The Contemporary Austin

'Susurrus,' 'Music for Wilderness Lake' offer art for the ears as well as eyes

"..."The isle is full of noises,/ Sounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not./ Sometimes..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Wunderkammer: Mark Johnson & Debra Broz'

This 'cabinet of curiosities' from artists Broz and Johnson works best when the art is specific and personal

"...Given the desire of contemporary artists to play with the boundaries of..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Robert Rudié

In memoriam

"...away Sunday, March 4, three weeks after turning 93, and he'd spent 86 of those years working a bow...."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Glass Menagerie

TexARTS succeeds in telling the story of Williams' sadly sweet play clearly

"...best. Its themes of the breakdown of the family, abandonment by father figures, and the loss of a purer..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Cap Met Axes Labor Relations Manager Position

Transit authority's union concerned about unexpected move's impact on upcoming negotiations

"...to contract with its union workforce. With McCulloch's labor and leadership positions disappearing as part of a broader restructuring,..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: A Little Light-Rain Music

A holiday meditation

"...calmness rolls over me like a fragrance, surrounds me, and scents me. It's one of those rare interludes where..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Column by Louis Black

TV Eye

Had your fill of frothy TV holiday fare? Weary of bowl games? Lost your buzz from all those holiday sweets? Well, then, 'The Territory' comes just in time.

"...of Art partners with Houston's Southwest Alternate Media Project and KUHT-TV/Houston to bring the 29th season of provocative and..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Coach's Corner

Year-end columns stink. Coach tells you why in 2002 sports will stink, too.

"...Super Bowl rivals the slumberous sports writing between Christmas and New Year's. Even the best newspapers and their top..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Two for the Road

Larry McMurtry's New Books Continue His Journey

"...look at the country again, from border to border and beach to beach .... From earliest boyhood the American..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Books Feature by Mark Busby

Public Notice

Buy Nothing Day? Public Notice tells what it knows about this annual international event while encouraging you through the rest of the column to buy lots of things (or at least donate the stuff you no longer use) for the less fortunate.

"...a week to prepare for an event this challenging. (And don't think for a minute that we don't know..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Articulations

Treasure Buried Again

"...Austin Theatre for Youth gets close to staging Treasure Island. For two years, the company has been trying to..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Angel & the Aggie

"...Baby Is Tonight," "The Coming Home of the Son and Brother," and "Then Came Lo Mein." A whopping five..."

April 25, 1997 Music Feature

David Dastmalchian Welcomes Satan to the Set of Late Night With the Devil

From Svengoolie to Carson, the hosts that made the horror

"...South by Southwest 2023 Midnighter (still in Austin cinemas and streaming on Shudder now) plays Jack Delroy, the host..."

April 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 1-7

"...her readers. She would boost our capacity for enchantment and entice us to feel interesting emotions we had never..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Local Exhibitions Point to Ways People of Color Were Freed but Still Aren't Free

The Carver Museum asks: Freedom when?

"...just inside the entrance to the Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogical Center Gallery. Part of the first display in..."

June 14, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Page Two: The Path Back to Believing

It only takes a moment for the ordinary to transform

"...And I'm forever blue..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Gale Theatre Company's Salomé

This original drama reworks the familiar tale to give us a new perspective on the Judean princess

"...her biblical tale, she's sitting bolt upright, eyes wide and gasping for air, as if she's just awakened from..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Page Two: Roger Ebert Added a Star to His The Whole Shootin' Match Rating

Last Night at the Alamo restoration revives Eagle Pennell's early promise for posterity

"...you read this, the 30th year of SXSW launches, and there is no way I could be prouder of..."

March 11, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Revisiting Rivette

Essential Cinema revives the films of Jacques Rivette

"...remains largely unknown outside the realms of devoted cineastes and Francophiles. With running times that often near (or topple..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Passionate Kisses

2013/2014 Austin Music Awards: Lucinda Williams plants one on Margaret Moser

"...weeks of Free Week – South by Southwest for and by the homies – had finally petered out over..."

March 7, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Thing Called Divine Fits

Spoon man Britt Daniel develops Divine Fits

"...Britt Daniel and Dan Boeckner were fast friends in hard times...."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Hey, Kat, What's Up With Fridays at the Velv?

Ramzinski gives us the lowdown on the hoedown

"...with Kat Ramzinski is what the show is called, and it's the regular Friday night show at the Velveeta..."

July 20, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sunday Preview

"...An orchestral group of various sizes and shifting personnel, Mother Falcon delivers on every level. Fronted..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Feature

A Year's Cheers

The nominees for the 2010 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for the 2010 Austin Critics Table..."

May 14, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin's Political Ecosystem

Swearingen's Environmental City tells the inner history of city politics

"...so she wrote a $5,000 check to the Parks and Recreation Department, essentially hiring the city to lend her..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Humana Festival of New American Plays

A report from Louisville, where Austin theatre artists stood tall

"...New American Plays, the Rudes had such a blast and were treated so well that they were sorely tempted..."

April 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Indefinable Magic

Ernie Durawa's Monstas keep another grim demon at bay

"...crowd balancing two platters of softshell-crab po'boys in one hand and an Abita beer in the other. A middle-aged..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Take Me to Bed or Lose Me Forever

Volitant Gallery's exhibition "Take Me to Bed or Lose Me Forever," which both employs and questions many of love's clichés to reflect on our experience of the emotion, is a smile and a good laugh

"...he follows with "Show me the way home, honey." And if you don't remember what comes next, Volitant's current..."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

TCB

Halloween tricks and treats from the Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys, White Ghost Shivers, and Palm School Choir, while yet another Austin outdoor festival is born

"...Before the lights went out, the fireworks went off, and the cosmos on the 2,500-square-foot video screen coalesced into..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Trying Somehow to Catch Up

Take two for What Made Milwaukee Famous' debut, Trying Never to Catch Up

"...performance at Waterloo Records – the day after the band's return from a month on the road – the..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

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