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Monthly Archives: May 2011

More on Susan Collis and Baroque Minimalism

Susan Collis is currently on exhibit at Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin, TX. In tandem with Caitlyn Collins’s review of the exhibition, “So it Goes: Another Astonishing Exhibition at Lora Reynolds Gallery,” this video by Artcity London features Collis discussing her work, and bringing attention to the “baroque minimalism” within her pieces. AdobeAirstream.com

Farm to Table, a Local Necessity

I tagged along with Rowan Ogden to meet John Lash, owner of Austin’s Farm to Table, a few weeks ago. What’s Farm to Table? Well, when something is coming from a farm and going to a table, even within the same town, there is a holding facility—that’s Farm to Table. This holding facility, the Farm [...]

Why the Texas Roller Girls remind me of my grandma

TEXECUTIONERS rolled against the Cincinnati Rollergirls on Saturday, April 17th. As I watched the bout, I began to wonder, why do Austinites love roller derby? Besides the hog dogs and beer, the scantily-clad chicks in skates, and the competition; is there something more? Something that draws hundreds of people in support of the roller girls? [...]