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Joshua Figueroa is a musicologist and arts writer from Santa Barbara, California. Now based in Austin, he splits his time between going out to eat too much and arguing about video games.

Miro Quartet

Music

Live on Stage, but Online, the Miró Quartet Plays All of...

Joshua Figueroa - July 13, 2020 0

Still from the video "Spare the Rod!" by Yuliya Lanina, music composed by Yevginy Sharlat and performed by NOW Ensemble.

Music

The Purity of Play in Yevgeniy Sharlat’s “Spare the Rod!”

Joshua Figueroa - February 6, 2020 0

Music

Small Moments of Life in the Face of “Everest”

Joshua Figueroa - January 18, 2020 0

Line Upon Line

Music

At 10, Line Upon Line Percussion Still Surprises

Joshua Figueroa - November 30, 2019 0

Music

How Graham Reynolds Built a Bridge Between Musical Genres

Joshua Figueroa - November 16, 2019 0

The Miró Quartet. From left, Joshua Gindele, John Largess, William Fedkenheuer and Daniel Ching.

Music

Twenty-five Years Strong, the Miró Quartet is a Living Tradition

Joshua Figueroa - November 15, 2019 0

A organistrum, a medieval precursor to the hurdy-gurdy,

Music

Time Warp: New Music Co-op Reanimates Early Music in a New...

Joshua Figueroa - September 4, 2019 0

a graphic novel with illustrations by and text by Josh Franks and Tim Heidecker

Lit & Letters

So what does a giraffe on horseback salad sound like?

Joshua Figueroa - August 14, 2019 0

A previous iteration of Steve Parker's "Traffic Jam."

Music

Austin composers take a joy ride for “Traffic Jam”

Joshua Figueroa - June 1, 2019 0

Part of the score for "Fream Ad Wall," by composer Mauricio Pauly

Music

Getting conversationally uncanny with Line Upon Line

Joshua Figueroa - May 24, 2019 0

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Newsline

Butler Shores site plan for new Dougherty Arts Center

Newsline

City seeking public input on new Dougherty Arts Center

Newsline

Texas Commission on the Arts still seeking nominations for State Artists

IMAGE: Nicole Eisenman, Procession, 2019–2020. Installation view, Nicole Eisenman: Sturm und Drang, The Contemporary Austin – Jones Center on Congress Avenue, 2020. Artwork © Nicole Eisenman. Courtesy the artist; Vielmetter Los Angeles; and Anton Kern Gallery, New York. Image courtesy The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Colin Doyle.

Art

Contemporary Austin re-opens its downtown Jones Center

1. Representative hardware from Burial 1 includes nails, nail fragments, diamond-shaped screw caps, and screw cap fragments. Personal items include one gold-plated collar stud and two fragments of a single wood button.

Newsline

Symposium to explore unknown burials in Oakwood Cemetery

Editor's Picks

Pease Park

Ideas

Digging into a park’s difficult past to build a more equitable future

Cindy Elizabeth, Women posing together at Given Park, Austin, Texas, 2015. Digital photography. Image @Cindy Elizabeth

Art

Cindy Elizabeth: Capturing Black Celebration

Deborah Roberts, Little man, little man, 2020. Collage printed on weather-resistant vinyl. Installation view at The Contemporary Austin — Jones Center on Congress Avenue. Artwork © Deborah Roberts. Courtesy the artist, Vielmetter Los Angeles, and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Commissioned by The Contemporary Austin. Photograph by Colin Doyle.

Art

An Instagram post sparks intense debate about equity in Austin’s art world

Art

Digging for Stars: Georgia O’Keeffe in the Texas Panhandle

Lit & Letters

Roger Reeves: Running Through a City That is Running Out of Water

Architecture & Design

Preservation Austin claims Streamline Moderne house as its new headquarters

The Sightlines Questionnaire

100 West

Art

The Sightlines Questionnaire: Kyle Hobratschk of 100 West

Caitlin Greenwood - July 28, 2020 0

Marc Newsome's "I Love 3W" is a Third Ward-inspired Monopoly Game, rendered as a room, at Project Row Houses.

The Sightlines Questionnaire

The Sightlines Questionnaire: Marc Newsome

Caitlin Greenwood - June 27, 2020 0