Tempest in the PACT Teapot

Eruption over Public Access Com­mun­ity Television producer's banning from premises roiling airwaves

"...In the wild, woolly world of Austin's public-access TV – where..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: A Living Constitution

The promise of liberty, unedited

"...Than an order of words, the conscious occupation..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Column by Louis Black

'Chronicle' Biased Against Public-Access Television

"...Dear Editor, The article "Tempest in the PACT Teapot" [News, Feb. 8],..."

Feb. 7, 2008 Postmarks

Beside the Point

In the spirit of 'BoA,' BTP presents Best of What's Happening at City Council This Week

"...wonderful about Austin (and our advertisers), when we deliver the fattest issue of the year (and biggest headache to..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Blaze

"...instrumentation in jazz. NickNack knows. Scuffing Blaze's after-hours sauce, the local DJ doesn't try to match his scratch with..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Letters @ 3AM

Excerpts from Cassavetes Directs, Ventura's forthcoming book about the making of the film Love Streams

"...March 17, 1983. It's after 10 at night, the phone rings, I pick up, and the caller announces,..."

June 8, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

A Guide to the Works

"...are being performed in a variety of spaces around the Winship Drama Building, 23rd and San Jacinto, some of..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature

TCB

SXSW's Brent Grulke explains the reasoning behind the blog-bemoaned band-list delay.

"...The Waiting Is The Hardest Part Blogs are no laughing..."

Feb. 2, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back

The play 'Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back' seeks to honor the New Orleanians affected by Hurricane Katrina, but the level of intensity in the UT staging often makes it hard to connect to

"...Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Shakespeare Behind Bars

'Tempest' in a jailhouse, and its implications

"...this well-considered documentary about a Shakespearean troupe at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex gets a fine DVD edition from..."

July 28, 2006 Screens Review by Marrit Ingman

Page Two

The debate over illegal immigration is nearly perfect for Bush's core voters

"...Listening to the current debate on illegal immigration makes it startlingly clear..."

June 30, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Beside the Point

City Council gets ready to wade in the water (treatment plant)

"...At the June 8 City Council meeting, Brewster McCracken suggested that..."

June 23, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...I usually like the movies you like. I often agree with your reviews...."

July 29, 2005 Column

Different Views Needed!

"...Louis! Put that little announcement in four sentences at the end of the column ["Page Two," July 15]! Finishing..."

July 26, 2005 Postmarks

In Print

While it's bad form to judge a book by its cover – stunningly iconic in this case – this glancing Buster Keaton biography betrays its shortcomings by its page count

"...Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat..."

May 27, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cue, Friday, April 22 at Emo's

Release me

"...Only the tightest instrumentalists elicit a Pavlovian response from their audience..."

April 22, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Quote of the Week: "This is just one of those things that..."

Dec. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Heavy Weather

An unseasonably mild year of city arts funding ends in a tempest

"...The nice weather couldn't hold after all...."

Sept. 24, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Little Black Book

This is what happens when the "don't ask, don't tell" policy fails young lovers.

"...Maran. Little Black Book immediately posits itself as a not-your-run-of-the-mill romantic comedy with a quotation (from The Tempest) that..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Meanwhile, Back at the Barn

The performance schedule for the Shakespeare at Winedale 2004 class

"...Even as program alums are changing the face of theatre in Austin, another class of students..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shakespeare at Winedale Outreach

The next generation finds its 'muse of fire' through an innovative new program at Winedale

"...The Winedale family tree is about to get a whole..."

July 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Clayton Stromberger

June Carter Cash

Record Review

"...Cash, who passed away May 15, a reminder of the seminal role she played in folk and country music,..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Live Shots

"...Red Hot Chili PeppersVerizon Wireless Amphitheater, Selma, Texas, June 13 "All around the world, we..."

June 20, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

What's in a Face?

A lot, Mike Woolf discovered while making his short doc 'Growin' a Beard' -- and especially If the face Has got whiskers on the chin and Jowls

"...At the end of the Shamrockers' dirgelike track "Hangman Drums," Kevin..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by James McWilliams

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...liked an awful lot of it. That essentially describes the reaction of the Austin Critics Table to the last..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Tempest

In the State Theater Company's new staging of The Tempest, director Scott Kanoff offers a carefully considered, vividly imagined, and vividly theatrical exploration of Shakespeare's text, sounding its themes of family, aging, freedom, justice, and mercy.

"...The Tempest: Timeliness on a Timeless ShoreState Theater, through November..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...On the scene since: 1992..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...On the scene since: 1987..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Most Valuable Players

A Guide to Austin Stage Actors

"...On the scene since: 1993..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Arts Feature

Postscripts

A party for Kinky Friedman's new book of etiquette and other upcoming literary events in Austin.

"...and putting on a good show is one of them. But next Wednesday, Oct. 3, he's going to have..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

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