Review: Mark Morris Dance Group

'Mozart Dances' exhilarates with exuberant playfulness

"...you'd have Mozart, wouldn't you? You'd also have the Mark Morris Dance Group in Mozart Dances...."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 (+1) Dance Classical Music Treasures of 2013

In 2013, dance and classical music were distinguished by their breadth of expression and eloquence

"...1) 'MOZART DANCES' (Mark Morris Dance Group/Texas Performing Arts) Startlingly virtuosic dance,..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...When the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of the artists to be on..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

1999 Critics' Table Nominations

"...April 1999. This year's honors also recognized achievements in dance, classical music, and the visual arts as well as..."

May 21, 1999 Arts Feature

1999 Critics' Table Winners

"...of local arts writers recognized achievements in classical music, dance, and the visual arts as well as theatre. Critics..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Fall for Dance

Dance Repertory Theatre's program was divided between live and canned music, with the live half clearly deeper

"...Is Dance Repertory Theatre in the midst of a transition, or..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...30, 2019, and settled on what was outstanding in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in that span..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...the less foppish side of Todd Rundgren or prissy Morrissey. Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid is their first wicked full-length..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...returns to nail in the spike of last year's Group Therapy with the raucous Live in Brazil. Before them,..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Table have agreed on the most outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

AFF Knows We Like to Watch

Local film Harmony and Me tops sneak peek at festival lineup

"...Austin Film Festival doing some kind of an elaborate dance of the seven veils? It seems every week there's..."

Aug. 26, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

2017 Payne Theatre Award Nominees

E.A. Poe musical Nevermore leads the way with 11 noms

"...B. Iden Payne Awards Council Monday. When the theatre group announced the nominees for the 2016-17 season, Doctuh Mistuh..."

Sept. 20, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...The big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of standout films made..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

America's Ethnic Music Mantle

"...worked hard this week; this weekend we're gonna go dance the polka.' It's a music people turn to when..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...guard will be thrilled at one of the most remarkable works of musical archeology in recent years: Tom Petty,..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...Detention Director: Joseph Kahn, Writers: Joseph Kahn & Mark Palermo A downtrodden 17-year-old girl is sent to detention..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...the Slender Man, while today's Festival Favorites announcement includes Sundance smash The Greasy Strangler and Operation Avalanche, a found-footage..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

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

"...favorite Margaret Brown (The Great Invisible) returns with her Sundance Film Festival award winner Descendant...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Is That a Biography in Your Pocket...?

Film Folios and Screen Prints

"..."Miss West can't sing a bit, but she can dance like George Cohan, and personality just permeates the air..."

March 13, 1998 Books Review

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...It used to be that Memorial Day marked the official beginning of the summer season. Last time..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

"...Twelve individuals were recognized, all of them having made remarkable contributions to the community in the areas of dance,..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...Split Screen and a bravura run through this year's Sundance. The low-budget horror film uses creativity and nerve to..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

SXSW Friday Picks & Sleepers

Friday blurbs are down from Thursday's, but how are you holding up at this point?

"...pursued a number of side projects (including frontman Hardy Morris' supercollaboration, Diamond Rugs), the band returns label-free with a..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Behold a Pale Horse: the White Horse Turns Ten with No Signs of an Apocalypse

A look back at the early days of the “black sheep” of Austin honky-tonks

"...Once the check cleared, O’Donnell, Hill, and a rag-tag group of charitable souls set in on the old Club..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Post by Gary Lindsey

Sunday Preview

"...An orchestral group of various sizes and shifting personnel, Mother Falcon delivers..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Feature

Saturday-Sunday SXSW Live Shots

Saturday night SXSW showcase reviews

"...hands up Texas' skirt. Everyone was panting for former Marked Man Mark Ryan's new band Mind Spiders, which blew..."

March 25, 2011 Music Feature

Changes in the Weather

As Burnt Orange cools down, UTFI heats up

"...that would perhaps screen in the local megaplex and mark his career as legitimate to family and friends. "Finally,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell