2019 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Five shows share top honors with four awards each

"...For many in Austin's theatre community, they will remember, remember the fourth of November,..."

Nov. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Secret History of the Off Center

Looking back at the former home of the Rude Mechs and why it mattered

"...Center not to like. A rumbling old HVAC system that perpetually threatened to drown out actors' voices but that..."

June 30, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Interview: Dion

“I don’t sing white, I don’t sing black, I sing Bronx”

"...Tonight he vets new LP New York is My Home at the Driskill’s Victorian Room, 11pm..."

March 17, 2016 Music Post by Tim Stegall

WobeonFest Slinger: Vieux Farka Toure

Malian guitarist: “We are young, so [we] have to create new styles”

"...North African blues from Mali entered Stateside consciousness in 1994 when Ry Cooder and the region’s..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

David Lindsay-Abaire: The Interview

The 'Good People' writer goes back to the old neighborhood

"...production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, the most produced play in the U.S. now. It was a departure for..."

May 11, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Beacon Blues

Since 1970 at the One Knite, Jimmie Vaughan's worn the smile of a blues savior

"...of soul. The room was a little box, sitting at the corner of Red River and Eighth Street. Cut..."

July 16, 2010 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Home Entertainment 2009

A lovely, loving tribute to the Eastside's Blackland neighborhood and playtime past

"...Home Entertainment 2009..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Serious GAME

For the Austin Outlaws, the game is the only thing

"...of the Austin Outlaws football game, and a hundred dedicated fans are huddled under the bleachers of House Park,..."

June 2, 2006 Sports Feature by Kevin Brass

Doom

Doom is not so much a film as a marketing tie-in, albeit one with some exceptional production values.

"...cut to the chase straight off, okay? If you play the video game Doom – that’s the one that..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

"...to "the CAMPO staff proposal to open up funding that it gets annually from the feds and currently reserves..."

June 20, 2003 Column

Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools

What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.

"...The playwright today as itinerant preacher. Thinking about some of the..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The House of Yes

"...Directed by: Mark Waters. Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze,..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...illustration by Nathan Jensen..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Rock and a Hard Place

Balancing the Austin Music Ledger

"..."If you think it's easy doing one-night stands/ try playing in a rock & roll band/...Geting old/ getting gray/..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

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

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Popstar Demi Lovato’s deeply confessional new YouTube series Demi Lovato: Dancing With..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Conjunto Los Pinkys Readies for the New Normal

“Conjunto has survived [here] for decades and will continue to do so”

"...Bradley Jaye Williams remains a one-man folkloric preservation society in Austin, except he’s more than one Eastsider...."

Aug. 31, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Lion

An orphan's search for his birth mother gets an assist from Google Earth

"...Directed by: Garth Davis. Starring: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar, David Wenham, Tannishtha..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sour Notes Tour Diary

Local indie troupe cruises NXNE and all points between

"...and going nowhere fast – managing a Häagen-Dazs and playing in a dissolving hardcore band in DC...."

June 28, 2013 Music Post by Jared Paul Boulanger

Quartet

A charming, funny, and sentimental comedy/drama about former opera singers living in a home for retired musicians.

"...Paget (Courtenay) are former opera singers living in a home for retired musicians. They used to perform together as..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

At Home at the Zoo

Palindrome makes Albee's old/new play remarkable, insightful, and unsettling

"...At Home at the Zoo..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Easy Virtue

In this adaptation of an early Noël Coward play, Jessica Biel is the American newcomer whose brash attitudes disrupt the British decorum of her new mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas).

"...Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Charlotte Riley and Christian Brassington. It..."

June 19, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lakeview Terrace

By-the-book domestic thriller about the consequences of moving into a neighborhood lorded over by a rules-happy sociopath with a gun and a badge.

"...Directed by: Neil LaBute. Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass, Justin Chambers, Jay Hernandez,..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Elaine: The Extended Cut

The incomparable Ms. Stritch on humor, happiness, Tennessee, Beckett, and bad directors

"...In conjunction with Austin Cabaret Theatre's presentation of Elaine Stritch at Liberty, the Chronicle had..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cumbia Sobre El Rio

Monterrey's Celso Piña and his 21st Century cumbia

"...and Buddy Holly glasses peers suspiciously over his menu at an overworked bureaucrat. Two Lolitas in black spandex pants,..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

The Big Kahuna

"...Spacey, Danny Devito and Peter Facinelli. He's directed (Albino Alligator), he's starred in the Academy Award-winning American Beauty, and..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girl Talk

A Focus Group

"...Laura Groppe has said that 30% of her company revolves around research. Part of..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Forsaking the Spotlight

Sideman's Roundtable: More Cool Is the Gig, Less Is the Pay

"...Responsibility and attention: None of the Panhandlers seem to be courting it,..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Faithful

"...mix it up for the couple's 20th wedding anniversary. That's the premise of this new comedy starring Cher and..."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Birdcage

Based on its French predecessor, La Cage aux Folles, this American comedy tells the story of two gay men trying to pass as straight for a family gathering.

"...Directed by: Mike Nichols. Starring: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski and Hank..."

March 8, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

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