It was nineteen years ago that I got a desperate early morning call. A group of young women living downtown were on deadline to finish a short film about a band trying to make it at South by Southwest and their Avid editing program had frozen.

A few things emerge in every culture: language, social structures, and, of course, the power of dance. In Borderless, local choreographer Andrea Ariel collaborated with some truly stellar local dancers and musicians to weave a tapestry of universal connections.

Christina Parrish entered the world of comedy at 13. As a Maestro student at Austin’s own Hideout Theatre, Parrish naturally gelled with the improv troupe and found comfort in creating fun environments devoted to creativity and play.

Baron Ryan, a TikTok star with an impressive 2.8 million followers, has garnered a loyal audience with his video sketches.

There are few more iconic and emblematically American images than the biker gang. The leathers, the patches, the choppers, the camaraderie. But there's also the violence, the depravity, the criminal conspiracies.

Disney built a snowman, and it snowballed into a mountain. Frozen hasn’t just spawned a cinematic sequel (with a second on the way), it’s also covered the land with magic in the touring production of the Broadway show, Disney’s Frozen.

The life, friendships, and legacy of Howard Waldrop, a legend of sci-fi short stories, a mainstay of the Texas literary scene for more than 50 years, and fly fishing aficionado, will be recounted and celebrated at a memorial service.

If Elsa wasn’t Elsa, who would she be? Olaf, of course. Well, at least, that’s what Caroline Bowman thinks, and she should know.

“I want to put it on record that I didn’t move to L.A. to be a TikToker,” Connor Wood declares.