Brass Ring Lessons
How TexARTS' first two go-rounds in staging classic musicals are helping to make its new Carousel ride a winner
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June 22, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
This debut fantasy novel is appealing, in part because it draws on legends of the Arab world for its magic
"...actually live in. That's what makes The City of Brass, a debut novel from S.A. Chakraborty, such a fascinating..."
March 2, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe
Thanks to Brass for Making Positive Suggestions
"...Dear Editor, Thank you very much to Kevin Brass for the "Our Lips to God's Ear" segment of..."
March 7, 2009 Postmarks
Brass Captures Challenges of 24-Hour Local News
"...Dear Editor, Kevin Brass' article on News 8 Austin was the most comprehensive..."
Sept. 8, 2004 Postmarks
Laughing Out Loud at Brass
"...casually flipped through the Chronicle and ran across Kevin Brass' “'Statesman's 'World'” article [“Media Watch,” News]. What a clever..."
April 3, 2008 Postmarks
APD Top Brass Contacted Former D.A. Staffer for “Anonymous Stories” on José Garza’s Office
D.A. says APD “condone” apparent search for dirt on him
Feb. 16, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders
APD Brass Shifts Up, Down, Across
Musical chairs at Downtown HQ
May 9, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Brass Shuffle at APD
Up, Down, and Sideways Among Police Commanders
May 2, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith
Everything Should be Made of Brass
There's a new contender for weirdest SXSW party so far.
March 13, 2007 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
The Top Brass
Oct. 25, 2002 News Feature
Punjabi Powerhouse: Red Baraat
Brooklynites connect Indian and New Orleans brass bands
"...of horns and percussion that’s part Bollywood, part Bayou brass...."
April 5, 2013 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett
Talk That Music Talk: Passing on Brass Band Music in New Orleans the Traditional Way
Coffeetable book on New Orleans? Dense ethnography and oral history of Crescent City brass bands!
"...Talk That Music Talk: Passing on Brass Band Music in New Orleans the Traditional Wayby Bruce..."
May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett
Pole Position
For some kinds of dance, you need Brass Ovaries
"...At Brass Ovaries, a fitness studio focused on pole dancing, enthusiasm..."
Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Feature by Kaci Beeler
An Angel-Free Angeles
Detective novelist Michael Connelly trolls L.A.'s seedy underbelly again in The Brass Verdict
"...His new novel, The Brass Verdict, will be published Oct. 14. Full disclosure: I..."
Oct. 3, 2008 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett
Honk!TX Brief
Five questions for a brass-travaganza organizer
"...Honk!TX, answered an email about this weekend’s fifth annual brass band blowout for some color accompanying the schedule in..."
March 26, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Austin Symphony Orchestra Cancels Performance Due to Extreme Heat
Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park hit thrice this season
"...shows: This time, it's tonight's scheduled performance by its brass quintet...."
July 10, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
McQueen
The triumphs and tragedies of the late bad boy of British fashion
"...splash on the cranium. In Michael Nyman’s score, a brass section booms rhythmically like blood in your ears. The..."
Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Dog Days
By-the-numbers summer rom-com has more going for it than just puppers
"...people together, but Marino and co. go for the brass ring. Try to imagine going to your local deli..."
Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Herb Alpert’s School of Music
Trumpeter’s alums include Waylon, Satchmo, and Karen Carpenter
"...a trumpeter feels inadequate. His albums with the Tijuana Brass sold millions, but he also became a major force..."
Sept. 24, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets
Inside Out
Audacity is matched by artistry in the latest Pixar crowd-pleaser
"...signs of life, but Pixar really swings for the brass ring of seemingly unmarketable concepts with its latest, Inside..."
June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
APD Uproar Over OCD
Union says politics at play, brass says business as usual
"...of detective-rank personnel is partly what has prompted department brass to consider some reorganization of the division. Out of..."
Sept. 13, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The third book of Stieg Larsson's addictive Swedish trilogy is now onscreen.
"...inconceivable, for now, that any actor would have the brass balls to place herself at the center of the..."
Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Dukes
Character actor Robert Davi directs and co-stars with Chazz Palmintieri in this movie about a former doo-wop group that tries to recapture its glory days.
"...heist – in order to grab something resembling the brass ring. They’re middle-aged men who don’t have the common..."
Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt
The Rocker
Rainn Wilson's goofy, puppylike charm makes this comedy about overage, overweight rockers passing on the glories of rock & roll to the next generation a palatable exercise.
"...– Fish embarks on a second grab for the brass codpiece when his nephew's pseudo-emo outfit loses its own..."
Aug. 22, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Gypsy Caravan
Billed as the “Gypsy Caravan,” five bands travel across America making music from across the Romani diaspora.
"...endorsed in the film by Johnny Depp); and boisterous brass band Fanfare Ciocarlia. Documentarian Dellal follows the tour intimately,..."
Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Peaceful Warrior
It's mostly hoo-hah, but there are moments in this New Agey, feel-semi-good crowd-pleaser that rise above and beyond the gymnastics and psychobabble.
"...seems to be striving for more than the simple brass ring of the usual sports biopic. There's a genuine..."
June 23, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Last Holiday
After being diagnosed with an incurable brain disease, a woman (who is played delightfully by Queen Latifah) discovers her moxie.
"...Czech Republic, let us at least have Queen Latifah’s brass to add a bass note to the treacle...."
Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Two for the Money
Pacino again plays another Mephistophelean type who mentors McConaughey's ex-jock in the intricacies of his tout service, offering tips to betters on the Vegas line, but the film is about as fresh as a day-old betting slip.
"...provides very little in the way of specifics and brass tacks (or knuckles). We learn that Walter is an..."
Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
S.W.A.T.
"...ex-Navy SEAL-turned-S.W.A.T.ter Jim Street, who butts heads with department brass when he and his partner (Renner) disobey orders and..."
Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
High Crimes
"...him from what is presumably a framing by military brass, Claire takes on the case, with a green lieutenant..."
