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StoryboardAustin, Views and BrewsViews and Brews: Art Blakey and The Art of RevolutionBoth playing drums and out in the world, Art Blakey produced a powerfully important original sound, the influence of which has lasted for generations. Blakey was a mentor to many musicians and is considered to be a developer of much of the jazz landscape for the past 50 years, as he consistently led his Jazz Messengers. With a steady and unwavering practice, he produced a revolution.... |
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Arts EclecticNow Now Oh NowThe Rude Mechanicals are known for their unusual, highly collaborative performances, and their latest, Now Now Oh Now, is certainly in keeping with that ethos. It’s an interactive promenade piece, which means that the small audience (limited to only 30 per performance) should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to roam around a bit. Also, they might want to bring an umbrella if coming on a rainy day.
The show involves puzzles, the science of evolution, Dungeons and Dragons, LARPing (Live Action Role Playing), and more issues and topics that might or might not be related.
As is the case with most Rude Mechs works, Now Now Oh Now is a collaborative piece, created by the entire cast and crew (with staging by Shawn Sides and writing by Hannah Kenah). It's evolved... |
StoryboardAustin, Views and Brews
Views and Brews: Smart Thinking
Sometimes "thinking smarter" is less about learning and more about re-thinking the way we think and why. In this intimate discussion at the Cactus Cafe UT Psychology Professor and author of Thinking Smarter Dr. Art Markman, along with UT Music Professor, Dr. Bob Duke explored modes of study and...
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StoryboardAustin, Views and Brews
Views and Brews: The Future of Music
Fans aren't just consumers anymore, but tastemakers, music distributors and even collaborators with artists. How does this impact artists' careers? Will anyone get paid for making music anymore? How does this up the ante for concerts and festivals? Is touring and playing out 200 times a year the...
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Around Town, StoryboardAustin
Around Town: Funky Chicken Coop Tour
Over the weekend Austinites had a chance to check out what the cluck was up with the urban chicken coops around town during the 4th annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour. For the forth year in a row Austin-area poultry keepers open their backyards to show off chickens and chicken coops....
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Arts Eclectic
The Dragon Play
This month, Shrewd Productions is presenting the first-ever production of Jenny Connell's The Dragon Play. The new work features two storylines, one concerning a married couple in Minnesota and one centered on a young boy and a dragon in central Texas. The lines between these two moments...
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Around Town, StoryboardAustin, SXSW 2012
Around Town: Music on the Streets
The month of March 2012 came in like a lion and went out like a lion for us here at Storyboard and thank goodness that somewhere in the mix we had a chance to get out and about Around Town to take in some of the wonderfulness with our brand spankin’ new multimedia producer,...
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Around Town, StoryboardAustin
Tejano Monument Unveiled at the Texas ...
Hundreds of spectators turned out on a humid Thursday morning to celebrate the unveiling of the newest bronze sculpture on the Capitol grounds. The Tejano Monument pays tribute to the contributions by Tejanos as permanent testimony of the Spanish-Mexican heritage that has influenced and is inherent...
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Around Town, StoryCorps
Kurt Kaiser and Travis Sandoval
Friends Kurt Kaiser and Travis Sandoval were two of the Austinites who sat down together in the Airstream while it was in town. They talked about their families, about Kurt's Mormon upbringing, and about coming out to their parents. The conversation presented here begins with Kurt asking Travis...
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Arts Eclectic
The New Movement
The New Movement isn't just a comedy theater; in addition to nightly shows, they also offer improv classes, tour regularly, and work on film and television projects. For the past three years, though, they've been doing that work while based out of a former laundromat on Austin's East Side. That...
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StoryboardAustin, Views and Brews
Views and Brews: Speaking With Classic...
It was a beautiful evening at the Cactus Cafe as we discussed expressing emotions in music with frets and strings with Austin Classical Guitar Society director Dr. Matthew Hinsley, Dr. Steve
Kostelnik, Dr. Tom Echols and host Rebecca McInroy. Listen back to the beautiful performances and...
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StoryboardAustin
Ephraim Owens Live in KUT’s Studio 1A
I've been pointing a camera at Ephraim Owens since the mid 90s when I waited tables at a downtown steakhouse. I'd finish a late night shift and head over to the Cedar Door, or the Elephant Room and shoot grainy, black and white images of the Austin Jazz scene. We've since become friends, and when...
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StoryboardAustin
Event: StoryTime at the Cactus Cafe
Whether you realize it or not, telling a story is something we do everyday. It's what we do over coffee with friends, drinks with loved ones or phone calls to family near and far.
Now, we're inviting you to share a story. In any form, really. A blog post, journal entry, poem or maybe you just...
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Texas Women’s History Month Profiles
KUT and the Ruthe Winegarten Foundation celebrate Women’s History Month with the “Texas Women’s History Moment” throughout March. These 90 second pieces highlight the impact that women in the Lone Star State have had in...
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Arts Eclectic
Wit
Margaet Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning play Wit is currently running at City Theatre. It’s the story of poetry professor Vivan Bearing and her battle with cancer, a disease that's touched the lives of many of the cast and crew. Judith Laird, who, like the character she plays, is a...
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StoryboardAustin, What We're Watching
What We’re Watching: TED Talks w...
If you're familiar with the work of Erik Johansson you may frequently ask yourself "what is photography?". Exploring that question can be a fun exercise, however in this TED Talk Erik also delves into another deeper question, which is "what is reality?" and "how do our brains decide what is...
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