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Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...was laid to rest almost simultaneously. Overton was a key player in desegregating Austin's schools in the 1970s. See..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

Pageant

With Patrick MacDonald's dark comedy 'Pageant,' Hyde Park Theatre takes us deep into the woods to consider the nature of beauty with a quartet of low-key comic Canucks

"...the town that raised her to be a beauty queen? Is she just like a Camaro that's been painted..."

April 22, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Tarnation' Sensation

Jonathan Caouette's inexplicably perfect documentary of growing up gay in Texas is the astounding new face of DIY moviemaking

"...for his mentally ill mother – a former beauty queen – and battling his own perpetual demons, is nothing..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Life on Mars: A Tribute to David Bowie

"...Sheboygan's short set, Things That Go Pop roll their diorama/keyboard set up to the elephant and rip into "Suffragette..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Everything Must Go

Tower's last hours

"...store," says another local record store owner, Encore's Chuck Lokey, referring to Waterloo Records...."

June 25, 2004 Music Feature by Matt Dentler

TV Eye

Why The OC rocks and why its many imitators should walk

"...Summer sometimes tumble over her self-inflicted snarkiness. But the queen bitch of the show is Melinda Clarke's Midge-doll-eyed Julie..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Live Shot

"...puro El Sol y la Luna. Ivan Neville, Aaron's key kid, was the funky Meters as opposed to the..."

May 2, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Hill Country Food and Wine Guide

"...Former Houston and Austin pastry queen Rebecca Rather relocated her little bakery to Fredericksburg late..."

April 5, 2002 Food Feature

Southern Rock Opera

SXSW 02 Music Fest Wrap-up

"...D-Madness/ArctectonicsMercury/the Vibe, Thursday 14 Composition was key, as two local musicians offered very diverse renditions of..."

March 22, 2002 Music Feature by Christopher Coletti

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...11-track song cycle that he says is "about dancing monkeys, failed criminals, and the storms that come between seasons."..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...uses aspects of traditional Indian culture and cuisine as key narrative elements. -- Marjorie Baumgarten..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Hamlet: Words, Words, Words

Despite the presence of a talented ensemble, the Austin Shakespeare Festival production of what most of the English-speaking world considers the greatest play ever written is a thin Hamlet of watered-down performances and even more diluted directorial choices.

"...on stage is not adapting it, no matter that key speeches are moved ("To be or not to be"..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...charge of arson investigations. The lieutenant looked like Steve McQueen in The Towering Inferno, his face smudged with smoke,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Hill Country Food & Wine Guide

by Virginia B. Wood & the Cuisines staff

"...Former Houston and Austin pastry queen Rebecca Rather relocated her little bakery to Fredericksburg late..."

April 13, 2001 Food Feature

Play On!

In the backstage comedy Anton in Show Business, playwright Jane Martin wittily paints the contemporary stage as a madhouse overrun by loons and lunatics so preoccupied with money, image, and themselves that they can hardly be bothered to create art. And the State Theater Company's production takes us inside the insanity with an air of playfulness that keeps the audience primed for a good time.

"...familiar bad behavior and outsized personalities of the drama queens. Amid the wreckage of this Alamo City Chekhov, Martin..."

March 30, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Dissing Daryl K's Big Apple show and heralding the spring crop of local presentations.

"...than the clothes. The show will be a fairly low-key afternoon affair, and will be the inaugural event for..."

March 23, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Something Weird

How Tim League discovered 110 drive-in films in an East Prairie warehouse and other stories of disappearing celluloid.

"...The Great Smokey Roadblock..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

A Full Color Palette

Painter-Director Julian Schnabel's 'Before Night Falls'

"...was the priapic agent -- and he humps dogs, donkeys, trees, dirt, rain, rivers, and even the Caribbean Ocean...."

Feb. 9, 2001 Screens Feature by Sidney Moody

Irma Thomas My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn (Rounder)

"...(Rounder) It might have been easier to accept the low-key My Heart's in Memphis from New Orleans' Queen of..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Totally PC

When it comes to city planning, nothing's constant but change.

"...sight better than frying in hell. "I think the key to making this transition is to rethink the functions..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Holiday in Town

"...to lay their busy heads. Service is efficient but low-key, giving the feel of a nice central-city family home..."

May 26, 2000 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

Angel's Balcony: Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

Seven thirtysomething friends converge on a Texas beach to party, party, party, in the comedy Angel's Balcony, and with playwright Blake Yelavich providing an abundance of pop-culture references and witty banter, it's a good bet the rhythm is gonna get you.

"...a limp-wristed way): talking about frat boys who cross Queen Anne and find themselves at the wrong end of..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Oh Susanna!

Drinks at Donn's Depot with Austin country music diva Susanna Van Tassel.

"...voice, nearly as effervescent as Arthur's, hits all the key notes between Kelly Willis and Libbi Bosworth, and to..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TV Eye

Now in its 15th year, the Independent Spirit Awards were created to recognize the so-called "indie" filmmakers who get by with low budgets, favor originality over the formulaic, and feature lesser-known or unknown talent in front of the camera. Well, that's what it used to be like.

"...thrift-shop glam, and jelly-colored hair. Last year's ceremony featured Queen Latifah as host, with appearances by Jesse Ventura, a..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dayne Anonymityville (Dog Pile)

Texas Platters

"...the clichéd lyrics on "Live A Little," while the key of "El Paso Queen (Mexican Nightmare)" is a bit..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Review by David Lynch

TV Eye

Two new specials focus on the Internet -- one on its remarkable past, one on its potentially hazardous future; also, Showtime launches the Latino Filmmaker Showcase.

"...A world of information is available with a few key strokes. Yet there is a large number of people..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...on a regular basis, bringing in Clifton Chenier and Queen Ida as well as Link Davis and other Louisiana..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

More tributes to Doug Sahm

"...a kid (when they still sang God Save the Queen before hockey games, eh?) used to be known as..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Column

Ali Farka Toure: Niafunke and Taj Mahal & Toumani DiabateKulanjan

"...African bluesman" based on his contemplative style, droning minor key leads, and his collaboration with Ry Cooder. His latest..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

Reissues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"...this important Atlantic material. 32's Joel Dorn was a key producer at Atlantic during the Sixties and Seventies, and..."

June 25, 1999 Music Feature

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