Postmarks

More letters about music, art, and urban planning

"...out the survey are poor, some rich, some are smart, and some are dumb. Barring a few adjustments, most..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Column

Will Anybody Ever Love Neal Medlyn?

For vulnerable performer Neal Medlyn, Dork = Cool.

"...was in late October, when I went to a performance in Wooldridge Square called "It's Like We Are Infiltrators."..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Rattling Our Stage

A Survey of Austin's Rebel Theatre Scene

"...Now, there's a term to conjure dread in the heart of a poor theatregoer. It suggests self-proclaimed artistes in..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Feature

Maudie

A Canadian folk artist falls for a fishmonger

"...The biography of the self-taught Canadian artist Maud Lewis is a commendatory, and, indeed, inspirational tale:..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Trash Dance

The process used by Austin choreographer Allison Orr to create this dance piece for garbage trucks and sanitation workers is revealed in this fascinating documentary record.

"...can provide the foundation for an amazing work of art. Initially, the beauty and grace of the garbage trucks..."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Midnight Meat Train

This horror film, based on a Clive Barker short story, details the nightly exploits of a butcher who plies his trade nightly on human subway riders.

"...Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Brooke Shields, Leslie Bibb, Roger Bart, Tony Curran, Barbara Eve Harris and Ted Raimi. The..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Curatorial Reportage

The Blanton Museum's ever-shifting WorkSpace offers up- to-the-minute views of what's happening in contemporary art

"...In the visual arts, we talk a lot about the white cube, a..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Amanda Douberley

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...world of ideas more than material goods. Consider contemporary art. Why is contemporary art often perceived as elitist? Not..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Column

Pollock

"...when his father sent him a biography of the artist and noted that the two men looked alike. Harris'..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

"...in it. It's the one with the dying, masochistic performance artist who lives with a dominatrix and amuses himself..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

A Day With Heart

"...of Ash Wednesday. Once a year, shops, galleries, public art displays don sack cloth (black shrouds) over works of..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Column

Cultural Cancellations and Postponements: The Big List

What's not happening around Austin, arts-wise

"...site, Austinites are wasting no time in taking their art online, making sure you have performances to watch and..."

March 24, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2017, and April..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

DIY Queer Community

Can’t relate to what Austin’s gay scene has to offer? Make one of your own!

"...So, in fall 2004 she started Foodies. "Foodies: For women who love women who love..."

June 2, 2006 Features Feature by Kate Getty

String Theory

Do-It-Yourself Symphony

"...perennial band grievances to know most of them by heart: The drummer quit, the singer's a twit, the amp..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Articulations

Getting Seen

"...past week and a half, the New York City performance art cafe Here seemed more like it was here..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

Giving It Up

"...make me a sentimental slob -- say, the final performance of a show I'm in or an old-fashioned holiday...."

Nov. 28, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Heart of The Beast

Can Donald Byrd Make Art of True-Life Violence?

"...the stage to rake in millions and keep struggling artists afloat, despite the moral cost...."

May 9, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Porcelain War

Doc about Ukrainian artists persevering in time of war

"...about how Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev begin their wartime documentary Porcelain War in the Ukrainian countryside among the..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May 1, 2018, and April..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Tonal Proximity

NMASS matured into Austin's foremost showcase of performance sound art, audiovisual improvisation, nonconformative music, and sensory installations

"...The New Media Art & Sound Summit (NMASS) began in 2009 as the..."

June 24, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Road to Freedom

The Cost of Art III: How the Fusebox Festival liberated itself from charging admission

"...would you pay to see the world's best cutting-edge arts in performance – artists from New York and Los..."

July 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

Techno-Artistic

Katie Rose Pipkin and the new art

"...It happens while talking with the 22-year-old artist on the patio of Wild Wood Bakehouse by the..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Arts Feature by Matthew Irwin

Gay Place

The Gay Place loves you. All of you. Hard. And will miss you when you are gone.

"...still got a full weekend ahead. Seriously, before we depart, we do wish to sincerely thank you for allowing..."

March 19, 2010 Column by Kate X Messer

Top 9 (Plus One) Moments of Bustin' Out in '09 (In No Order)

In the art scene, 2009 saw many breaking out of old roles and building new ones

"...1) ARTHOUSE'S GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY Sometimes it takes breaking something down to..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Finding Hope ... in Bed!

Tim Miller's latest trip to Austin finds the noted performance artist optimistic about being gay

"...been driving national policy for umpteen years. As the performance artist explains in "Oklahomo!," an essay in his new..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Fearless Freaks

Documentary about the band the Flaming Lips – the crazy/bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.

"...of post-acid acne, winning a Grammy for Best Instrumental Performance in 2003 and playing to a packed house on..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Nomi Song

A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.

"...some people might. A German-born, classically trained operatic singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly, Nomi moved from his..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns

"...aGLIFF, but a candy-coated valentine of a documentary about art-rock quirksters They Might Be Giants. (Actually, the world premiere..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Down From the Mountain

"...Hunter, David Rawlings, Colin Linden, Chris Thomas King, John Hartford, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley and Emmylou Harris...."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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