Katie Bender, UT Master of Fine Arts graduate and actor-turned-playwright, loves a challenge. In 2003, Bender discovered writing was more challenging for her than acting and moved from acting to writing...
Musical theatre sophomore Devin Medley said that, even though musical theatre may be a difficult lifestyle choice, there’s something truly fulfilling about being in front of an audience that really...
Daniel Heron has no interest in being a commercial cook. The UT alum and Austin-based entrepreneur believes that food goes beyond the industry — it is a platform for different cultures to connect...
Lady Bird Lake is usually filled with paddle boards and canoes on Saturday afternoons. But this Saturday, 40-foot-long boats shaped and painted like dragons will fill the lake for the 16th annual Austin...
Lauren Johnson, an Austin native, has tried hard to escape from the shadows surrounding her past. According to her, she continues to change her life and others’ each day by reaching out to the community...
A trip to the SFC Farmers’ Market East last Tuesday would have allowed shoppers to witness a free live opera performance by UT students.
UT’s Butler Opera Center, in collaboration...
Songwriting is personal, but it also has to be a conversation with people, according to UT alum Jeremy Burchard, who is one half of the two-member band Moonlight Social.
Burchard and fellow UT graduate...
For theatre and dance freshman Max Torrez, the more he is able to find the personal connection within a script, the better he is able to convey the emotions to the audience. Torrez stars as Sonny in UT’s...
Comedy is not for everyone. It takes years of work, critical thinking and a clever understanding of what’s funny and what’s funny in the moment, said Chris Sebilia, an Austin-based comedian,...
The LBJ Library lawn saw a crowd students dressed in white Sunday, covered in assorted colored powders ranging from blue and red to yellow and pink. The beautiful weather was the perfect companion to the...
Sarah Marie Curry’s childlike excitement, energy and fierceness is reflected in her voice, her personality and her performances. An Austin-based musical improvisation artist and actor,...
Environmentally conscious interior design could influence the way human beings connect to nature while seated at a desk, according to design experts Bill Finnegan and Stephen Kellert.
With...
The challenge of portraying dark, complicated and seductive characters is what Josh Wechsler craves in every stage show. He is interested in scripts that embrace the elements of magic, mystery, love and...
Originally staged on Broadway in 1965, “The Odd Couple” has been turned into both a film and a television show, and now Neil Simon’s Tony-award-winning play is coming to Austin this...
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Andrew Belle returns to South By Southwest this year as part of his tour with Ten out of Tenn, a group of 10
singer-songwriters from Nashville, Tenn. Belle will perform...
For UT dance students and friends Erica Saucedo and Kelsey Oliver, dance is a mental, physical and emotional experience.
Saucedo and Oliver, both part of UT’s ensemble Dance Repertory Theatre,...
While traditional stage productions usually keep the performers and the audience separated, the American Shakespeare Center’s productions take pride in including audience members in every performance.
The...
Abe Koogler’s quiet persona masks the swirling ideas that are the driving force behind the theater experiences he tries to create, combining music, language and dance. He pauses during the conversation...
Clay McClinton has never tried to get away from the music lineage of his father and Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Delbert McClinton, but he is trying to carve out his own path in Americana music,...
Michael Floyd believes the true reward of his work is in listening to the audience and not to the critics. He wants people to feel something after a performance.
An Austin-based actor, director and...
Film and theater actor Andrew Bosworth believes he hasn’t done enough to satiate his curiosity as an artist. In his newest stage role, Bosworth performs as Caleb in The City Theatre Company’s...
UT alumnus Lang Freeman, lead singer and guitarist of Austin-based alternative rock band Sounds Under Radio, recently released his brand new single “A Hundred Good Reasons” on iTunes. In celebration...
Preya Mangalat Patel began dancing at the age of four. Now, as artistic director and choreographer at the Devi School of Dance in Austin, Patel teaches a small group of young students Bharatanatyam —...
Like many young girls, Andrea Ariel was introduced to dance when her mother encouraged her to take classes. Ariel learned everything from ballet and tap dance to acrobatics and jazz. Now, she is the artistic...
Stephen Krishnan was 4 years old when he first began playing the classical guitar. Krishnan — now a UT senior pursuing his Bachelor of Music in guitar performance — met classical guitarist...
Author, activist, culinary historian and food journalist Toni Tipton-Martin’s contributions to culinary traditions in America explore the breadth and depth of African-American cuisine.
A...
Jenn Walley grew up savoring her mother’s salty-sweet Christmas Eve Swedish meatballs infused with grape jelly. Now she gets to flaunt her fondness for meatballs as chairperson of the first Austin...
For dancer and choreographer Holly Williams, dance is a lifelong process of exploring creativity and continuing perseverance.
Williams, a professor of dance at UT since 1995 and the associate dean of...
For Joseph V. Williams II — a classical guitarist, composer and UT alumnus — music has always been “an expression of the human experience.”
As the 2013-2014 Composer in Residence...
Scholz Garten may be the oldest restaurant in Austin, nicknamed the “grandfather of Austin restaurants,” but Scholz’s history is also deeply intertwined with a singing society formed...
This Thursday evening is the only time posting photos of food to Instagram is acceptable.
In a marriage of art and Austin’s culinary scene, 10 top local chefs are recreating masterpieces...
From West Texas to the Rio Grande Valley and from the High Plains to the vast expanses of East Texas, The Nature Conservancy has left an indelible mark on Texas.
The conservancy, a solution-oriented,...
