Cultural Arts Division

Learn from the city how public art happens and how the downturn is affecting local creatives

"...summer will inform the conversation among the four panelists: Victoria Corcoran of the Corcoran & Co. consulting firm; LBJ..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Collector

From the writer and director of Saw 4-6 comes this horror film about a handyman who tries to rob his employers' home but finds it rigged with a lethal maze.

"...headed by growly husband Michael (Burke) and Botox-injecting wife Victoria (Roth). The Chases are on their way out of..."

July 31, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

An American Carol

Michael Moore and left-leaning Hollywood are the subjects of this spoof that's missing only one thing: comedy.

"...been named Bin Laden City and has billboards for Victoria's Burka. Meanwhile, this jumble of scene shifts is narrated..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breathing New Life Into an Old Genre

Cowboy Smoke

"...2003 deaths of 19 immigrants outside Moore's hometown of Victoria, Texas, from the stifling heat inside the 18-wheeler used..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Res Publica

Your good-citizen calendar for July 31-Aug. 7

"...the folks from the Travis County Healthcare District. 7-8:30pm. 
St. John's Episcopal Church, 11201 Parkfield. 
www.cityofaustin.org/traviscountyhd/northcentral...."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Feature

Why Chamber Music?

For the folks who play it, it's the intimacy and democracy and unity and fun

"...and play games together and do summer things together – swim and hang out and drink ......"

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Conspirare's performance of the Verdi work provided a blazing vision of Judgment Day and a transcendent glimpse of glory

"...world by fire, you could have had your answer – and a definitive one, too – in Dell Hall..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Moosehead

Canada gets bigger

"...Streaming down once again from the Great White North – 109 performers, last we counted – there's one thing..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Billy Bob DA Claims Cleanliness

Rumor that Jackson County's Bobby Bell was popped for cocaine possession unfounded

"...arrested on drug charges by DeWitt Co. law enforcers – at least not that DeWitt Co. Sheriff Jode Zave­sky..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin's Corn-Powered Cop-Car Conundrum

Did climate-change concerns trump common sense when the city decided to rush a nearly $3 million order for new cop cars?

"...million order to Ford for 188 new "flex-fuel" Crown Victoria police cars, which the city plans to fuel with..."

Sept. 21, 2007 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Viva Belize!

You may have to fly to Belize to see Jerry Jeff Walker perform these days; just don't call out any requests

"...cap. Around him people are gathering in the bar – most over 45, displaying more than a few ponytails,..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Music Feature by Kevin Brass

Green on the Go

For Austin Green Art, every day is Earth Day – or eARTh Day

"...working with ideas about how to Grow Austin Weird – not just from a garden perspective but also from..."

May 25, 2007 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Food-o-File

Revisiting Josephine Viscardi; plus, Cissi's Market on South Congress

"...referring to her as an astute businesswoman and doting grandmother…..."

March 2, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Young and Hungry

ACC offers students two restaurants' worth of opportunity

"...in the fields of culinary arts, hospitality management, travel & tourism, and meeting & event planning (with a future..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Food Feature by Mick Vann

John Tucker Must Die

Teen female-revenge comedy doesn't live up to the edginess promised by its title.

"...moments – well, again, there is Metcalfe wearing that Victoria’s Secret underwear – John Tucker Must Die will undoubtedly..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mozart! (Like You've Never Heard It Before)

Austin choral ensemble Conspirare marks Mozart's 250th birthday with the newly finished version of his 'Mass in C Minor' in the concert Mozart! (Like You've Never Heard It Before)

"...genius. In Mozart's case, one of his contemporaries, Franz Süssmayr, completed his incomplete Requiem, and while the finished work..."

June 16, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Madea's Family Reunion

In this sequel to last year’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Tyler Perry ups the ante and includes Cicely Tyson and Maya Angelou in his coffee klatch.

"...Madea’s crotchety brother Joe (Perry, again), Lisa’s conniving mother Victoria (Whitfield), who needs the brutal-but-wealthy Carlos in the family..."

March 3, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Remembering Hazel Obey

Local civil rights leader, whose civic career spanned more than three decades, died Dec. 30

"...fire Obey brought to her civic and professional career – as an 18-year member of the Democratic National Committee,..."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Burton's best work in ages is eye candy of the highest order and as eminently watchable as a hilltop Halloween pyre or a Día de los Muertos parade run amok.

"...Georgia" animation that popped up in one of Spike & Mike’s midnight shows a few years back (see "Irreplaceable,"..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Irreplaceable

Co-director Mike Johnson on 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' and how stop-motion has done more than survive amid the rise of computer animation

"...confused, young Victor caught between two brides, the living Victoria and the dead Corpse Bride (voiced by Johnny Depp,..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Finding Light in Shadow

Conspirare sings of deep hope in the midst of great suffering

"...spirituals that connect the work to oppressed peoples throughout history.ÊIn balance, the concert will close with the final two..."

June 17, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Three-Five-Zero-Zero,' Meet Two-Zero-Zero-Four

Another 'dirty little war' makes 'Hair' current again

"...a war widely protested as unjustified, unnecessary, and imperialistic – which gives this 35-year-old work a new immediacy. So..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Texas, Art Texas

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

"...Science. Every entry contains all the essential practical info – address, phone number, days and hours of operation, cost..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Travis Co. selects finalists for the hospital district board

"...A former hospital administrator, a CEO, and three lawyers – one who's also a doctor – made the Travis..."

July 23, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

Bound For the Board?

A Who's Who of applicants for the hospital district board

"...Victoria Hsu, engineer and former director of the Texas Board..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature

Around the World in 80 Days

Jackie Chan finally emerges as plausible English-language star in this international romp that's as light as a hot-air balloon.

"...into the mix. Cameos by Kathy Bates as Queen Victoria and Luke and Owen Wilson as the Wright Brothers..."

June 18, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spotlight: HeKill Three

Austin's Hekill Three, a cock-rock band stuck in a heavy-metal band's body

"...Martin, McMakin, and Langenberg all spent their adolescence in Victoria, but didn't sow the seeds of HeKill Three until..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

The Class of 1985

The 69th Legislature, 1985, marked a turning point in the future of Texas politics

"...of those members have moved on, willingly or unwillingly – or have long since changed party. Some, like Irma..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

On the Lege

Sen. Bill Ratliff's committee shows what good government looks like as it takes up controversial HB 4.

"...horribly burned and nearly killed when his Ford Crown Victoria exploded after a rear-end collision. Schechterle pointed out that..."

April 25, 2003 News Column by Michael King

¡Ay, Almodóvar!

You can't begin to explain the bewildering, gorgeous operatics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar's universe, where chance meets destiny and words take a way backseat to the communicative powers of hot, howling sex.

"...explain the bewildering, gorgeous operatics of Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar's universe, where chance meets destiny and words take a..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

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