AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association hands 'Hurt Locker' top honors

"...Lord of the Rings 4) The Dark Knight 5) Requiem for a Dream 6) Kill Bill 7) No Country..."

Dec. 16, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Evil Dead: The Musical

Salvage Vanguard Theater, Thursday, October 15, 2009

"...it can happen to anything … Schindler's List … Requiem for a Dream … Brian's Song … and you..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"...what I'm talking about would be Memento, Timecode, or Requiem for a Dream. One of my favorites was Synecdoche,..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Impermanence

This aerial dance enlarges your heart, your field of vision, your brain capacity

"...notes of the soprano voice in Brahms' A German Requiem with soaring backflips, their legs wonderfully stretched in the..."

June 26, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Superlatives

The 2008-2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Conspirare Symphonic..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Verdi: Messa da Requiem, Conspirare Symphonic..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Method Gun

With this play about theatre and tigers, the Rude Mechs earn their stripes forever

"...at punk rock in Lipstick Traces, Nikola Tesla in Requiem for Tesla, the Wild West in El Paraiso, and..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ashes of Time

Smoke 'em while you still got 'em at Rolling Roadshow's The Maltese Falcon

"...more meaningful. It feels like an Irish wake, a requiem mass, a defiant celebration, a dying gasp, with lifelong..."

April 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Long Center for the Performing Arts: Light that first candle!

As the performing arts venue turns one, Marvin Hamlisch sings "happy birthday" to it

"...Husband. Video Games Live. A Bronx Tale. Conspirare's Verdi Requiem and Christmas at the Carillon. Teatro Vivo's Fantasmaville. Tapestry..."

March 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Razorlight

Saturday

"...a knowing love song, and finale "The House" exquisite requiem ("I'm entering the house where my father died"). Chris..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Steve Bernal

"...sound. Bernal takes a more contemporary approach to "Pluto: Requiem for an Icy World," his lone cello strum slower..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2008 in dance and classical music

"...2) Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Conspirare, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and Texas..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Musical Triumphs, Plus Evidence That Austin Is Innovating the Classical World

Chronicle Arts writer Michael Kellerman recalls 2008, in classical music

"...9) Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Conspirare, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and Texas..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

Conspirare

Austin's top vocal ensemble earns two Grammy noms for its Threshold of Night CD

"...years apart and two nominations for each. Conspirare's recording Requiem was up for Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Definitely Check 'Fuel' Out

"...Willie Nelson and Neil Young, Eliza Gilkyson’s haunting song “Requiem,” and footage of Texas and Louisiana settings. You definitely..."

Nov. 20, 2008 Postmarks

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...Video Games Live, Kathy Griffin, Lyle Lovett, the Verdi Requiem with Conspirare, Yo-Yo Ma with the Austin Symphony –..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Continental Drift

Scenes from the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

"...things up. After directing films as challenging as Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and The Fountain, Aronofsky can't help..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Off the Record

Charlie Sexton and Stephen Bruton hang with the Dude, and Haunting Oboe Music's calender year

"...by Steve Earle. The renowned songstress took on Gilkyson's "Requiem" and "Rose of Sharon."..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

KMFA: The Man Behind 'Classically Austin' Leaves for Portland

Jack Allen, the man who recharged Austin's classical radio station, is off to do the same for a West Coast station

"...It might not rate a reprise of Verdi's Requiem, but Saturday will be a somber time for fans..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Verdi's Greatest Opera

"...Why the Verdi Requiem for Conspirare's first concert in Dell Hall? It wasn't..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Choral Excellence; two Grammy nominations for its second CD, Requiem – We Are So Lightly Here; a deal with..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Getting to the General Specific With Band of Horses

"...a devastating song, brutal in its hopefulness. It’s a requiem for mistakes, recognition of the small, crucial details overlooked..."

Jan. 31, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Jake Foster In Memoriam

The production manager for the choral group Conspirare has died

"...the company will dedicate its performances of the Verdi Requiem this June to his memory. Services for Foster were..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Honors for a Blanton exhibition, Blue Lapis Light, and a Round Rock tuba player, plus a bundle of joy for a local choreographer

"...ones she has performed in Blue Lapis' Illumination and Requiem. A genuinely impressive video of her work can be..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Commission fever

ASO has commissioned a new orchestral work from composer Christopher Theofanidis

"...something special. Conspirare is rolling out the powerful Verdi Requiem. Austin Lyric Opera is leading off with opera's bad..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

They Might Be Angels

For Blue Lapis Light, dance artists Laura Cannon and Nicole Whiteside become heavenly creatures

"...Heaven, performed inside a cavernous warehouse at the Domain; Requiem, performed on the concrete shell of the Intel building;..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Spot Barnett

Live shots

"...because Spot Barnett's Sunday night set felt like a requiem for the past. Vernon "Spot" Barnett is the 71-year-old..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Events That Made 2006 a Year to Remember

"...1) Requiem (Blue Lapis Light) Using the Intel shell as the..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Critics Poll

"...Gabriel: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (HBO)..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Music Feature

All Eyes on First Night

Fireworks rule, parades with kids and bikes rule, giant art rules ...

"...Lapis Light, fresh from their acclaimed Intel building sensation, Requiem...."

Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

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