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Texas One Step Closer to Film and TV Incentive Increase

Texas may be on the verge of a massive boost to film and TV production as the House approved the biggest reform to the state's incentive programs in the past 20 years.

8:00AM Wed. May 28, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Texas Moves to Put Unborn Jesus Pro-Life Statue on Capitol Grounds

The Texas House of Representatives has advanced a plan to erect an 8-foot pro-life statue on the Capitol grounds. It is the Virgin Mary holding a fetus in a steel bowl.

4:49PM Wed. May 21, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

State Prepares to Kill Another Inmate May 20

There is only so much that defense attorneys can do in cases like that of Matthew Johnson. Johnson is scheduled to be executed on May 20 for the murder of Nancy Harris in Garland in 2012.

11:36AM Fri. May 16, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

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Republic Square

Severed: A Severance Fan Fiction Improv Show at Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse

Metropolis With Live Score by David DiDonato at Hyperreal Film Club

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Lord Buffalo Drummer Yamal Said, a Legal U.S. Resident, Detained by Border Officials

Local heavy Americana band Lord Buffalo announced via Facebook and Instagram Wednesday that drummer and legal resident Yamal Said has been held after being detained by Customs and Border Protection as the band embarked on an international tour.

12:01PM Wed. May 14, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Mangy Puppy Dodges Euthanasia, Travels to Austin, Loves Cheese

Raymondville, Texas, is a flat town surrounded by cornfields about 50 miles north of the border with Mexico. It has one H-E-B, one high school, and one animal shelter.

4:21PM Thu. May 8, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

“Economic Censorship”: The Devastation of the NEA Grants Cut Grows

The head count of Austin arts organizations that found their finances wrecked by the unexpected withdrawal of National Endowment for the Arts grants keeps growing, in an act that Austin Theatre Alliance CEO Jim Ritts has called “economic censorship.”

1:26PM Wed. May 7, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre

An out-of-the-blue email from the National Endowment for the Arts has blown a massive hole in the finances and plans of arts groups across the nation, including those of dozens of Austin-based arts groups.

3:20PM Mon. May 5, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

After Six Years in Jail, Charges Dropped Against Devonte Amerson

After seven years of delays, the murder charges against Devonte “DJ” Amerson were dismissed this week in Hays County. County officials held Amerson for almost six years in the Hays County Jail and, even after he made bail in December 2023, insisted he would face trial. A trial never came.

4:28PM Wed. Apr. 30, Brant Bingamon Read More | Comment »

Updated: SXSW Announces Penske EVP as New Festival Head

After the surprise ousting of South by Southwest President and Head of Programming Hugh Forrest, the owners have announced that Jenny Connelly, a SXSW board member and Penske Media’s executive vice president of product and technology, will be taking over as head of the festival.

5:36PM Tue. Apr. 29, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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