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"...Trust fund for low-income housing to cover up the city's malfeasance on Vision Village? Jackie has allowed the city..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Blood and Guts and Dirt and Joy

Michael Miller may appear at first meeting to be withdrawn, but he is absolutely present onstage and off, and his willingness to "get dirty" with his characters and continuous challenge to himself to be better make this seemingly reserved actor one of Austin's best.

"...Eschewing praise and disinterested in publicity, Miller often appears at first meeting to be withdrawn,..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Life's Enriched Pageant

Good design, like good air, helps you breathe a little easier, and here are a few Austinites who are helping us all breathe easier through their work as graphic designers.

"...his work at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana in Mexico City), or just to explore different parts of the world..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Culture Club

Aaron Mace's Church of the Friendly Ghost rattles the fringes of creative and musical expressionism

"...1am this Saturday, just drummer Nick Hennies of the Weird Weeds and Brent Fariss on bass – play a..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...current Esther's Follies star, talking about the Sixth Street theatre's first incarnation as a music venue. "I was an..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...Ice Factory, New York City, NY..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...CONSPIRACY THEATRE COMPANY: You know it's all a damn conspiracy, and..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Land of 1,000 Dramas

Venues

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

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Film Reviews

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"...substance known to man" on the outskirts of a city and on top of an environmentally sensitive aquifer (ostensibly..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

Programs That Let Austin Youth Speak Out A Stage of Their Own

"...this story who are involved in various Austin youth theatre programs. They know that what they are doing is..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

Gifts of the Magi

A conversation about community and creativity with three wise men of the Austin arts

"...As Dave Steakley works in theatre, Stephen Mills in dance, and Craig Hella Johnson in..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

Police believe they have the killer of Esther's juggler Warren Ryder Schwartz, Jenny Hart puts 'Space Ghost's Brak in stitches, more stage hits are back by popular demand, and construction starts on Ballet Austin's new dance center

"...• As noted in last week's "Naked City," police have a suspect in the murder of Esther's..."

Aug. 18, 2006 Arts Column by Robert Faires

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...there are absolutely none now. There were huge movie theatre advertisements in the paper, none of those movie theatres..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...Stephani at the Tejano Concierto y Baile at City Coliseum Thursday, March 13photograph by John Carrico..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

Moontower Wednesday

"...addition to the double-barreled headliner shows at the Paramount Theatre – Bill Hader at 7pm, followed by new Comedy..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...June 4, 2010.] Well, I grew up doing musical theatre. [laughter] But I came out when I was 16,..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

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"...been banked pending completion of the tennis center. The city's neighborhood parks are typically small parks with playgrounds and..."

May 13, 2005 Column

Just Mary-y-y-y

Q&A with Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power

"...Marshall: It'd be better if I was flying from city to city, but I'm driving, so on those days..."

April 28, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Young Guns and Typewriters

"...in on the act every other year. The local theatre scene boasts strong, unique writers of its own: Steve..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Arts Feature

Space and Distance: A Joint Interview With Balmorhea and Explosions in the Sky

How Austin’s landmark instrumental outfits soundtrack the state of Texas

"...and we have some friends in Terlingua, which is weird to have more than one, because there are so..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Spaced Out

Salvage Vanguard, Tapestry Dance lose their home spaces

"...figuratively, both were creative outposts in areas of the city where little like them existed before they moved in,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jim Gaffigan

Pack up the kids: Comedian Jim Gaffigan is back, taping his Austin shows for cable

"...in advance of his five-show stint at the Paramount Theatre that will be taped for his next Comedy Central..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Learning Curve

Lessons from the Long Center's first six months

"...Theatre people have a saying: There's the show you rehearse,..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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"...It's playing at the Egyptian Theatre here in Hollywood, Calif., and I will definitely go..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Column

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"...found that "areas that exhibited greater growth in lane capacity spent roughly $22 billion more on road construction than..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...Funniest Person in Austin contest hosted by the Capitol City Comedy Club. The contest attracts controversy like bare feet..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...kinds, art songs, operas, cantatas, scores for dance and theatre works, soundtracks for films – several hundred over the..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Full Circle

Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world

"...Nicholas Nickleby and Tanganini. Skills he picked up in theatre – how to sing, how to act, how to..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Spacing Out in Round Rock

Carter, Paige, Christi, Doug, and two homeowners on 'Trading Spaces' in Central Texas

"...CO: And it's weird, you know. I'm learning the ropes as I go,..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

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"...Stratus to develop its property. Yet, how did the city leave neighborhoods directly abutting these tracts out of the..."

July 19, 2002 Column

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