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Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature
Whatever Now
A Report on Heather Woodbury on the Verge of Fame
"...Heather Woodbury is standing on the brink, looking into..."
April 25, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini
Ripe and Ready's Heartwork
"...There's something almost punk rock about performance art and poetry -- outside academic circles, both art..."
March 28, 1997 Books Feature
Austin Critics Table Awards 2013
Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees
"...A toast, please, to the 170-plus artists and creative projects recognized in the nominations for the..."
May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984
The overall effect of "The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984" is almost patriotic, showing an appreciation of the radical thought and freedom of action that made the U.S. the young revolutionary in that time
"..."The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984"..."
Dec. 29, 2006 Arts Review by Nikki Moore
Star Turns
The nominees for the 2015-16 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2015, and April..."
May 9, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires
OUTsider Begins
Hold on to your manties, Austin's premier queer fest is here
"...This first-ever OUTsider boasts collaborative roots, a gang of artists on a mission to showcase queer artists and their..."
Feb. 18, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy
Always Be Chloe-sing
Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up
"...Rajskub from 24, that shift in occupation may seem startling. But the Michigan native, whose last name is Czech..."
Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Table Banquet
The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...poring over the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2013, and April..."
May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires
The Artist Will See You Now
AFS Doc Night screens Marina Abramović portrait
"...film, a riveting portrait of the über-outré, Belgrade-born, 65-year-old performance artist, who is probably best known for her decades..."
Aug. 17, 2012 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis
South by Spoken Word
No Slam, Thank You, Ma'am
"...of the most notable poets on the slam and performance poetry circuits. But because the National Poetry Slam will..."
March 20, 1998 Music Feature by Phil West
TV Eye
Will Bravo's new show Work of Art class up the reality TV genre?
"...conflicted about it. The new show is Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, which premiered on Bravo last..."
June 18, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta
Are You Experienced?
Why art that actively engages audiences is quintessentially Austin
"...cheering on employees from the city's Solid Waste Services department as they performed choreographed dances with their carts, cranes,..."
Oct. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Man on the Moon
"...tries to capture the essence of the Andy Kaufman performance mystique. The image might more accurately describe the motion..."
Dec. 24, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Wandering Preachers, Holy Fools
What best describes the modern playwright? Itinerant preacher? Holy fool? Several artists with an intimate knowledge of the playwriting life offer their views in this roundtable discussion.
"...the monumental playwrights of yore, the Tennessee Williamses and Arthur Millers, at home on Broadway, their messages proclaimed in..."
Nov. 19, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Exhibitionism
Salome: Under the Veils, No Heart
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May 21, 1999 Arts Review
Sxsw
"...The rest is up to you. On second thought, start panicking.... -- Raoul Hernandez THURSDAY PICKS..."
March 14, 1997 Music Feature
Madeline's Madeline
"...the idea of improvised drama as something exceptional: Every artist improvises, they said, it’s just that most creatives have..."
Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Protos Place
AMODA's first fest marks a new start
"...The Austin Museum of Digital Art (AMODA) has risen from some obscure but impressive ashes...."
May 29, 2013 Screens Post by Nate Jackson
By the Time I Get to Austin
Q&A with FFFF headliner Chuck D of Public Enemy
"..."Artists need to know who they are, what they are,..."
Nov. 1, 2011 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
Speaking in Tongues
When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.
"...a really good feel for the kind of theatre artist Dan Dietz is, it helps to have a sense..."
March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius
Time to get slack once again with the bizarro Austin anti-cult
"...subscription fee for this new fringe theology masquerading as performance art and satire. (Or was it performance art and..."
Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Now Streaming in Austin: Coming Undone With Minnow Mountain
Resurrecting Rotoscoping for the Amazon Prime mindbender
"...Mountain keeps proving “them” wrong by resurrecting the 100-year-old art form for the digital age...."
Nov. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Critics Table Tops at 25
The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...A lot of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions were mounted around town between May 1, 2016,..."
May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Charles Atlas / William Basinski
The artists' live layering of video and music immersed audiences in images of suffering and transformation
"...Curiosity drew me to experience the one-night-only performance by Charles Atlas and William Basinski, a fleeting part..."
Jan. 15, 2016 Arts Review by Madeline Irvine
Actors' Inequity
The Cost of Art IV: The artists onstage in Austin aren't just not paid what they're worth, many aren't paid at all
"...was one-fourth of the ticket sales for our final performance of Sexual Perversity in Chicago. Three actors stood on..."
Jan. 23, 2015 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull
Becoming Johellen, Part 1
A young queen dives wig-first into the pool of Austin drag divas
"...he can to assist his budding foray into the art of female impersonation...."
Dec. 24, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Jesse Mandell-McClinton
Séraphine
This is a rapturous, utterly engrossing account of the life of early 20th century French artist Séraphine de Senlis.
"...Directed by: Martin Provost. Starring: Yolande Moreau and Ulrich Tukor. This rapturous,..."
Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
A Revolution of Spirit
Ritual jazz theatre pioneer Sharon Bridgforth premieres a new work, her last in Austin
"...The performance piece delta dandi is one such place. This new..."
Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Abe Louise Young
Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
While examining steroid use and abuse, this documentary discovers that enhancement drugs permeate our culture. Who’s to say which ones should be illegal?
"...– shocked! – to find their players were taking performance-enhancing drugs. Well, documentarian Bell was shocked as well when..."
