Jokers, Murders, and Walpurgisnacht in This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture events to populate your weekdays

"...Monday 28, Yarborough Branch Library..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Dropping Hints

Your patience is heroic

"...Dear Luv Doc,..."

March 28, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...Over a thousand musical acts from across the globe descend on..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Kendrick Lamar, Ethel Cain, and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Homegrown acts Font, We Don’t Ride Llamas debut on big stages

"...The addition of rising alt-pop star Ethel Cain made quite the..."

Oct. 14, 2023 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Taking a Bite Out of The Menu

Director Mark Mylod and producer Betsy Koch discuss their new culinary satire

"...Recently, producer Betsy Koch went out to a high-end Los Angeles restaurant and was ushered into this..."

Nov. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Friday

Seventies funk GOATs, queer nu metal, and so much more

"...While for many on our tireless (okay actually very, very tired) music..."

March 19, 2022 SXSW Post by Thomas Fawcett

Sex Sells: 40 Years of Forbidden Fruit

Terri Lynn Raridon gives Austin over to absolute pleasure

"...That woman holding the vibrator is Terri Lynn Raridon. She's..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin at Large: To Shame the Strong

Let the congregation sing: “For God’s sake, give more power to the people”

"..."But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise;..."

Feb. 5, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Luv Doc: The Man Bar

The best advice the Luv Doc can give is to not take his advice

"...Dear Luv Doc,..."

July 24, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

Is This Who We Are Now?

"...Dear Editor, I’m trying so hard to not lose my..."

Jan. 13, 2020 Postmarks

Second SXSW 2019 Band List

Black Midi, Jealous of the Birds, Deerhunter, and 247 others

"...Black Midi hasn’t yet released a song. Nevertheless, following a..."

Nov. 28, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...you this wherever they do these things, but it's a very big risk. You may never be able to..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Walter Hill, Keenen Ivory Wayans for AFF

Writer-centric film festival awarding boundary-busting pioneers

"...Austin Film Festival is handing out the honors, as the..."

Sept. 7, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Teach Your Children

"...Dear Editor, In reading "Millions for Propaganda … Nothing for..."

April 22, 2015 Postmarks

SXSWedu: Steady as She Goes

Women's rights advocates push for educational equity

"...Fiercely eloquent Shiza Shahid was the machine behind Malala Yousafzai’s rise to..."

March 16, 2015 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Filthy and Respectable!

Legendary transgressive film director and author John Waters comes to Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...When interviewing the proudly self-defined "Pope of Trash (or Filth)" John Waters, it helps to prepare oneself..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Carsick

Filmmaker John Waters hitchhikes from Baltimore to San Francisco

"...Carsickby John Waters Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 336pp., $26..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

The Good Eye: Killer Outfits – Anna's Blue Dress

Isabelle Adjani is a devil in a you-know-what

"...Last year the New Yorker's book critic James Wood asked,..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

First Look: Drinks Lounge

Cocktails and comfort via Brixton and Shangri-La

"...When prompted for his opinion of the new digs, a neighbor – and already a regular – looks around,..."

Oct. 13, 2014 Food Post by Adrienne White

What the Hell Is Going On, Austin Arts Scene?

Here: Some nuggets of news from the frontlines of local culture.

"...First of all, you know that distinctive billboard near the intersection of..."

Nov. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Five Drinks That Changed My Life

The safest policy when drinking is to make drinking your sole activity

"...There are a lot of people who will tell you that..."

July 5, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

Sam Raimi's weirdest, plus nunsploitation and swinging sleazy London

"...There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does considered,..."

May 18, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where's Your Evidence?

Advances in forensic science have made physical evidence increasingly crucial in criminal justice – but the practice of preserving and maintaining that evidence is often underfunded, poorly managed, or just plain sloppy

"...For more than a decade, lawyers for death row inmate Hank Skinner..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Gayplace: Join Our Krewe

Joy Division, Madame X, John Cameron Mitchell, Erasure, Christeene, Dan Savage, and Diana Ross make this a star-studded week in gay.

"...The Gay Place still seeks co-conspirators, comrades, kinfolk, bloggers, street-teamers, counterinsurgents,..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Column

Lather, Repeat: British Sudser 'Downton Abbey' Returns

Season 3 debuts Sunday with a two-hour episode

"...It’s probably impossible to have avoided at least a casual acquaintance..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Anne Harris

DVD Watch: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Criterion box set restores a lost corner of J-horror

"...Imagine a world where Twila Tharp released the Friday the..."

Dec. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sordid Lives

Del Shores' controversial comedy contains a nugget of courageous compassion among the laughs

"...Sordid LivesWimberley Playhouse, 450 Old Kyle Rd., 512/847-1592 www.wimberleyplayers.org Through Dec. 2..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

The Luv Doc: Plumber's Butt

Maybe you should try something really dirty

"...LuvDoc, My bathroom sink is totally clogged up. Every time I turn..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Column by The Luv Doc

Pressing the Flesh

The world's leading adult toy manufacturer for men wants to take the stigma out of sex

"...Steve Shubin, inventor of the Fleshlight and founder and CEO of Interactive Life Forms, is sitting..."

May 11, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

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