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For more than 13 years, Flatbed Press has been producing some of the most exquisite collectible prints made by contemporary Texas artists, but these days its owners are starting to plan for a new incarnation of Flatbed that may not include them.

"...a diary. Newspapers and books are printed. Each resulting artifact has a different life span; grocery lists and newspapers..."

June 13, 2003 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

The Whole Package

With Margaret Wiley, you didn’t have a one-trick pony; you had a multitude of talents and personalities in one big and big-hearted woman. Wiley’s friends and colleagues at Esther’s Follies offer their memories of this exceptional Austin comedian who died November 2.

"...about Margaret Wiley, it's hard to know where to start: with the performer, that commanding presence whose drop-dead sense..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East Austin Nonprofit Mired in Controversy CEACO Sinking

"...Family Pathfinders welfare-to-work program, a relationship which was the partial basis of the TWC grant. Defaulted on a promise..."

March 5, 1999 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

The Tools of the Trade

Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program

"...seem to agree on is that jazz is an art form indigenous to America. It was born here, and..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...1995. It wasn't the best year in book publishing: Martin Amis - genius or con man? - seemed be..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEYD: Steven M. Martin. (PG-13, 85 min.) Some stories just write themselves. This..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene

Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature

"...chapter of Red Light Lit, the small press and performance series her friend Jennifer Lewis launched in 2013. Poetry..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...advent of radio, television, cinema, those technological interlocutors on performance. It's even survived the pandemic, as the limelight is..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Hidden Room Theatre Resurrects King Lear

The once-popular but now obscure revision of Shakespeare's play by Nahum Tate is revived, complete with happy ending

"..."This particular type of acting has not been done in our..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Stephanie Carll

FronteraFest 2003

It's time again for that annual performance jamboree FronteraFest, and time to mark its first decade of presenting Austin with adventuresome new theatre, comedy, dance, and spoken word by anyone with the courage or folly to take a stage.

"...of FronteraFest! Yes, it's time again for that annual performance jamboree and time to mark its first decade of..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...city that’s supposed to care a lot about the arts, it’s always been an oddity that there’s no unified..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Your Weekend Events Shopping Already Done for You!

Recommended arts and music events for your perusal

"...after learning to pull color-changing handkerchiefs. Evolved in his performance since mastering those simple acts, this magician presents his..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...at this free workshop, where the power of sequential art is put into your narrative hands.  – Wayne Alan..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Carmen

Did Bizet's classic tragic opera need a soft reboot?

"...adaptation of Carmen, but an entirely new and unique artistic endeavor.” The emphasis, for better and for worse, should..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Decay, Preserve, Observe: The Experimental Memories of Bill Morrison

The cinematic pioneer discusses his career and filmography before his Austin retrospective

"...that will connect the Austin Film Society, UT's Visual Arts Center, and the Bass Concert Hall. [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

KMFA's New Home Brings the Community Into Contact With Music

Austin's classical music radio station has a new building where people can see the sounds

"...radio station came to build a new $11 million headquarters, one can follow the light of the afternoon sun..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Faster Than Sound: Goodbye Prop B, Hello HOT Monies

Following the defeat of Proposition B, Austin music advocates brainstorm applications of the first city funding for commercial music

"...Earlier this month, a pop-art-inspired GIF flashed on my screen:..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Critics Table's Grand Tales

The winners of the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...the fields of theatre, dance, design, classical music, visual art, and improv this year, the runaway winner was Ballet..."

June 4, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

"...cold, distant, 600-years-in-the-future [story]. It had a warm, beating heart."..."

Feb. 15, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...all the dogs have been exiled (and may be smarter than the people)...."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Flatbed Press founders Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith, choreographer Kate Warren and theatre / spoken word artist Zell Miller III join the ranks of cultural heroes

"...For the arts and culture to take root in a city, to..."

June 2, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fusebox Condensed

"...activity during the second weekend of the annual hybrid arts hootenanny, be advised: There is no second weekend this..."

April 8, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Review Nomination

"...am writing about the 2014-2015 Austin Critics Table Nominations [“Art Par Excellence,” Arts & Culture, May 20]. After reading..."

May 23, 2015 Postmarks

Fusebox Goes Free Range

Festival's 10th anniversary gift to you: No admission charge

"...Berry, founder and guiding light of the annual hybrid arts celebration, who made the announcement Tuesday at the French..."

Oct. 24, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Think 'New' Music

eighth blackbird helps Texas Performing Arts change how we regard classical

"...minutes later – 25 minutes more of a world-class performance! – shows more concern for dated formalities than for..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Joan Jonas

The layers, the layers, the layers of things

"...The artist Joan Jonas doesn't fit neatly into any particular -ism..."

May 4, 2012 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

We P.2ed

Art that surprises, delights, disturbs and, yes, bores.

"...to say that we had a full day of art and cavorting yesterday, and it is only now, after..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Culture Flash!

Honors for a Blanton exhibition, Blue Lapis Light, and a Round Rock tuba player, plus a bundle of joy for a local choreographer

"...The Blanton Museum of Art's 2007 exhibition "The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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