Arts Features
- In eerie paintings by Ana Fernandez, a house isn't just a house
- Sketch Fest celebrates scripted comedy
- Dark characters are face of 'Los Narcos' exhibit
- Popular Austin art studio tour looks west with roster of more than 160 destinations
- Rude Mechs explore aesthetics' role in evolution in 'Now Now Oh Now'
- Texas Prize aims to create buzz about art
- America Martin blends art with real-life events
- At Wildflower Gala, a collection of LBJ treasures
- Women fight invisible foe in Amie Siegel's 'Black Moon'
- Program aims to help artists with legal issues
- Line Upon Line Percussion ensemble plays Xenakis' music from the future
- New video artwork at UT graces Cronkite Plaza
- 'Death of a Salesman' and the birth of an unconventional stage
- Mary Lynn Rajskub at Moontower Comedy Fest
- Seth Meyers talks 'SNL,' family, more Moontower set
- Nick Offerman brings 'American Ham' to Austin for Moontower comedy fest
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Moontower fest preview: Marc Maron's second act
powered by a podcast - Musician brings jazz style to classical guitar repertoire
- Austin's comedy scene is burgeoning, but it wasn't always a barrel of laughs
- Two new art projects defy tradition
- 'Journey' a modern mix of dance, poetry and music
- Props help make magic for dance company
- From seats, 'View' is mostly perfect
- Steven Wright talks funny inspiration, signature style
- Mexic-Arte plays host to cart project started by Mexico City artist
- Book's menagerie joins familiar 'Honey Badger'
- Opera singer prepares for edgy, icy role of Turandot
- Form and function meet on the green at Laguna Gloria exhibit
- Festival puts spotlight on new Latino playwrights
- In 'White Buffalo' exhibit, an artist's imagination roams
- Butler's living legacy
- 'Laramie Project' returns to Austin - and is still relevant
- Performing with Ballet Austin, dancer finds renewal in a Holocaust ballet
- Music co-op celebrates the celebrated but obscure
- Hudson River exhibit shows nature's role in American art
- Rubbing shoulders with the stars during SXSW
- Dancer uses illness as creative muse
- Mondo, an Alamo Drafthouse spinoff, opening new art studio
- Rodeo rings in 75th year with book on its history
- Fine arts groups alter plans during SXSW
- Project sheds light on human rights
- Counting John Cage: So Percussion pays tribute at UT
- Specter to be opera's general director
- Election year keeps Esther's Follies busy
- Artists diverge at new Reynolds exhibit
- A timeless music, thoughtfully and playfully presented
- Guitarist makes her way in male-dominated field
- Playful art dominates new UT exhibit
- Dance competition gets audience involved
- As celebrities go, Leguizamo is no sloth
- Dressed to the IX's: Duo will dance in Baroque program with music ensemble
- Mia Washington knows what makes a party
- Laguna Gloria gets a contemporary punch
- Photo project focuses on 31,000 people who haven't lost hope amid violent drug war in Mexico
- Social woes of a camera wielder
- My thrifty valentine: Places to treat your love like royalty on a pauper's budget
- With John Cage's 'Musicircus,' the audience is free to wander the museum while the music plays
- Exhibit depicts end-of-the-world fête
- New installation gets down to the nitty-gritty
- Academy takes the light approach in Oscar nominations
- Deaths sadden social Austin
- New festival aims to cement Austin's comedic standing
- New comedy fest to feature head 'SNL' writer Seth Meyers...
- McCall talks about becoming part of Zach team
- Artist-witness creates exhibit for Arthouse in response to shooting at Texas Capitol
- 'Light' seeks to spur discussion of human rights, hate
- Lights are dimming for luminarium | Video
- Miró Quartet's new member looking forward to busy schedule
- A roundup of new art exhibits
- New Bass production honors Scottish country legend
- Pianist explores classical music of Africans
- New Blanton exhibit re-examines Lozano's life
- Playful new exhibit wants you to touch
- In 2011, finances painted a gray picture for the Austin arts scene
- Multimedia artist uses microbes as her muse for Women & Their Work exhibit
- Bastrop portraits signal hope after fires
- 'Idle: Jonathan Faber' at Champion Contemporary
- 'Tush hog' installation takes over Laguna Gloria grounds
- The streets of social Austin
- 'Unsilent Night' makes its way to Austin
- It's all about the pointe during 'Nutcracker' season
- Bah humbug with a Latino accent
- Your Holiday Season Arts Planner
- 40 family-friendly holiday activities around Central Texas
- The return of the 'Intergalactic Nemesis'
- 'Passage' fits scale of Blanton's Atrium
- Austin Poetry Slam's 'Write Bloody Poetry Month' will highlight some of area's best
- Wittliff celebrates anniversary with new director
- Wayne Bell remains a preservation warrior for Austin
- The shifting dynamic of EAST
- With an installation at Arthouse, Carlos Rosales-Silva pays homage to the mix tape
- Two Austin art museums approve merger
- Tent will house Austin Playhouse shows for now
- A little take on Marfa's culture clash
- Malkovich becomes killer at Bass
- Ransom Center chronicles an age of censorship
- The Rude Mechs re-create an avant-garde masterpiece
- New exhibit examines outsider status
- New group aims to improve arts education for Hispanics
- New choral group finds a niche
Celebrity photos, May 2012
Rockaway Beach Party
Bikebot Fash Bash
Art Bra Austin 2012
Midgetmen at the Mohawk, 05.18.12
Brew Exchange Grand Opening, 05.17.12
Scenes from "Battleship"
Scenes from "The Dictator"
Zombie Social Bike Ride, 05.16.12
Scottish Rite Theater
Ducks go from farm to table, 05.15.12
Guitarist David Didonato, 5.14.12
Pachanga Fest day two
Salt-n-Pepa at the Belmont
Pachanga Fest day one
Nesting red-tailed hawks, 05.13.12
East Cameron Folkcore CD Release, 05.10.12
Peligrosa DJ collective
Barrio Boombox at Hotel Vegas, 05.05.12
Pecan Street Festival
- Austin Arts: Seeing Things The 2011-2012 Austin Critics' Table Awards nominations
- Fit City Marathon director recovering from brain surgery
- Austin Movie Blog 'Post Tenabras Lux' in Cannes
- Digital Savant The Linkdown for Wednesday, May 23
- Austin Movie Blog Matthew McConaughey to play John F. Kennedy in new film from director of 'Precious'
