Entries from Austinist tagged with 'wings'
February 29, 2008
Saturday marks the opening of Wheelchair Epidemic, a group show featuring exclusive black and white photos taken at Antone’s, 80s Austin punk scene photos by documentary photog Bill Daniel, and various music-inspired drawings, paintings and mixed media collages....
Continue Reading "Wheelchair Epidemic Group Art Show Rolls into Gallery Lombardi"January 3, 2008
You can call it lowbrow art, pop surrealism or just plain ‘ol weird, but the work now on display at Okay Mountain features some of the best (and mind-blowingly bizarre) works by emerging California artists....
Continue Reading "There’s Gold in Them There Mountains"September 19, 2007
So the 2007 Austin City Limits Music Festival has come and gone but you still haven’t had enough music. Thankfully, the 2007 Wall Of Sound Festival is just around the corner. Besides catching headliners such as Explosions In The Sky, Midlake, and Ghostland Observatory, be sure to check out Spectrum. The brainchild of Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom (a.k.a. Peter Kember), the act will be performing new songs while Spacemen 3 era tracks are also promised.......
Continue Reading "Austinist Previews Wall Of Sound Festival: Spectrum, Bobby Bare Jr. & Tacks, The Boy Disaster"September 5, 2007
It’s time to channel the patio-dwelling, agua fresca-drinking short film lover inside of you, for Nueva Onda restaurant will be serving up some Purely Austin Shorts tomorrow night free of charge. All you have to do is show up, sit down, and stuff your face. The synopses of all four films sound promising and the line up is eclectic enough to suit a variety of tastes. The night begins with Room of Ghosts --......
Continue Reading "Nueva Onda Puts Some Austin-Only Shorts in Your Salsa"January 16, 2007
Political strategist and foodie-about-town Matthew Curtis dropped us a note to confirm that, even in these times of great iciness and despair (generally caused by everyone driving like an asshole when it gets below 38 degrees in Texas,) Katz's never kloses. Like, ever. Thanks, Matt. Baby, it's cold outside. After falling on my ass three times today, and spending a good chunk of the morning de-icing my car, my hunger pangs set in this......
Continue Reading "ICE STORM 2007: This Just In: Katz's Still Never Klosing"July 29, 2005
Kat Candler made a name for herself in the local film scene when her first feature, cicadas, premiered at the 2000 Austin Film Festival. Her film about "four teenagers trying to find strength and understanding at that age where no one understands" was an audience favorite at the fest and went on a tour of other US film festivals. Candler went on to make a number of shorts, including "The Absence of Wings"--her contribution......
Continue Reading "Austinist Interview with Kat Candler, Austin Filmmaker"