Culture Flash!

"...Austin Fine Arts Alliance this Saturday, Feb. 26, 6:30-10pm. Their Night in the Galleries tours six leading visual art..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

TV Eye

I recently had one of those challenging conversations I have from time to time about my TV viewing habits

"...for me to hear from TV viewers who like their TV cut in narratively simple shapes that they like..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

What Makes Cirque Worque?

Unlocking the enduring phenomenon of Cirque du Soleil

"...du Soleil or the willingness of audiences to shed their iPods, abandon their cocoons, and plop down top dollar..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...three Austin entrepreneurs to the chocolate business and sampling their distinctive individual products. We've also got the scoop on..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...He starts with criollo and trinitario beans, prized for their strong and distinct flavors. First the beans are roasted,..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...masters he encounters illuminate Rosenblum's trek, as he samples their wares and expands his "database of available chocopleasures." Reading..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Bad Education

Almodóvar delivers the finest movie of his career: a film noir melodrama that maybe should be called film sanguine.

"...palette, as well as his ripe characters bursting with their melodramatic lives and messy emotions. Yet in addition to..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Luv Doc Recommends: Carnaval Brasilero

Palmer Events Center, Saturday, February 5, 2005

"...your cribbage mates at the retirement home are soaking their choppers in glasses of Efferdent. Ever try to gum..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Dream Job

Inside the production of Richard Linklater's 'A Scanner Darkly'

"...then whichever scene seemed to be a match for their animation abilities they could take a stab at...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hotel Rwanda

Don Cheadle, in the finest performance of his career, headlines this true-life story about the "Oskar Schindler of Kigali, Rwanda" during the massacres of 1994.

"...to protect his, wife Tatiana (Okonedo), a Tutsi, and their three children, and he employs all the cunning he..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

FronteraFest 2005

"...$12, Sat. For more details about the shows and their creators (and for those harried, last-minute updates), check out..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Arts Review

Le Tigre

"...Le Tigre stand alone with a programmed beat for their revolution, but something has been lost in vexation. What..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Top 10 Performances That Transported Me in 2004

Robert Faires lists his favorite theatre, dance, and classical productions of 2004

"...across the cast, the dancers communicated the anguish of their characters in every impassioned gesture and step. Moving drama,..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tasting the Stars

Champagne: an appreciation and primer

"...The Italians have been letting the cost of their Proseccos drift up with the Euro, and they aren't..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Games: Part 2

Gift guide

"...seem to explode without effect unless they directly hit their intended target. There is a certain amount of repetitiveness..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Jeff Hanson

Hark! The Herald Organ Sings

New UT faculty members and exceptional organists Gerre and Judith Hancock give the mighty Visser- Rowland organ a workout with their own holiday concert

"...this week they'll be making merry with it in their very own holiday concert at Bates Recital Hall. Judith..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

George Jones

Gift guide

"...for the Roses" have been substituted for the originals. Their absence is regrettable, but the remakes are strong and..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Big Books

Gift guide

"...Fantagraphics' Blab! No. 15, the latest in their annual Monte Beauchamp-edited anthology, is the usual sequential art..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sore Winners

The GOP seems determined to make representative government a game of 'winner-take-all'

"...decide whether the indictment merits a public federal humiliation. Their Eminences shouldn't worry; humiliation will arrive regardless...."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Food-o-File

In memoriam: The Central Texas barbecue family lost one of its most accomplished pit masters on Nov. 6. Laron Morgan, co-owner of Elgin's Cross Town Bar- B-Q, died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 51.

"...big selection of high-school sports trophies. The popularity of their barbecue made it possible for the partners to move..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Luv Doc Recommends: Ray Wylie Hubbard & Gurf Morlix

Cactus Cafe, Saturday, November 20, 2004

"...Hot Club of Cowtown, Slaid Cleaves, and Hubbard himself. Their most recent collaboration, Growl, is perhaps Hubbard’s finest release..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Athenian Grill

Things have changed at the space formerly occupied by Jean Luc's Bistro

"...($11.99) was a good way to sample two of their spit-roasted meats. While the gyro was good, the chicken..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Food Review by Claudia Alarcón

A Different Kind of World

Comics legend Joe Kubert talks about his life as it was and as it might have been

"...handful of artists whose longevity is surpassed only by their uncanny grasp of the medium's storytelling potential and by..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Double Bliss

A day in the life of 'Austin City Limits' at 30

"...mom loves ACL, specifically 1988's Leonard Cohen episode. At their prerehearsal huddle, Black tells Lickona she's made her son..."

Oct. 29, 2004 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Benda Mask

Untold secrets of Jean Arthur

"...Arthur and Chester Morris foiling the Dillinger escape plan. Their freshly showered couch cozy, her combing of his hair,..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas, Art Texas

When it comes to Lone Star art, Rebecca Cohen wrote the book (finally!)

"...[to go or not go to these places] on their own. If I had gone in and said, 'I..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shaun of the Dead

This "romantic comedy … with zombies" has a note-perfect mix of humor, horror, love, and death.

"...boorish, Playstation-addicted, layabout pal Ed (Frost) down pints at their local pub, the Winchester, a pastime with which the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

The Conrans will 'Captain' 'Princess of Mars'; plus, Linklater headed for 'Bad News'

"...saw the Alamo and its staff decked out in their finest flyin' ace regalia. Conran's vivid, CGI 'n' actors..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

The Films Are Alive ...

Dispatches from the Toronto International Film Festival: No. 3

"...Toronto International Film Festival. Two high-profile music bios received their North American launch at separate gala screenings. Beyond the..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...being open to the possibility of a person changing their life under the harshest of circumstances we once again..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Column

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