Casting the Net

"...lanky, shorn Campanell, a recent transplant from D.C.'s George Washington University, who had been spending his time producing a..."

June 18, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...take cuttings. In Texas, the colonial settlement area around Washington-on-the-Brazos was fertile ground for their antique rose quest...."

Feb. 27, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...Bill Paxton surveys the crowd from the opera box at the Paramount Theatre before the world premiere..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...BBQ and a Black vendor market, at the George Washington Carver Museum. Saturday’s festival wraps a week’s worth of..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...Saturday 1, George Washington Carver Museum..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...strange, surreal, unconventional and unexpected.” This month’s selection, Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente, combines speculative sci-fi with international..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows

"...husbands!" Kristin Hayter, a pianist and vocalist fluent in opera, approaches Christianity with the same blood-soaked discomfort she unleashed..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...between a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal) and a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish), Cage must reflect upon the legacy of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Persephone Station Recasts the Magnificent Seven as Women in Space

Austin author Stina Leicht pens a rip-roaring mix of planetary intrigue, intergalactic adventure, and righteous sisterhood

"...from her others. Persephone Station is a feminist space opera rooted in the traditions of the cinematic American Western,..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Mike Berry

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...Feast 4/18, canceled; The Blue Bash 5/14, canceled Austin Opera – Winter Journey (Winterreise) 3/28-4/05, canceled but will be..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...orchestra for a performance by Ballet Austin or Austin Opera, an ensemble from the Austin Chamber Music Center or..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Happenings, news, and more

"...Jerry Jeff Walker Concert Jan. 2, the Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston, 409/765-1894, www.thegrand.com..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam: Robin Goodfellow

Singular Austin improviser has taken his final bow (wow wow)

"...housewives, rocks and rock stars, the Phantom of the Opera, a submarine-with-periscope, spies, aliens, Hitler, a loaf of bread,..."

Aug. 12, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A to Um... With Stephin Merritt

A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y am I doing this?

"...You’ve written a book, albums, staged musicals, written for opera. Is there any medium you want to explore?..."

May 6, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen

Housecore Horror Calls for More 'Saw

'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2' revs, plus VHS and 35mm joy

"...even singing as Luigi Largo in Repo! The Genetic Opera...."

Aug. 14, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...the House Select Com­mittee on Transparency in State Agency Opera­tions on Oct. 22, with one full-time staffer doing nothing..."

Oct. 25, 2013 News Feature

'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

In the latest chapter of this sci-fi spoof's success story: an international tour and Broadway!

"...at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; a week at the Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh,..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...and Bousman for his cult musical Repo! The Genetic Opera...."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

First Generation

The 2011 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Tour. No art museums. No symphony. No ballet. No opera. None of the scores of small independent arts companies..."

June 3, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ann, Taylor-made

A stage tribute to Ann Richards becomes Ms. Holland's opus

"...2010, she workshopped the play at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston, following it with a run at..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Team Risk

UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work

"...Coleman came to UT from Washington, D.C., where her experience producing festivals taught her what..."

March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pressure Rising at the Water Utility

One manager forced out, another accused of harassment ... who's watching the valves?

"...one of seven newly created jobs in the Pipeline Operations division of the utility, and neither was hired. MGT's..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...to the true blue classics, the Hong Kong Blood Opera serves up its punk rock hard and fast, still..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

A Year Later

Galveston marks Ike anniversary with celebrations of recovery and rebirth

"...and certainly no medical care. Public health officials from Washington and from Austin said to me: 'Your citizens cannot..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Supreme Courtship

Christopher Buckley delivers some pretty spot-on satire of Beltway politics but misses the mark for humor

"...doubt that Buckley delivers some pretty spot-on satire of Washington, D.C., politics, just as he has done in other..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Books Review by Jordan Smith

Cartoon Networking

Locals finding success at SuperDeluxe.com

"...groundbreaking animated video for Cox and Combes' tune George Washington knows full well: America's premiere prez was "6-foot-8" and..."

July 20, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

St. Elsewhere: Season One

ER? Grey's Anatomy? Scrubs? Hapless interns all.

"...this a comedy series? A medical drama? A soap opera? Elsewhere's layered storylines – "arcs" in the parlance of..."

Jan. 19, 2007 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Come Together

In 2006, Austin turned out for the arts by the tens of thousands

"...War On (which the Rudes have toured to Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Houston; and Marfa) to its Under the Radar..."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Washington, D.C.The Night I Drooled BloodTo the fabulous Louis Black,..."

March 25, 2005 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in Austin -- certainly not enough to pay car operation, cigarettes and alcohol, and the many other luxuries he..."

May 16, 2003 Column

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