Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price

This expertly curated celebration of Austin's premier composer of camp ought not to be missed

"...bowel incontinence with a genuine grin. Byrd's greasy, desperate yearning for a fried pie was inspired, as was Stewart's..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Guilty

Prosecutors will seek max punishment for prophet

"...married the 12-year-old while at the FLDS' compound, the Yearning for Zion ranch, outside the West Texas town of..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Montecore

Montecore shows a young novelist swinging for the fences and hitting hard

"...bother me in the slightest, and I find myself yearning to read anything in which the visceral, confounding substance..."

April 1, 2011 Books Review by Sarah Smith

Prophet in Need of Attorney

Jeffs can't delay trial until he finds counsel

"...2008 raid on the FLDS West Texas compound, the Yearning for Zion ranch...."

Jan. 5, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Let Them Meatcake!

Here's the best from 17 years of Dame Darcy's comic-book Meatcake

"...are twisted Victorian tales of death and sex and yearning and witchcraft and sibling rivalries, featuring the fierce characters..."

Oct. 5, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Brooks Papers

UT to accept acquires former US Congressman's papers

"...Great news for policy wonks with a yearning for archives: On Monday, the UT Austin Center for..."

March 21, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Mud

Salvage Vanguard Theater's staging of Maria Irene Fornes' Mud has plenty to compel our attention, most of it coming from the three gifted actors in the cast

"...as eloquent as any line spoken. As Mae, Larson's yearning for more than her impoverished life burns with such..."

June 15, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Bell, Book, and Candle

The comic skill of the actors in OnStage Theatre Company's revival of Bell, Book, and Candle makes magic

"...tire of the devil-may-care life of a sorceress and yearning for something more. That's when she meets a mortal..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Where Nothing Falls II

Where Nothing Falls II is a breathtaking, heart-rending parade of bodies in motion through the vast expanses of a warehouse

"...open, unpeopled space around them makes us feel their yearning for contact even more keenly, has us leaning forward..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Alaskan Heat Blue Dot

"...scenarios build up, layered with movement, music, sound.There's Miller yearning for enlightenment; Jones begging for the right directions; and..."

March 12, 1999 Arts Feature

Rosalind Faires' Top 10 Fiction Books of 2019

Here’s to a year of rollicking adventures, laughing, weeping, and rooting for those crazy kids to wind up together in the end

"...(Del Rey) Lush doesn't begin to cover the timelessness, yearning, and total envelopment that Silvia Moreno-Garcia's fantasy about a..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Feast of Voices

The ASO and Chorus Austin combined forces for an evening of music that was gorgeous, sensual, and sometimes hall-shaking

"...offered everything from the barely audible sigh of a yearning lover to the bursting entreaties of the devout...."

Oct. 13, 2017 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

The Luv Doc: Some Secret Grotto

Men don't fear commitment

"...hang out and talk about their feelings and their yearning for long-term commitment?..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Shrewd Productions' Hold Me Well

Playwright Eva Suter's reworking of Othello in a world without men depicts love in many forms with power and beauty

"...her world. Casey (Cassius) is a torn young woman, yearning for a place of honor with Odele, yet still..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

'S Gershwin

This concertized biopic provides a wonderful review of George Gershwin's trailblazing life and career

"...a few hiccups, but if you're a Gershwin fan yearning for a nostalgic stroll down memory lane, a popular..."

June 27, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Above the East China Sea

In her most ambitious novel, Sarah Bird entwines the tales of two teenaged girls, both on Okinawa but in different eras

"...into the mouths and minds of teens, whose guardedness, yearning for authenticity, and linguistic invention ("smooch nugget" comes to..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

The National: Fury & Squalor

One night at the Moody down, two to come

"...commenced the close, leading into the brutal loss and yearning of “England” and driving “Graceless” before ending on the..."

April 22, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

America's Mortal Goddess

AFS Essential Cinema enchants with Marilyn Monroe

"...through classes at the Actors Studio, and she evinced yearning for approval all her life, according to Marilyn Monroe:..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Feature by Margaret Moser

Gruesome Playground Injuries

Kelsey Kling makes a distinguished directorial debut with Rajiv Joseph's gem of a love story

"...into something more. Gruesome Playground Injuries nonetheless challenges our yearning for a happily ever after. Though that might not..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Page Two: In the Moment, Part 2

A fascinating lesson in history

"...armed revolution against Spanish rule in 1896. Decades into yearning for independence, it made little difference whether Spain or..."

July 29, 2011 Column by Louis Black

John & Jen

Penfold Theatre once again mounts a chamber musical that's heartfelt and true

"...her son, also named John, are drowned in a yearning for her brother. Her son doesn't want to be..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Austin Lyric Opera

A local operatic production gets a trip to the ball: a showing on public television

"...she is with those features, here soft with girlish yearning, there shining with excited delight. The feeling that Michele..."

Jan. 23, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lost Wisdom

Phil Elverum finds a partner in crime on his latest

"...now given fuller shades and emotion through Doiron’s complimentary yearning from across the divide...."

Sept. 8, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Those Mothers!

High-court ruling favors mothers over the Lone Star State

"...police executed a raid of the nearly 1,700-acre gated Yearning for Zion compound, where members of the polygamist Mormon..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Afterplay

As written by Brian Friel and performed by Babs George and Don Toner, Afterplay is a waltz of the walking wounded danced with stately grace to a beautifully elegiac tune

"...feelingly; that Chekhovian sense of time, of regret, of yearning for something that might never be attainable, of our..."

March 2, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

More-Bizarre-Than-Usual FLDS Update

"Prophet" sued again; and West Texas crematorium rumors

"...been building its first walled compound, known as the Yearning for Zion ranch, where members can, theoretically, avoid the..."

Dec. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Late Nite Catechism

The popular interactive theatre piece Late Nite Catechism thrives on the interaction between the audience, cast as students in a course of religious instruction, and the actor who plays the nun teaching it. In the touring production, Amanda Hebert is amazing in the role, playing Sister with perfect presence and timing.

"...a series of monologues, lets us know of her yearning for the pre-Vatican II Catholic church...."

July 19, 2002 Arts Review by Barry Pineo

Review: Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera

One Ounce Opera’s micro-opera showcase invigorates

"...and soprano (Andréa Ochoa) sing soaring arias full of yearning. For such a revolutionary setting, however, the music hits..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: The VORTEX’s Rabbits

Timely production tackles life in a dystopian landscape

"...peace is disrupted by Cass (Kathleen Fletcher), the outsider yearning for freedom and relief from a world of terror...."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop

Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut

"...offers a tribute to warts-and-all self-acceptance, and in the yearning "Wild," Burch gently rails against the grass-is-always-greener paradigm. An..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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