Dancing About Architecture

Knocking 'em Dead in the Streets

"...will be performing hits by female artists for Blue Santa, the APD's charitable arm that makes sure toyless children..."

Dec. 5, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Gay Culture in Focus

"...the festival's 10th anniversary event, he'd developed an unrealistically sanguine attitude about straight Austin's level of tolerance for queer..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Aliens, Martian Colonies, and Dwarves

1997 Hugo Nominees Reviewed

"...year, it will be on Central Texas turf in San Antonio...."

Aug. 8, 1997 Books Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

Happy holidays to everyone and happy daytrippin’ to all!

"...Ingleside Renaissance Faire Dec. 10-11, Ingleside, www.inglesidetxchamber.com..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

A Valentine's Day mix for KOOP

"...I rolled into San Antonio on July 3, 1992, and it was there..."

Feb. 14, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday SleepersAll showcase times subject to change. Please check..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

The Secret History of Tuna

Tuna isn't the only Texas town with which actor-writers Jaston Williams and Joe Sears can be closely identified. Austin has played a significant role in the development of their town, and in return Sears and Williams have changed the face of the capital city.

"...Williams, friends since meeting in a theatre company in San Antonio in 1973, joined forces with C.K. McFarland, Terry..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Tuna Almanac: Facts About the Shows and Their Creators

Facts about the Tuna shows and their creators, and a guide to the characters in the plays.

"...Jaston Williams grew up in Crosbyton, Texas, and attended San Jacinto Junior College in Houston...."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...cities south of Austin -- or Amsterdam. With its sane drug laws and hardly any cops, crime, poverty, or..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Day Trips

"...Melodrama comes alive at the Bastrop Opera House for the last two performances of My Sister..."

March 7, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...fills provided Deep Purple pathos to Watt's semi-autobiographical rock opera based on Dante's Inferno. A pensive cover of "Shit..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows

Austin Music Awards Director Margaret Moser goes out with a bang

"...bait, MTV staples, jamming with the gods (Stones, Clapton, Santana)...."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback

'Good Day Austin' anchor Joe Bickett says adios, the Scottish Rite Theater, Good Music Club, and Spider House say hello again, and Emo's owner Frank Hendrix goes cable

"...Joe Bickett: Yes, but "a little bit" is the operative word. I do it more to amuse myself. When..."

May 25, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

South-of-the-Border Speculation

Three Messages and a Warning presents a broad swath of Mexican SF

"...The San Antonio-based Mayo, co-editor of Three Messages and a Warning..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Books Feature by Roberto Ontiveros

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Saturday PicksAll showcase times subject to change. Please check..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Gardens of Eden

Entertainment has always been a keystone of Austin's identity, Cuisines writer Rachel Feit observes. And among Austin's numerous diversions were German beer gardens.

"...p.28). Even City Marshall Ben Thompson kept a gambling operation above the Iron Front Saloon. Although the City Council..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Day Trips

The back roads of northeastern Travis County snake around enough to make a Sunday drive seem like a journey.

"...walk the same streets. Stop by the 1883 Stafford Opera House at 425 Spring St. for information on the..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Discover Old World Christmas treasures at the Sophienburg Museum in New Braunfels.

"...times. This year they have sold more than a thousand of the decorations before Thanksgiving. Proceeds from the sales..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Letter to Isaac

"...motivated only by commercial/industrial "development" -- which often predictably operates at the expense of those who cannot afford suitable..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Column

Day Trips

"...and always say thank you, says Joe Cooper, a San Antonio member of the group made up of antique..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...and restaurants opening. A thriving bed and breakfast industry operates in town and in the nearby hills. For more..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

"What I Wanted"

Chuck Cooper Takes Collecting Art Personally

"...quieter works tend to have disquieting elements, as in Susan Whyne's landscape painting where the figures are always engaged..."

July 25, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Articlulations

Amoa Ceo G-o-e-s

"...AMOA, has taken a development position with the Dallas Opera and will be heading to Big D in August...."

June 20, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Food-o-File

Amy's and Mangia Give it Away

"...Palace participate, as do the Austin Symphony, Austin Light Opera, Ballet Austin, Zach Scott, Live Oak, Capitol City Playhouse,..."

April 28, 1995 Food Column

Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts

Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum

"...ticket.   – James Scott The Phantom of the Opera (1925) with Live Score by Invincible Czars..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Modernform, Chat Pile, and More Crucial Concerts

Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing

"...alongside second guitar Phil Demmell (Machinehead, Vio-lence), bassist Kyle Sanders, and Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph. “A lot of my..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...satirical take on the Sixties-era phenom of “women’s pictures” sans cinematic parfum. Maybe bring your own little car air-freshener..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...a Texas dance hall, the 9,650-square-foot building gains three thousand-plus on the current Waterloo. Winter light reveals a big,..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Women of Antone's, underground MCs, FuckEmos, and more recommended shows

"...From Antone's co-founder Angela Strehli to everlasting matriarch Susan Antone, women built Austin's world-famous Home of the Blues,..."

March 24, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Ten Austin Concert Options for New Year's Eve 2022

From Cumbia to Coconut Club's Last Dance, ring in 2023 musically

"...Costumes encouraged, so make like The Phantom of the Opera and bring that old mask of yours out of..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

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