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Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage
How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago
"...October 2002, the ballet paid $3.5 million for the 28,000-square-foot Aus-Tex Printing & Mailing building on West Third. Though..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Troublemaker
Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.
"...In June, Rhino Records issued a 3-CD box set..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

The Game Is All
We catch up with some major players in Austin's gaming universe
"...development. But Austin developers have friends at Harmonix, the studio responsible for the Guitar Hero franchise, and they got..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Screens Feature by N. Evan Van Zelfden

More McCanlies, Texas
The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'
"...points with critics and colleagues with Dancer, Texas Pop. 81; and he's acknowledged as the uncredited innovator of the..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Packs a Punch
Chances are you've seen Powerhouse Animation's work, whether you know it or not -- its portfolio includes Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Disney TV's The Proud Family, and plenty of local TV spots, ad campaigns, and one-off Flash animation projects.
"...be measured many different ways. In terms of major studio films like the latest Disney offering, box-office receipts are..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide
Listings
"...of Laura Ingalls Wilder's books about life on the 1860s prairies. The Pioneer Farm now allows them to experience..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week
Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon
"...the stage. Austin Playhouse’s production runs Thursday-Sunday through April 28.   – Richard Whittaker Perverts..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music
Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival
"...All roads lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Thursday Picks & Sleepers
SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb
"...No," "Time of the Season," and their Abbey Road, 1968's Odessey and Oracle – the 2013 SXSW splashes have..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

The Art Is Formally Known as Prints
A somewhat kaleidoscopic glimpse of Austin's screen-printing scene
"...Nakatomi Inc., one of the smallest and newest screen-printing studios in our ink-stained city. "But I taught myself how..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: A Personal Journey, Part 2
Nashville, Coconut Grove, and points in between
"...Jasmine Don't Get You ... features some terrific Nashville studio musicians – including Kenneth Buttrey, Fred F. Carter Jr.,..."

May 25, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Once Upon a Time in Austin
The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene
"...Austin Film Studios during Cheer Up..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Toronto International Film Festival
A first-timer's diary
"...film activity is a fourplex showing the latest Hollywood studio releases. If you're a local, not willing to either..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Black and White and Rick All Over
The ABCs of 'The School of Rock'
"...his films apart from Slacker, his first, have had studio financing, Linklater ironically remains something of a poster boy..."

Oct. 3, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Page Two
Attending the Toronto Film Festival provides some perspective on global perceptions of the United States -- as well as a truly great film experience; the City Council's budget performance is embarrassing, as is Rick Perry's state of vacuous denial.
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Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Cinematexas 2002 Schedule
"...AMOA, LAGUNA GLORIA (3809 W. 35th), 458-8191..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature

Right Where They Belong
Raoul Hernandez goes on tour with the Flatlanders
"...Forty minutes later, as 400-plus studio guests are Mirandaized about audience do's and don'ts under..."

July 26, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Musicians on How Best to Employ City Funds Earmarked for the Local Scene
$3 million in HOT funds are coming. Now what?
"...to musicians who play, tour, release music, pay for studio time and rehearsal spaces, fund and produce their own..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Music Feature

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe
Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up
"...has just announced the rest of its line-up for 2018, including the addition of the closing night film: Mapplethorpe,..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Be Real
Sound Team's major label debut has Capitol
"...as delicate as a perfectly balanced song, a grainy Super-8 video like the one to accompany first single "Back..."

June 9, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Flowing Over
More with Craig Brewer
"...quiet desperation of his women Nola (Taryn Manning of 8 Mile), Shug (Taraji P. Henson), and Lexus (Paula Jai..."

July 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Godzilla vs. the Green Screen
Austin special effects artists can kill you with a squib or with a CGI bullet hit, gore it up with pig entrails or digitally composited blood, and create just about anything you can imagine with their bare hands or software. Does the industry need both?
"...very first Academy Award for Special Make-Up Effects in 1982 for his astonishing work on John Landis' An American..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thirty Years on Location
An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.
"...The list today runs to 38 pages, and that's not counting the myriad industrial films,..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Man and a Half
Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler
"..."Not too good," says the 83-year-old music industry legend. He sounds unhappy. "Call me Jerry."..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

For the Good Times
The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.
"...few months later, he was in an L.A. recording studio, cutting a new album...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Austin Studios Breaking Out the Hammers
With voter approval, studio plans the next phase
"...like affordable housing went down, the folks at Austin Studios are breathing a sigh of relief that voters liked..."

Nov. 14, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked If I Want To
Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape
"..."8:05" (Miller/Stevenson)..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Old Man River
Once an outlaw, always an outlaw: The Return of Steven Fromholz
"...Lyle Lovett paid his respects by including them on 1998's Step Inside This House, "Texas Trilogy" stood as Fromholz's..."

April 20, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Rock en Tijuana
The border city of Tijuana gives birth to the bastard genre of Norteño and Electronica, Nortec.
"...Bostich (aka Ramon Amezcua) started playing ambient techno in 1988 under the name Bostich, which he co-opted from a..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Music Feature by Melissa Sattley

The Reel World
Korey Coleman started The Reel Deal as a scam; he ended up with a show.
"..."Welcome to The Reel Deal." Inside the studio, the noise stops. The show is about to begin...."

July 14, 2000 News Feature by Sarah Hepola

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