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"...new projects get financed for one to two years. (Taylor Andrews is the exception; he is bullish on starting..."

March 13, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wednesday Picks

"...Pangaea Bruce Robison has always come off more Opie Taylor to his brother Charlie's Eddie Haskell. It's worked well..."

March 7, 2008 Music Feature

The Magic Flute

Twenty-first century tech doesn't serve Mozart's 18th century opera, but the human artists make magic

"...diva role of the Queen of the Night, Nicole Taylor nails the playfully wicked tone, not to mention all..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

The Dicks

"...Houston offers shambolic "Lifetime Problems" and a dedication of "Rich Daddy" to Biscuit. "Dicks Hate the Police" sweats with..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Durang/Durang

In the St. Edward's University production of Christopher Durang's redundantly titled 'Durang/Durang,' canonized American plays transform into comedic farce

"...Cobb's Nina is deliciously repugnant, a send-up of lonely rich widow with bloodied false cheekbones costuming her sneering face..."

April 7, 2006 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...There was a memorable summer in 1955, when Liz Taylor and James Dean came to town to film Giant,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

The Dropout Problem

Not students, but teachers – AISD struggles to retain qualified educators

"...you're going to teach. AISD says they want a rich curriculum and don't want to teach to the TAKS,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

A Place at the Long Table

The complex, nuanced, unmistakable taste of Juneteenth, 139 years later

"...told the audience, quoting the work of Charles A. Taylor. Taylor is one of a handful of scholars who..."

June 17, 2005 Food Feature by Toni Tipton-Martin

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...taking support from developers pushing toll roads. Witness Tim Taylor, a former chair of the Real Estate Council of..."

April 22, 2005 Column

University Co-op Presents the 2005 David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

"...by Ann Taylor..."

April 8, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Nightswim

History and friendship are the fulcrum on which Nightswim balances Steve Moore's impressionistic, profound look at famous friends Roy Bedichek, Frank Dobie, and Walter Webb

"...on multiple occasions, and designer Lindsay Jones produces a rich and varied soundscape, summoning a natural world and a..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Facing the South

The Democratic primary for the new CD 25 pits Austin's Lloyd Doggett against McAllen's Leticia Hinojosa

"...despite having divorced and remarried, is still Teresa Doggett Taylor and is now running in the GOP-only CD 10..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Be Aggressive

On one level, Annie Weisman's Be Aggressive skewers SoCal culture, from Spanish stucco to smoothie shops, but at its heart this tale of a cheerleader whose mother has just died shows us with humor and affection how to deal with the unexpected holes in our lives.

"...Machiavelli blush. Then there are Laura's 11-year-old sister -- Taylor McPhail, about as appealingly precocious as they come --..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...OTIS TAYLOR: Boulder's Otis Taylor won last year's "Best New Artist"..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

TCB

SXSW looms on the horizon, and "TCB" is already neck-deep in it.

"...roots thrush Ruthie Foster; the multigenerational talents of Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez; and -- isn't it about time?..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...an exercise in introspection that yields both bleakness and riches, heartache and joy. Cello, viola, and the occasional horns..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...set in 1979. An Iranian immigrant lured into a get-rich-quick scheme to own a Los Angeles disco for one..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Eric Taylor

Acts Playing South by Southwest

"...Eric TaylorScuffletown (Eminent) With a voice like old leather, saturated with..."

March 16, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Hess

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...DeWitt, Celeste Holm as Margo's long-suffering best friend Karen Richards, and an ethereally beautiful Marilyn Monroe as Miss Caswell,..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

An Eye for History

"...his hands while sailing through an encyclopedia of long, rich memories. Not a detail escapes him. Not the smell..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...D: Viatcheslav Krichtofovitch; with Alexandre Lazarev, Tatiana Krivitska, Eugen Pachin...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Saxophone Prolificus

Honorary Texas Tenor David Murray

"...the whole Texas kinda thing. It's just a whole rich tradition of Texas playing that I like, especially tenor..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Texas Platters

"...ED MILLER WITH RICH BROTHERTON AND JOHN TAYLOR..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Music Review

Scanlines

Giant

"...D: George Stevens; with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

It Ain't the Meat, It's the Notion

Smokin' to the East, Smokin' to the West

"...that have propelled this poor man's food into a rich man's pastime, and don't shy away from the fact..."

June 14, 1996 Books Feature by Ed Ward

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...8. Come and Go, Molly Snow by Mary Ann Taylor Hall..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...with David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Biehn, Richard Crenna. Sometimes I dream of being screenwriter Joe Eszterhas,..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Sunflower Bean, Holy Fuck, Jack’s Mannequin, and Hundreds More Added to SXSW

The third 2025 music festival announcement has landed

"...Inversion, I wear your chain, DJ Jamie Dred, J Rich Tha Don, J Soulja, Larry Seaman, Little Mazarn, lluvii,..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Let Us Help You Pick Out the Perfect Live Show This Week

Our writers pick the best live music for the week ahead

"...World.” Each year, Pride in Local Music explores the rich complexity of Austin’s music scene, bringing thoughtful attention to..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Miyazaki, Hot Boys, Jane Austen Improv, and More Recommended Events

The weekend is looking ... a little weird

"...her Substack Sicc Palette, chef Deepa Shridhar described the metaphor-rich process of soaking saffron for hyderabadi biryani: “You just..."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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