Aburi Oshi Sushi Opens in Austin
Having lived in Japan for five years and twice as many years going back and forth on assignments, I developed a tsu’s (gourmands) palette for all Japanese cuisine. Besides writing…
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
This is not the musical Hair, but one could be forgiven seeing the importance of hair in this 1990 musical based on the 1886 story of Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange…
Cloudy with a Chance of Ale – Beerthoven Concert Series
From pretzels to beer or wine outside the Neil Cochran House, guests were invited to munch, sip, and bring their food inside the intimate, brightly lit room where the trio…
Belle: A Ballet for the Ages
Beauty & The Beast has reached iconic status in our culture, thanks to the Disneyfication of the tale which was actually first was told in France in 1740. But what…
Funny, Like an Abortion
The title ‘Funny, Like an Abortion’ is provocative and thought-provoking, encapsulating the play’s dark humor and serious subject matter. It’s a play that uses humor to shed light on the…
New Reagan Biography
An estimated 11,000 books (!) have been written about President Ronald Reagan. Now, we have another one. Max Boot is senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a…
Conway on the former President: Send the Damn Fucker to Outer Space!
A book has recently been published (by Russ Buettner) about the former President, DT. It is entitled Lucky Loser, all about how DT squandered his father’s fortune and created the…
Sunny Days at the Vortex
The Vortex Theater is a small, innovative theatre company located on Manor Road in East Austin that continually pushes the boundaries of experimental theatre. In business for three decades (a…
Stoppard’s Arcadia
Those of us fortunate enough to be a member of a university department of “Mathematics, Physics and Computing,” as I am, can certainly appreciate the 1993 Tom Stoppard play Arcadia.…
1001 Nights with Antonio Ajero
The Central Texas Philharmonic outdid themselves yet again. Stefan Sanders, Music Director for his 6th season, is a tremendous gift to this region in the state. He formerly assisted as…