Another Round of Praise

Nominations for the 2007-2008 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...For the 16th year, an informal affiliation of local arts critics have joined to recognize the year's..."

May 9, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance Repertory Theatre

UT resident student dance company Dance Repertory Theatre makes the leap to the national stage, as in the Kennedy Center, via the 2006 National College Dance Festival

"...This week, the young artists of Dance Repertory Theatre, UT's resident student dance company, will..."

May 12, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

UT Joins Pioneering New Plays Initiative

The UT Department of Theatre & Dance will gain even more access to new drama through a new program from the Playwrights' Center

"...When it comes to new plays, the UT Department of Theatre & Dance means business. Not only..."

July 2, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

As Theatre for Children Matures

In 40 years of nurturing young people's love for the stage, Coleman Jennings has helped a profession develop, too

"...Jennings hasn't been a child for many, many years, but he has devoted his life to the child in..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Dance

Some Austin dance artists will be getting out of town this summer – way out of town: Innsbruck, Jacob's Pillow, and Hong Kong – thanks to special invitations

"...Like most everyone, dance artists like to get out of town during the..."

June 23, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...Planet Theatre: Tomorrowland..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures & Pleasures of 2005

'Chronicle' Arts Editor Robert Faires lists his favorite theatrical productions of 2005

"...1) Americamisfit (Salvage Vanguard Theater) Playwright Dan Dietz dusted off the lost saga of our country's first serial killers..."

Jan. 6, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin's Musical Theatre Scene

"...Judy Arnold, Jacqui Cross and Yolanda Williams in Dreamgirls photograph byKenny Braun ig and..."

Aug. 1, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Night of Theater 2006: The list

Take your pick of 21 performances being offered at no charge with Free Night of Theater 2006

"...Thursday, Oct. 19Austin Improv Collective: Thursday Night Awesome; The Hideout Theatre, 617 Congress..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Arts Feature

Law and Other Performing Arts

The hottest arts venue in Austin this week may well be the UT Law School, where internationally renowned cultural figures, local arts luminaries, and prominent legal experts are converging there for a symposium on law and the performing arts.

"...The hottest arts venue in town this week? The UT Law School...."

March 1, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...1. Cabaret (UT Performing Arts Center) There is glitz and glamour and..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Playwrights @ UT: An Edgar for Dietz, a Wendy for Ramsey

It was a good week for playwrights at UT as a student received a new prize for young women dramatists and a faculty member earned an honor from the Mystery Writers of America

"...was an especially good one for playwrights on the UT campus. On Monday, April 23, Linda Ramsey, a senior..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table have announced nominations for their eighth annual..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Theatrical Treasures and Pleasures of 2006

"...1) Urinetown: The Musical (Zachary Scott Theatre Center) This unlikeliest of Broadway hits – a parody..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...Top 10 Theatrical Wonders of 20001. Curb Appeal (Frontera@Hyde Park Theatre) The gifted, funny,..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table Nominations 1998

"...The Austin Theatre Critics' Table have announced nominations for their sixth annual..."

May 15, 1998 Arts Feature

Update: Fate of UT's Fine Arts Library

Provost OKs recommendations to preserve, upgrade fifth floor

"...For months, the fate of the Fine Arts Library at the University of Texas..."

April 11, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Agony of the Ecstasy

Will the federal and local crackdown on ecstasy put raves out of business?

"...if you're over, say, 10 years old. The wisdom of such an accouterment for anyone old enough to sport..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees

"...it's never static. The work created in the performing and visual arts is always changing, ever evolving. That's because..."

May 24, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Community Chest and Chance Rolled Into One

The Applicants

"...Lisa Fehrman photograph by Bret Brookshire A handful of artists applying for funding are being monitored as..."

May 28, 1999 Arts Feature

Dance Visionary Charles Santos Heads to NYC Life Cycles

"...fall -- the temperature is pushing 80 degrees -- and the cappuccino in front of Charles Santos is warmer..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

"...be long before we get a national touring production of the O. J. Saga, complete with a white Blazer..."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

A Wary Campus Community Readies for COVID at UT

Gone to Texas ... for now

"...Studying for his all-virtual semester from his off-campus apartment may not be the college experience Jared Orkin..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Seeds of Inspiration

The 2012 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...the question that inevitably comes up whenever two members of Austin's creative community connect. We stay so active here..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...In 1926, historian Carl Sandburg described President Abraham Lincoln’s male friendships as having a..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...OUTsider Fest..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...a cross-country car journey that taught us a little about life, a little about love, and a lot about..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

David Mark Cohen New Works Festival

The sophomore model of the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival at the UT Department of Theatre and Dance is a full10 days of original dances, dramas, solo performances, site-specific productions, and musicals, supplemented by panel discussions, master classes, and open classes having to do with the work presented -- 45 events in all.

"...Two years ago, the UT Department of Theatre and Dance inaugurated a festival showcasing..."

April 4, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...Iden Payne Awards, Austin's opportunity to laud the best and brightest luminaries of the stage - and screen...."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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