Latino New Play Festival

Teatro Vivo follows its hit inaugural fest with readings of three more works by Latino writers

"...In one sense, new plays are old news in Austin. Local theatre companies..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fresh Female Voices

Equality on the airwaves prompted by bro-country?

"...acts onto the airwaves is making amends with SiriusXM’s Fresh Female Voices...."

Aug. 14, 2014 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles

“It’s about all of us”

"...faces of indigenous land defenders in North Dakota are fresh on the minds of dozens of dancers gathered on..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...logos are surely forthcoming, Ballinger's Drive-In Concerts ATX exist refreshingly scrappy: artists play atop his 1991 electric blue Suburban..."

May 15, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Dylan Plays Vegas

"...more suddenly. Then in 1946, Meyer Lansky and the New York Mafia families commissioned Bugsy Siegel to build a..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Web Extra: B-Boy Bluez / Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower

In his 'B-Boy Bluez,' playing on a double bill with Maggie Gallant's 'Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower,' Zell Miller III creates whole worlds on stage and performs his heart out for whatever audience he gets

"...presents in his B-Boy Bluez, playing as part of New Plays/Fresh Voices in a double-bill of "solo" work. The..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...New Review..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...taken the junk from its pockets to create something new with Super Furry Animals, Neon Neon with pal Boom..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Get Your Goat

A homegrown literary magazine celebrates 20 years of playing Host to Texas and the world

"...Goat, the long-running literary journal based in Austin and New York City. From humble roots in 1980s Austin, when..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Books Feature by Michael Agresta

Out of the Boomers' Shadow

David Bucci, Playwright for Today's Young Theatre Haters

"...Everything's been done, you can't do anything new, you just have to do shit to the old..."

July 19, 1996 Arts Feature

To Ancient Troy (By Way of Denver)

Ancient Greece and modern Denver may seem an incongruous pairing, but in the new Greek epic Tantalus, produced by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, they prove a striking fit, creating a work that's heroic.

"...are. In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, a new epic cycle of plays based in the legends of..."

Nov. 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Young Guns and Typewriters

"...In a year, Austin might see 50 fully staged new plays...."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...of them anything less than rock & roll.Veterans and Newborns..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...The influence of New York creative Barbara Ess' experimental melodies and shadowy photographs..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Band of the Month: The Moonhangers

The Moonhangers give outlaw country a good name

"...As the first installment of my new (hopefully) monthly spotlight on a local band, I wanted..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...powerhouse 764-HERO, has found quite the, uh, magic with new cohort Joe Plummer, drummer for the Black Heart Procession...."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Theatre Review: Unveiled Takes a Rodgers and Hammerstein Approach to the Bible

SoundBeacon Entertainment's new-old musical comes to Scottish Rite

"...high drama. Presented by SoundBeacon Entertainment, Unveiled is a new musical from local writing team Glenna Bowman, Matthew Shead,..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...unlikely openly-lesbian-buddy-of-Howard-Stern comes to display her songcraft, old and new. (Cactus Cafe, 9:45pm) -Ken Lieck..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...a good time for releasing their more thought-provoking products. New works to look for by European auteurs include Bernardo..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...gifted cinematic surrealist since Luis Bu–uel and, while his newest film fits more squarely into the category of science..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...group in the classical camp is also keen on new classical music – works made for today. Concerts are..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...being hailed as one of her best, Sigourney Weaver plays the self-assured wife of a Midwestern farmer, whose world..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sxsw

"...Melon, then I suggest you look for him in New Jersey. I think he's changed his name to Eric..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...seen Spoon at the Hole in the Wall, you knew this was status quo. Unlike so many "modern rock"..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

All Wrapped Up

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

"...and group activities, is always a period rich with new movie releases. The holiday season is the period the..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Capote Tapes

A literary life of oblivious self-destruction

"...back cover of his first novel, the semiautobiographical Other Voices, Other Rooms published in 1948, was the dust-jacket equivalent..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the Mother Jones article Lee Nichols cited ["Election 2006," News, Sept. 22], may I suggest that the best way..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...collective featuring ex members of Mathmatech, the crew that plays an hour later. Also at 10pm, there's Dead Rob..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Reissues

"...the lavishly packaged Beg, Scream & Shout is the new box set standard, if not the definitive box set...."

Dec. 12, 1997 Music Feature

Last Flag Flying

Three veterans embark on a road trip in Linklater's latest

"...Flying is something of a sequel, although one that plays by self-determined rules. The film is adapted from the..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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