'My Trip to Al-Qaeda': Lawrence Wright's journey from page to stage

Lawrence Wright's experiences in the years he spent researching The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 have become the basis for a one-man theatrical work

"...a six-week run at the Culture Project theatre in Manhattan...."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UK Calling

Damon Albarn leads SXSW 07's UK act armada. Again.

"...The Manhattan Love Suicides are none of those, although they're named..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Cheryl Bentyne: Transfer to the solo line

Cheryl Bentyne, the willowy soprano of the Manhattan Transfer who also has a solo career, talks about the difference between singing with a group and singing alone

"...Given how long the Manhattan Transfer has been together (35 years this autumn) and..."

Jan. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dream Story

Boy with a horn returns from the Big Apple

"...relocate to New York, where he had attended the Manhattan School of Music for one semester after graduating from..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Inside Man

Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive in tow it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre clichés.

"...who, led by a silky smooth Owen, commandeer a Manhattan bank with the supposed notion of financial gain. It's..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

16 Blocks

Richard Donner still has it. 16 Blocks may be a formulaic good-cops/bad-cops actioner, but it’s rarely stereotypical.

"...his court date. As anyone who’s ever been in Manhattan can tell you, however, 16 blocks in NYC do..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dream Pursued

The Young Eight is showing the world of classical music what it means to be young, gifted, and black

"...studies: Juilliard, Boston Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Peabody Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, Cleveland Institute..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report

Bushites fail to protect troops; and Wall Street divides up the bonus booty

"...For example, Gotham Dream Cars in Manhattan will sell you a Lamborghini Gallardo for only $195,000...."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The World

Using a sleek visual style and bits of animation, this elegant Chinese film explores the effects of modernism, globalism, and international commerce upon its culture and society.

"...London Bridge, an Eiffel Tower, the Mongolian steppes, a Manhattan with the World Trade Center left proudly intact –..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Two for the Money

Pacino again plays another Mephistophelean type who mentors McConaughey's ex-jock in the intricacies of his tout service, offering tips to betters on the Vegas line, but the film is about as fresh as a day-old betting slip.

"...New York. Walter gives Brandon an apartment in his Manhattan apartment building where he lives with his wife, Toni..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mail Order Wife

The premise of this gleefully jaundiced mockumentary is simple: A filmmaker pays the expenses of a Queens doorman buying a bride from Burma in exchange for the opportunity to film the proceedings.

"...we shouldn’t logically have access to, even among camera-mad Manhattan narcissists like Andrew), but Botko and Gurland have so..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Letters at 3AM

Despite the change in inhabitants, the buildings, people, and mood of the old immigrant neighborhoods haven't changed. The streets still whisper the same cautionary advice: Survive and get out.

"...the museum. That meant a long subway ride into Manhattan, change trains at Union Square, change again at Grand..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

Steve Earle brings Townes Van Zandt's ghost along on Silver City's magical mystery tour; it hangs around for the Toronto Film Festival

"...familiar, you know him from dozens of films, including Manhattan and many Robert Altman films, as well as the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners 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, Zachary Scott Theatre Center..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Blue Menace

The latest program from the Violet Crown Radio Players is an appealing return to yesteryear via the nostalgic delights of radio drama

"...performance of the actual 1945 radio drama Rocket From Manhattan, astronauts on their way back from the moon witness..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Day After Tomorrow

A new Ice Age cometh

"...Americans had the right idea when they handed over Manhattan to the Dutch.)..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Articulations

Helping ensure the future of classical music are four young Central Texas musicians who won the 2004 Pearl Amster Concerto Competition and two UT School of Music doctoral candidates chosen to learn conducting from Maestro Kurt Masur

"...to spend the week of March 8-12 at the Manhattan School of Music taking master classes in conducting from..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Earth Moves

For choreographer Ellen Bartel, dance does make the world go 'round

"...to be like Fame; I wanted to dance in Manhattan." She laughs, shakes her head, dirty blond hair falling..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Demolition Man

Documentarian Jesse Moss on Speedo

"...no easy feat. But Jesse Moss (Con Man), a Manhattan-based documentarian who started the production company Mile End Films,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Elf

Will Ferrell's Elf is a new way to spell fun.

"...and play the naïf from the North Pole in Manhattan to find his biological father (Caan). The effect is..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood loads up your plate with events and a piece of the Big Apple.

"...the Wheel. Though we'll miss this fabulous "Texas Does Manhattan" party, we're proud to say that the Chronicle will..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

K-Tel Cabaret

Michael Holland and Karen Mack make a performance party out of hits from the Seventies and Eighties.

"...and critical acclaim, awards, and a commission from the Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets and the National Academy..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...dropout figures -- all under 4%. But the conservative Manhattan Institute came up with a dropout rate of 52%...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

The Cocktail's Hour

Wes Marshall explains how to enjoy the resurgence of one of humanity's great inventions.

"...rhythm! Always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time; a bronx to two-step..."

June 27, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Bulletproof Monk

"...jumps between the two milieus – as when a Manhattan museum space abruptly gives way to the subterranean chamber..."

April 18, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Articulations

Long Center supporters do a funding turnaround by asking the city for $25 million in bond money, another bunch of Lone Stars are being honored by the Texas Cultural Trust Council with Texas Medal of the Arts Awards, and John Walch wins an award from the American Theatre Critics Association.

"...is an Alfred P. Sloan playwriting fellow with the Manhattan Theatre Club, he won't have to travel far. Austin..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Kangaroo Jack

"...best friends Charlie (O'Connell) and Louis (Anderson) crash around Manhattan with cops on their tail and a trail of..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Look Ma, No Wrapping

DVD boxed sets, no assembly required

"...Ciao! ManhattanPlexifilm ($24.95)..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Artful 'Dodger'

First-time writer / director Dylan Kidd talks about his award-winning indie debut, Roger Dodger.

"...follows scheming, misogynistic raconteur-cum-advertising executive Roger (Campbell Scott) around Manhattan one evening as he tries to clue in his..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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