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Mi Casa Es Su Teatro: Home is where the art is
Time again to get your theatre outside the theatre and inside someone's home, via FronteraFest's one-day, site-specific fiesta, Mi Casa Es Su Teatro
"...in people's houses. It's a little tradition we call Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, and it's one of the..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Prima Doñas' LatiNacional: tu casa es mi casa
The improv troupe behind Latinauts gives 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a makeover like the country has never seen
"...The walk-and-talk looks familiar: the president being briefed by his head of security..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Mi Casa Es Su Teatro
The unexpected is to be expected when it comes to FronteraFest's Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, which features everything from monologues to musicals to martial arts in theatres, living rooms, and bathrooms around Austin
"...performances of FronteraFest, but never more so than with Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, the part of this annual..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Casa de mi Padre
Will Ferrell commits 100% to this goofy, all-Spanish-language soap opera-cum-horse opera.
"...Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez and Adrian Martinez...."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Home Is Where the Art Is
Time for FronteraFest's 'Mi Casa Es Su Teatro' fun
"...them in more delightful ways than any other is Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, the day when you get..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

¡Más Comida!
Austin's newest restaurants are making 'mi casa es su casa' a way of life, one menu at a time
"...to nearly 250 when chains are included. Our local family of Mexican restaurants posts some impressive numbers in terms..."

July 19, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Excitingly Unpredictable
The best fringe since fashion week, FronteraFest 2015 promises a month of exhilarating alternative performance
"...Short Fringe, in which five short performances (under 25 minutes each) play back-to-back each night, with the "Best of..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

After a Fashion
Wanna know a 'Chronicle' secret? It runs in the family: Margaret Moser spends a lot of energy fantasizing being able to recast all the roles in 'Grease.' In this issue, Brother Stephen has some epiphanies over the possibilities of a modern remake of 'Valley of the Dolls'!
"...another to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Cyndi Lauper, Liza Minnelli, Annie Lennox, and Bette Midler, but frankly, if comparisons..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Last Hurrah
"...why not read Sarah Hepola's look at last week's Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, the day-long FFest component featuring..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Change of Venue
This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...
"...get them to all of the festival's offerings risk missing some of the more intriguing projects on the schedule...."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

FronteraFest 2013
Performance jamboree's 20th brings back old faves and welcomes new stars
"...All it takes is a serious milestone like a 20th anniversary to make you want to..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Home-Cooked Art
You can't beat the taste of a concert or play reading made in your own home
"...encounters may be as hard to come by as migas in Helsinki, but given Austin's affection for things site-specific,..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

'Silent Stage'
Four artists have turned the house they share into a retro-cinema with a twist
"...that looks onto an enclosed front porch, where actors pantomime a narrative right out of the screen melodramas and..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Risk: It's What They Do
What's at stake for the frontier-crossing artists in Long Fringe 2005
"...frontiers left. Unless you include the frontier of the mind, in which case there's one right in the midst..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

New South Austin Mural in Progress
The dragons of South Congress are giving way to a hacienda still life with a horse
"...recently to Anderson Lane. But when the furnishings store Mi Casa expanded into the space, the building owners decided..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature

A Summer Place
Your Style Avatar does the unthinkable and exposes himself to sunlight, presenting the latest in summer fashion
"...Fashion Editor and Stylist: Stephen MacMillan Moser..."

May 21, 2004 Arts Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

FronteraFest 2003
It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.
"...-- the traditional showcase of short pieces of 25 minutes or less -- is being presented five nights a..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations
Robert Faires reports his recent binge of arts festivals programming.
"...we've had the FronteraFest Short Fringe and Long Fringe, Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, Dancefest, and the openings of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Making of an Endorsement
"...(re) development that Austin has decided we need: dense, mixed-use projects that integrates retail, workplaces, and housing (including subsidized..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Fonda San Miguel Co-Founder Miguel Ravago Dies at 72
Chef brought Interior Mexican cuisine to Austin
"...influential figures this weekend with the death of chef Miguel Ravago, the co-founder (along with Tom Gilliland) of Fonda..."

June 26, 2017 Food Post by Brandon Watson

SXSW Showcases
All the SXSW showcases that fit
"...Lucero Family Picnic..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Miguel and the Miracles
Why Austin's most revered restaurant, Fonda San Miguel, is still in business against all odds.
"...One day last week, Miguel Ravago, the executive chef of Fonda San Miguel, was..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Food Feature by Clay Smith

Fonda San Miguel Timeline
"...1972-1975 Tom Gilliland and Miguel Ravago operate San Angel restaurant in Houston, serving interior..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Los Super Seven
Acts Playing South by Southwest
"...Veloso's Portuguese lilt is a bit odd in the mix, but set-ender "Baby" is endearing. Baca, for her part,..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Short Cuts
Local screenwriter Aubrey Horton offers a comedy screenwriting workshop; aGLIFF screenplay competition winners announced (and more screenplay madness); Kevin Costner to be in attendance at the premiere of For the Love of the Game, the Alamo's Cannibal Film Series; and more news from the Austin film scene.
"...and Jim Suthers (Cabin Fever), and winner Shannon Halwes (Mi Casa Es Su Casa). You supa-stars, you!... More screenplay..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Postmarks
"...personal "Shame on You Award" for Kayte VanScoy's article "Pyramid of Dreams" [Vol. 18, No. 1]. The political agenda..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column

Exhibitionism
The Mojado Brothers Comedy Festival: Aaayyeeeee-aye-aye-aye!!
"...billed as "The Mojado Brothers Comedy Festival," four Hispanic comics and a Tejano singing duo called Sister Sister, managed..."

May 2, 1997 Arts Review

An Open-Door Policy for Performance Art at FronteraFest
Austin’s innovative and egalitarian gathering keeps its public service mission
"...which went dark for two years due to the pandemic but is back now and more valued than ever...."

Jan. 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gateway Theatre Project's Ghosts
This site-specific staging immerses its small audiences in Ibsen's bleak, tragic world via an Austin home
"...help it. It'd be rude to ignore these actors midperformance...."

March 6, 2020 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Five Arts Events in Austin This Weekend
Theatre, graphic glory, steamrollering, coffee, and the ol' brown box
"...out into the city. Experience something more than the familiar cushions of that couch and the pressure gravity imparts..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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