, it's only going to get hotter...."

July 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Peter O'Toole Archives Land at HRC

Peter O'Toole archives acquired by UT's Harry Ransom Center

"...The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas has..."

April 22, 2017 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Feed

Jason Phelps turns to his theatrical past to nourish the present with a Feast of My Heart

"...want to understand what led this versatile and accomplished performer to create Feast of My Heart, the ambitious multidisciplinary..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

No Joker: Steve Miller

Classic rocker clears the air tonight on public education

"...In the pre-SXSW insanity, I spoke to Steve Miller, who’s in..."

March 5, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...illustration by Robert Faires The scene is the cluttered workspace of a mild-mannered arts..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Now & Forever

New Orleans institution riles up the Paramount Friday

"...The mother of all New Orleans’ brass tacks, the Preservation..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Myth Steps

Trenton Doyle Hancock's mythic creatures rise from the canvas, with help from Stephen Mills and Graham Reynolds

"...The Vegans are dancing!..."

April 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chi-Town Whole Foods Comes Out, Naturally

Austin-based Whole Foods makes history as the first anchor tenant of a GLBT community center, Chicago's Center on Halsted.

"...Chicago's Center on Halsted isn't your boilerplate queer community center. We're..."

July 17, 2007 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Only Natural

The Texas Memorial Museum decides to focus on its natural history roots.

"...The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, planted dramatically at..."

Feb. 21, 2003 News Feature

A Theatre Mecca?!?

Honest, Some Folks Move to Austin for the Theatre

"...Robert Faires When I was growing up in Pittsburgh, there was an advertising campaign that showed lovely aerial shots..."

July 18, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Army Futures Command Commemorates First Year in Austin

Leaders discuss modernizing the U.S.'s largest and oldest service branch

"...first year in Austin with a public celebration at the Long Center for Performing Arts, replete with a drill..."

July 26, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Your Menuhin Winners

Fukuda, Waarts take first in young violinist competition

"...The bows have been put away, the violins returned to..."

March 4, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Two Actresses, Fat and Thin

Staging Neil LaBute's 'Fat Pig' is a heavy proposition

"...So, wait, the actress playing the fat-girl role isn't fat enough? Seriously?..."

Oct. 2, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Postmarks

"...Staff [Vol.18, No.9], Gus Garcia touches on one of the most important issues on the Texas horizon, the 2000..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Column

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...Don't let the word "classical" throw you. In the context of classical..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How to Hire an Architect

"...First, gather a committee of all sorts of interested parties, whose..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Austin Critics Table Awards 2013

Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees

"...A toast, please, to the 170-plus artists and creative projects recognized in the nominations..."

May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Downtown Developments

"...The Brown Building (1)..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

Articulations

Getting Online With Art

"...Still puzzling out that connection between art and the Internet? Does art really connect on the World Wide..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Column

Dreaming ART

This year in Austin, autumn brings a Spring Storm, and with it Actors Repertory of Texas, the realization of the city's long-cherished dream of a locally based professional theatre company.

"...is receiving its world premiere production in Austin. Inside the B. Iden Payne Theatre, an opening-night crowd watches student..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

IRS OKs G&S @ CCP

"...lot like one of those Saturday morning serials with the cliffhanger endings, the closure of Capitol City Playhouse by..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Arts Column

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