An Ode to 25 Years of Joy With Peter Bay

Celebration puts Austin Symphony Orchestra conductor center stage

"...Orchestra” than that of conductor and ASO Music Director Peter Bay...."

March 31, 2022 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

Bats Left, Sings Right

With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step

"...trio of longtime Follies mirthmakers has done to Johann Strauss. And you can relish the results this week when..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Putting It Together

The Austin Symphony's Peter Bay on Leading an Orchestra, Interpreting a Score, and Seeing Music

"...Impish and powerful. To watch Austin Symphony maestro Peter Bay at work on the podium is to see..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

License to Wed

A couple seeks connubial advice from a celibate with an affinity for Popeye impressions.

"...Christian Olsen, Christine Taylor, Josh Flitter, DeRay Davis and Peter Strauss. To remind viewers of its gilded past, Warner..."

July 6, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

XXX: State of the Union

A nonstop orgy of bullets, bombs, and booty that aims low and hits the bull’s-eye with enough firepower to sink the Bismarck.

"...Starring: Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Xzibit, Peter Strauss and Scott Speedman. XXX is dead; long live..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Badham; with Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Peter Strauss, Roma Maffia, Gloria Reuben, Marsha Mason. (R, 89..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Feature

The Bat

ALO's hometown take on Die Fledermaus with wit, affection, enthusiasm, and style from all parties

"...production of The Bat, Austin Lyric Opera's resetting of Strauss' Die Fledermaus in our own hometown. The show is..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Art:

"...THE NUTCRACKER, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet of a girl's Christmas dreams,..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Holland Director: Mimi Cave, Producer: Kate Churchill, Peter Dealbert, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Screenwriter: Andrew Sodroski In..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard, Jennifer Lafleur, Peter Vack, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Molly McMichael, Jason Newman (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

In the Aisles

Love – platonic and romantic – among the groceries

"...Directed by: Thomas Stuber. Starring: Franz Rogowski, Sandra Hüller, Peter Kurth, Henning Peker, Matthias Brenner, Andreas Leupold, Gerdy Zint..."

July 12, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Res Publica

"...Manjoo speaks on the ideology-driven modern media landscape. 7pm. Peter T. Flawn Academic Center Auditorium, UT campus, 773-0673. Free...."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on the conservative side, occasionally), to liberals such as Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw, who always slant the "news"..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Articulations

Seasons in the Sun

"...13-16). It tackles the scandalous Salome, music by Richard Strauss (ALO's first-ever Strauss opera), text by Oscar Wilde (January..."

June 5, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A Maestro Prepares

Before the baton goes up, conductors have to know the score – every note of it

"...podium in Dell Hall in early April, a lot. Peter Bay, music director of the Austin Symphony Orchestra, and..."

April 1, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Hear a Symphony

Composer Kent Kennan has been an essential voice in America's musical counterpoint since 1936 when he won the Prix de Rome Composition Prize. Now, at age 90, he'll hear the Austin Symphony play his composition for the very first time.

"...the end of the semester. Austin Symphony Orchestra conductor Peter Bay kept his copy of The Technique of Orchestration..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...by corporate America. How to Die in Oregon (Director: Peter D. Richardson) — In 1994 Oregon became the first..."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Search & Destroy

Pages That Rock

"...(Jason Cohen, David Fricke, Bill Wyman, Jim DeRogatis, Neil Strauss, among them), pay close attention to rap, Americana --..."

March 14, 1997 Books Feature

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Jennifer Frautschi, Violin

The ASO's latest musical tour of Russia took a literary turn

"...for young people, if not as well known as Peter and the Wolf or The Ugly Duckling. The full..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Classical Alchemy

How Austin is transmuting the music of old into dance, art, and comedy

"...And they were two of the wits who transported Strauss' Die Fledermaus to Austin, rewriting it as The Bat..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra With Joshua Bell

Bell's prowess as a violinist recalled the song of the mockingbird

"...works intended to mark the anniversary of 9/11. Conductor Peter Bay led the ASO through Richard Strauss' Death and..."

Sept. 16, 2011 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Peter Sukovaty, Far Away Costume Design..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ah, Sweet Air!

The 2002 Austin Chamber Music Festival

"...5 "Pierrot" by Thea Musgrave, and Piano Quintet by Peter Schickele. 7:30pm, Scottish Rite Theatre, 207 W. 18th.July 16:..."

June 28, 2002 Arts Feature

America Circa 1999

"...bucks for marketing research like TRU's; others, including Levi Strauss, M&M/Mars, and DuPont, have eliminated the middlemen and begun..."

June 11, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

I Wanna Take You Higher

"...diagnosed his condition, a very rare auto-immune disease called Churg-Strauss syndrome, Watt was just beginning to show signs of..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Simon Reynolds

Farewell to the Danger God: Gary Kent (1933-2023)

The stunt legend who called Austin home died this week

"...as a stunt double for Robert Vaughn and Richard Strauss on Mission: Impossible. However, Kent got the big break..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...hard-drinking actor as a hard-drinking actor, go straight to Peter O'Toole as Alan Swann, a booze-addled swashbuckler from the..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

May the 4th Be With Y’All

“I think female nerds are totally underestimated”

"...a cowboy cadence. Star Wars’ score evokes composers Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky...."

May 4, 2016 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...scalpel as sophisticated and cutting as Tom Lehrer's or Peter Schickele's, this classically trained musician sliced his way through..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Oct. 29-Nov. 5

"...with Minerva's Owl, Colin Beavan on No Impact Man, Peter Maass on Crude World, and biographers Bill Minutaglio and..."

Oct. 30, 2009 News Feature

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