Esther's Follies Returns to Lighten Austin's Post-Pandemic Load

Guess what long-running comedy troupe is vaccinated, back onstage, and ready to make the city laugh again

"...It's Thursday, June 17, 2021, the COVID pandemic finally dwindling in the rear view mirrors – and, in..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo Turns 50

The landmark album spins at the Moody Theater via two of its makers and their virtuosic friends

"...Marty Stuart, the 60-year-old Mississippi hillbilly rocker with a rhinestone cowboy wardrobe and a Ziggy Stardust mullet, warming up..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...The jigsaw of geography in filmmaking is such that one day during the making..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

Comedy, This Month!

Who brings laughs to Austin stages in the next few weeks?

"...just a heads-up about some major acts (or maybe-not-quite-major-as-such-but-we-totally-love-’em) coming your way in February...."

Jan. 29, 2018 Arts Post

Tyler, the Creator Plays by the Rules

Notorious Odd Future MC packs Stubb’s without incident

"...This February, charges of inciting a riot at the Scoot Inn..."

May 31, 2016 Music Post by Bryan Rolli

Major Artist Bebel Gilberto

“Brazilians are intense. We are not full of shit.”

"...Daughter of bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto and Brazilian singer Miúcha, Bebel Gilberto made her recording debut at 7..."

May 12, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

New Austin Show Celebrates the Lighter Side of Ethnic Assimilation

Lucky Chaos Theatre’s Leng Wong tells us about Living on the Hyphen

"...Coffee, which is originally from Ethiopia, is the background at Thunderbird on Manor..."

March 28, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Movers & Shakers

A guide to Austin dance

"...When the discipline under discussion is dance, it's the nature of the..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

The Writing's Not on the Wall Yet

Austin's print culture gets a boost from a new batch of indie presses and literary magazines

"...You are holding a relic. Its pages smell of newsprint and flop..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Think film festivals are all about dour, arty indie pics?..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sister Bobbie

'Sister Bobbie' puts the 'Family' in Willie Nelson and Family

"...A curtain of white Christmas lights foregrounds the stage at Antone's,..."

Jan. 18, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Words for Words

Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another

"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at venues all over town (see..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

Wooly Bully

Simple, the 2006/2007 Austin Music Awards

"...between Michael Jackson and "Billie Jean." Willie and Merle sing Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho & Lefty," and Stevie Ray..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Touching All Those Hands

Remembering Boyd Vance, his life and legacy

"...Some people knew the Boyd Vance of the working week, the man who ran Pro Arts Collective, or..."

April 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...Tracked for three months and through as many states, following phone calls, e-mails, rendezvous hit and missed, onstage and..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Requiem for a Sane Man

Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing

"...the comic is the guy who says 'Wait a minute' as the consensus forms. He's the antithesis of the..."

March 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Childhood's End

A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland has been buzzing Austin quite a bit this spring, and here are some thoughts on why Peter Pan is so much in the air these days.

"...A certain boy whose permanent address is Neverland and who has..."

May 10, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Red River Valley

Red River, home to Austin's real live music venues

"...A funny thing happened while a throng of shirtless rabble-rousers turned..."

June 22, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...A large beach ball is floating, just floating, about a dozen feet up in the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dance of the Prodigal Son

Soft-spoken and self-effacing choreographer Stephen Mills seems an unlikely candidate for rebellious Prodigal Son. But he was, breaking away from Ballet Austin in 1996, only to return two years later. Now the newly named artistic director of Ballet Austin, Mills talks about his departure, his return, and the future of the company.

"...A youth leaves home to seek fulfillment in the wide, wide world, only to find that that..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Evil New Yorkers and Bit-Whoredom

They're horrible! They're evil, mean, and terrible! They're New Yorkers! They're the Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre, and they're giving laid-back Austin a shot of scrappy, sophisticated, lowbrow, smart-ass theatre.

"...well aware that name abbreviates to FART. They were looking for a long, pretentious name with a silly acronym,..."

April 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Dancing About Architecture

Austin versus Islam, Freedom and Justice (Records) for all, and that damn Ray Benson again.

"...Hankerin' for Beck..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Against the Grain

A profile of Bad Livers bassist Mark Rubin

"...Mark Rubin gives good interviews. He's unafraid to speak his mind..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...Burning Spear's Winston Rodney photograph by John Carrico..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Exhibitionism

The Austin Cartoon Scene: Museum Worthy

"...Nancy Wilson Scanlan Gallery, St. Stephen's School through February 3..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Arts Review

Why I Moved Back

Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

"...illustration by Jason Stout Moving to San Francisco was like going to graduate school..."

March 13, 1998 Music Feature by Gretchen Phillips

In the Middle of It

Where Tapestry's Acia Gray Likes to Be ó and Is

"...Braun It isn't exactly the best time to be talking with Acia Gray. As a rule, three weeks out..."

Feb. 20, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Character Generator

Why Tom Parker Never Looks the Same Way Twice

"...Tom Parker as Nat Moyer in I'm Not Rappaport photograph by John Anderson According to..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

The Second Coming

Doyle Bramhall II Blows Into Town

"...who don't recognize me," says Doyle Bramhall II after introducing his band to a full house at Steamboat. And,..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer