The Case for Slow: What Happens When We Remember How to Be Still
I met Darwin Fogt at our community pool because I noticed he was reading one of my favorite authors, Haruki Murakami. It was in one a moment that could’ve easily…
Midnight: A Barrel of Laughs
I almost missed Midnight, which would have been a shame. It was the last performance of the season, and I was thrilled to have seen it. Coming from the Bronx,…
Looking Up: How the Sky Might Bring Us Back Together
There is something humbling about looking up at the stars. For a few minutes, the arguments, borders, algorithms, ideologies and divisions that occupy so much of our daily lives become…
Oversight: Who Should Decide AI’s Future?
What happens when a handful of people place the future of humanity behind sealed doors and take on the responsibility of deciding its fate? That unsettling premise lies at the…
Mantis Massage: Where Your Body Finds Peace of Mind
When your body is aching and crying out for a little tenderness, you have too many choices of massage therapists in town. Same as acupuncture or chiropractors. How do you…
Flamenco at The Rosette: Carlos Piñana & Miguel Angel
Carlos Piñana (l) and Miguel Ángel (right) I’m writing this piece after the fact. One of Spain’s greatest, Carlos Piñana, if not “the greatest” flamenco guitarist, along with master percussionist…
Rock of Ages: A Big-Haired, Heart-Pounding Trip Back to the Era of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ’n’ Roll
What? The off-Broadway musical Rock of Ages is about religion? No, silly. But this show delivers something close to a rock and roll revival: an ecstatic experience where the audience…
A Raisin in the Sun
Although the show closed at the end of June, City Theatre’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun deserves a standing ovation. A landmark of American theater, this…
Dear Dickies – a Love Letter to a Working Class Brand of Clothing
Dear Dickies is an original comedic one-woman performance worth changing your clothes for. Robin Chotzinoff wrote and performed this hilarious autobiographical show, directed by Kristen Osborn. As a member of…
Canadian Stand-Up Comic Takes Austin by Storm
Austin comedy audiences hold their laughter like a confidence — measured, contained, released only when something has fully earned it. Walk into Cap City Comedy Club on a Friday night…