If You Build It ...

Ah, you know the rest

"...big arts story for 2008 was? After 16 years of planning, designing and redesigning, raising millions of dollars, and..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Honor Roll

The 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 2, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin..."

June 6, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Break Into the Future

It's a new day for chamber music, as the Austin Chamber Music Festival shows

"...The Austin Chamber Music Festival is once again upon us, so may we..."

July 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Opinion: Force Out Hartzell at Your Own Risk

An incoming UT student urges caution on the recent campaign to force University of Texas President Jay Hartzell to resign. His replacement could be much worse.

"...Like many of my fellow lifetime Austinites, I was quite disturbed by..."

May 3, 2024 Column by Dash Kostka

Off the Record

The Dawg Days of Summer: Introducing Cameron Smith and Austin Backstage Live

"...That's essentially Austin Backstage Live. Located at the corner of Slaughter Lane and I-35 in South Austin, the proposed..."

July 23, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Art or Parenting?

Four professional artists discuss how having kids has affected their careers and ways of working

"...grows a bit older in this creative town. One of them is the rapid shrinking of one's peer group..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Mélat, Chingona Fest, Benjamin Tod, and More Crucial Concerts

Lots of sounds to be heard this week

"...Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. & the M.G.s), Los Yesterdays, and DJ..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Fast Forward Austin Does Compute

New-music champions science the shit out of its upcoming concert with The Difference Engine

"...Blue to solve this equation: (innovative local composers + musicians willing to tackle new work) x several hours of..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Austin Angles for BMI

Music leaders court performance rights organization, plus a requiem for Draylen Mason

"...One of the practical functions of South by Southwest is that..."

March 30, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Spectrum Dance Theater’s Rambunctious

The company’s program, with a new work inspired by the 1966 UT Tower shooting, spoke powerfully to our present moment

"...America – what can our country's artists tell us about ourselves? Spectrum Dance Theater, based in Seattle and headed..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Dawn Upshaw

The celebrated singer of opera and musical theatre knows how to use the tools for doing her job

"...I may not have hit college during the Worn-Out LP era, but I can relate to the fad...."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...The Killer Bs must be proud of A-Town. The shades of Beethoven, Brahms, and Bach have..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

No More Cutting Class

UT's informal classes program finds two new homes

"...saw the final performances at the Cactus Cafe before KUT takes over its management (see "You Coulda Walked Around..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

World on a String

Young violinists from across the globe flock to Austin for North America's first Menuhin Competition

"...The heavy wooden door may muffle human voices, but the voice of a violin sings right through it,..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Morris Beachy

Remembering Austin's pioneering choral conductor

"...earned the first doctorate in voice from the University of Southern California. From the moment he hit the University..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Howdy, Pardner!

In 2010, the watchword among Austin creatives was 'collaboration'

"...Who made the big stories of 2010 in Austin's creative scene? Each of the individual..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

March 21, 2008 News Feature

Culture Flash

A new opera for the Butlers and a big art prize for Beili Liu

"...• The University of Texas' Butler School of Music has commissioned a new..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Making It Happen

The 2007 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...ideal moment or action by others to make a contribution. This might be true for a cultural scene more..."

June 1, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Menuhin Competition 2014

"...Of course, the focus of the Menuhin Competition are the..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Arts Feature

UT New Music Ensemble

This program of fresh work proved again why NME is one of Austin's hidden gems

"...UT New Music Ensemble..."

Feb. 18, 2011 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Barbara Smith Conrad

A week of celebration for the great mezzo where her career was launched against all odds

"...With the inauguration of our 44th president, the observation that much has changed..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Queenie Pie

This Ellington opus may not look much like opera, but it sure swings like the Duke

"...called it an opera. It's being staged by the Butler Opera Center. Still, you could be forgiven for mistaking..."

April 24, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin's Throwing a Big Bash for Beethoven in 2020

The classical community is lighting 250 candles for this musical superhero

"...party in 2020? Then get to wherever Austin's classical musicians are, because they have a serious shindig underway that's..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lunar Vacation, Nané Day, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Grab the earplugs and hit the clubs

"...The charm of the Cactus Blossoms arises from the irresistible harmonies of..."

April 11, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Culture Flash!

Miró finds a violinist, ACGS finds a guitarist, and it's time to take out the Trash

"...• The Miró Quartet is a full foursome again. Most of this..."

July 29, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

'How Wild the Sea'

Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts brings waves into the concert hall with new symphonic work

"...A man on a rooftop, helpless as his home is surrounded by water and..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Sonata Limits

Bion Tsang and Anton Nel bring a little class(ical) to the Austin City Limits studio

"...You may have thought that in the 34 years of taping in the KLRU studios, every kind of musician..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Informal Classes Set to Open New Chapter

Popular UT program gets second chance in life

"...to close the Cactus Cafe was met with public outcry, the parallel decision to terminate the informal classes in..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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