Review: Broadway in Austin’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Now is the Summer of our discontent after this flat jukebox

"...In the 2015 sci-fi film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney (Matt..."

May 7, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Bring the Zilker Summer Musical Home This Year

You can dance, you can jive to the Summer Musical and Mamma Mia! even if you can't get to the Zilker Hillside

"...of May 26, you could still plan on seeing the 62nd annual Zilker Summer Musical starting July 10. But..."

May 29, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Life at the Cha-Cha Palace

Stephen MacMillan Moser takes a trip down the yellow brick-laid, disco ball-lit memory lane in the world of Austin's Seventies Disco scene.

"...It was one of the most schizophrenic eras, but so typical of Austin --..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...The worst part about summer is everyone demanding that you..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Priests of Syrinx

What’s in a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame anyway?

"...When did the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony become..."

May 17, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

As the Years Go Passing By

Inner Sanctum Records and the Armadillo – rock & roll, Austin-historical-style

"...long, passed in a cubbyhole in a bookstore on the Drag with a newly Xeroxed poster that read, "Smash..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...by Marjorie Baumgarten, Sarah Hepola, Marcel Meyer, and Jessica..."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

The Death of Rock & Roll

Top 10s: Year, Decade, Eternity

"...Like this country's forefathers, it came from England. Though it didn't originate there,..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Pesto, Puccini, and the Omni Talented Singing With Your Supper

"...by Virginia B. Wood Ancho's Restaurant at the Omni Hotel..."

June 16, 1995 Arts Feature

Off the Record

Max Dropout's garage-punk festival levels Beerland to Ground Zero; David Letterman hosts a Late Show spectacular at Antone's; What Made Milwaukee Famous grapples with success on second LP

"...Local booker Max Dropout was hired on the spot at Beerland after breaking up a fight at..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Big Cheese

South by Southwest 1997

"...The phrase "shit-hot," cribbed from some international band's bio, comes..."

March 21, 1997 Music Feature

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...Maybe a bit of a snob, too. So say the words "genre fiction" – no, even worse, "Western novel"..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Productions and performances, from the fantastic to the unfortunate

"...When we reflect back on a live theatre production, it's often one brief shining moment that we..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Ground Floor Theatre’s Dot

An authentic albeit imbalanced emotional journey into dementia

"...There’s been a lot of debate of late, among entertainment..."

May 19, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Hamilton Lottery Coming for Austin Performances

You can't say no to this!

"...it, right? And odds are you've also heard of the Hamilton lottery, the only way to even have a..."

Nov. 16, 2021 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Walking and Talking

"...Directed by: Nicole Holofcener. Starring: Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber, Todd Field and Kevin..."

Aug. 9, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

I Built My Girlfriend's iPod

Stranded on a desert island? At least you have your iPodSolar.

"...On our desert island, a two-story bungalow faces the lagoon, and goats, donkeys, and rabbits forage around the..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

In Goth We Trust

Or is that disco?

"...is this memory stuck in my head? Sometime in the early 1990s, I’d gone into Tower Records on the..."

Jan. 16, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Checking In: Go Fever’s Acey Monaro Paints Houses Down Under

“So, so, so relieved about the outcome, can’t wait to get back now”

"...“Hello from the sunny, COVID-free East coast of Australia,” emailed Acey Monaro..."

Nov. 30, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Stronger With Each Tear: Mary J. Blige

Soul queen slays the Moody Theater

"...all, Flower Traveling Band. Mary J. Blige Wednesday at the Moody makes up for most of it – final..."

March 1, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...Myra Breckinridge Video stores killed the revival houses. Video and the old movie channels on..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...The following are albums by artists playing the 1997 South..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

Sxsw

"...Okay, take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Again. There. Feel better? Look, just calm down. So what if..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Mamma Mia!

This film adaptation of the Broadway adaptation of a catalog of Swedish disco hits retains all the fun but remains astonishingly silly.

"...Walters, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper. First let me soothe the jangled nerves of any purists in the house:..."

July 18, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Releases Full Feature Lineup

Slate includes everyone from Wes Anderson to the Zellners

"...school football to our communal spirit of filmmaking in the face of the bigwigs in New York and L.A...."

Jan. 30, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

From Here to Eternity

The only punk rock band that mattered, and why they still do

"...The Clash haven't aged well. Mick Jones is suffering from..."

May 19, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Saturday Sleepers

"...7pm, Habana Calle 6 Annex Taking their name from the Mountain Goats' "The Best Ever Death..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...A Triple-S movie (three suicides in the cast -- Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Bates, and George Sanders),..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...The Sundance Film Festival released its first programming wave this..."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Picks and Sleepers

"...DAVIS McLARTY AGENCY PRESENTS: ... three Austin acts the former Ely drummer, forever Booze Weasel-turned-booker books: Hank Williams'..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

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