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Hamilton Comes to Bass Concert Hall in 2019

Your patience has paid off: Broadway sensation Hamilton is finally hitting Austin boards. Well, in 2019, that is.

11:14AM Tue. Feb. 20, 2018, Kimberley Jones Read More | Comment »

Why Is Art.Science.Gallery. Leaving Canopy?

Art.Science.Gallery. is leaving the Canopy complex on Springdale, its home since 2013.  The gallery, known for elegant and considered displays of artwork depicting and celebrating science, of artwork inspired by all things scientific, is going elsewhere.

10:30AM Mon. Feb. 19, 2018, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Five Arts Events in Austin This Weekend

Valentine’s Day is already over, so now whatcha gonna do with your time while recovering from all that loveborne, barely lube-diminished friction, O profligate and culturally attuned citizen? Oh, oh, lookie here:

1:15PM Fri. Feb. 16, 2018, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

No Kings, Kick Out the Clowns

Texas State Capitol

Body Rock ATX (Prince tribute) w/ DJ Chorizo Funk & Riders Against the Storm at Parish

Babestock Day 1 w/ Kayristin, Jenny Voss, Black Daria, DJ La Moon, more [outside]; Baby Kush, CLINK!, Bunny G, more [inside] at Cheer Up Charlies

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Black Art Matters Puts Artists of Color in the Spotlight

Part of the way through our interview at Rio Rita, Stephanie Warren, the artist and creative director for the Austin Justice Coalition, casually tosses in that racially charged motto which guides and encapsulates the ideals of generations of upwardly mobile African-Americans: Twice as Good.

12:30PM Fri. Feb. 16, 2018, Amani Newton Read More | Comment »

The Making of Austin

If you want the lowdown on artist Ellsworth Kelly and his final work – and masterwork – Austin, why not go to the man with an official work of Kelly's on his skin? That would be Carter E. Foster, whose forearm tattoo of four colored squares was actually designed by the artist and given an inventory number in his catalog of works.

6:08PM Thu. Feb. 15, 2018, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Five Pet Cats in Modern Fiction

Yes, it's a listicle – a listicle of books! Because, after you finish consuming this post and all the rest of the content we’ve provided for the Chronicle’s Pet Issue, the first thing you’ll want to do is grab a thick chunk of dead-tree media and keep on reading, right?

2:00PM Thu. Feb. 15, 2018, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Protest at Francisco Cantú Reading

The Line Becomes a River has been out only a week, but Francisco Cantú's book has already enraged immigration activists who say Cantú “exploits others’ stories of pain” and “profit[s] from families he’d helped rip apart” as a Border Patrol agent. They intend to shut him up. And shut up was just what Cantú did at his BookPeople event Monday.

2:25PM Wed. Feb. 14, 2018, Brandyce Ingram Read More | Comment »

Flatbed Loses Its Lease

The decimation of Austin’s arts venues claims another victim, and the story is all too familiar: Eastside warehouse, home to a nationally renowned arts organization for more than a decade, lost its lease, at least a dozen groups that make or show art there soon to be homeless. This time, it's Flatbed Press being forced out of its space on MLK.

10:00AM Wed. Feb. 14, 2018, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

OUTsider Festival’s Best Bets and Bites

The fourth annual OUTsider Festival kicks off in a few short hours and over at “Gay Place” we couldn’t be more excited for the queer art takeover. To pass the time, we rounded up our not-to-miss events for those who need some help deciding on what to see and do between tonight and Sunday’s closing party.

7:00AM Wed. Feb. 14, 2018, Beth Sullivan, Mikaila Rushing and Sarah Marloff Read More | Comment »

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