Sin Fronteras

Most observers would agree that Austin has a Latino visual arts community, but within that community are many voices, many points of view, many styles -- and no borders.

"...Is there a Latino visual art movement in Austin? Most observers..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

Blood Feast

Shadow of the Vampire isn't just an imaginative riff on the making of F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu. "It is an allegory of an aspect of what cinema is at its heart," says director E. Elias Merhige. "It's this dangerous, mad kind of science."

"...Cinema pumps images into our souls just like hearts pump..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Articulations

Austin native Starla Benford brings The Vagina Monologues to town, Kerthy Fix takes Heaving Shadows at the Skin Show to Chicago, and where does rm 120 theatre go?

"...Most of the time, this column reports on local artists touring hot..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Crimes of Passion and Prose

With Quills, Philip Kaufman (Henry & June, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) has made another film about the startling fusion between literature and sex.

"...It is no coincidence that film director Philip Kaufman's offices are a five-minute..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Screens Feature by Michael Ventura

Kids in Black

That innocuous-seeming crew of people listed beneath the actors in every program, who scurry around in black backstage and hover over the proceedings in the sound and light booth, may not be well-known to most theatregoers, but this silent, hidden army is all-powerful. Techies get almost no share in the glory, but they run the world, and here's how.

"..."There is a separate ballet that's going on behind the..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

After a Fashion

The Mighty Mr. Moser steers you toward some fine holiday shopping and fashion events.

"...THE WHOLE HOG It's not tough to find unusual gifts..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Texas Book Festival

Photos by John Anderson

"...What I Saw at the Texas Book Festival When I..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Full Mental Jacket

While writer-performer Wayne Alan Brenner has a quirky style and indisputable stage presence, his new show Full Mental Jacket is so self-referential that, like an overanalyzed relationship, it talks itself to some semblance of death.

"...Full Mental Jacket: A Little Overwhelming..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

A Chorus Line

The performers in Austin Musical Theatre’s revival of A Chorus Line dance and sing and act, well, like they have been doing this on Broadway stages all their careers. But poor tech and dated writing make this once-groundbreaking musical appear to be languishing in its former glory.

"...A Chorus Line: Former Glory..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...It may be winter everywhere on Earth below the equator, but that technicality..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Nailing the Market

The next time you go out to eat, keep an eye out for the work of Austin artist Elizabeth Guenthner. She's showing in almost every cafe where it's possible to display art, and her works' precise, distinctly disturbing beauty is simply transcendent.

"...Austin native Elizabeth Guenthner is exhibiting her artwork, throughout the..."

July 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Indian Summer

"...Ethan Azarian and company may have been nothing more than flies in the ointment of the still-great..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...I Feel Love I'm sitting in one of the myriad coffee shops on Congress..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

The Real World: New Orleans and Survivor, CBS' brutal bid to rein reality television, are sure to fascinate pop culture fans throughout the summer. Belinda Acosta explains why she resents it: and why she can't stop watching.

"...Let me tell you why TV and summers don't mix for me. I'm a Midwesterner. Midwesterners are calibrated..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Attacked by Lesbians

Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm

"...In the shadows of the futuristic, phallus-laden Houston skyline, there..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Sirkus Maximus

Douglas Sirk's Fifties film melodramas expose a world of emotional turbulence lurking beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower years.

"...People: You can't live with them, and you can't live without them. In a nutshell,..."

May 12, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where the Shadows Are Deepest

The search for, and subsequent conversation with, country singer James Hand

"...Writing about music offers many rewards, but seldom does it..."

May 5, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Myth, Blood, and Ink

What people have invested in the debate over the de la Peña diary : which suggests that famed Alamo legend Davy Crockett was executed by Santa Anna and not in the heat of battle : is not some mere fandom or kitsch, but a genuine passion for how the story of Texas is written and how it affects real life. It may no longer matter how Crockett was killed, but it does matter how we now allow him to live.

"...José Enrique de la Peña has been telling stories, and not everyone wants to hear them. A..."

May 5, 2000 Books Feature by David Garza

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...What is it about this town and public nudity? Whether..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

The Pink Pick

Kate Messer remembers when she first met Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison and they bonded over the Gibson SG like a couple of guitar geeks.

"...There was a whole fistful of picks he could've chosen..."

March 17, 2000 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Ideas Through Movement

Political and philosophical issues aren't just topics for writers and dramatists. Several Austin choreographers are using themas subjects for dances. Toni Bravo, Jeffery Bullock, Lisa Fehrman, and Andrew Long explain how they see ideas through movement.

"...Confronted with issues of existence, the thorny matters of why we are here and how..."

March 3, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Readers react to last week's cover story on the murder of Lauryn Paige Fuller.

"...AISD Troubleshooting..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

Sleigh Ride

Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.

"...The first thing I remember from my mother's second marriage..."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Festival of Lite

Arts writer Robi Polgar finds the true meaning of Chanukah, if not the true spelling ...

"..."Chanukah is that time of year between Christmas and Misgiving when all the bestest holiday shows..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Robi Polgar

Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Night

"...Out of the Girls' Room and Into the Nightby Thisbe Nissen..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Books Review by Amanda Eyre Ward

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...Alexander "Rusty" Windle was not a drug dealer, but he died like..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...I am a Smart Growth proponent, but I do not support the construction of Gotham condominiums at Town..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

A Day

First Place

"...Years later they gave my dad rat poison in the hospital. Because..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Karl Monger

Miss Montana's Wedding Day

Third Place

"...The man Vera loved wasn't marrying her, and she didn't..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Mickey Blue Eyes

"...Directed by: Kelly Makin. Starring: Joe Viterelli, James Fox, Burt Young, Jeanne Tripplehorn,..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

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