Robin Hood: An Elegy

Rough edges aside, Generic Ensemble Company's new work makes an urgent statement that #blacklivesmatter

"...Robin Hood: An Elegy, a new play by Krysta Gonzales, begins as a retelling of..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Getting Political With The Tree Play and Robin Hood: An Elegy

Two new Austin plays tackle timely subjects

"...Theatre in summer can often feel like just a thicket..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

aGLIFF Announces Lineup

Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest drops next month

"...European arthouse heavy hitters. French enfant terrible François Ozon's new film The New Girlfriend, based on a Ruth Rendall..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Mark Duplass Is a Creep

Found footage gets arty on Netflix

"...loft bed "deep in one of the buroughs of New York City, and there was a guy whose personal..."

July 14, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Riders Against the Storm Year

ATX hip-hop duo gets its science down

"...team Chaka and Qi Dada. This week also brought news of femcee Jean Grae headlining the two-time Austin Music..."

June 24, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Gay Place: Music of Your Life

Stretch across the genres this Friday

"...Big BoY Yoga New location, subtle name-change, same great stretch. Come Hatha flow..."

June 12, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...La Femme Bohème and Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance's Kiss Me, Kate with three awards each...."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

King of Hearts

Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly

"...in buttery yellow – is pure Tongue and Groove Theatre: charming in its simple theatricality. It gets right to..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Everything Is Exemplary

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...home two prizes apiece: Ballet Austin’s Belle Redux; Zach Theatre’s Cenicienta; Half & Half Productions’ Chicago; Hyde Park Theatre’s..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Local Heroes

The 2015 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...1978, intently figuring out how to move, working out new ways to move, never pausing in her quest to..."

May 29, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...outstanding work in dance, classical music, visual art, and theatre in the past year and announced the nominees for..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

Austin Dance Festival

The debut of this new dance fest offered a range of interesting work, the best being fluent in musicality

"...have been going without those low-cost opportunities to float new dances and connect with others from near and far...."

April 24, 2015 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Ron White's "Tater Salad" Days

Ron White on why stand-up is the field for him and his "Tater Salad" days in Austin

"...night event, Ron White's Texas Toasted, at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, April 22, at 7pm...."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...2012, the play's future was anybody's guess. Would any theatre besides this immense repertory company be willing to mount..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Live Shot: Doug Sahm Tribute

Induct the Texas groover into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

"...from,” offered Joe Nick Patoski to a packed Paramount Theatre Saturday night. Having just screened his new doc, Sir..."

March 22, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Texas Me

New Doug Sahm documentary and SXSW all-star concert resurrects Austin's cosmic groover

"...the song as a precursor of the cosmic cowboy movement and its hippie trappings: "Sir Douglas Quintet is back..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Mavis Staples: “Still Here”

Selma’s “living witness” marks anniversary at the Paramount

"...first Selma march that helped galvanize the Civil Rights movement, Mavis Staples emerged on the Paramount Theatre stage Saturday..."

March 9, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Playback: Dale Watson's Ameripolitan Dream

Outlaws wanted (for Awards), God calls back Gean West, and SXSW wristbands back on sale!

"...In fact, the local outlaw honky-tonker devised a new banner to hang over the music he loves. Reclaiming..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Ingredient Fatigue

A restaurant critic's lament

"...of August 2014, I had occasion to try three new Austin eateries that make an effort to embrace a..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Lit-urday: Civil Rights Are Always Timely

Graphic novel talks Freedom Rides and a shout-out to UT

"...you hungering to know more about the civil rights movement...."

Jan. 31, 2015 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Soundpainting Bowie

In The Bowie Project 2, everyone is Bowie, and nothing stays the same

"...that sometimes looked like dance – Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre is producing the show – other times like the..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Jonelle Seitz

Multilingual in Movement

Hubbard Street Dance returns with an international program

"...How does one distinguish whether the quality of the movement is mediocre, good, or great? With Hubbard Street Dance..."

Jan. 26, 2015 Arts Post by Andrew Long

All Over Creation: Wide Open Spaces

A new crop of arts venues is sprouting all over Austin

"...By which I mean, doors of new Austin arts venues. ReNew EAST. ColdTowne Conservatory. First Street..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Revisiting Rivette

Essential Cinema revives the films of Jacques Rivette

"...of the filmmakers who came out of the French New Wave, you can be forgiven for omitting Jacques Rivette...."

Jan. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Fringe-Worthy 2015

"...Stars of David Austin Jewish Repertory Theater presents a new musical revue celebrating the lives of your favorite Jewish..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Arts Feature

Gift Guide: Support Stocking Stuffers

Give a gift that keeps on giving – to your local creatives

"...provide greatly enhanced access to their programs or secure new facilities in which they'll be taking what they already..."

Dec. 10, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Questions With Dan Barber

Award-winning chef reimagines local

"...An Evening With Dan BarberMonday, Dec. 8, 7pm Paramount Theatre 713 Congress, 512/472-5470 www.austintheatre.org..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Wail

Gale Theatre Company's new devised work manages to feel as cathartic and personal as it does vague and mysterious

"...The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd., 512/478-5282 www.galetheatre.org Through Nov. 15 Running time: 1 hr...."

Nov. 14, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...arm-twisting, his matchless command of Senate rules, and his newfound authority as President to secure the votes for the..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hey – Are You White?

And what, if anything, do you intend to do about it?

"...involved with the uglier parts of the White Power movement. His name is Wesley Connor and he's the main..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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