Musical Manifesto

Davíd Garza's

"...just over eight years of living and playing in Austin, Davíd Garza has followed the music down some fairly..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Winter Classic

South by Southwest 1998

"...is a key factor in her continuing significance to Austin music. She is one artist you can be a..."

March 27, 1998 Music Feature

A Man of the Theatre

Memories of Capitol City Playhouse's Michel Jaroschy

"...touched the lives of just about everyone in the Austin theatre community. If you lived here during the past..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Arts Feature

Mixed Signals

Behind the Glass at KUT Radio

"...26th Street and Guadalupe that now houses KUT Radio, Austin City Limits, KLRU-TV, and a righteous number of University..."

July 19, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...AFS is again screening Lynch’s fervent take on The Wizard of Oz. Set in Cape Fear, Lynch channels John..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Stoner Jam, 3-Legged Dog Day Party, and More Crucial Concerts

SXSW-adjacent lineups and other shows worth seeing

"...8-, 15-, and 30-minute jams. Los Angeles trio Bong Wizard trade sunniness for sludge, but keep their sense of..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Kerrville Folk Festival Launches Hip Younger Sister Fest, Welcome Home

Broadening the scope of folk with Laraaji, Adrianne Lenker, and more

"...a cool 51 years, Kerrville Folk Festival has brought world-class songwriters to small-town Texas for 18 days of near-religious..."

July 21, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"..."I can become somewhat of an insider to that world, but they can't come and be an insider to..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

What We're Listening to Right Now

Beats by Balto!, Hayes Carll, Kiko Villamizar, Ley Line, and Colin Clark

"...Normally creating avant-leaning jazz in the Austin-based Big Five Chord, guitarist Jon Lundbom and saxophonist Bryan..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Column by Michael Toland

Local Writer Makes Black History Month Accessible to All

Autumn Arnett knows there are stories to be told

"...together a website about local Black history and Black Austin icons, which is still used by some schools to..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

How I Won the War Against Stress With A Little Help From Vinyl & Tequila

Giving praise before the altar of the turntable

"...in abundance in and around the foothills of Nineties Austin. DIY pressings of Butch Hancock populated Antone's Records, while..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Speed Levitch’s “Birth of the New Ghetto”

NYC’s favorite tour guide brings Zionist O.G. to FronteraFest 2019

"...Levitch since high school,” says L.B. Deyo, president of Austin’s long-running Dionysium, former editor at Jinx magazine, and co-author..."

Jan. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Craft Brewers Festival Unveils List of Brews

77 ways for you to capitalize on the celebration of suds

"...the TCBF eventbrite site. The TCBF List: (512) Brewing (Austin) | Cryo Juicy IPA (512) Brewing (Austin) | Wild..."

Sept. 10, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever

After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on

"...of Salvage Vanguard Theater's headquarters on the Eastside of Austin, Texas...."

June 24, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: One Eyed Girl

Director Nick Matthews explores cult life, Australian-style

"...detachment. The winner of the Dark Matters award at Austin Film Festival 2014, the movie follows the therapist's spiraling..."

Dec. 12, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Grimm Guignol

Ryan Gosling's directorial debut melds fantasy and realism

"...Lars and the Real Girl, and Terrence Malick's upcoming, Austin-shot Weightless was drawn just across the border from his..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Wiz

The whole ROYGBIV takes center stage in Austin Community College's brightly colored and dazzlingly designed Oz musical

"...Austin Community College Mainstage Theater, 1212 Rio Grande, 512/223-3245 www.austincc.edu/drama..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2014

It was a year in which the personal shone through in dance and classical works small and large

"...epic undertaking executed with style and verve – an Austin miracle...."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...that for a moment. This is a pair of Austin hippies in 1973. In those two sentences, they throw..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIFriday of SXSW, blurb by blurb

"...that envisions a paranoid, hyper-connected reality that's fast approaching. Austin Powell The Boxing Lesson..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Thursday night showcases, trips to Austin, Colombia, Mexico, Scandanavia, and Staten Island (RIP ODB)

"...Austin's shredder camp for girls moves into its fifth year..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Off the Record

Fun Fun Fun Fest by the numbers and Asleep at the Wheel's Top 40

"...Milo Goes to Austin..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Man With Two Brains

Ghostland Observatory pulls back the curtain

"...successful collaboration and collusion that manifests in Ghostland Observatory, Austin's resolutely independent two-man band that has sold out every..."

Oct. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

City Hall Hustle: Across The Universe

Housing advocate Troxell provides chapter and verse on living wage

"...supporters, some homeless, in a bizarro retelling of The Wizard of Oz. (This was before the current spate of..."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

TCB

"O Death, where is thy sting?" – 1 Corinthians 15:55

"...alone write for it) this year without reading another Austin music-scene obituary. Others nearly became obituaries, like when World..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

General Jackson

Artist and historian Jack Jackson remembered by those who knew him well

"...He was better known around the Austin counterculture as Jaxon, the man who drew the first..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...arch rival Intel and claiming the title as the world's No. 1 chip-maker. Buoyed by its third-quarter jump in..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

No Family Is an Island

The Piersons on 'Reel Paradise'

"...that when they did a special segment about the world's most remote movie theatre on the island of Taveuni..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Enchanted April

Austin Playhouse's Enchanted April' taps the story's timeless charms and envelops you in a captivating glow, as warming as spring sunshine

"...Austin Playhouse, through Feb. 14Running Time: 2 hrs, 10 min..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Hopelessly Devoted to 'Grease'

"I was born to Hand Jive, baby, and that's not even a euphemism," says Sarah Hepola, explaining the continuing appeal of camp classic, Grease. Project Transitions and the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will host a sing-along performance of Grease this weekend at the Paramount.

"...has previously presented The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz, but only Grease received an encore. "It..."

July 25, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

« 1    ‹ BACK    2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11     NEXT ›    11 »