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Introduction
Architecture & Lodging - Readers Poll
Architecture & Lodging - Critics Picks
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Best Annual Party
Best Art Gallery
Best Artist
Best Comic
Best Dance Company
Best Library
Best Photographer (art)
Best Place To Hear Poetry
Best Stage Director
Best Theatre Actor
Best Theatre Actress
Best Theatre Company
Best Theatre Space
Best Theatrical Designer
Best Theatre Actor
Robert Jacks
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Previous Winners
1997:
Joe York
1996:
Barry Miller
1995:
Joe Sears
1994:
Boyd Vance
More Arts & Culture - Readers Poll
Best Annual Party
Unclear Winner:
Best Art Gallery
The Contemporary Austin at Laguna Gloria
Best Artist
Amado Peña
Best Comic
Kerry Awn
Best Dance Company
Mirage Dance Co.
Best Library
Austin Public, Central Branch
Best Photographer (art)
Alan Pogue
Best Place To Hear Poetry
The Chicago House
Best Stage Director
Jim Fritzler
Best Theatre Actress
Shannon Sedwick
Best Theatre Company
Esther's Follies
Best Theatre Space
TIE: Performing Arts Center; Topfer Theatre at Zach
Best Theatrical Designer
Michael Raiford
