Danny Malone’s Backyard

Special Magic Barn Fantastic Show comes off as billed

"...folker flitted around making last-minute adjustments before taking the stage. He took time to introduce his cat, Simone, as..."

Dec. 20, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Chaos in Rhythm

Sing-alongs and smelly shirts at SXSW

"...King Khan & the Shrines set fire to the stage...."

March 26, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

In Rainbows

Radiohead tripped out Saturday, May 17

"...energy-efficient tubular LED light show put on from the stage. If ever there were doubt that Radiohead could pull..."

May 18, 2008 Music Post by Darcie Stevens

Camp Shakespeare Documentary Says We Will Meet, And There We May Rehearse

PBS film Take Pains. Be Perfect. puts UT's theatre program center stage

"...barn, which serves as a Shakespearean sanctuary. A former stagecoach inn, its restoration was overseen by "First Lady of..."

April 8, 2022 Screens Feature by Ellen Daly

aGLIFF Review: A Dog Barking at the Moon

Chinese-Spanish drama embraces its theatrical magic

"...film will dissolve into a dreamlike masterpiece, a playwright’s magic captured on camera...."

Aug. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Nick Yeager

“Future’s So Bright” for PR Newman

Timbuk3's Pat MacDonald reacts to fellow Hole in the Wall-er’s cover

"...songwriter Ben Ballinger, the Hole in the Wall’s front stage has remained a crucial entry point for fledgling bands..."

June 7, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced

The Critics Table's picture-perfect year

"...the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions mounted locally between May..."

May 13, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Review: Lonnie Holley/Mary Lattimore

Instant poetry by Holley and golden harp from Lattimore

"...scattered light across the wavy water and toward the stage outside of the Waller Creek Boathouse...."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Rick Weaver

ACL Live Review: Janelle Monáe

A powerful feminine tomorrow arrived yesterday – finally

"...destroyed her 4pm Sunday mandate at the American Express stage...."

Oct. 8, 2018 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

2018's Texas Pride Celebrations

Celebrate your queerness throughout the Lone Star State this summer

"...community, resilience, and most of all that amazing queer magic we all share...."

May 22, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Mikaila Rushing

Shannon Stott Cracks Jokes and Breaks Barriers

Austin’s funniest short-form improviser wants more diverse improv

"...has been trying to keep Shannon Stott from the stage, it’s doing a spectacularly poor job. In fact, in..."

Aug. 29, 2017 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

Pleasure of the Paynes 2016

Annual theatre awards think Terminus is the living end

"...show that just seems to have generated some special magic and on which a lotta love is lavished. So..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Arts Post

SXSW Music: Dion

Bronx bard was never, ever a Dick Clark confection

"...DiMucci cut a compelling figure when he took the stage alongside Conan O’Brien house band leader Jimmy Vivino. The..."

March 18, 2016 SXSW Post by Greg Beets

ACL Review: Alt-J

Chairman of the English board of non reciprocation

"...Alt-J commenced with their business date at the Honda stage...."

Oct. 12, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

ACL Review: Chance the Rapper

A Chicago MC prodigy to lead us all

"...Chance the Rapper’s dominant performance at the Miller Lite stage on Sunday, which concerned one of those “I’ll pull..."

Oct. 5, 2015 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Johnny Gimble 1926-2015

The first name in Texas fiddlers

"...Gimble set down his bow and walked off the stage of life on Saturday morning. The 88-year-old icon of..."

May 11, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Live Shot: Chromeo

Canadians create a live experience out of push-button music

"...Chromeo turned the vicinity in front of the RetailMeNot stage into a sunny Studio 54. Presenting all of the..."

Oct. 6, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shot: Sarah Silverman

Giving voice to the most vile thoughts

"...were in short supply as Sarah Silverman took the stage Sunday afternoon with new material literally in hand. Rebuking..."

Nov. 11, 2013 Arts Post by Greg Beets

LoneStarCon 3: Lessons From My First Worldcon

Oh, the mistakes I’ve made in my first gathering of the genre faithful

"...is inexplicably long and, unless you really, really love stage magic, tragically low-energy. The con's Toastmaster, sf and comics..."

Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Chaos in Tejas Live (Saturday): Metalcore Mohawk

Rotten Sound, Baroness, Kill the Client, and Coliseum rip

"...Delivering precision strikes rather than scatterbombs, they cleared the stage of any lingering ennui...."

June 2, 2013 Music Post by Michael Toland

Midnight Boom

Three questions with the Kills’ Alison Mosshart

"...Balloon, and hits Emo’s tonight with the Horrors and Magic Wands. While Mosshart declined to discuss the Dead Weather,..."

April 24, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Abracadabra!

Abra Moore Works Her Magic

"...to go forth and represent Austin on the national stage, it's the frail-looking girl who sat quietly in the..."

May 16, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Miracle on E. 7th St.

After 25 Years, Ruperto Reyes Brings Magic Back Home

"...The stage, however, wasn't through with Reyes. In 1994, an old..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Arts Feature by James E. Garcia

Turning Tricks With The Amazing Ray

With nothing up his sleeve, Esther's Follies resident magic man Ray Anderson pulls wonder -- and laughter -- out of thin air.

"...you can pull a rabbit out of. Fascinated with magic since he was a kid and blessed with a..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What the Right Hand Is Doing

Magician turned sitcom star Harry Anderson returns to Austin at Palmer Auditorium this weekend, and his former partner and cohort, Austin author Turk Pipkin, looks back as he looks forward to reuniting with his old pal.

"...Saturday evening, September 4, magician turned sitcom star (and former Austinite) Harry Anderson will..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Features Feature by Turk Pipkin

Nothing Less Than Magical

Veterans of the Zilker Summer Musical recall enchantment on the hillside

"...summer musical has been produced on the Zilker Hillside stage for five decades running. The tradition was launched in..."

July 4, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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.

"...the dozens of young talents that crossed the Esther's stage? With the dreamer, jumping from sketch scripts to screenplays,..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...Puss and Anal Graveyard, took to the giant outdoor stage at Stubb's Wednesday night, the first night of South..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Austin Musical Theatre Hits the Heights

That's Show Biz!

"...onto the tape-lined section of linoleum that denotes the "stage" in this cafetorium serving as a theatre rehearsal space..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Arts Feature

The Magic Flute

This new balletic adaptation boasted fantastic visuals but stodgy choreography

"...The Magic Flute..."

May 13, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

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