Texas Medal of Arts Awards

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its fifth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...and Robert Rodriguez? Or all four? They're all recipients of this year's Texas Medal of Arts Awards, being presented..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Medal of Arts

The Texas Cultural Trust honors its sixth group of notable Texans in the arts

"...After a decade of handing out Texas Medal of Arts Awards to the..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Medal of Arts Awards: The stars at night are big and bright ...

Stars fall on Austin April 3 as the Texas Cultural Trust Council hands out its annual Texas Medal of Arts Awards to some of the Lone Star State's greatest cultural heroes

"...You can see a ton of stars in the Lone Star State and not just..."

March 30, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives

"...jinx it, but things are looking up in the Texas Legislature for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program,..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Arts Stalwarts

Twelve of Austin's cultural heroes will be inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame at the 2003 Austin Critics Table Awards ceremony, and here is an introduction to them and some of their significant contributions to the local arts scene.

"...cultural heroes. They are individuals who have founded local arts institutions and nurtured their development, pioneered forms of creative..."

May 30, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Films For the First Wave of Austin Film Festival

Fugitive Dreams, Horton Foote doc in first wave

"...Film Festival promised that they'd stick to their mission of bringing the best of new cinema, even while making..."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...cowgal astride a Hereford-sized horny toad in the 2020 Texas Book Festival's official poster – a hand tinted creation..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fess Parker: In Honor of a Good Man and the Festival He Founded

The man behind the Buffalo Gap Wine & Food Summit

"...Parker was a special man. He made a lot of money, most of it using his talent for finding..."

April 2, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Texas Book Festival 2020: The Full Line-Up

All 150 authors announced for the 25th anniversary lit celebration

"...Texas Book Festival No. 25 – aka Virtual Texas Book..."

Sept. 16, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Place of Calm and Light

The Blanton to build a structure designed by Ellsworth Kelly

"...that in Austin in Austin, which is the title of a building designed by the artist and being built..."

Feb. 12, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project

Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School

"...the floral-patterned PJs covering her slight frame, just blurs of color caught in the obscuring embrace of a great..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ornette Coleman

"...the Fort Worth-born alto saxophonist's classic Atlantic albums, Change of the Century and This Is Our Music featuring Ornette..."

May 4, 2007 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...As of last week, it’s officially the summer season, which means..."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Oasis Texas Brewing Co. Strikes Gold

New Austin brewery wins big in Colorado

"...Several Central Texas breweries participated in last weekend's Great American Beer Festival..."

Oct. 7, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Yes, the era of chasing ultra-rare, saccharine-sweet candy beer all over town, brewed..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

Abracadabra

Steve Miller brings the magic at Texas Medal of Arts

"...for his supper, so to speak, at the 2013 Texas Medal of Arts awards Tuesday night. The Lone Star..."

March 6, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

'Tuna' Surprise

Joe Sears and Jaston Williams to receive Texas Medal of Arts

"...gents responsible for Didi and all the other denizens of Tuna, Tex., have gone and gotten themselves honored by..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

No Joker: Steve Miller

Classic rocker clears the air tonight on public education

"...to Steve Miller, who’s in town tonight receiving a Texas Medal of Arts Award from the Texas Cultural Trust..."

March 5, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Founders Day

The 2010 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...it has been this way always. But take any of the city's current cultural activities and trace it, like..."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Roped-Off Governor

Temporary barrier part of permanent changes to capitol

"...Visitors to the governor's office were greeted with an unusual site on Wednesday: The..."

March 4, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Lake|Flato's Impact on Austin

The firm behind the new library has changed our city's look

"...project with Boston's Shepley Bulfinch. But it's just one of many major projects here that Lake|Flato has designed –..."

Oct. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Extended Play '07

Off the Record scratches the surface

"...be more difficult than expected. Here are a few of the more notable local events worth revisiting one last..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Culture Flash!

The 2005 Texas Medal of Arts Awards have been announced, and the Elisabet Ney Museum snags a Historic Homes grant

"...• The winners of the third Texas Medal of Arts Awards have been..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Quiet Man

To Kill a Mockingbird screenwriter and Texas Film Hall of Fame inductee Horton Foote reflects on the last 87 years.

"...The voice is gentle, gracious, genuine, with the softened edges of the South and an unhurried air, as..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Tommy Tune

The master hoofer isn't getting older; he's getting more nonchalant

"...When Tommy Tune left his home state of Texas at the age of 25, he had only..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

From Freedom Fries to Fess Parker

Wes Marshall drinks wine with Davy Crockett.

"...6 feet 6 inches tall, went to the University of Texas, left to pursue an acting career, ended up..."

May 30, 2003 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre

Sculptor of Austin's beloved Philosophers' Rock has died

"...where she's lived for 35 years, when she passed of natural causes. She was 80...."

April 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Off the Record

If a Downtown venue closes down for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, does it make a sound?

"...not to mention Highland Mall, closed for the week of the annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, citing a variety..."

April 10, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wharton Dancer

The flourishing legacy of the late Lone Star dramatist Horton Foote

"...And he would have done so during one of the most remarkable years of his notable seven-decade career,..."

March 12, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The stars come out at the Paramount when the Texas Medal of the Arts Awards are given, and the Bastrop Opera House shoots for a national title in the American Association of Community Theatres competition.

"...assuredly be big and bright deep in the heart of Texas next Tuesday when the Texas Cultural Trust Council..."

March 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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