Books of a Lifetime

Dawn Powell: A Biography

"...literati of the Thirties and Forties, it was Dawn Powell, a writer Ernest Hemingway claimed was "the best comic..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Books Feature

Austintatious

Tapestry Dance Company's new paean to our fair city, Austintatious, made clear this company's innovative spirit and amalgamation of serious talent; we're lucky this sterling organization calls Austin home.

"...well, wasted-looking choreography (by company members Tasha Lawson and Poet Powell, with Acia Gray) that belied the control and..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

East Austin Studio Tour 2019: Week 2 Recommendations

Looking for something bigger, brighter, wilder than paint on a canvas at this year’s EAST? Do we have some ideas for you

"...to the costumes and bodies of dancers Kelsey Oliver, Poet Powell, Kevin Armstrong, and Liquidsteel to create spectacular moving..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Company

In this short works program, the troupe explored the solace and thrills in the company you keep

"...in collaboration with dancers Cara Cook, Kobdish, and D. Poet Powell, the dancers' button-up shirts – sometimes buttoned correctly,..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

More or Less

Kathy Dunn Hamrick's dance, performed to Steve Reich's Drumming in its entirety, had rhythms moving the dancers and moving through them

"...revelatory pairing, like that of Mariclaire Gamble and D. Poet Powell, both wonderfully lanky thrashers who stand out in..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's True Story

In Kathy Dunn Hamrick's new dance, communities, like truths, were fluid and the movement was incomparable

"...diverse group. (The lanky musculature and openness of D. Poet Powell, the only dancer new to the group this..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

In the Pocket

Tapestry Dance Company's season premiere was a swingin' jazz affair that made the Paramount Theatre feel like a smoky little club between Birdland and heaven

"...of all the things her "handyman" could do, D. Poet Powell would leisurely lift one leg high in the..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Lucky Seven

For seven years, Pro Arts Collective has consistently drawn an impressive and intriguing lineup of dancers, choreographers, and companies from across the nation for its annual African American Festival of Dance, and the 2003 edition continues that tradition.

"...creating a new piece to be danced by D. Poet Powell (Tapestry Dance Company) and Chika Aluka (Ballet East)...."

July 18, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

My Funny Valentine

My Funny Valentine, Tapestry Dance Company's love-struck evening of dance, provided both seduction that appeared effortless and that was the picture of hard work, and it all thrilled.

"...next. In the hands (and limber bodies) of dancers Poet Powell, Andrea Comola, and Morgan Hulen, the song became..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Arts Review by Sarah Hepola

A Shared Love of Dance

My Funny Valentine is Tapestry Dance Company's second show following the addition of five new dancers, and their stories are as varied as the dance styles the multiform company employs.

"...hired five new members, who join Gray and veteran Poet Powell onstage to inaugurate a new era for the..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

.com

You know the way Dilbert can sometimes get the whole office / cyber scene down perfectly? That's what Tapestry Dance Company does in their new show .com, and just as cleverly -- but with dance. And with some real depth and beauty worked in there, too. It was like the best of Dilbert, but with Dilbert as drawn by one of the Wyeths.

"...compared to the other fighters? This one dancer, D. Poet (!) Powell, had that same almost-gangly kind of grace...."

June 8, 2001 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Star Turns

The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Love, In Your Shoes Elise Pekarek, Illusory Impressions D. Poet Powell, True Story Ashley Lynn Sherman, “Desire”/Hamlet..."

May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...D. Poet Powell, True Story..."

May 27, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Year of the Booster

The 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Dancer Michael Love, In Your Shoes D. Poet Powell, True Story Ashley Lynn Sherman, “Desire”/Hamlet..."

May 25, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Christmas Bacon

Christmas bacon is on the menu at the ND again

"...Candela, Sarah Sparkles, Joannie Wu, Electra Mourning, and D. Poet Powell, plus, live painting by Randi Southard. Thu., Dec...."

Dec. 19, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...D. Poet Powell, In the Pocket..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...how it's going to work out yet." – Austin PowellGhostland Observatory..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...before Win Butler and company learned to dance. Austin Powell The Mastersons..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...picaresque about an assassin with the soul of a poet...."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Wednesday Picks

"...of German drone and Beck's sardonic sentimentality. – Austin Powell Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...its rough-hewn blues are dominated by Ryan Sambol's deadbeat poetry. – Austin Powell Suzanna Choffel..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest Saturday Listings

ACL Saturday by the blurb

"...latest Curse Your Branches, cutting indie rock with a poet's heart. – Margaret Moser Balmorhea..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...early momentum on January's Strange Figurines (Modern Outsider). Austin Powell Lee Fields & the Expressions..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...envisions a paranoid, hyper-connected reality that's fast approaching. Austin Powell The Boxing Lesson..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Year in Books

What New Book Did You Most Enjoy in 1998 and Why?

"...PW: Lorca's Poet in New York. Though a number of these translations..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Books Feature

Summer Fun: Some Like It Hot Cold & Dreary

Counterprogramming Gidget: 11 icy, downer movies

"...Pasternak’s novel – about a tragic affair between the doctor-poet Zhivago and nurse Lara, backdropped by World War I..."

May 19, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Off the Record

Blaze's blues strike a chord with the SXSW Film 09 and dropping out for the Black Angels' Psych Fest 2

"...Film, attempts to unravel the mystery behind the duct-taped poet. "Blaze was a very complex character because he was..."

March 13, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Postscripts

Upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...Flowers Hall, room 376, SWT grads Scott Blackwood, Mary Powell, and Ray Robertson, will talk about the process of..."

March 31, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith

Reissues

"...IN THEIR OWN VOICES: A CENTURY OF RECORDED POETRY..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...Fisterra Studio and Generous Art; program designers/experience builders Meredith Powell and Sharon Lyle of the consulting firm Public City;..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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