Top 10 (plus one) Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2007

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires recalls 2007, in the theatre

"...my thought after seeing Dave Steakley's high-gloss, high-spirited revival of this Coward comedy. Cliff Simon's set and Susan Branch's..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2007

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2007 in dance and classical music

"...the Barbarians (Austin Lyric Opera) Mounting the American premiere of a new opera by Philip Glass in Austin was..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Most Memorable Locally Produced Live Performance Offerings that I Chanced to See in 2007 (A Hierarchical List)

Chronicle Arts writer Barry Pineo on the most memorable moments onstage in 2007

"...1) A Thought in Three Parts (Rubber Repertory) This unashamedly obscene, relatively old Wallace Shawn..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Top 10 (Plus One) Memorable Discoveries of 2007

Chronicle Arts writer Salvador Castillo remembers 2007 in the visual arts

"...Scott Eastwood, Jules Buck Jones, and Drew Liverman's "Stalemate of the Boozefox" (Mass Gallery) Wow. Double wow! There's a..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Salvador Castillo

Top 10 Favorite Arts Events Across The Disciplines (In No Particular Order)

Chronicle Arts writer Wayne Alan Brenner on his favorite arts events in 2007

"...show by painter Christa Palazzolo featured 3-foot-by-4-foot oil portraits of her friends in the Big Apple, rendered in formal..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place's Top 10 Queer Doin's 2007

All the doors that opened from the closet to the men's room

"...1) While peckers like the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, made..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Features Feature by Kate Getty

Top 10 'It's Alive!' Moments in Dance, of Those Events I Happened To See in 2010

Recalling the times in 2010 when contemporary dance and ballet showed a pulse

"...In 2010, both ballet and contemporary dance were proclaimed flatliners by..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Film News Top 10 of 2006

The top Texas stories of 2006

"...film industry in 2006 will likely make or break 2007 when the Legislature convenes and considers a filming incentives..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Top 3 Visual-Arts Stories for 2007

Chronicle Arts writer Rachel Koper remembers 2007 in the visual arts

"...the galleries that represent them are getting a level of national press coverage that bodes well for the future...."

Jan. 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

Faster Than Sound: 12 Years of Peligrosa Drives ¡Eso Es!

Local DJ collective sets a mood at Margin Walker’s new fiesta-val of all Latinx talent

"...for the first-ever ¡Eso Es! day fest. Chanel Quiñones of local bookers Margin Walker Presents also drew on her..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

"...wrong time, and you'll find yourself working slowly from stoplight to stoplight. At less gridlocked hours, you'll hope to..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

State of the City Address

As delivered by Mayor Lee Leffingwell today

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his State of the City Address before the Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 2, 2010 News Post by Lee Nichols

Texas Film Hall of Fame Slate Finalized

Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack, and Dennis Quaid join the lineup for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards

"...and emcee for the ninth annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards are now locked for the March 12th..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cuando los Disfraces se Cuelgan / Carmina Burana and Kai

Completeness from Delfos Danza Contemporánea, mixed results from Ballet Austin

"...fully explored artistic concept with dance (when we so often see one but not the other). Cuando los Difraces..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

State of the City

Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of Austin luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 2

"...Mayor Lee Leffingwell delivered his state of the city address at a Real Estate Council of..."

Feb. 5, 2010 News Feature

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the city of Austin required..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

A Stage of Their Own

TexARTS has yet to find its audience in Austin, but outside it is another story

"...this holiday season would have seen a spectacular staging of A Christmas Carol – a local version of the..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This Way to the Big Top!

From budget disaster to hysterical bloodletting, the legislative circus is back in town

"...In 2009, the 81st Legislature of the state of Texas was nicknamed the "hurry up..."

Jan. 14, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Cacophony of Passions

Why the City Council changed the boards and commissions system – and what still needs to be done

"..."Any time the citizens of Austin feel left out, it only causes problems."..."

Jan. 30, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Bat Boy: The Musical

Weekly World News' favorite cover boy is alive and well in Summer Stock Austin's energetic show

"...Mary Moody Northen Theatre, through Aug. 10..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Arts Review by Hannah Kenah

From the Vaults: Rollo Banks' Dragon Tattoo

Movie talk about "dragon tattoos" gets me thinking about Rollo Banks

"...All this chatter everywhere about end-of-the-year movies, Top-10 lists, Oscar predictions, etc. becomes a din..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Adjusting to the Mise-en-Scène

Nine nonfilmmakers – artists out of place – make one in 48 hours

"...aspiring movie-makers, and dilettantes who had forsaken the comforts of both their creative approaches and their soft pillows to..."

July 13, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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

A-B-C-Dethklok

'Metalocalypse' director for Drafthouse anthology plus contest news

"...The list of directors for Drafthouse Film's upcoming horror anthology The ABCs..."

Aug. 28, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Spring is full of festivals and flowers

"...begins on Fat Tuesday and finishes in the heart of wildflower season...."

March 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Fantastic Fest First Wave Films Announced (Finally)

Fantastic Fest 2009, Round One

"...make your blood run cold. (And didn't Fantastic Fest 2007 feature The Last Winter, like, totally predict what's now..."

July 13, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Austin's bands of tomorrow are already here, they're just U18

"...Despite the local proliferation of music schools, teen bands are considered a novelty. True,..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Luv Doc: A Big Move

An unexpected wet willie from the finger of the divine

"...are all here. Now, four months later, I can’t stop thinking about her and I feel I've made a..."

May 2, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

Monumental Shift

Major personnel changes across the Austin arts scene signal the start of a new era

"...When the history of Austin is written, 2007 will be remembered as the..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: Why Would Someone – Why Would Anyone – Vote for Trump?

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

"...mud-slinging and the whingeing … after months and months of impertinence and perfidy … after all the Clinton pantsuits..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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