Henry V
The player and the text take center stage in this one-man adaptation of Shakespeare's history
"...or rack from which he pulls multiple hats or costume pieces to signify change of character, a common device..."
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Sept. 12, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts
The Good Eye: She of Many Hats (and Antlers)
Learn a little more about the woman who parties like it's 1929
"...lily-shaped phonograph trumpets are visually stunning, as is her costume which she calls "flapper sculpture." But she's hardly immobile:..."
Aug. 15, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry
The Good Eye: Kari Perkins
"...This week's "The Good Eye" profiles Austin-based costume designer Kari Perkins, who just finished the costumes for..."
July 31, 2014 Photo Gallery
July Is Crime Month: Batman Day
Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!
"...W. Anderson, which is inviting folks to come in costume from 7-10pm, when the store will be collecting donations..."
July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires
Estate Sale Roundup: July 18-20
Not snow nor rain nor dark of night can keep us from our rounds
"...assorted lamps; lots of plants; fine jewelry and intriguing costume pieces; sewing and craft supplies; University of Texas 1962..."
July 18, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris
Estate Sale Roundup: July 10-13
Beat the heat this weekend with a cool trip down memory lane
"...& Barton Sterling "Grande Renaissance" of 36 pieces. Also costume jewelry; portable DJ equipment; over 50 Heritage Publication books;..."
July 10, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris
Gay Place: Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey Bey
On a mission to find Uranus
"...50/50 raffle, jungle juice, and Tarzan/Jane and possibly Cheeta costume contest. Fri., July 11, 10pm-3am. Castro's Warehouse, 213 W...."
July 11, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer
Sky Candy Takes on Italo Calvino's COSMICOMICS
Aerialist dancers defy gravity in stunning adaptation this weekend
"...aren't outfitted in quite the level of, ah, phantasmagoric costumery and make-up that the COSMICOMICS artists will be decked..."
June 18, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Mondo Presents Marvelous Munchkins
Exclusive: Mike Mitchell assembles the most adorable Avengers ever
"...greatest heroes and most sinister villains into the cutest costumed characters conceivable...."
April 23, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Estate Sale Roundup: April 4-6
The weather couldn't be better for hunting.
"...show for it. Emma's power suit collection! Beautiful vintage costume jewelry, as well as 100+ hats (!); vintage clothing..."
April 4, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris
Estate Sale Roundup: March 29-30
Put on some sunblock and crank up the heap, we're sailin'.
"...chandeliers; a large collection of sea shells and coral; costume jewelry; vintage toys; a Grundig Danish Modern stereo console..."
March 28, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris
This Austinite Is Headed to the Academy Awards
Thanks to a contest, a local student is headed to the Oscars
"...I posted a picture of me in my Halloween costume. I actually dressed up as an Oscar. I bought..."
March 1, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz
'Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi Oi Oi'
Boomerang's celebrates Australia Day with food, beer, fun, games
"...40s and their kids. Attire ranged from a kangaroo costume, to Australia jerseys to "I heart Sydney, Australia" shirts..."
Jan. 27, 2014 Food Post by Mac McCann
American Hustle
It's all about the hair, the performances, and the grift and graft in this unpredictable new offering from David O. Russell.
"...of reinvention delights in the era’s sense of fashion (costume designer Michael Wilkinson nails the look) without distracting from..."
Dec. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.
"...nails the grotesquerie and arm-hair-pricking menace but good, with costume and set design strengthening the case, for a far..."
Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Creature Construction
How Trouble Puppet creates those ingenious, inhuman figures that populate its plays
"...his characters, Hopkins starts with a drawing, as a costume designer might begin with an illustration. The artist building..."
Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe
LoneStarCon 3: Lessons From My First Worldcon
Oh, the mistakes I’ve made in my first gathering of the genre faithful
"...author Mary Robinette Kowal, an expert on both Regency costume and Jane Austen manners who led the schmoozing seminar,..."
Sept. 2, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry
2012-13 Austin Critics Table Awards
June 3, 2013. 21 photos.
"...Costume designer Pam Fletcher Friday, in accepting her Special Citation..."
June 4, 2013 Photo Gallery
Austin Critics Table Awards 2013
Arts writers raise their glasses to outstanding art in list of nominees
"...Dick, Eugene Lee, and noms for the set and costume designs by Michelle Ney. The most recognized musical was..."
May 24, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
'Face Off' Recap: Double the Work, Half the Pay-Off
Giant successes and monstrous mistakes this week on SyFy's FX show
"...of a disappointing week. Nobody blew me away. Nobody's costume seems really camera ready. Maybe that's a consequence of..."
Feb. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Welcome to the X-Men, David Marquez: Hope You Survive the Experience!
Local artist opens run on Marvel's merry mutants today
"...important to me that each character is recognizable, in costume or out of costume, black and white or in..."
Jan. 16, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker
Gay Place: TOPSY-PERVY
Queerbomb is always No. 1 (or at least No. 8) to us ...
"...Horrorchata, and more. Dress to poop for Annie DePressant's costume contest, and DJs Mouthfeel and Dren Pasht will have..."
Jan. 11, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer
Django Unchained
As entertaining and subversive as Django Unchained is, Tarantino's latest also suffers from a certain slackness.
"...and emerges in a ridiculously ornate Little Lord Fauntleroy costume. However, a delightfully funny scene of a Ku Klux..."
Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
A Royal Affair
Palace intrigue, bodice-ripping, and revolutionary thought: If only this costume drama about Danish monarchs behaving badly delivered on its promise.
"...is one long, sumptuous swoon for castle and period costume junkies.) Curiously, a kind of salvation for both arrives..."
Dec. 7, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Fun Size
Broad-stroked but often funny, this is a teen tale of a Halloween night that doesn't go according to plan.
"...corked rage as easily as he does his Spidey costume. Imagine Little Miss Sunshine’s dark materials (and superior craftsmanship)..."
Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Argo
Ben Affleck directs this entertaining thriller about an unbelievable-but-true mission to extricate American hostages from Iran in 1980.
"...in the American embassy and the absurdity of an in-costume, Hollywood table read for the extraterrestrial Argo shows off..."
Oct. 12, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Meal Times
Beer pairings, baking demos, and savory Independencia
"...Day Ahoy, matey! Show up at the Freehouse in costume to enjoy live pirate entertainment, costume contests, and drink..."
Sept. 14, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
What's Up with Matt "Rubber Repertory" Hislope, Lately?
Esther's Follies, mostly, but let's not forget that other thing
"...the song "Cuban Pete." I then do a rapid costume-change and become a sort of Esther's equivalent of a..."
Sept. 11, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
A Luv Supreme
I Luv Video celebrates 30 years with a 'Blade Runner'-themed bash
"...Bejarano's 50th year on the planet with a massive, costume party-cum-screening of Scott's soggy, dystopian masterpiece in its rarely..."
July 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Weird Wednesday Interview: Don Barton and 'Zaat'
And you thought C.H.U.D. was slimy
"...and in the meantime Ron was developing the monster costume...."
July 10, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Bullock Texas State History Museum
