The Satire's Still Timely in Gilbert & Sullivan Austin's Iolanthe

And the topsy-turvy team's show delivers a fanciful fairy tale, to boot

"...to record his own rendition of "Lord Chancellor's Nightmare Song" for the 1974 album Todd; Asimov to pen the..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Iron Orchard Gets Its Day on Screen

Austin Film Festival shows the film adaptation of the classic Texas novel

"...shade opposite the historic John Bremond Jr. House at Seventh and Guadalupe, Lew Temple is under a tree, dodging..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Picks

Saturday, in the park, I don't think it was the Fourth of July

"...Laferte is Mon Laferte, a 35-year-old Chilean bellowing torch songs in the styles of bolero, tango, cumbia, and ska...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature

ZM3 Live Productions' Echo of a Refugee ... Me?

Zell Miller III's latest was a state of the city address that called out Austin for gentrification and policies harmful to its black citizens

"...project, Echo of a Refugee ... Me?, this native son let you know that, delivering a state-of-the-city address from..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Review: Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion

Outside the Downtown fray the Americana fest didn't disappoint

"...Willie Nelson drops a new album on April 27, titled Last..."

March 16, 2018 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman

Southwest Theatre Productions’ If I Forget

While the play is a compelling kitchen-sink drama, this staging doesn't quite reach the promise of the material

"...Playwright Steven Levenson's star is on the rise. At 32, he had..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The State of Austin Wine

Somms Under Fire lights up Austin's wine scene this month

"...(McGuire Moorman Hospitality), and New Waterloo beverage director Mandi Nel­son. Each manages a portfolio of projects ranging from high-end..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

The Hidden Room Theatre's Henry IV

Beth Burns' latest foray into Shakespeare will school you on how to present plays penned by the Bard

"...and open your programs to page one. This evening's lesson, provided by the Hidden Room Theatre, is on how..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Lege Lines: Bills on the Move

Tracking the fallout from the special session

"...of Austin's nominal lease to Planned Parent­hood on East Seventh. Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, stressed that the Down­town center doesn't..."

July 28, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Lege Lines: Don’t Blame the Death Worm

The Texas House wants to kill off "film incentives"

"...rip-off of the cult favorite Tremors. But that's no reason to kill a business incentive and art funding program..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hidden Room Theatre's Houdini Speaks to the Living

In Houdini Speaks to the Living, Hidden Room Theatre resurrects two dead celebrities for a spirited battle

"...We want to experience again the personalities of the loved ones we've lost. We want to..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Like to Watch: Better Things Than Stranger Things

There are other worlds than these

"...feels like it was written by a committee of seventh-graders. Maybe the algorithm itself said Netflix Nation wants a..."

July 31, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...but he also did the cover for Boston post-punks Birdsongs of the Mesozoic's The Iridium Controversy (2003). Besides album..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Death Watch: Shaken Science

Appeal rests on new research into Shaken Baby Syndrome

"...To have his federal habeas attorneys tell it, Robert Roberson is "dim-witted" and "mentally ill." The 49-year-old, sentenced to..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Funniest Person in Austin 2016: Lashonda Rules!

Lashonda Lester takes the title in the competition's 31st year

"...when it came to the finals for the Funniest Person in Austin Contest. The Detroit native, a third-place finisher..."

May 17, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: RSD in ATX

Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them

"...the Revelator" 7-inch: Austin's Southern doom quartet opens the seventh seal with a cover of Blind Willie Johnson's gospel..."

April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday SXSW Picks

"...The native Buckeye dropped Universal Themes last year, SKM's seventh indie-folk LP. This year, the singer partnered with experimental..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Thursday SXSW Picks

"...Carrie Rodriguez 8pm, the MajesticDaughter of late, great Texan song poet David Rodriguez, native Austinite Carrie Rodriguez engraved her..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Field Research From Afar

360-degree spherical video puts students in the action

"...she has parlayed her experience in a North Carolina seventh-grade classroom into her current post as lead instructional designer..."

March 4, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...feet fuels many a Tapestry show, such as 2015 season opener In Your Shoes or The Souls of Our..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The History of King Lear

A long-reviled revision of Shakespeare's tragedy proves fascinating as revived by the Hidden Room Theatre

"...his youngest daughter, then wedding her to Gloucester's noble son?..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Local Heroes

The 2015 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...fundamentally from his family experience and Latino heritage. The son of tenant farmers and the seventh child of 10,..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...outfit, founded in 1985, follows up its deservedly acclaimed Songs From series of EPs with Scarred But Smarter, a..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Psychedelic Acid Trope

Exhibits at the Bullock, Briscoe, and LBJ explore our recall of the Sixties

"...all), with JFK across the way. The path of personalities mirrors the era's hard realities: It's 40 feet before..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...have opened a record store. RVRB Records (2404 E. Seventh) carries releases from their house label, like Holy Wave's..."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Jose Villegas: A Retardation Claim

Jose Villegas: A retardation claim

"...his girlfriend, Alma's 24-year-old daughter Erida, and to her son, 3-year-old Jacob. Villegas then stole the family's TV (he..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Playback: The New Vulcan Gas Company

You heard right, hippie – a new Vulcan Gas Company

"...says Hyde. "They never talked to me directly. My son referred them to our copyright lawyer who told them..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

'From Dusk Till Dawn' to See Light of Day

Debut date and all the details on Robert Rodriguez's TV series

"...an indie-horror institution with creepers like Lovely Molly and Seventh Moon, while his segment of V/H/S/2 proves he can..."

Jan. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...his grandparents' home in New Hampshire often while writing songs for Okkervil River's difficult departure LP I Am Very..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Austin Film Festival Drops and Gives Us 10

Lineup includes latest from Jonathan Demme, Alexander Payne

"...Nebraska, written by Bob Nelson and directed by Alexander Payne. After receiving a sweepstakes..."

Aug. 19, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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