Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...MP3 file to fellow KOOP 91.7FM host Ryan Blake, offering a rare recording of undigitized Eighties/Nineties Austin girl group..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Owen Egerton, Austin's Man of Letters, Leaves the Community He Loves

An increasingly unwelcoming Texas leads to a big goodbye

"...Under the glowing sign of Radio Coffee & Beer, a line snaked around the..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Meet Your 2022 Hot Sauce Festival Judges

Meet the tastemakers for this year's competition

"...Rodriguez, a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas, finds beauty in the cross-pollination of diverse traditions. A..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Food Feature

Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT

As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan

"...Stories are also a central part of all the commencement speeches I've heard over the years...."

May 6, 2022 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Cancel Culture Comes After Forget the Alamo

Controversy erupts after museum caves to political pressure

"...On July 1, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Muse­um, with three hours' notice, pulled out..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bullock Museum Cancels "Forget the Alamo" Program Under Pressure

Right-wing outrage scuttles writers' virtual event (for now)

"...In an ironic move, the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum today (July 1), with three hours..."

July 1, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...be virtual, but that's not stopping the online version of the Austin Film Festival from adding two marquee features..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2019 Austin International Poetry Festival Brings a World of Words to Town

"...you have to do is wait until the start of April – because National Poetry Month – when versifiers..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

ATX Film News: Good News for Texas’ Film and Game Incentives

"...jinx it, but things are looking up in the Texas Legislature for the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program,..."

March 8, 2019 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018

"...2018 Texas Book Festival on October 27, 2018..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Photo Gallery

Looking For a Writing Class, Austinite?

Calling all writers sick of their cruel inner critics

"...Of course you know that this is one hell of..."

Sept. 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...in a meteorological sense but a literary one. The Texas Book Festival has released the full list of authors..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 2

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 9-15

"...some hired muscle with your name on his set of brass knuckles. So each week we'll fill you in..."

July 9, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin’s Sisters in Crime Prefer Their Ink Mixed With a Little Blood

Murders, they write

"...and are generally fascinated by – the unnerving variety of evil that humans do...."

July 6, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gary Kent Is One of the Last of the Dangerous Men

New documentary Love and Other Stunts catches the daredevil legend in action

"...especially one performed or undertaken chiefly to gain attention of publicity...."

June 1, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

JMBLYA, a conjunto fest, and more weekend sounds to keep you busy

"...to country to hip-hop, there's something for every brand of Austinite...."

May 4, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Reader's Field Guide to Michael Noll

The Austin writer behind The Writer's Field Guide

"...The night of Michael Noll’s BookPeople reading, the seating ran out quickly...."

April 4, 2018 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...Film Festival may be the first stop for many of the fall film calendar’s biggest, most award-baity releases, but..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Uncle Staple and Austin’s 13th Annual Independent Media Expo

The weekend of fannish revelry and indie-comics celebration returns

"...Here comes the 13th iteration of Staple!: The Independent Media Expo, now having ditched its..."

Sept. 4, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Autumn events you ought to check out

"...The cool breezes of autumn are beginning to brush away the summer heat..."

Aug. 30, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Gift Guide 2016: Coffeetable Books

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

"...real heft – say, a collection that holds millions of objects or a major-league franchise that's had five championship..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Race for Prez Is Already Reality TV. Let's Cast the Movie Version.

Cruise as Cruz? Wiig for Warren?

"...and endured television’s talking heads during the elimination rounds of the presidential race, then you are either a super-patriot,..."

Aug. 8, 2015 Screens Post by James BigBoy Medlin

Texas Playboys Baseball Club

Keeping the sandlot field of dreams alive

"...Major League Baseball’s opening day happens Sunday, beginning with a game..."

April 3, 2015 Music Post by William Harries Graham

HavenCon Is Nigh

Finally a good excuse to drag out the spandex

"...lackluster sedan, while a limited edition Mortal Kombat bobblehead of Shao Kahn bobbles menacingly on your dashboard. That dreaded..."

March 31, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

The Good Eye: Boyhood, Girlhood, Personhood

Lorelei's girlhood in dad's Boyhood

"...last week Republican congresswomen stood up to their male colleagues over a federal 20-week abortion ban that would only..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Column by Amy Gentry

Playback: FREE WEEK!

2014, you're up

"..."There's always a lull in the later part of the year when it comes to people getting out..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Christopher Durang

Tony-winning playwright takes up residence at Texas State

"...Christopher Durang these days, but "adrift" is not one of them. The playwright responsible for Sister Mary Ignatius Explains..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Darkness in the Heart of Town

Will Sheff, one step forward, two steps back

"...His grandfather, 90, was running out of time, so Will Sheff made the five-and-a-half-hour drive from..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

LoneStarCon 3: The Howard and George Show

Howard Waldrop and George R. R. Martin really do like each other

"...To commemorate their half-century of improbable friendship, writers George R. R. Martin and Howard..."

Sept. 1, 2013 Books Post by Robert Faires

Terminal Stage

With 'Adam Sultan,' playwright Steve Moore again reflects on friendship and mortality in Austin

"...ago when Physical Plant Theater presented a 20-minute section of a new play in development titled Adam Sultan. As..."

April 5, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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