The Best Things We Saw at Austin Psych Fest 2023

Toro y Moi, Automatic, and more highlight homegrown festival’s return

"...while locals and visitors alike held down the venue’s permanent Janis stage enclosure. Hear more from Chronicle writers on..."

May 1, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Renovated Beerland Opens, Dozen Street on Its Way Out

Rounding up 2020 venue news plus all things Hi, How Are You Day

"...to relocating to Austin, she plans to focus on theatre work...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

30 Years of “Best of Austin”

Some of the stories behind 10,484 awards

"...Waterloo Records (37) *..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

Faster Than Sound: KVRX Launches the Largest College Radio Festival

KVRX station manager Gab Soong starts the largest ever student-run radio fest, national phone theft ring uncovered from ACL Fest, and Big Thief’s Buck Meek settles down outside the city

"...Square, trailblazing indie usage of the latter's Waller Creek-side amphitheatre. Relying on sponsorships without university financing, the two deejays..."

March 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...widely regarded as the greatest live electronic concert created. Recorded in an empty and invisible space, Iris focuses on..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Permanent Record's White

In James Ijames' satirical portrait of the artist as a privileged white guy, a black woman provides the most vivid and interesting shades

"...White its most vivid and interesting shades. White Mastrogeorge Theatre, 130 Pedernales Ste. 318-B, www.permanentrecordtheatre.org Through Dec. 22 Running..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...teaching initiative with a tie-in show at the Paramount Theatre on Friday. Strap in for an epic Q&A...."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...at Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, coming to theatres this summer...."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Punk Weirdos Big Bill Finally Unleash Their Inner LP

Reining in the freak show while doubling down on the absurd

"...– both in the focal point's unhinged, gripping live theatre and the band's momentum. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

Permanent Record Theatre's Dry Land

With this production, this company makes a bold debut and a fierce statement about life for teenage girls

"...ghostly ocean of echoes harbors some truly dark undercurrents. Permanent Record Theatre sets you adrift in these savage waters..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Paging Mr. Herman

Paul Reubens' hard work results in Pee-wee's Big Holiday

"...on a piece of film or digital today. It's permanent. There's your performance. You'd better bring it."..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Making Trouble Look Good

How Kurt Volk got to be Robert Rodriguez's go-to poster designer

"..."By default, I ended up doing a lot of record covers and T-shirts and gig posters." He calls this..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Brian Beattie's Wizard of Oz

A peak inside indie Austin's new illustrated CD musical

"...Book retailers and record stores stocking Brian Beattie's latest project might have to..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Emerging Foodscapes

Austin restaurants get serious about design

"...fine dining. Clark's designs were stages, and dining became theatre. More importantly, Clark trained a new crop of architects..."

June 14, 2013 Arts Feature by Rachel Feit

Here Today ...

Choreographer Sharon Marroquín lets go through dance in order to live

"...global humanitarian issues with Toni Bravo's Diverse Space Dance Theatre. Until Materiality required it, she had no website, no..."

March 23, 2012 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The 'It' Program

Musical theatre struts back onstage at Texas State to rave reviews

"...On Aug. 11 of this year, the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University-San Marcos woke up..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...In a music town like Nashville, he explained, "the recording industry is the strongest leg, the artist is another,..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Scott Newton and Ginger Leigh go under the lens

"...of Burton Wilson, and Newton's legacy will soon be permanently displayed in the W Austin hotel with a unique..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Demand and Supply

The CBAC makes its recommendations, and the school board ponders its options

"...classrooms at Bar­ring­ton, Hart, and Langford elementary schools with permanent structures. Others were the result of systemwide need, like..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Does Harry Potter Cause Sexual Violence? Only in Texas.

Defending a new nudity tax, the AG says topless bars cause sexual violence

"...may use when they face a request for a permanent injunction in the new year...."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Curatorial Reportage

The Blanton Museum's ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up- to-the-minute views of what's happening in contemporary art

"...of space: the black box. In the terms of theatre, the black box is a flexible performance space that..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to know this war has touched them in a permanent way...."

Aug. 20, 2004 Column

Naked City

"...city's arguments that, as a matter of policy, those records aren't at risk of being destroyed. Earlier this month,..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...rubes who do. It's all part of the great theatre of life. You've got to roll with it. Alas,..."

May 23, 2003 Column

Dream of a New Circus

In the two decades it has taken for Cirque du Soleil to reach Austin for the first time, this Montreal-based troupe has not only reinvented circus as performance art but grown into one of the most unexpected and unlikely of entertainment empires.

"...Mirage Hotel. Its success was so overwhelming that a theatre was custom-built for the troupe, which opened Mystère at..."

May 2, 2003 Arts Feature by Michael Point

All I Really Need to Know I Learned Watching Movies

A good student is a prepared student. Here's our back to school curricula.

"...Theatre and Dance..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Screens Feature

This Old Mouse

Facing accusations of market saturation, cultural homogenization, and unethical labor practices, Disney keeps manufacturing the magic … but for how long?

"...with holdings that include Miramax Films, ABC, ESPN, Hollywood Records, two sports franchises, and a seemingly endless supply of..."

May 10, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Toni since 1995 and is most definitely considered a permanent member of her band? Also, Matt Giles joined the..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

Short Cuts

Red carpet reportage, and other filmic items

"...missed the Sundance gig this year, but the Paramount Theatre premiere was indeed packed to the rafters with cast,..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Playwright as Architect

In a conversation on art and craft, playwrights Dan Dietz and Wayne Alan Brenner discuss making the blueprints for and building a drama.

"...bridge those gaps. As a playwright who came to theatre after writing prose, I wanted to discuss the hows..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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