Honor Roll

The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...to April 30, 2008, were the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Clare Croft (dance), Randy Harriman (music), Erin Keever..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

News/Print

Something wonderful is about to happen to you.

"...encourage your participation... Speaking of the Short Story Contest, Scott Blackwood (In the Shadow of Our House), one of..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

American Boy

Chris Isaak's drummer Kenney Dale Johnson: From Soap Creek to Showtime

"...horn player. Early members also included Johnson, guitarist Mike Barnes, and keyboardist Neil Pederson. Their repertoire mixed Little Feat..."

July 5, 2002 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Recommended

"...ended up winning a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His second book, Bud, Not Buddy (Yearling..."

March 15, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Postscripts

Resistencia Bookstore was the victim of a car accident last weekend but vows to move on "come hell or high water."

"...info... Also at 7pm on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Barnes & Noble Westlake is the Violet Crown Awards, the..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postmarks

Gore vs. Bush vs. Nader vs. Ventura vs. Hernandez vs. Simone, approximately.

"...Scott James..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Column

Taking Stages

Young, optimistic, and flaky in a way that belies their revolution-for-the-hell-of-it satire, the KAiROS Co. has cultivated a name for itself as "poetic terrorists." Now, after five years in Austin, this theatrical sketch comedy troupe is readying to face down New York.

"...McCown works at Ruta Maya and in the Zachary Scott Theatre Center box office. Once they get to New..."

July 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Naked City

The debate over Longhorn Pipeline's proposed gasoline pipeline between Houston and El Paso has heated up recently, moving from Austin to Washington, D.C. in advance of a decision by the federal government on whether to conduct a formal environmental impact statement.

"...as working for Longhorn are former lieutenant governor Ben Barnes and former Texas congressman Jack Fields. "Navajo has been..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Dan Oko

1999-2000 Award Winners

"...3. "When Will I" by Monte Montgomery and Scott Byers Coolhot..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Can Tom Zigal Really Say That?

"The truth is, I didn't know a thing about the world of mystery writers and crime publishing," Tom Zigal, the author of three mystery novels, says. Chronicle writer Dick Holland discovers why Zigal might say such a thing and why it may not matter in light of Pariah, Zigal's new installment in the Kurt Muller mystery series.

"...Zigal's classmates included Scott Turow, April Smith, and Chuck Kinder, who later turned..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

1999 Critics' Table Winners

"...presentation of the seventh set of awards were Michael Barnes, Jamie Smith Cantara, Kendall Klym, and Jean-Claire van Ryzin,..."

June 18, 1999 Arts Feature

Muy Caliente

Thank you!

"...Walser's Pure Texas Band, Los Pinkys, Mack Lee of Barnes & Noble, Renaissance Glass, Sharon Zeugin, Chris, and Vreeland..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Arts Feature

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...(Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities) Derrick Barnes (Like Lava In My Veins) Martin Baron (Collision of..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. Jimmy Chin, Bob Eisenhardt, Anna Barnes A sweeping portrait of conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Portraits of Austin Musicians With Their Pets During Stay-at-Home

"...Kelly Barnes (Darkbird) and Damien Howard (Darkbird/Coattails) with Brian and Tina..."

May 7, 2020 Photo Gallery

The Luv Doc: Debbie Downers

It is truly fascinating to witness the beautiful butterfly squeeze back into an ugly caterpillar

"...Most people however, are very much the same person..."

May 25, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Ransom Center Lands Ondaatje Archive

Author of The English Patient sends papers to UT

"...stars Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, and Kristin Scott Thomas...."

Sept. 26, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...the new Truth Serum. A charismatic, authoritative live performer. Scott Schinder The Fresh & Onlys..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

2012 Austin Critics Table Awards

For the 20th time, a big hand for the nominees if you please

"...30, 2012, was assembled by the Austin American-Statesman's Michael Barnes (arts), Cate Blouke (theatre), Claire Canavan (theatre), Luke Quinton..."

May 25, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar confides in Secret Circus and tattles on Texas Film Hall of Fame

"...and Kyle Chandler, accompanied by Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons, Scott Porter, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Special guests include Catherine Hardwicke,..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Try To Remember

How two kids from UT changed the course of the American musical

"...among them Tex Ritter, Beauford Jester, Eli Wallach, Zachary Scott, Allan Shivers, Walter Cronkite, John and Nellie Connally, Allen..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...if he played piano as a kid and learned Scott Joplin...."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Sunday

"...whimsical electro-pop with varying degrees of success behind singer/guitarist Scott Butler's theatrics. – Austin Powell This Will Destroy You..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature

ACL Fest Saturday Picks

The blurbing of ACL 2008

"...Live, however, the band holds its own, propelled by Scott Butler's staccato vocal punch. – Doug Freeman Old 97's..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Feature

Ssssssssssteam Heat

Memories of Soap Creek Saloon

"...and using each other to take off on Gil Scott-Heron’s “Lady Day,” or rubbing Little Feat’s “Skin It Back”..."

Aug. 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Female Trouble

With mounting debt and rising rent, BookWoman faces closure, again

"...Avenue Booksellers? Garner & Smith? Europa? – in a Barnes & Noble/Amazon.com corporate world, and Austin's rapid growth and..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

The Iron Man

Longtime local stage phenom Ken Webster has a record to rival that of a Baseball Hall of Famer

"...by an audition notice for a production of Peter Barnes' satire The Ruling Class to be staged at Symphony..."

April 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

10 Pounds of Blue Horseshoes in an 8-Pound Game, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving 'the Best of You'

"...kick to the heart. I asked the managers at Barnes and Noble on the fancy side of Austin if..."

Feb. 11, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

She's Her Own Grandma

Carole Keeton Strayhorn – what a long strange trip it's been

"...big-wheel Democratic establishment figures like former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, Waco philanthropist Bernard Rapoport, and Laredo millionaire Tony Sanchez,..."

July 28, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

On The Lege

The GOP Senate tightens the screws on the absent Texas 11.

"...He cited previous instances when Democratic lieutenant governors Ben Barnes, Bill Hobby, and Bob Bullock each abandoned the two-thirds..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Column by Michael King

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