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.

"...Now, there was a set that was designed, elaborate lighting, costumes designed for quick changes, and dressers to make..."

April 12, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pao's Shows the Way Beyond Kung Pao ChickenModern Chinese Secret

"...are a garish pink, for example -- the muted lighting and overall restraint of the decor make it a..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Food Feature

Five Different Things To Do In Austin This Weekend

Art! Theatre! Dance! You know: What the enemy hates.

"...THE SECRET SERIES: SECRET LIGHTING Sometimes you don’t want another piece..."

April 6, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hills Have Eyes II

This sequel to last year’s remake is as witless and simpleminded as the irradiated humanoids that serve as the franchise’s bad guys.

"...reserves makes a routine delivery of supplies to the super-secret Sector 16 in the Army's Yuma Flats base in..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"...opens, and puts all the pieces together: sets, costumes, lighting, sound, and any other technical elements, like film, video,..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...Is this the secret of Ghostland Observatory, revealed so casually by Behrens' vaguely..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Austin Restaurants for Special Occasions

Want some ambience to go with your food? No problem.

"...food on the plate. It’s about attentive service, sexy lighting, elegant cutlery, a bathroom with a playful décor, and..."

June 14, 2022 Food Post

SXSW Music Live: Spoon Nite 2

Two nights down, one to go

"...the stage shrouded in dry ice and angry red lighting...."

March 16, 2017 SXSW Post by Tim Stegall

From the Vaults: Audra McDonald Interview

Tony winner's rescheduled concert hits Dell Hall Tuesday

"...the visit within four months. With McDonald at last lighting up the Long Center on Tuesday, here's a rerun..."

Feb. 24, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...and his writers' collective, Adam Sultan's score, Elizabeth Gaines' lighting design, and the performances of Ken Bradley, Josh Meyer,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Open Hearts

"...it’s like to be in love: the smiles, the secret language, the humor peculiar to two and only two...."

March 21, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...yelling at Erica. It was an argument about the lighting -- he's very sensitive about that, but there's not..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...The Secret Garden, Zilker Theatre ProductionsDirector, Musical..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

AFS Announces 2019 Feature Grant Recipients

Over $100,000 in cash and aid for next generation of filmmakers

"...in-king post-production goods and services from MPS Camera and Lighting and Stuck On On. Apply through 5pm, Oct. 7..."

Sept. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Barbarians

Dark trip to a genteel English dinner party gets bloody

"...Hell, Dorfman was in fact squirreling away the ancient secret knowledge of actually directing a film. And despite a..."

April 1, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Gallows

Another found-footage horror film that's best left unfound

"...penned by a 6-year-old – and he has a secret crush on his leading lady, Pfeifer (Brown). But the..."

July 10, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

December Boys

In his first film role post-Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe plays an orphan in Australia who's pals with a bunch of other boys born in December.

"...burns down the Hammersmith Odeon, and Spit as the secret reincarnation of Sid Vicious' tongue, who gives it all..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Secret Garden

Despite its seemingly morose story, Zilker Theater Productions' The Secret Garden is most assuredly uplifting, even moving

"...The Secret GardenBeverly Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theatre, through Aug. 7, Running..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Review by Heather Barfield Cole

The Luv Doc: A Carp in a Sand Trap

There's nothing much sadder than a stripper in a golf cart

"...should be seen in their natural environment where the lighting is friendly and the clientele is generous...."

Sept. 8, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Letters at 3AM: In a Lonely Place

Film noir is a cinema of failure

"...in which rarely a scene passes without the players lighting up. As a symbol, the cigarette says it all..."

June 3, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Dispatches From a New Decade of SXSW

Our favorite musical moments from the fest

"...led the otherworldly deep-sea exhibition, created in collaboration with lighting designer Alex Griff. What began as a shapeshifting jellyfish,..."

March 25, 2022 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Secret Garden, Mary Moody Northen Theatre..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin’s Vampire Store Cracks Open the Crypt

Opening the Glass Coffin, just in time for Halloween

"...coven, the Coffin's new interior is rife with red lighting, dark curtains, mysterious corners, and antiques that thread it..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by James Scott

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Sonia Kennebeck Producer: Ines Hofmann Kanna A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers – this is..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Changelings

The Vortex's staging of Reina Hardy's magical new play, Changelings, casts a uniquely compelling spell

"...ruins the whole day by divulging the Powers family's secret to the unsuspecting groom-to-be. Having your family secret revealed..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Fantastic Fest Tells Tales of the Long and the Short and the Tall

Short film selection from Austin to Estonia, animation to sushi

"...for Alialujah Choir’s "A House, A Home" explores the secret lives of two adolescents who live in small, antiquated..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Scarlet Letter

The Vortex Repertory Company's retelling of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter feels like it's coming from a fitful, troubled sleep, a hazy dreamscape in which director Michelle Fowler and her cast create a society of suffocating morality and the cruel reprisals that await any who violate its rigid rules of conduct.

"...by beams of blue. Scenic designer Ann Marie Gordon, lighting designer Jason Amato, and sound designer Chad Salvata have..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The X-Files' Invisible Ink

The Truth Is Out There -- Somewhere

"...of us who watch it. Which may be the secret of the show's success...."

Nov. 17, 1995 Screens Feature

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films

Rising filmmakers from around the state get essential support

"...student protests, he becomes obsessed with unlocking the door’s secrets — without understanding the dark forces it may unleash..."

Jan. 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

When She’s Not Touring With Star Musicians, Photographer Pooneh Ghana Settles in Austin

New Radio/East concert series highlights the globe-trotter’s indie origins

"..."Booking shows has always been a secret, low-key dream of mine," says Ghana, who formerly organized..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

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