A Claimed Space

Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum

"...above, museums are defined by what they include in their collections, what is revealed by what they exclude?..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Res Publica

Citizens calendar, July 9-15

"...TEEN TOWN HALL: CITY BUDGET The fogies have had their say – now it's time for you under-twentysomethings to..."

July 10, 2009 News Feature

Sometimes Rumble, Sometimes Tumble

Joe Lansdale may be Texas' bloody answer to Mark Twain

"...digging in a flower bed across the creek from their home, so an irate neighbor cracked the dog across..."

June 26, 2009 Books Feature by Joe O'Connell

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...Ambassadors, will protest the incarceration of immigrant children and their parents at the T. Don Hutto Residential Cen­ter in..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature

Pachanga!

Cinco de Mayo month Part III – the hombres: from Jovita's Mayo Pardo to Ruben Ramos' Mexican Revolution, Del Castillo, Joel Guzman, y más

"...to be done. Venues are limited, and musicians and their supporters will have to match the cyber-pace of the..."

May 29, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Torch of the Mystic

Sir Richard Bishop, keeper of the flame

"...men and women (Yogis and Yoginis), all dressed in their finest saffron or red garments, who congregate on a..."

May 26, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Dialogues of the Carmelites

Austin Lyric Opera meets the challenge of Poulenc's work with economy and emotive power

"...of Austin Lyric Opera for showing that they, and their audience, were very much up to the challenge...."

April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Off the Record

Freddie's Place unplugs, crate digging for Record Store Day, the second coming of Arc Angels, and sitting stage left at Austin City Limits

"...Martinez, says that affected restaurants could apply to have their zoning changed, though that would involve approval from the..."

April 17, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Wine of the Week

This region's wines are pure, delicate, and elegant

"...at its finest. Unlike most winemakers, the Venicas allow their wines to age in the bottle to develop some..."

April 10, 2009 Food Column by Wes Marshall

Bittan Bits

Live might

"..."Darlington County." Two of Bittan's finest showcases miss only their designation, "Streets of Fire." Essential...."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Kingdom of Days

Bruce Springsteen doesn't call E Street pianist Roy Bittan "Professor" for nothing

"...phone in Malibu, Calif., where he, his wife, and their two kids have resided for more than 20 years,..."

April 3, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar is all agog at the gods of film and music

"...us. House is such an inadequate word to describe their dwelling. Even palatial seems too demure, but I digress...."

March 20, 2009 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Showcases

Thursday

"...just raging hardcore. They sent me the songs for their new 7-inch, and they're really good."..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...gamers and shows how the tabletop fantasy fits into their lives. He doesn't shy away from exploring the inherent..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Party Crawl

"...win the contest for booking the funnest bands for their day party. Kicking things off outside just a hair..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Melanie Haupt

Help Me Help You

Career advice and self-help evangelism at SXSW

"...the more than 30 film critics who have lost their jobs in the past year. In a time when..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Watchmen

Although this hotly anticipated film has ideas galore, it remains bizarrely cold and uninvolving.

"...Cleveland who witnessed the rise of Euro-fascism and created their own non-Aryan superman to defend the dime-store candy-counter imaginations..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...The push to allow Texas microbrewers to sell their products on their premises has returned to the Capitol...."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature

All Access

Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses

"...fact that the Ford site prompted its visitors for their ZIP codes before they could begin to outfit their..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Mike Kanin

Burnam Supports Brewers

Fort Worth representative explains HB 1062

"...1062/SB 754, which would allow Texas brewers to sell their product on the premises of their breweries – a..."

Feb. 17, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Miró Quartet

An inspiring celebration of Mendelssohn's 200th birthday by the string quartet at UT

"...how well the players know one another as artists, their seamless collaboration the sharpened tools of a world-class ensemble...."

Feb. 13, 2009 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...lords a-freakin’, pipers puffing, and 12 drummers drumming up their best Roy Haynes: 12 additional vintage ECM jazz Touchstones..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

A Cabinet of Drawings

The Ransom Center reminds us of the power of seeing originals over reproductions

"...these are vibrantly present to stimulate the eyes and their detail-hungry brain. The effect is, cumulatively, stunning...."

Dec. 19, 2008 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

True Blues

Alan Govenar's blues tome doesn't need to correct blues mythos. Blues is myth and vice versa.

"...The photos tell their own stories in vivid tones, historic ephemera showing cotton..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mail-Order Gifts

Send those out-of-towners a little taste of Austin for the holidays

"...the option to shop online or by phone from their full-color catalogs. Check out the County Line Bar-B-Q (www.airribs.com,..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Food Feature

Fear(s) of the Dark

This French anthology of six short animated films, which are thematically linked by their dark tonalities and stirrings of dread, has greater appeal for animation buffs than horror hounds.

"...six short animated films, which are thematically linked by their dark tonalities and stirrings of dread, will have greater..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girlie Action

Exclamation Love; Don't Be Shy; Velvet Sky; My Barn Having Burned, I Can Now See the Moon

"...and "This Time, Next Time" are powerful statements on their own, blending Pullus' roots-rock tendencies with her love for..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Larry Goes to Dallas

AISD CFO Larry Throm takes on the challenge of fixing broken ISD

"...off to do the same for Dallas ISD as their new executive chief financial officer...."

Nov. 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Cookie Lounge

Head to Cookie Lounge for customized, fresh-from-the-oven, gourmet treats

"...Paul Vaden, along with award-winning pastry chef Mark Chapman. Their chic new shop in the West Campus area offers..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Food Review by Virginia B. Wood

Improvisation on Four Legs and a Seat

Eighty Texas artists accept Damian Priour's invitation to riff on the idea of chair

"...others respond, taking the original theme and making it their own...."

Nov. 14, 2008 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

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