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To what citywide scandal has our monopoly daily directed its powerful attention? It's a local scourge, a plague, a deep-rooted city problem: the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals. (Okay, well, we don't get it either.)

"...Austin is a mess right now any way you cut..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Louis Black

AMOA and Mexic-Arte Shows Take Us to Personal Places

"...Private Worlds..."

May 22, 1998 Arts Feature

Ripping the Shrew

The Rude Mechanicals Tear Into Shakespeare

"...illustration by Robert Faires Press Release: Rude Mechanicals is proud..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...The Sundance Film Festival released its first programming wave this afternoon,..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Art Stripped Naked

Art Stripped Naked, Wayne Alan Brenner's comedy of the relationship between a father and son -- augmented by an ongoing discourse of the nature of art -- is both sweet and simple, with a heartwarming twist, and its presentation by Hyde Park Theatre makes for a gentle evening on one's senses.

"...Art Stripped Naked: Father Knows Best..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Lust for Life

Ahhh … the good old daze

"..."I'm a slut but I'm not a lying slut."..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Abundance: Wheels Grinding Down Life's Jarring Trail

Local Arts Reviews

"...Abundance: Wheels Grinding Down Life's Jarring Trail..."

June 23, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Scanlines

Armored Car Robbery

"...D: Richard Fleischer (1950) with Charles McGraw, William Talman, Steve Brodie,..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Screens Feature

Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1

Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning

"...The Inheritance, Part 1 is stunning. It’s the kind of stunning..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes at Texas State University

Katie Bender's drama takes us inside the Alamo for the rare treatment of that story as something intimate, with feeling more than action

"...The general wants to know what the battle was like inside..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

New Name, Same Game

S-Comm's end hasn't lessened the fear of deportation for Travis County's immigrants

"...On Nov. 20, 2014, Homeland Security Sec­retary Jeh Johnson announced, "The Secure Communities program,..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life

When karaoke history and personal vignette collide

"...Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Lifeby Brian Raftery..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Books Review by Kate X Messer

Bliss Broyard's My Father, Dancing

"...My Father, Dancingby Bliss Broyard..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

Swan Lake

Swan Lake

"...Bass Concert Hall..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Arts Review by Barbejoy A. Ponzio

SXSW Film Review: 'All American High Revisited'

An Eighties high school doc gets another chance at life

"...Oh, the white anklets and crew socks, the feathered and poodle-permed hair, the..."

March 16, 2014 SXSW Post by Kate X Messer

Bubba and Babe's Backwoods Texas Wedding

Dinner-theatre nuptials, Texas-style

"...At a certain point in your life, you've been to..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Two Brothers, Two Paths

AFS Documentary Tour: The Oath

"...Filmmaker Laura Poitras prefers to talk about large foreign policy..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Forgotten Radical

Thornton's plays are Wilder than you might remember

"...Our Town? Oh yeah, isn't that the play in the little New England..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Good timing

"...It was only a few issues ago that I was lamenting..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Beard of Avon

Different Stages' production of the Amy Freed comedy 'The Beard of Avon' benefits from two actors who create an Elizabethan odd couple in delightful balance

"...The Beard of Avon..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy

Considering trilogy storytelling has once again become Hollywood's new cash cow, it was only a matter of time before all three of Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future films were released as a box set.

"...Back to the Future: The Complete TrilogyUniversal Home Entertainment, $56.98..."

June 20, 2003 Screens Review by Eli Kooris

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ballet Austin's original adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream delivered two ballets, really -- a highly accessible story-driven first act, followed by a more traditionally balletic second -- which offered an easy way into his clever and fanciful yet intricate work.

"...A Midsummer Night's Dream: Giddy and Profound..."

May 23, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Vogues of 1938

"...Vogues of 1938 D: Irving Cummings (1937); with Joan Bennett, Warner Baxter, Mischa Auer, Helen Vinson, Alan Mowbray,..."

July 14, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Scanlines

"...("Scanlines" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I [heart]..."

Oct. 31, 1997 Screens Feature

Headlines

"...• A South Austin man was fatally shot at his home..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature

Lege Notes

"...Determined to turn the special session into something really special, Gov. Rick Perry added..."

July 15, 2005 News Column

Hamlet

Through the vision and skill of choreographer Stephen Mills, Ballet Austin told the story of 'Hamlet' with an urgency and imagination made the prince's pain palpable

"...HamletBass Concert Hall, March 14..."

March 19, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Television shows are using direct addresses to the audience more and more. What hath Ferris Bueller wrought? Also, say goodbye to Boy Meets World and, quite possibly, Sports Night.

"...Maybe it's the literal size of the television set that..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dyed-in-the-Wool Fan

The Historical Fiction of Diana Gabaldon

"...Tartan Day is a national holiday in Scotland, commemorating the..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Books Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Dream Makers

Indie Meme Film Festival spotlights South Asian films

"...Indie Meme founder Alka Bhanot is in the business of making dreams come..."

April 15, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

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