UT Performing Arts Center: Wadsworth announces retirement

Pebbles Wadsworth, who has run the UT Performing Arts Center for 15 years now, will step down from her position as director of the UT PAC as of New Year's Day 2008

"...the other five venues that make up the UT Performing Arts Center – for 15 years now won't be..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Performing Arts Center

Modlin Center for the Arts' Kathleen Panoff to University of Richmond: Gone to Texas

"...its long renovation in 2007, the University of Texas Performing Arts Center of which it's a part lost its..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...ready to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University of Texas at Austin College..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Long Center/Texas Performing Arts

Austin's biggest concert halls team up to present touring Broadway musicals

"...In the run-up to the opening of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, one big question was: How..."

March 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin ISD Performing Arts Off-Center

Board approves purchase of Mueller tract for performing arts center

"...when he voted against buying land for the long-awaited performing arts center. The board voted 8-1 to spend $4..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Opening the house before it opens

The long-awaited cultural facility throws wide its doors for four days of free performances and tours

"...March to get your first taste of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, but why? – when the..."

March 7, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

BAM! Performing Arts Festival: What's that sound?

Pro Arts Collective gets your attention with BAM!, a new performing arts festival bringing dancers, actors, poets, and musicians to Austin to display the surge of creativity among African-American artists

"...the nation's African-American artists. BAM! – short for Black Arts Movement – is a new performing arts festival from..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts

A major grant lets UT's arts presenter boost the profile of classical music

"...grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Texas Performing Arts, that presenter of concerts, plays, and other performances..."

July 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Law and Other Performing Arts

The hottest arts venue in Austin this week may well be the UT Law School, where internationally renowned cultural figures, local arts luminaries, and prominent legal experts are converging there for a symposium on law and the performing arts.

"...The hottest arts venue in town this week? The UT Law School...."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Performing Arts and Fusebox Make Space to Create

The two organizations partner on a residency program to support Austin artists making adventurous new work

"...Spaces are dark. Companies can't produce. The resources for performing artists to create new work are scarce and getting..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Light that first candle!

As the performing arts venue turns one, Marvin Hamlisch sings "happy birthday" to it

"...If you needed a word to describe the Long Center for the Performing Arts' first 12 months, I think..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Long Center CEO Resigns

After four years, Jamie Grant leaves Austin for St. Paul

"...man who spearheaded the drive to make the Long Center for the Performing Arts "Austin's creative home" is now..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Nearly 50 Food, Music, & Arts Festivals to Keep You Busy This Spring

From barbecue to burlesque, something for every Austinite this season

"...weather and every weekend packed with music, food, and arts festivals, craft fairs, and all kinds of cultural experiences...."

April 3, 2019 Events Post by Alyssa Hiarker

Survey Says: Arts Rule!

According to a new study, three out of four Austinites agree that the arts are where it's at

"...to attendance by the people of the city, the arts in Austin have both beat. That's the word from..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Long Center

The new Long Center managing director is the old Paramount executive director

"...The new hire at the Long Center is an old friend: Paul Beutel, whose 35-year involvement..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Arts Get Going in 1995 Forward Motion

"...In arts circles, 1995 may be best remembered as the year..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Feature

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...With the autumn comes the feast, in the arts as well as in the harvest. This season is..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

End of an Arts Era

The most prosperous period in Austin's cultural history came to a painful close in 2003.

"...If a history of the Austin arts scene is ever written, 2003 will be remembered in..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: The Arts Commission Hustle

City group gets moving on policy plan for Austin creatives

"...The special called meeting of the Austin Arts Commission pretty well lived up to its name Tuesday..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Pirates of Penzance

While the staging could use more swash with its buckle, this take on the G&S pirate musical succeeds where it must: with the music

"...Forrest Kline Performing Arts Center at Crockett High School, through June 29..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

10 Recommended Arts Events This Fall

So much creative energy flowing to quench your cultural thirst

"...there anything … worthwhile going on in Austin’s fine arts sector this fall?..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Events Post

The Mikado

The show lacks energy, but its songs, voices, and comic spectacle are intact

"...Travis High School Performing Arts Center, 1211 E. Oltorf, 472-4772..."

June 17, 2011 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

The Long Center: Who's playing

Austin's new performing-arts center releases the performance schedule for its first few months

"...The countdown to the grand opening of Austin's new performing-arts center has passed the 80-day mark, and ratcheting up..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Access Arts Summer Events

"...If you wish to volunteer for Access Austin Arts, want more information on its programs, or wish to..."

June 11, 1999 Arts Feature

Marc Seriff Named New Long Center CEO

Longtime trustee serving as interim leader gets gig for good

"...If you thought the Long Center's search for a new President/CEO to succeed Jamie Grant..."

March 4, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Long Center: Countdown to opening and beyond

Summer at the Long Center meant lots of construction activity and two hefty contributions from the corporate community

"...season in some corners, but not at the Long Center, which has been abuzz with construction activity on the..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Yeomen of the Guard

This more serious work from Gilbert & Sullivan still offers lots of escapist fun

"...Travis High School Performing Arts Center 1211 E. Oltorf, 494-8497..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

The Intergalactic Nemesis Trilogy

Salvage Vanguard Theater's repertory revival of all three parts of its popular Intergalactic Nemesis series parodying science fiction radio serials delivers three evenings of gluttonous intergalactic delectation

"...New York booking agent, and will open the UT Performing Arts Center 2006-07 season before embarking on a national..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The Austin Critics Table has named the fifth group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...group of individuals to be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame. As with the previous honorees, these..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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