Mogwai, Austin Music Hall, Saturday, March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...17 So maybe the Soft Boys reunion wasn't all it was cracked up to be, but at least there..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

A Macbeth

In the State Theater Company production A Macbeth, director Guy Chandler Roberts strips the Scottish Play of its dramatic spectacle and boils it down into a compelling ritual of human evil, a Black Mass.

"...to set about their deadly work, to unsheathe their ambition and cruelly spill the blood of kings, warriors, and..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Ragtime: America in Motion

The musical version of Ragtime is a story of America and of people in motion, and in the powerfully realized national touring production, their journeys move us, haunt us.

"...in motion. Our country thrives on movement, has built its history on it -- the freedom to go anywhere..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Review by Robert Faires

South by Spoken Word

Thursday

"...STEPHEN SPYRIT: This Portland artist may be more familiar as a..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature by Phil West

Pop Goes the Western

Bob Boze Bell Gets Graphic About the Old West

"...when you settle down and start reading is how witty and hip his writing is. His historical treatment is..."

Oct. 11, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Visual Arts Review: Ashley Swarts' “Waiting for a Sign”

Small fragments, giant impact in the artist’s collage creations

"...preconceptions of collage as a lesser art form. In “Waiting for a Sign,” her debut gallery show at McLennon..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Austin Film Festival Review: Nanny

Eerie migrant drama is an intriguing addition to Black horror

"...point-of-view from a type of character not given much visibility in a lot of mainstream cinema, Nikyatu Jusu’s debut..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Different Stages' Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Like the separate parts of the Creature's body, the technical and performance aspects unite to create a delightfully provocative production

"...a show's visuals, sound, and performance come together). Obviously, it's my job to keep an eye out for this..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Inside the 2019 Cine Las Americas Schedule

Talking different kinds of borders with Executive Director Jean Anne Lauer

"...It's been a year of change at Cine Las Americas..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...The Zombies 7pm, Stubb's The second British band after the Beatles to land a No. 1..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Austin's Own Bean-to-Bar Chocolates

Kiskadee's labor-intensive process yields distinctive product

"...are only around 20 craft chocolate makers in the United States, and Austin is lucky enough to claim one..."

May 2, 2014 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Point Austin: The Meanings of 'Affordability'

The new year signals changes in the life of Austin

"...I spent a lot of time corresponding and talking with potential City Council candidates, primarily to confirm whether each..."

Dec. 27, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Unknown Soldier

Bill Carter steps out from under the shadow of Captain Jack Sparrow

"...A waitress at Hyde Park Bar & Grill says she likes..."

May 3, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...Latin funk orchestra remains a force of nature in its own right. Taking cues from early Santana, War, and..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

A First-Class Seat to Stargazing

Austin's Beef & Pie Productions shines a light on Richard Garriott's space travel in Man on a Mission

"...Richard Garriott, the wealthy and revered founder of Austin-based gaming..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Carousel

TexARTS' staging of Carousel found the humanity in this unusually dark musical, bringing us close to even the cruelest characters and taking them to a place of comfort and light

"...He's a bit of a thug, this Billy Bigelow. Oh, he's plenty..."

June 29, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Searching for Once Upon a Time

Why Monument Valley – again part of the Netflix / Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow this summer – is such a magnetic place for me

"...me for at least two decades before I finally visited there last summer. The area is one of our..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

T's Cafe

A safari in Pflugerville

"...wife met in high school. He is of the Itsekiri tribe, while she is of the Effurun tribe. Normally,..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Food Review by Mick Vann

The Well Inside

In The Well Inside, Sally Jacques' extraordinary site-specific work, dancers suspended high in the air swing and sway and spin, right side-up and upside-down, exhibiting athleticism and daring that take your breath away but also convey an isolation and yearning for connection with amazing grace.

"...channel of water and we can hear water sloshing with her every step, the volume and rhythm of the..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Review by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Phew! We're glad that's over. SXSW is gone and things are beginning to get back to normal. Your Style Avatar has some parting thoughts about Courtney Love and looks (fashion) forward to some upcoming events.

"...Laura Cisneros, independent producer aka Party Girl No. 1. With the Oswald's current exhibition of gorgeous black-and-white photographs as..."

April 5, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Apeman of Manhattan

Director Mark Ramont and his production team stage the world premiere of The Apeman of Manhattan fairly realistically, with some impressive acting, but Rosalyn Rosen's script, in which a well-off advertising executive struggles with her feelings for a former lover who is using her in the worst kind of way, may have you wondering what the show is really all about.

"...The Apeman of Manhattan: What's It All About?..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Numerous and Curious Tongues

What two new books -- Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America by Jacqueline Barnitz and Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico by Olivier Debroise -- arrive at, like the most chaotic of the Mexican murals, is a body of work that is crammed full of dissonant faces and lives while telling a seductive tale in numerous and curious tongues.

"...Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America by Jacqueline Barnitz University of Texas Press, 416 pp., $70; $34.95 (paper)..."

March 16, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

Articulations

The joyful debut of the new Austin Lyric Opera headquarters and community music school.

"...Opera office center and school into the local arts community. That's just as it should be when a new..."

May 5, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Letters at 3AM

In memory of a Shaman

"...to wonder how she'd take that. She was a witch -- more accurately: a shaman -- and she was..."

March 17, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Positively Operatic

The Year in Austin Culture

"...movements of the past. Irreverent, hilarious, and highly charged, with fierce, focused performances, Lipstick Traces made for glorious chaos..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Standout Sister Act

Gentle Heat and Soothing Sweet at Mirabelle

"...Money moves mountains. As our fair city is reshaped by the current economic boon, we watch..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Food Feature by Pableaux Johnson

Scanlines

The Game

"...with Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Deborah Kara Unger..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Soul Sushi

A Tradition Honored

"...by Meredith Phillips..."

July 25, 1997 Food Feature by Meredith Phillips

Exhibitionism

Big Stinkin' International Improv Fest: Full-Out Fun and No Net

"...for a person who is a mass media sponge with an agile mind. Full of strange and unusual suggestions..."

May 30, 1997 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

The Mojado Brothers Comedy Festival: Aaayyeeeee-aye-aye-aye!!

"...I don't often get to hear gritos in the Paramount Theatre. Then again, the venue isn't..."

May 2, 1997 Arts Review

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