The Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

A look back at the Mother of All Texas Honky-Tonks

"...witta rubba hose," Gilley's had a reputation as the mother of all Texas honky-tonks. The Gilley's logo adorned everything..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Letting Go, With 'Peace'

Champion for new plays Suzan Zeder closes her career at UT with a new drama of her own

"...30 years. The Edge of Peace features characters from Mother Hicks, Zeder's most produced and acclaimed play, a tale..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Snow Falling on Cedars

"...Directed by: Scott Hicks. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Rick Yune, Max Von Sydow, Sam..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Tale of Two Comics

Comedy Contrast: Bill Hicks & David Letterman

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March 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Harvey Pekar

The Ref

"...gamut from sexual to financial. Husband Lloyd is a mother's boy who never managed to gnaw his way through..."

March 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Research and Development

Back in the performance laboratory of the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

"...what may be her most produced and acclaimed play, Mother Hicks, a drama of outcasts in a small town..."

March 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Me Outside

"...Adam Beach, Jennifer Podemski, Lisa Lacroix, Michael Greyeyes, Kevin Hicks and Sandrine Holt. Canadian director Bruce McDonald, whose last..."

Aug. 4, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival

Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical

"...in which the heroine is forced by her cruel stepmother to retrieve fire from the fearsome witch Baba Yaga,..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Reasons I Stayed in Love With Theatre in 2013

Austin thespians played for keeps, with boundless commitment and imagination, in the year's most memorable theatre

"...up, and moving on. A fitting farewell to her Mother Hicks characters and the year's most artfully crafted script...."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

Comedy and collaboration were distinguishing elements in the 2009 New Works Festival

"...and a more than worthy sequel to her classic Mother Hicks and The Taste of Sunrise, and the site-specific..."

April 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...plays of Suzan Zeder. In trailblazing works such as Mother Hicks, Doors, Time Again in Oz, and Step on..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

Shall We Sundance?

"...creators Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (to develop Mirette), Mother Hicks author Susan Zeder (to develop The Taste of..."

May 7, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Nantasket) and Susan Zeder (Step on a Crack, Doors, Mother Hicks) to the faculty. Both writers proved to be..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Rockin' Scriptmas!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Plays

"...Susan Zeder's plays, maybe Step on a Crack or Mother Hicks. She lives in Austin, and one of her..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Boys Are Back

Clive Owen is a widower in Australia who learns to become a hands-on dad to his sons.

"...Directed by: Scott Hicks. Starring: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Emma Booth,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Color of Justice

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

"...He would become central to the undercover operation. Donnie's mother, Mattie White, a correctional officer at a state prison..."

July 28, 2000 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Bill Hicks

Talk Box

"...Bill HicksFlying Saucer Tour Vol. 1 (Rykodisc)Bill HicksLove Laughter and Truth..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

Boats, Planes, and 'Dillos

"...Chris Rogers, known for his work with the Dixie Chicks and Junior Brown, will direct the film, which will..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Breakdown

Travis County's mental health system is cracking under growing patient load

"...and on for years. This time, he told his mother, Willie Jean Fisher, the voices were telling him to..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hearts in Atlantis

"...Directed by: Scott Hicks. Starring: Anthony Hopkins, David Morse, Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin,..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Guardians Sue DADS

Families head to court in a last-ditch attempt to keep loved ones at Austin SSLC

"...in Travis County Court. Novy and his attorney Renea Hicks argue that the state must show evidence that transferring..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Stratus Sparks Citizen Uprising

Hundreds of citizens turn out to denounce the proposed Stratus deal.

"..."I grew up in an apartment with a single mother. I can only think they don't want their children..."

July 5, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

Day Trips

Discover Old World Christmas treasures at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.

"...Germans had a lot of Christmas traditions," says Annalee Hicks, vice-president of the museum board...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

An Eye for History

"...Although I must confess that I wrote to my mother and father that night and I thought about the..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Live Shots

"...Over You" and "Lightning Crashes" (dedicated to "Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, my mother, your mother...") sounded flat. The crowd..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Music Feature

In Person

Helen Ellis' serious satire Eating the Cheshire Cat resonated in some unique ways with the audience at her reading at BookPeople last week.

"...Southern belle embarrassed by her inward-pointing pinkies has her mother smash them with the back of an axe to..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...primary defendant is the housing authority. As Ms. King's mother has said publicly and often from the beginning, this..."

June 28, 2002 Column

The Loyal Lieutenants

Bush Applies Litmus Test of Allegiance in Choosing Inner Circle

"...in-between. It's a lesson that he learned from his mother, Barbara, a fiercely territorial woman who never forgets a..."

March 17, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...following films by noted directors. With All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar takes a more serious turn away from..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Roost Crows at Midnight

Steamboat greeter / booker David Cotton realizes the dream of his own club, the Roost

"...to a prominent portrait of late local comedian Bill Hicks hangs a sign partially hidden between the bar and..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Nina Hernandez

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