Checking In: Johnny Nicholas Moans in the Moonlight

Venerable Hill Country bluesman digs into Cherry Springs

"...Hilltop Cafe patriarch Johnny Nicholas boasts his own stage, but that didn’t level the..."

Oct. 28, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Minister of Grace

At the age of 88, legendary dancer Fayard Nicholas continues to spread the good word of tap, and this week he does it in Austin as the Festival Legend at the third Soul to Sole Tap Festival organized by Tapestry Dance Company.

"...The two men are Fayard and Harold Nicholas, the brothers who danced their way to fame with..."

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

In Memoriam

Legendary hoofer Fayard Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, recent visitor to Austin for the Soul to Sole Tap Festival and friend of Tapestry Dance Company, has died at age 91

"...Fayard Nicholas, elder half of the phenomenal Nicholas Brothers tap-dancing team,..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rembitika

Blues ain't just Greek to Johnny Nicholas

"...Johnny Nicholas has it sweet...."

July 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

What's Past Is Prologue

Recreating classic tap routines from the screen and stage opens an exciting new future for Tapestry Dance Company

"...just trying to dance like Fred Astaire and the Nicholas Brothers and Eleanor Powell and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. They..."

March 9, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

American Pie

"...Scott, Alyson Hannigon, Eugene Levy, Mena Suvari, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Tara Reid...."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Neighbors

Lively performances from Seth Rogen and others brighten an otherwise perfunctory revenge comedy.

"...Directed by: Nicholas Stoller. Starring: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Dave..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

B-Boy City Freestylin'

Roméo Navarro's freewheeling philosophy of dance has inspired a vibrant freestyle dance community in Austin for the past decade, and now his B-Boy City events, gathering 350-400 dancers from all over the South and Southwest and points beyond, are realizing a dream of freestylin' dancers on an even grander scale.

"...martial art/dance), house dancing, gymnastics, acrobatics, Bruce Lee, the Nicholas Brothers, and Fred without Ginger. Each dancer is free..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Deborah Hay

2005 Soul to Sole Festival Concert

The continuum of tap from 1930s elegance to today's stomping rhythm pulsed in the concert concluding Tapestry Dance Company's 2005 Soul to Sole Festival

"...The king of the evening was Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers, who made movie history..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Review by Ann Ciccolella

Fred Claus

Awash with amazingly talented actors – Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, to name a few – Fred Claus is sadly just an early lump of coal under the tree.

"...Fred, the embittered older brother of the sainted (literally) Nicholas “Santa” Claus (Giamatti). The story begins in some vague..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Soul to Sole Festival

Hoofers from around the country are tapping their way to Austin for the sixth annual Soul to Sole Festival, featuring tap master Arthur Duncan as one of the 2006 Festival Legends

"...When tap legend Fayard Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers passed away earlier this year,..."

May 26, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Happy Feet

Dance legend Fayard Nicholas returns to Austin for the fifth annual Soul to Sole Festival

"...Company has been able to persuade dance legend Fayard Nicholas, the elder half of the phenomenal Nicholas Brothers dance..."

June 3, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

She Got Rhythm

In the world of rhythm tap, female dancers are a minority, and women who are masters of the form, as Acia Gray is, are merely a fraction of the whole. But with the debut of the Soul to Sole Festival, Gray hopes to give women who tap their due.

"...Rastus Brown, John Bubbles, Fred Astaire, Harold and Fayard Nicholas, aka the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Honi Coles, Donald..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Funeral

"...spiritually groping amidst the secular and profane. The Tempio brothers -- eldest Ray (Walken), middle brother Chez (Penn), and..."

Nov. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Wedding

"...Starring: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, January Jones, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William Scott, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Fred Willard, Eugene..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Vow

A woman awakes from a coma with severe memory loss, forcing her husband to win her love all over again. Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum star.

"...Beale and her daughter "Little Edie," whom the Maysles brothers immortalized in their 1975 documentary of the same name...."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bloody Angels

"...Norway's equivalent of white trash and Reidar Sorensen as Nicholas Ramm, an Oslo detective doggedly pursuing a child murderer..."

May 25, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

About a Boy

"...by: Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz. Starring: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Isabel Brook, Sharon Small..."

May 17, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Keeping Up With the Jareckis

Nicholas Jarecki, the Arbitrage helmer, joins the Jarecki juggernaut

"...Retribution by Paul W.S. Anderson – along comes writer/director Nicholas Jarecki with Arbitrage...."

Sept. 14, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stormy Weather (1943)

The rags-to-riches storyline is mere pretext for the musical numbers but oh my stars and garters, what musical numbers.

"...a breathtaking, athletic display of tap virtuosity by the Nicholas Brothers. Robinson -- unfortunately best remembered today for dancing..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Review by Sam Hurwitt

Sound Unseen Review: Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

An intimate and emotional dance with the tap great

"...stardom in the 1980s and 90s. One of the brothers’ last performances together was in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1984..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Sara Hutchinson

Tapestry Dance Company:Getting those tap shoes re-'Soul'ed

The troupe's thrilling Souls of Our Feet program is back, with more reconstructions of classic rhythm tap routines

"...routines by top-of-the-line masters: Eleanor Powell, Fred Astaire, the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, et..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wah-Wah

The death throes of an empire are are practically nothing when compared with the twitch of the marital death nerve in Richard E. Grant's semiautobiographical directorial debut.

"...by: Richard E. Grant. Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Emily Watson, Nicholas Hoult and Miranda Richardson. The death throes of an..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Souls of Our Feet 2008

Tapestry's new program of classic tap routines continues to reveal the form's vitality and the troupe's growing skill

"...Ford Lee "Buck" Washington, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and the Nicholas Brothers to Hollywood hoofers Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and..."

March 14, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Keeping Up With the Joneses

A century of Austin music in one arrangement

"...worked, a pool hall, hot sauce, and barbecue. The Nicholas Brothers, they had a shoe shop. People would come..."

June 18, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Exhibitionism

Mario Rendon Lozano: Art of the People

"...Dance is athleticism with artistic expression. Remember the Nicholas Brothers' relentless rebounds of flying splits? Mikhail Baryshnikov's gravity-defying..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Review

Short Cuts

"...score is by Cole Porter, and even the dancing Nicholas Brothers get into the act. Then, next Thursday, Nov...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Marjorie Baumgarten

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Seth Rogen learns that girls just want to have fun

"...Directed by: Nicholas Stoller. Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloë..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Not Going Quietly D: Nicholas Bruckman Screenwriters: Nicholas Bruckman, Amanda Roddy Producer: Amanda Roddy..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...to benefit her “new” husband before she dies, two brothers go to extreme and deadly lengths to protect their..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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