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Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Ushering In

The Grand Finale

‘Drawl’ or Drawback?

Arts

Arts
Bob Hess, Mary Lang, Brandon J. Murphy, and Jessica Vera star in Amphibian’s production of The True History of the Tragic Life and Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, The Ugliest Woman in the World. Photo by Daylon Walton

Darkness Descends

Amphibian Stage Productions has just opened a sparkling new theater space on the Near Southside at Main Street and Vickery Boulevard, and what better...
W.D. Smithers’ “Hotel, Study Butte”

Gallery

The Austin-based collective Lakes Were Rivers launches a show pairing an original work with a work from Austin’s Harry Ransom Archive. This Saturday, an...
Trentham (foreground) and Camp have created quite the little stand-up scene.

Standing Up for Laughs

Fort Worth actor Kyle Trentham has a resume that includes theater, film, and TV, most notably shows like Barney, Wishbone, and Walker Texas Ranger....
Elmer Taylor’s “Untitled”

Gallery

UNT’s retrospective of longtime professor and ceramics artist Elmer Taylor isn’t merely a show of his work. It’s also a look back at his...
Lois Sonnier Hart and John S. Davies star alongside Emily Scott Banks (seated) in Circle Theatre’s creepy new production.

Hand from the Grave

About midway through Circle Theatre’s tense psychological drama Ghost-Writer, Myra Babbage (Emily Scott Banks), secretary to a renowned novelist, describes her boss’ methods: “Only...
Loli Kantor’s “Mariusz as Bruno”

Gallery

Though we featured Artspace 111 here last week, we haven’t talked about any of its openings in a while. On Friday at 6pm, celebrate...
Daniel Blagg’s “Steppin’ Out”

Gallery

This is your last weekend to check out Daniel Blagg’s current show at Artspace 111. The artist has been largely off the radar for...
In the immortal words of Huey Lewis: “That’s the power of love.”

Power Trip

No matter how long, notated, and well written an artist’s statement is, his or her art –– to paraphrase Sir Duke –– don’t mean...
Elizabethans will battle zombies at Arts Fifth Avenue this month. Tony Robles

Brainy Humor

A lot of theater artists feel an obligation to speak of William Shakespeare in reverent tones, as if performing the words of The Bard...
Bill Haveron’s “Reverse Osmosis Post Pubescence”

Gallery

Ah, drawings! The basis of all the other visual arts is the focus of the current show at the Gallery at UTA. The works...