More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...Theater CompanyProduction, MusicalAnna Bella Eema, Refraction Arts Project/ Physical Plant Theater..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...gallons of water a day from an LCRA treatment plant in the Village of Bee Cave to potential customers..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

Postmarks

Texas Our Texas loves Texas; Neighbors for Neighbors hate strip-mining; Justin B. Andrews returns; and other delighted and dismayed letters from readers.

"...While we sincerely appreciate the emphasis Robert Bryce's article placed on the need to create more..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Column

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Reusing Seaholm

"...their code in settings housed at the Seaholm Power Plant. Perhaps AISD students would be the testers and the..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Column

Volunteering, Drag, Birthdays, and More Recommended Events

Let us help you plan your weekend

"...Robert Zemeckis, of such varied renown as Forrest Gump and..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

7 Central Texas Destination Restaurants Worth the Trip

Travel guide-worthy dining and tucked-away spots near Austin

"...courses designed by World Golf Hall of Fame members Robert Trent Jones Sr. and Jack Nicklaus, a new 18-hole..."

May 17, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Council: Nights of White Linen

As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed

"...been decided that lending his name to Water Treatment Plant No. 4 (located in District 6) was particularly suitable..."

Aug. 8, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...a hurricane preparedness planning committee that's headed by Judge Robert Eckels in Houston. In their considerations, at their meetings,..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Beverly Penn: Weeds

Beverly Penn's sculptures of weeds in bronze, brass, steel, and nickel are not only stunningly beautiful, they also help us redefine the nature vs. technology dichotomy

"..."But a weed is simply a plant that wants to grow where people want something else...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore

Naked City

"...Utility's plan to move the downtown Green Water Treatment Plant to Guerrero Park on the Colorado River, as AWU..."

April 14, 2006 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...in federal court to bring East Texas' Welsh power plant into compliance with the nation's Clean Air Act and..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Naked City

"...(see "Austin@Large," at right), reuse proposals for Seaholm Power Plant (see The Downtown Dominoes), and pleas for federal funding..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Watch

The Gotham Cometh: Town Lake Condo Clears First Hurdle; Council Moves On to Water

"...continued existence in their neighborhood of the Holly Power Plant...."

Oct. 8, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"...Austin American-Statesman, employees at the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant near Dallas were caught sending illicit electronic messages to..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature

Exhibitionism

Little Shop of Horrors: All The Fine Young Cannibal Plants

"...dark doo-wop, this campy, vampy musical about a man-eating plant takes root and won't let go. Meet Seymour (Christopher..."

March 13, 1998 Arts Review

Naked City

"...by the council for the baseball stadium. Former Councilmember Robert Barnstone's name has also been passed around as a..."

Aug. 25, 1995 News Feature

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Chronicle's Heather Barfield (theatre), Rachel Koper (visual art), and Robert Faires (arts). The Critics Table will present the awards..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Marvel's Afrofuturist paradise goes to war with the world

"...metal called vibranium (writer/director Ryan Coogler and co-writer Joe Robert Cole appreciating that the colonial ravaging of Africa didn't..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Minamata

Johnny Depp keeps it low-key in this bleak envirodrama

"...by methylmercury dumped into the water by a chemical plant owned by the Chisso Corporation. The neurological and developmental..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dune

The science-fiction epic gets the screen treatment its scale demands

"...which would have seen director David Lean and writer Robert Bolt cross similar wastelands as they did in Lawrence..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Climate Change: Still Not a Hoax

Reducing carbon emissions with Austin Energy, without the Fayette Power Project

"...reduce by one-third the carbon emissions of their power plants by 2030. Shortly after Obama's EPA rolled that plan..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2014

In 2014, reality and fantasy battled it out in theatre and art that was equally exquisite and unnerving

"...Then Productions) Another remounting, this time the Chronicle's own Robert Faires bringing to the Long Center his stripped-down, singularly..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Robert Ellis

"...Robert EllisThe Lights From the Chemical Plant (New West)..."

March 14, 2014 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Naked City

"...down Wednesday from his post as secretary of defense. Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, is slated to..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature

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Our readers talk back.

"...Hello, my name is Robert Flores, and I'm responding to the article about the..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Column

Point Austin: Beside the Point

Neighborhood activist gives us an earful on proposed downtown high-rise

"...Briefings at 2pm include an update on the former Robert Mueller Airport, and on the possible move of Downtown's..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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Our readers talk back.

"...their neighborhoods. They want to move an annoying power plant and a pungent landfill. The so-called liberal white gentlemen..."

April 25, 2003 Column

The Kindermann Depiction

In The Kindermann Depiction, Physical Plant Theater's Steve Moore and director Carlos Trevino have created two worlds, one flooded with leaves, one made of cloth, that are full of strange wonders. We wouldn't want to live there; but our lives are much enriched by having paid a visit.

"...be otherwise. This complex, living tableau, envisioned by Physical Plant Theater's Steve Moore and directed by Carlos Trevino, lit..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Naked City

"...Team, finalists to be Master Developer of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport site, will present their respective proposals..."

March 1, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Articulations

The first weeks of 2002 show that Austin artists are still busy taking their art to other parts of the country, and Physical Plant Theater needs your leaves.

"...Christian, Lana Lesley, Jason Liebrecht, Michael T. Mergen, and Robert Pierson, with Jason Phelps joining the company to play..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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