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"...It was rejuvenating to me to see so many young people there. They are the new generation to celebrate..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column

TV Eye

Series creator Josh Schwartz on the evolving OC

"...August was unheard of, and while serialized dramas about young adults were not new, there had been something of..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Food-o-File

Pace yourself and brace yourself: October is a very busy month for foodies

"...contributor Rebecca Chastenet and her husband, Cedric, welcomed son Nicholas Remi in August. And now, the news. The venerable..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Notebook

The love sap flows freely in this movie romance told in retrospect.

"...going further back, the source novel by notorious sap Nicholas Sparks, also responsible for Message in a Bottle and..."

June 25, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Jennifer Blakeney Young, Kiss Me Kate..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hot Smoke & Sasafrass

'Hot Smoke & Sasafrass' (and its backstory) returns via the reissue of A Gathering of Promises

"...road, they'd become friendly with Steppenwolf bassist Nick St. Nicholas, who offered to manage them if they relocated to..."

May 7, 2004 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Reckoning

A traveling troupe of actors in medieval England stumble upon a mysterious murder and end up single-handedly inventing the morality play.

"...A Beautiful Mind’s Bettany playing the fire-and-brimstone-and-freshly shorn Father Nicholas as he lights out for the forest, being in..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rhythm of a Life

Tapestry Dance Company's Rhythm of a Life pulsed with a vigor and intensity that seemed to arise from new, deeply personal connections to dance and to life

"...voices in my head," choreographed by former Tapestry member Nicholas Young, they became a unit of pulsing, percussive movers...."

March 12, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Finding a New Rhythm

After a health crisis, Tapestry's Acia Gray slows things down

"...of dances by Gray in collaboration with guest choreographers Nicholas Young and Lane Alexander of the Chicago Human Rhythm..."

Feb. 27, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Touching the Void

Two glacier climbers face the worst and live to tell about it in this harrowingly intimate documentary report.

"...Directed by: Kevin Macdonald. Starring: Brendan Mackey and Nicholas Aaron. Touching the Void might have been the ultimate..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Human Touch

Violinist Laurie Young Stevens finds the passion and flash in baroque music

"...You won't catch Laurie Young Stevens bowing to Bach, venerating Vivaldi, or kowtowing to..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Human Stain

Despite some terrific moments, Philip Roth's words fail to stick to the screen.

"...Her Faunia, the victim of sexual abuse at a young age, seems frozen in time, with the fidgety, bobble-headedness..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death Becomes Her

Kier-La Janisse unleashes CineMuerte on poor, innocent Austin.

"...porn director Hisayasu Sato, Naked Blood is about a young scientist who invents the ultimate painkiller, only to discover..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Heartworn Highways

DVDisc

"...sprawling anthem "L.A. Freeway," is staggering as well. Steve Young taming his own reedy voice during the cosmic wanderlust..."

Aug. 29, 2003 Music Review 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

Designated Drummer

Drummer Ernie Durawa's Way of Knowledge.

"...parents ran a small bar, which is where the youngster first found the drums...."

May 23, 2003 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Citywide Summer Film Series

"...Stone, 1943): Tue, 6/3, 9:20pm; Wed, 6/4, 7:30pm (Fayard Nicholas in attendance)..."

May 23, 2003 Screens Feature

Short Cuts

Festival news from around the globe, as pertaining to Austin's little chunk of it.

"...Team's The Toxic Avenger and the occasional puffery from Nicholas Cage's cigar. You may remember a couple fests back..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Jennifer Young, Smokey Joe's Cafe..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Nicholas Schwellenbach..."

May 9, 2003 Column

Page Two

When they label war protesters' speech as traitorous, right-wing war supporters reveal themselves as truly anti-American.

"...Film 10th anniversary retrospective series. In The Nature of Nicholas, 12-year-old Nicholas struggles with an intense attraction to his..."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Young Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is the original Spy Kid in this Chris Columbus-penned story about the master sleuth in a youth. The more one knows about Holmes lore, the more the film's foreshadowings of future cases will be evident.

"...Starring: Susan Fleetwood, Anthony Higgins, Sophie Ward, Alan Cox, Nicholas Rowe and Freddie Jones. Sherlock Holmes is the original..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens' picaresque teems with wonderful performances and bright direction by McGrath (who also did the same for Jane Austen in Emma).

"...Generally considered to be one of Dickens' lesser novels, Nicholas Nickleby has been adapted to film at least twice..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Atonement, Etc. -- Top 10-plus, Special 2002 bonus edition

Books for which we confess our true feelings, reconsider our disdain, or finally find room: top 10-plus, 2002 edition …

"...warrants no pursuit. "'No ... It's more,'" says Arthur Young, a Wesley expert because he might or not actually..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Books Feature

Bloody Sunday

"...Tom Pigott-Smith, Mary Moulds, Gerard Crossan, Allan Gildea and Nicholas Farrell. Save for the anthemic U2 protest song that..."

Nov. 8, 2002 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

The Rules of Attraction

Roger Avary does Bret Easton Ellis.

"...Somerhalder, Shannyn Sossamon, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Kate Bosworth, Fred Savage and Eric Stoltz. Ugh. The..."

Oct. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Book Review

"...Franklin Flyerby Nicholas Christopher..."

June 14, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Well Inside

In The Well Inside, Sally Jacques' extraordinary site-specific work, dancers suspended high in the air swing and sway and spin, right side-up and upside-down, exhibiting athleticism and daring that take your breath away but also convey an isolation and yearning for connection with amazing grace.

"...Laura Cannon, Theresa Hardy, Alby Roblejo, Andee Scott, and Nicholas Young -- exhibit levels of athleticism and daring that..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Enough

"...delivers the goods both action and dramatic, although scripter Nicholas Kazan too often goes for hokey. And Lopez does..."

May 24, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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