The Dark Goddess Phenom

"...the form of a ritual exploration of female divinity. Dark Goddess is its name, and director Bonnie Cullum says..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Angel in the Dark

The last release from pop noir princess Laura Nyro.

"...Angel in the Dark, released last week on Rounder Records, was recorded in..."

April 6, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ink & Paper & the Dark Ambience of Demdike Stare

Because one thing leads to another until we’re all, you know, dead

"...sip of coffee, looks around the fellowship hall* Also, dark ambient music: I love that shit.]..."

Sept. 18, 2017 Design Post by Memory Harker

It Was a Dark & Stormy Afternoon

The Austin Pub Crawl

"...Designated Smartass Michael Bertin; Local Country Music God & Goddess Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis; and the incredibly funny..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature by Spike Gillespie

Dark Goddess: Remembrance of Deities Past

Skipper Chong Warson reviews the VORTEX Repertory Company's ritual theatre piece Dark Goddess.

"...Dark Goddess: Remembrance of Deities Past..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Arts Review by Skipper Chong Warson

Working Beauty

In spinning a fairy tale of gifts, outsiders, and thorns, Bonnie Cullum's own story gets told

"...proposal for the Rockefeller Foundation, organizing and producing the Dark Goddess Ball to raise funds for her theatre, and..."

March 11, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dark Goddess 2004

Director Bonnie Cullum makes a point of pulling you out of the modern world for Dark Goddess 2004 so you might be more receptive to its mythic message of the power of transformation

"...Dark Goddess 2004The Vortex, through March 28..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Oceana'

Beat the heat with a cool dip in the new Vortex show, and swim with mermaids and selkies

"...with mermaids, sirens, and selkies and meet Inuit sea goddess Sedna, Aztec goddess of water Chalchiuhtlicue, and other goddesses..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Seagull's Laughter

Set in 1950s Iceland, this film is equal parts noirish mystery and coming-of-age tale.

"...Heino Ferch. "This country swallows you. It's cold and dark and full of evil." And crotchety old sea salts,..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Golden Compass

The special effects are mostly spectacular in this story of a 12-year-old orphan whose fate is connected to a holy, multiverse war yet to come.

"...the source material, British children's author Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy? The Golden Compass trades in the novels'..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Oceana

The Vortex's latest theatrical immersion in myth sinks you down 20,000 leagues

"...much a part of Oceana as it was of Dark Goddess, Trickster, and Holy Well, Sacred Flame, Vortex's sister..."

May 22, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Venus: Shocking Blue & Cabanel

The Shocking Blue scores Alexandre Cabanel's Birth of Venus

"...A goddess on a mountain top, Was burning like a silver..."

July 20, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Torch of the Mystic

Sir Richard Bishop, keeper of the flame

"...I just finished reading Sun After Dark, a collection of stories by Pico Iyer on traveling..."

May 26, 2009 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Cream of the Crop

Nominations for the 2005-2006 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Ann Marie Gordon, Dark Goddess 2006/Vampyress..."

May 19, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sleeping Beauty

The Vortex Repertory Company's 'Sleeping Beauty' shows the company in a playful mood, delivering a musical adaptation that is fanciful, lighthearted, and disarmingly sweet

"...of the familiar tale – not to mention the darker shadings common to Vortex's own work – and concocted..."

March 25, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...rebellion. Khepera was John Lennon, who danced with the dark goddess. Her thugs struck down a President and a..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Column

The Frogs: Awkward Bawdy

Local Arts Reviews

"...reminiscent of last year's nudity-rich VORTEX Repertory Company production Dark Goddess, a seductive muse dances with castanets as her..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ada Calhoun

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.

"...film The Tetragons, and the recent ritual theatre piece Dark Goddess, in which she played the very naked Sumerian..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...Bram Stoker's insectivorous Renfield. Locked away in a small, dark room, sustaining himself on madhouse flies and in thrall..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Teatro Vivo’s Enfrascada

Tanya Saracho’s dark comedy about moving on from heartbreak is staged with humor, honesty, and magic

"...along with her two best friends, Carolina, a domestic goddess (Emily McDougall), and a tomboy-turned-wild-child named Yesenia (Minerva Villa-Rivera),..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

MoM's Kids

A Partial Who's Who at MoMFest 2000

"...Linko for ONE Theatre Company, and Fractured Greeks and Dark Goddess for VORTEX Repertory Company, and she's directing the..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

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

"...transsexual is, and publish an apology for casting a dark shadow over the lives of so many good, hard-working,..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Column

Performance Park Takes Over the Vortex

Bonnie Cullum’s dream wakes the Tarot into life in her company’s immersive theatrical experience

"...with Chad Salvata, her own Holy Well, Sacred Flame; Dark Goddess; Sleeping Beauty, and more – and she remains..."

March 23, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer Youth Theatre's 'The Visit'

Kill Schill?

"...side with professionals. This year actress/composer Content Love Knowles (Dark Goddess, Sleeping Beauty, "Time Alphabet") plays a role at..."

July 21, 2006 Arts Feature by Hannah Kenah

State Theater Company: Kanoff Terminated

Just two weeks into what was to be his sixth season with the State Theater Company, Scott Kanoff was booted from his job as producing artistic director

"...– a Tuna, a Beehive, a Lipstick Traces, a Dark Goddess – that drew people to the theatre and..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Payne Pleasures 2004

Latest ACoT theatre-award nominations favor two Austin musicals

"...Content Love Knowles, Dark Goddess 2004..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Articulations

The winners are in for the 28th annual B. Iden Payne Awards, honoring outstanding achievements in Austin theatre from August 2001 through July 2002.

"...Costume Design: Kari Perkins, Dark Goddess 2002..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A new economic report shows the arts in Texas to be fundamental part of the economy, and Austin theatres enjoy a booming beginning to 2001.

"...offerings -- the revival of the ritual theatre piece Dark Goddess and the new work from national performer Karen..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Austin Theatre Critics' Table 1999-2000 Nominations

"...Ensemble, Dark Goddess..."

May 12, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Gets Toxic With The Toxic Avenger

Fall of the House of Usher, The Creator added

"...all FF veterans (2013's Grand Piano, 2018's Hold the Dark, and 2015's February, better known from its release title..."

Aug. 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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