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My Favorite Year
In an extraordinary season of four premieres, playwright Robert Schenkkan brings UT, his old school, a new screwball comedy
"...Babylon, a romance between a Cuban gardener and an Austin widow, which premiered this past summer at the Oregon..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye
Stephen Harrigan cozies up to Shakespeare for a Texas tragedy
"...That timeless Shakespearean tragedy King Lear wears all the great themes of..."

May 31, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Roll 'Em
March
"...no-budget feature, which has been garnering a lot of festival attention, follows the travails of two struggling used-car salesmen..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reeling in '98
The Austin Chronicle Top Nine Films of 1998
"...on a Hard Body (28) 3. Happiness (25) 4. Shakespeare in Love (22) 5. A Simple Plan (19) 6...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state
"...Club Tube Rental in City Park at 170 Charles Austin Dr. (behind Strahan Arena off University Drive) rents tubes,..."

July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup
Balmorhea, Big Bend, Boquillas, Bois d'Arc, and blueberries
"...Agave Festival Celebrate the cultural influence of agave in the desert..."

May 31, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

One in a Crowd
Austin filmmakers need your crowdfunding help
"...Like many artists, Austin's creative community is increasingly turning to crowdfunding platforms to..."

June 8, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Summer fun is heating up around the state
"...to go to the rodeo, horse races, and music festivals...."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Moscow Now, Here
The New Russian Drama Festival opens a hotline to the culture of Russia today
"...spend the days leading up to the election in Austin as the featured playwright at the second New Russian..."

March 9, 2012 Arts Feature by Dan Solomon

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup
So much ado!
"...big story coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the wealth of standout films made by Austin..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

New Leader for the Long
Dallas area arts administrator Cliff Redd named executive director of the Long Center for the Performing Arts
"...and was its executive director until 1990; ran the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas during the Nineties; and briefly headed..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2014
In 2014, reality and fantasy battled it out in theatre and art that was equally exquisite and unnerving
"...8) HENRY V (Austin Shakespeare/Red Then Productions) Another remounting, this time the Chronicle's..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Greek Fest, Taylor Swift Wrestling, and More Weekend Events
No weekend plans? We have some suggestions.
"...by stargirl.   – James Scott Ventana Ballet & Austin Camerata Present: Kaleidoscope..."

May 24, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Way Home
Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf
"...When All the Way opened at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in July 2012, the play's future was anybody's..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

All Over Creation: Two-Stepping With Lyndon
To play historical figures like LBJ and Groucho, actors ought to dance with them
"...in the same theatre, yet – at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I witnessed it in Ashland, Ore., in July..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!
A new theatre company gets Broadway vets to teach teens in Austin, and an older one gets a new artistic director and a new name
"...be held Monday, June 2, 2-8pm. The newly formed Austin Children's Theater is bringing the New York City-based camp..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup
Activities to get your summer sizzling
"...to heat up around the state as fairs and festivals take to the streets...."

June 1, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Continental Drift
Scenes from the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
"...The Toronto International Film Festival is the biggest and most important film festival on..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gathering Up the Wanderers
The Austin International Poetry Festival
"...linguistic intoxication and invoking the Muses and ancestors. The Austin International Poetry Festival is headquartered at Ruta Maya off..."

April 16, 2004 Books Feature by Abe Louise Young

The Many Projects of Lawrence Wright
From TV to the stage the local writer has been busy
"...seem to get tired of: Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Shakespeare did okay by it and so did G.B. Shaw,..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Mission: Improvable
Austin's improv community gathers intelligence
"...talented people from all over the country, dropping into Austin like a rain of exceptionally clever frogs, sharing bills..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

All the World SA Stage
The Debut of the International Theater Festival at San Antonio
"...in Berlin or New York City or maybe even Austin, but San Antonio? Our neighbor to the south is..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events
It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week
"...place to relish art and partake in some of Austin’s most delectable offerings.   – Cat McCarrey “Ode to..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

First Night 2009 Schedule
"...Lindsey Bailey – Sugarrush. Wishspace: Auditorium Shores FAMILY FESTIVAL, 3-6pm Ongoing all afternoon..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature

Poetry in Emotion
Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.
"...who has undergone her own transformation into one of Austin's most sophisticated and highly literate performers...."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Exhibitionism
Latino Comedy Festival: Ripeness Is All
"...entertainment world right now, Latino comedy is hotter than Austin asphalt in August. Headliners like Carlos Mencia and George..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Arts Review

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop
The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards
"...Members of the Austin Critics Table have considered the hundreds of stage productions,..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

OoBer Alles
A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival
"...lingering aftertaste of perversion, this six-person pinnacle of the Austin improv pile is newly fortified with Kaci Beeler and..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gettin' Busy
The South by Southwest Film Festival means everybody has a full plate
"...two, three, even seven separate projects at this year's Festival. Some have made linear jumps from acting gig to..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

sxswi: Arm Candy
Talking with tote bag designer Molly Crabapple
"...big deal. This year, that honor for the interactive festival goes to New York-based graphic designer and comic artist..."

March 14, 2011 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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