Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...fairly country. Rustled up once more by the indomitable Julie Nolen, this year’s lineup for the LGBTQ-centric country music..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Co-Founder of Local Org That Pushed for Cannabis Decriminalization Abruptly Replaced

Julie Oliver exits Ground Game, Catina Voellinger takes helm

"...No one wants to say exactly what happened, but Julie Oliver, the co-founder and executive director of Ground Game..."

April 5, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: An Army of Women

Rousing doc about survivors is a potent call to action

"...Oslo-based director Julie Lunde Lillesæter, who lived in Austin at the time..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

A Stoner Jam, 3-Legged Dog Day Party, and More Crucial Concerts

SXSW-adjacent lineups and other shows worth seeing

"...riffs and clamoring percussion, guitarist Lindsey Troy and drummer Julie Edwards, who share vocal duties, reject financial codependence (“Gonna..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: The Thrift Store We Adore

Top Drawer Thrift gets their second wind in new North Loop location opening Friday

"...“Keep Austin Weird with WEIRDER THEATER!” Plus, performances by Julie J., the Foxtones, Bobby Pudrido, and Dust Bunny; and..."

March 15, 2024 Column by James Scott

Queer Comedy, a Goth Market, and More Community Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar's approval

"...OUTlaw Pride Fest 2022, fest founder and country crooner Julie Nolen said to Qmmunity that “country music doesn’t just..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Accidental Texan

Familiar but heartwarming story of a city slicker who gets stuck in a small town

"...adapting Cole Thompson’s 2007 novel Chocolate Lizards, first-time scriptwriter Julie B. Denny makes some entertaining and sensible updates. So,..."

March 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

An Army of Women Tells the Story of a Criminal Justice Crusade in Austin

Julie Lunde Lillesæter shines a light on the women who made Austin a better place for rape survivors

"...It still shocks filmmaker Julie Lunde Lillesæter when Austinites don’t know about the class..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...Austin’s Julie Fiore and her One Ounce Opera collective of stage-it-anywhere,..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Austin Chronic: How Worried Should Cannabis Users Be Over Paxton Suing Austin?

A Q&A with Congressman Greg Casar

"...Though Ground Game Texas Executive Director Julie Oliver told the Chronicle it’ll likely take years to..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Ken Paxton Attacks Austin’s Lenient Marijuana Policy

Critics say it’s a distraction from the A.G.’s legal woes

"...Julie Oliver, the executive director of Ground Game Texas, was..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Sundance Review: Frida Expresses Frida Kahlo's Inner Life

Documentary gives a new perspective on her well-known story

"...of the artist, it's still a little overshadowed by Julie Taymor's visually enthralling and Oscar-nominated Frida, and not as..."

Jan. 31, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Jesús Garza’s Puzzling Appointment of Art Acevedo Backfired

Acevedo publicly declined the job, but sources say he had little choice

"...For Julie Ann Nitsch, one of the plaintiffs in the class-action..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...An Army of Women (Germany, Norway) Director: Julie Lunde LillesæterProducers: Natalya Sarch, Julie Lunde Lillesæter A group..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The First-Ever Austin Women in Jazz Festival and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Plus visiting acts from Burna Boy to Mike Dimes and Dro Kenji

"...Back at the Cactus, after "Autumn Leaves," Julie Slim rewrote her own French lyrics to Brazilian standard..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Five Austin Studio Tour Shows

So many artists, so big a city, almost too much beauty and fun

"...11-12, noon-6pm. ACC Highland, 6101 Highland Campus Dr. sites.austincc.edu/adm/austin-studio-tour. Julie Ahmad Gallery..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sound Unseen Brings Fugazi, Cyndi Lauper Docs to Austin

Minneapolis-based film fest spotlights local links for Austin leg

"...Singer, Sini Anderson's definitive biography of Bikini Kill/Le Tigre/the Julie Ruin powerhouse and provocateur Kathleen Hanna...."

Oct. 19, 2023 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre's The Sound of Music

It may be paint-by-number, but this production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

"...Those familiar with the 1965 film version starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer will find some differences in..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Qmmunity: Pumpkin Spice Homoscopes

The seasons are changing, so find a new queer event to enjoy!

"...a screening of To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar in the plush red-velvet walls of the Tiger..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Column by James Scott

2023 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Judges

Meet the tastemakers for this year’s competition

"...in Austin with his husband and two rescue pups, Julie and Dot. tk tunchezEntrepreneur & community leader..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Food Feature

Review: Georgetown Palace’s The Sound of Music

Production captures the core of an old-fashioned musical

"...entertainment. Those familiar with the 1965 film version starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer will find some differences in..."

Sept. 5, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Ascension Seton Nurses Confront Managers Who Refuse to Meet With Them

Ascension calls the move "antics"

"...Dan Kewley, director of cardiovascular intensive care services, and Julie Zessin, director of acute care: “In the last month,..."

Aug. 31, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

What the Screen Actors and Writers Strikes Mean for Austin

Hopes of a bumper production year fade as unions fight for a fairer future for their members

"...that some executives may relish. As WGA West negotiator Julie Plec put it bluntly during this year's ATX TV..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lesson

Plagiarism noir is too derivative to be a real page-turner

"...Directed by: Alice Troughton. Starring: Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy, Daryl McCormack, Stephen McMillan and Crispin Letts...."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Documentary Every Body Illuminates the “I” in LGBTQIA

Local intersex activist Alicia Roth Weigel talks new doc

"...In cinemas now, the new documentary from Julie Cohen (co-director of the Oscar-nominated RBG) features three intersex..."

June 30, 2023 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

Every Body

RBG director introduces the lives of intersex individuals

"...Directed by: Julie Cohen...."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

AISD Tries to Jettison Longtime Nonprofit Partner, to Community's Dismay

Shady switcheroo

"...board, referring to how the group's heads, Allen and Julie Weeks, pioneered the FRC concept 16 years ago to..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Scare Package

Horror-comedy anthology pays tribute to the golden age of VHS

"...Jessie Tilton, Kirk C. Johnson, Carlos Larotta, Chelsey Grant, Julie McCarthy, Zoe Graham, Josephine McAdam, Dustin Rhodes and John..."

June 16, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AI, Strikes, and Burning It Down: Highlights of the ATX TV Festival

Celebration of the small screen becomes a war room for writers

"...streamers, who are not paying anything). WGA West negotiator Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries) saw the current fight as..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: The Puzzle of Pride

Putting together all the pieces of queer history with Pride Month events

"...intersections of race and queer identity moderated by Aira Juliet. Thu., June 8, 6pm. Moody Amphitheater, 1401 Trinity. waterloogreenway.org...."

June 2, 2023 Column by James Scott

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