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..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Making the Most of EAST

Ten tips to help you keep your head in the crush of the East Austin Studio Tour

"...year during the East Austin Studio Tour, the number of artists in this town is staggering. While the tour..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

One Ounce Opera Highlights the (Death-Obsessed) Work of Four Women Composers and Librettists

Micro-operas were the order of the day at the company's annual Fresh Squeezed showcase

"...this network," says One Ounce Opera's Julie Fiore, speaking of the way she and her crew wrangle such compelling..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Juegos Rancheros Holds Final Meetup of the Year

Local indie game nonprofit parties before hiatus

"...Juegos Rancheros, Austin’s indie game nonprofit, announced it will host its final meetup of the..."

June 28, 2019 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Song/Book: Grapes of Wrath vs. 1984

Rob Halverson and friends wrap live music around some heavy fiction

"...might seem a bit odd, comparing our Trump-tainted trainwreck of a 2017 to the Spandex-flexing DayGlo paroxysm that was..."

July 18, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Pleasure of the Paynes 2015

Big wins for Am I White?, Heathers at the 2015 theatre awards

"...turn stormy at some point. But despite the presence of the bolt-throwing deity, the 41st annual B. Iden Payne..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

One Ounce Opera’s Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera II

Austin’s One Ounce Opera juices the night away

"...Austin's One Ounce Opera, not content with their gang of free-range goldenthroats staging bits of classical opera's greatest hits..."

April 14, 2017 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Melany Jean’s Top 10 Fine Art Moments of 2018

Unforgettably textured sculptures, unsettling exhibitions, and unusual spaces made for a memorable year in art

"...was no exception, brilliantly pinning down nature's ephemeral moments of beauty and offering them up for generous display...."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Fusebox's Celebration of Avant-Garde Arts Is Still Free, Still Free-Spirited

Fest brings together Christeene, Golden Hornet, and Dexter

"...begun in 2005 by Ron Berry and a crew of creative provocateurs is charging admission for its chockablock schedule..."

April 8, 2022 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...works, Dimension pleases my aesthetics so powerfully because many of the folks involved are blacksmiths and are all hands-on..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Playback: Mayor Steve Adler's Politics of Music Policy

Omnibus staff report is imperfect, but don't stop the momentum, says mayor

"...and creative venues, advanced last week with the release of a laundry list of prioritized recommendations from city staff...."

July 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Punk Rock Patron of Austin Music Richard Lynn

Super Secret founder and Sonic Transmissions Festival underwriter expands operations

"...Drilling, Larry staked his own claims an hour east of Austin in Giddings during the Seventies, making significant contributions..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Change of Venue

This year, FronteraFest is takin' it to the streets – and a chapel, a bookstore, a home ...

"...Theatre and Salvage Vanguard Theater with the instinctive surety of swallows winging their way back to Capistrano. And why..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Song of Life on Death Row

How Dead Man Walking came to be an opera -- and to be produced in Austin before almost every other city in the world -- reveals the great risks and rewards in developing new works for the modern operatic stage.

"...space is small and austere: fluorescent bulbs and walls of bare brick, a window for observers in an adjoining..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Decay, Preserve, Observe: The Experimental Memories of Bill Morrison

The cinematic pioneer discusses his career and filmography before his Austin retrospective

"...Auguste Lumière invented the Cinématographe and locked in much of what we know as the felt experience of "going..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Screens Feature by Joe Gross

Sensory Overload

The Hyperreal Film Club summer series at the Museum of Human Achievement

"...Despite the efforts of our expansive film-loving community, it is still difficult to..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Candy-Coated Copyright Infringement

Museum of Human Achievement sues Mars, associates over SXSW installation

"...The Museum of Human Achievement is a lot of things, according..."

May 11, 2018 News Feature by Kate Groetzinger

Dolly Fest Celebrates Dolly Parton's Influence on Culture – Queer and Otherwise

"Anti-musical” headlines an evening of high camp and high hair

"...The Museum of Human Achievement is getting ready to host a..."

July 31, 2019 Arts Post by Savana Dunning

Queer Indie Video Game Showcase Is a Gaymer's Delight

Local video game showcase Fantastic Arcade supports indie queer games

"...Monthly video game social event Games Y’all, coordinated by Museum of Human Achievement’s Fantastic Arcade, will be showcasing queer..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Calculated Carelessness

Okkervil River guitarist Lauren Gurgiolo gets arty

"...Calculated Carelessness, she’s organized a multimedia installation at the Museum of Human Achievement. It runs this week only, Thursday..."

May 1, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Critics Table Tops at 25

The nominees for the 2016-17 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...A lot of stage productions, concerts, and art exhibitions were mounted around..."

May 22, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Seeing the Fusebox Festival Without Reservations

Tickets to some shows have been snapped up, but there’s still plenty of electric Fusebox action available

"...are free is that there are always a lot of other people who want to do them because they're..."

April 12, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Touring the Tour

A very meta experience, guided by Heather Pesanti, senior curator of the Contemporary Austin

"...The colossal East Austin Studio Tour is coming out of its absolutely necessary weekday intermission and entering the second..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Qmmunity: Glam, Gore, and More

Fill your homosexual calendar with a b-day ball by House of Lepore, Hyperreal Film Club’s Aughts horror screening, and more.

"...As May waltzes across the freshly dug grave of April, so we feel the first zip up our..."

May 6, 2022 Column by James Scott

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...Pleasant Valley Bridge, twilight hung back against a chorus of rising insect noise. Twenty of us gathered for a..."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Everything Is Exemplary

The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...ones handing out the honors at their annual presentation of awards for outstanding artistic achievements, but this year the..."

June 3, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Arcade for the Average Austinite

A preview of free, public events at this weekend of indie gaming

"...to those interested in the arty and outré side of the gaming world is Fantastic Arcade...."

Oct. 26, 2018 Screens Post by James Renovitch

A Summer Shindig With Austin’s Sex Workers Outreach Project

SWOP hosts a fundraiser for housing, employment, and safety

"...According to Kita Khan and Rainny Daze, two members of Austin’s Sex Workers Outreach Project, the group grew out..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Charlie Neddo

Fusebox Festival Review: Magdalena Jarkowiec’s In Here

Are we all just doing a dance in a box?

"...I went into In Here already a fan of several things: the choreographic and soft-sculpture work of Magdalena..."

April 19, 2018 Arts Post by Jonelle Seitz

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 25-27

Your auditory agenda for the next three days

"...Get out of the house, grab a drink, and stand by other..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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