The 2024 ACL Fest lineup is here. Dua Lipa, Tyler, the Creator, Chris Stapleton, Blink-182, Sturgill Simpson, Pretty Lights, Khruangbin, and Leon Bridges headline the Zilker Park shindig, October 4-6 and 11-13.

From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and state politics from a progressive perspective in his weekly column, “Point Austin.” We’re pleased to bring back his column whenever he’s inspired to tackle the state we’re in.

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After nearly 140 demonstrators were arrested across two days of peaceful protest at UT-Austin, 80 individuals face criminal charges.

It’s time to enjoy the May weather and rediscover two recently restored historic sites, plus lots of fun festivals around the state.

Gary Floyd, the multiformat artist who helped define the Austin punk scene as the outspoken frontman of rowdy punks the Dicks, has died at 71. He was taken off life support after a stay in the hospital with congestive heart failure.

For some people, Michael Showalter is a key member of the State and Stella comedy troupes. For others, he’s the director of the Oscar-nominated The Big Sick. And then there are the devoted fans of The Baxter “We few, we merry few,” he delivers with a droll deadpan.

My fellow Star Wars prequels defender here at the Chronicle, Richard Whittaker, has curated this event list: From pup parties to documentary screenings, karaoke to vendor markets, there'll be something for every Star Wars fan in Austin. – Calendar Editor James Scott

Time Passages, the new film from Kyle Henry, looks like a portrait of a filmmaker contending with the death of his father and the creeping mental decline of his mother. However, Henry suggests that it’s more than that, that it represents “a moment for our national family to have a crisis intervention.”

There's a great disturbance in the force coming for movie fans. This summer, the Alamo Drafthouse will be hosting screenings of all 11 live-action theatrically-released Star Wars films, from The Phantom Menace to The Rise of Skywalker at its Village location in Austin