Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...recognized the year's most exceptional achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for these..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Local critics have put their heads – and pens – together to recognize..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man With the Light Touch

Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire

"...just begun his 10th season with the orchestra – cuts a modest figure, even in a tux: slight of..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Rob Curran (art), Jamie Smith Cantara (theatre), Mike Huebner (music), Dawn Davis Loring (dance), Sondra Lomax (dance), Moira Muldoon..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...with microscopic – albeit tastemaking – NYC label Godmode, but this kid feels like he's next. In a couple..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 6, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art To Enchant

The winners of the 2010-11 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...On Monday, June 6, the Austin Critics Table handed out its annual awards for outstanding achievements in the Austin..."

June 10, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Thousand-String Guitar

Austin gets the world jazzed about classical guitar

"...the time-honored ways: minimum-wage-slaving it in some mall retail outlet, catching rays at Barton Springs, sleeping in. But on..."

June 18, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2002-2003

The full list of nominations for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Awards, recognizing exceptional work in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art from May 1, 2002 to April..."

May 9, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

More Places at the Table

The Austin Critics Table is about to hand out its annual awards for achievement in the arts for the 10th year, and the list of nominees is longer than ever.

"...the informal affiliation of local arts writers gathered to put together nominations for the 2001-02 Critics Table Awards, they..."

May 24, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fall Arts Issue Critics Picks

From the arts harvest, our critics pluck choice treats

"...With the autumn comes the feast, in the arts as well as..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Aid

In the wake of Katrina, Austin artists do their part to help

"...from Hurricane Katrina, Austin arts organizations and individual artists, musicians, comedians, puppeteers, drama educators, and a rainbow of performers..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Heather Barfield Cole

Off the Record

Round five for the Cactus Cafe and the Texas Union board: The gloves come off

"...office of the vice president for student affairs, Juan González, for further evaluation, but there's still some question as..."

March 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Playback: ACL Fest Platinum

Lucky 13 marks the biggest ACL Fest yet

"...Austin's largest outdoor music festival commences this weekend with ACL Fest. A..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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

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

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...Following a post-South by Southwest road trip to perform at a secret..."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: The Fable Trilogy, Briscoe Center's "Greatest Hits," and Beerland Sold

Rare local reissues from Jazzman Records, the Briscoe Center’s Music Collections presents its “Greatest Hits,” and – has Beerland been sold?

"...label partner Laura Mordecai, a former Austin Federation of Musicians employee...."

May 31, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Applause! Applause!

The full list of winners for the 2002-2003 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art, as presented during its annual ceremony at the Capitol City Comedy Club.

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

June 6, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Green Events: Sept. 28-Oct. 3

"...If you can't make it out to Fredericksburg this weekend for the Renewable Energy Roundup,..."

Sept. 27, 2007 Columns Post

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

"...status as an incubator of new drama. Since its debut in 1994, the Planet has been a space where..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Rhythm is King

"...Dario y Su Combo Rican at Miguel's La Bodega..."

June 25, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...to full stages and full houses in 2022, the evolution in theatre that came with the pandemic-accelerated shift to..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...the faces of skyscrapers and in office lobbies, atop utility poles and under bridges, in trash trucks and Barton..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Linklater/Hawke/Black: The Complete Transcript

"...Bernstein. With all three screening films at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival, they gathered at Louis Black's..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature

High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...that gets overlooked. Not so many people travel there, but millions have passed through it: Francisco Coronado in the..."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...owed not only to the creative types working today but also those individuals of earlier times whose initiative and..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Shostakovich 100 Schedule

"...12 months, covering every aspect of the composer's varied output at every stage of his career, from his first..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lesly Reynaga Seeks Mariachi's Modern Moment With Valerosa

Austin singer outfits Mexican folklórico with Linda Ronstadt's pop heft

"...Lesly Reynaga wants to keep thinking big. Her recent debut at another fest by local C3 Presents, Lollapalooza, was..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...Sahara Lounge co-owner Topaz McGarrigle, Golden Dawn Arkestra pays tribute to jazz extraterrestrial Sun Ra with an out-of-this-world live..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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