Richard Stoltzman and Emanuel Ax

Hearing clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianist Emanuel Ax at Bass Concert Hall is like watching chess at Memorial Stadium, but the seasoned musicians still managed to dazzle with their virtuosity and plant music in your head that could lure you into a speeding ticket on the way home.

"...audience to move closer to the stage, but the space left the musicians and the audience at a disappointing..."

April 25, 2003 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Food-o-File

Virginia B. Wood catches up on culinary news in this week's "Food-o-File."

"...9400-B Arboretum Blvd., 342-2642; www.eddiev.com) downtown location begins an exploration of the wineries represented on its list with a..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...as two-stroke powered boats and wave-runners occupy not just space in water, but in air with blatant noise violations..."

July 5, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Council to build a million square feet of office space with many stipulations that they say are safeguards for..."

June 28, 2002 Column

Chapter 3: Crazy Weekly

September 1988-August 1991

"...column. Some of the copy that ran in this space was absolute dreck: Jeff Nightbyrd and myself picking against..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

Further Lost Austin fallout and enviro-rhetoric from our readers.

"...that I saw no reader responses to this wonderful exploration of beauty in our lives...."

Feb. 16, 2001 Column

Viva la Revolution!

Installation art may be notoriously hard to define, but its role in art history isn't. It helped change the way we look at art, and the Blanton Museum of Art's survey of three decades of installation art, "Blurring the Boundaries," provides a window on the revolution.

"...power, and industry which rises up to fill the space and overwhelm the viewer. Up close, the nickels seem..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Ben Willcott

In Order to Live

An American in Paris (1951)

"...work, this sequence is quintessential Minnelli: a heightened, swirling exploration of time and space, bustle and repose, grief and..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

An American in Paris (1951)

"...work, this sequence is quintessential Minnelli: a heightened, swirling exploration of time and space, bustle and repose, grief and..."

May 28, 1999 Screens Feature

Exhibitionism

New Paintings By Sarah Higdon: Nonsense and Sensibility

"...anthropomorphic rabbit and was abducted by aliens from outer space where my soul and mind were transferred into the..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Review

Preaching to the Converted

"Troubling Era"

"...Carol Browner of the EPA and Kirk Watson at..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Exibitionism

The Life of Galileo:body, Motion, Color

"...all this Big Top style, in a playful, vibrant space where Galileo is the master of ceremonies. Marc Silva's..."

May 1, 1998 Arts Review

Exhibitionism

Annie: Light and More Light

"...You know it's coming... The Song. It's the signature..."

April 10, 1998 Arts Review

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"...large photographic scrolls, and collages that explore issues of space and time...."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

Postmarks

Can't Handle Scamming

"...1996 about the TXDOT plan to convert the green space in our neighborhood into light industrial use. A 50,000-square-foot..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Column

The Dragon & the Tiger

Shadow Warriors, Glorium

"...photograph by Crawford Morgan..."

July 11, 1997 Music Feature

Pushing Boundaries

The Territory Begins 21st Season on KLRU-TV

"...to convert the average television into an alternative viewing space. The program strikes a balance between innovative work by..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Screens Feature by Alison Macor

Record reviews Reissues

"...-- from the Superfly soundtrack's clever sermons to the space-funk of "Future Shock" and "Kung Fu." And even when..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

Wing Commander IV

"...first rate, and the visuals pass somewhere beyond Deep Space Nine; in short, this thing starts off looking like..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Screens Feature

Food-O-File

"...characters, Lewis Barley and Clark Hops will lead the exploration across the continent in search of new beer selections...."

June 28, 1996 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

What to Give the Starving Performing Artist O, for the Poor Player

"...is rehearsal. In theory, rehearsals are periods of creative exploration in preparation for a work's public performance. In reality,..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...problem, but for those who are fascinated with the exploration of abstract questions in everyday surroundings, Ray's final film..."

Sept. 1, 1995 News Feature

Review: Donya Stockton’s “Endless” Weaves the Shape of Things to Come

Solo show at Northern-Southern runs through Feb. 18

"...In “Endless,” arrayed within the spare Northern-Southern space on a series of tables and plinths, Stockton’s most..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote's childhood reminiscences are a poignant present

"...homey set, carefully arranged in the Alchemy’s intimate black-box space; the soft lights in pastel colors, magnificently designed by..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

The Austinites Behind What Happens Later, Meg Ryan’s Return to Rom-Coms

Writers and producers share the details behind the intimate, eccentric, and nostalgic story

"...out to Dietz as "the definition of a liminal space," leaving plenty of opportunity for romantic exploration as a..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Review: Hyde Park Theatre's Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...of a play where we are offered a labyrinthine exploration of truth, social justice, and cultural appropriation in contemporary..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...of a play where we are offered a labyrinthine exploration of truth, social justice, and cultural appropriation in contemporary..."

Aug. 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: "De Tierra"

Exhibition unites two profound figurative sculptors, immigrants more than a century apart

"...expression. The artist's had exhibitions of her sublime figurative explorations all over town in the past three decades, showing..."

July 28, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Comfort Food Views, Inn Cahoots Debuts, Fresh Tequila Cues, Dosas On the Loose, and More as Our Long Hot Summer Continues

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Coming up on Saturday, July 29, at Austin Cinemaker Space (2200 Tillery), seven local storytellers will share autobiographical tales..."

July 19, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Cinema Queerte

Salute the sweaty sirens of the screen with these queer mega-muscle movie events

"...prep for the 1983 Caesars World Cup in an "exploration of gender, femininity, and society's expectations of womanhood." Stay..."

July 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

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