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"...out on a limb to say the current climate crisis affects us all, so join the Vortex as “we..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Talking George Lucas, Pop-Up Hanukkah, and More Events

Get out this week with our recommended happenings

"...Whizzer, of all things – cultural shake-ups like the AIDS crisis loom overhead. Great to see right before you..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Society Announces 2024 Feature Grant Recipients

Local filmmakers feature heavily among 18 selected projects

"...However, the program isn't just for films currently in..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Culture Clash: Paper Cuts Combines Literature and Film

Indie bookstore pairs with indie cinema to celebrate the joy of interdisciplinary art and prioritizing community

"...with Jarman’s HIV-positive status in the midst of the AIDS crisis and the literal and figurative gardens he builds..."

June 14, 2024 Screens Feature by Gabrielle Hogan

Homeowners Sue to Block Code Changes Meant to Increase Affordability

The same group won a suit in 2020 over land use reforms

"...The city of Austin will once again argue in..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

SXSW Film Review: Join or Die

Can Rotary Clubs and bowling save America?

"...segregationists, MLK assassination, Vietnam, Nixon resigning, dilapidated housing project, AIDS protest, Columbine shooting, Hurricane Katrina, 2008 financial crisis, Charlottesville..."

March 20, 2023 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Lawsuit Threatens Council’s Modest Progress on Housing Crisis

Same group that blocked land code rewrite in 2020 is back

"...Council adopted to address Austin’s housing supply and affordability crisis...."

March 6, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Five Takeaways From the New Austin Music Census

2022 survey shows musicians moving farther from city core

"...a clear wake-up call that Austin's growth and affordability crisis is having a corrosive effect on its music and..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Five Musical Movie Moments at Sound Unseen

The sonic cinema celebration returns to Austin

"...the beloved club chronicle its triumphant survival through the AIDS crisis, police brutality, and the rise in hate crimes..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Column by Annie Flores

Austin Film Festival Lands The Whale

Brendan Fraser's Venice smash to open fest, Oct. 27-Nov. 3

"...Nicholson Earle's epic American Run for the End of AIDS, a mammoth run around the entire perimeter of the..."

Sept. 8, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

aGLIFF Gets in the Ring With New Wrestling Documentary

Queer film fest announces first six films

"...at the Dobie Theater as four films about the AIDS crisis, the gayest thing in wide circulation was the..."

July 23, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two Promising Challenges to SB 8 Forge On, as More Abortion Funds Face Legal Threats

Abortion advocates say the fight is a social one and long from over

"...try to use SB 8 to sue anyone who "aids and abets" an abortion after six weeks of pregnancy...."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

SXSW Film Review: Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Canada's transgressive comedy kings reunite

"...acting out gay characters in the middle of the AIDS crisis of the 80s. “We were making fun of..."

March 17, 2022 SXSW Post by Sheryl Lawrence

Hamilton's Return Still Lives Up to the Hype

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway smash returns to the Bass refreshed and revitalized

"...lifetime. Not since The Normal Heart's depiction of the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York City has political theatre resonated..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Qmmunity: An Austin Queersgiving

Iron Bear’s turkey dinner and more events to give queer thanks

"...lingering uneasiness that is living through a global health crisis. New this year, however – at least as I..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Sugar-sweet West End musical biopic is just saccharine

"...“you’re beautiful” rhetoric. There is lip service to the AIDS crisis in the form of mentor character Hugo Battersby..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by James Scott

Legal Dangers Loom Large for Texas Abortion Care

Unless courts act, six-week ban takes effect Sept. 1

"...or beyond, to bring civil lawsuits against anyone who “aids or abets” care that SB 8 prohibits, or who..."

Aug. 23, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

aGLIFF Goes to Hollywood for Boulevard!

Plus Madeleine Olnek is this year's aGLIFF Legend

"...Having already announced Blitzed: The 80s Blitz Kids Story..."

July 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas' Draconian Abortion Restrictions Likely to Face Court Challenge

Amid clouds and darkness, Texans get ready to fight for choice

"...care or well-being. Not only providers, but anyone who "aids or abets" an abortion or "intends" to do so,..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Texas House Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban

SB 8 allows anyone the right to sue a provider

"...abortion provider. In fact, any person or group that “aids or abets” abortion care could be subject to legal..."

May 5, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...life-centered approach to confronting the simultaneous cluster cascade of crisis that he calls The Cluster: Pandemics - Racial and..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...retailers worked together to orchestrate and perpetuate the opioid crisis that has killed over half a million people in..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

New TV and Streaming Shows to Catch in February

Plus 2020’s year-end best movies debut on streaming services

"...of friends in London at the dawn of the HIV/AIDS crisis in this five-part miniseries. It drew raves when..."

Feb. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

76 Days

Over-the-shoulder view of how Wuhan responded to the pandemic

"...dealing with pregnancy in the middle of a health crisis, and the gloriously curmudgeonly Patient 40) are almost nonexistent...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Low-Cost Mental Health Services in Austin

Overwhelmed? Finding help doesn't have to be hard.

"...in serving the LGBTQIA community and those living with HIV/AIDS. In addition to individual counseling, Waterloo offers weekly psychotherapy..."

Oct. 2, 2020 Features Feature by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: Lessons From the Past for the Present

Plus, Gender Unbound and Austin Asian American Film Festival kick off virtual programming

"...latter of whom was the founding board chair of AIDS Services of Austin before serving as executive director –..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Get Ahead of the Curve with aGLIFF

Groundbreaking queer magazine Curve changes with the times

"...Curve was born in a not-so-distant past when the AIDS crisis was its height, and mainstream media portrayed queer..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Screens Post by Beth Sullivan

Now Streaming in Austin: 1985

Yen Tan's AIDS drama is about people drama, not a disease

"...locally made titles to watch while self-quarantining. For decades, AIDS cast a shadow over the LGBTQ+ community - so..."

June 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Dancing on Our Own … Together

A Qmmunity-curated playlist, plus some cute to-do’s

"...New York Times about mental health during the COVID-19 crisis. Experts quoted endorsed “anything rhythmic” – singing, dancing, yoga,..."

April 24, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Federal Funds Flowing Into Central Texas for Housing, Transit

Doggett announces $122 million in COVID-19 relief

"...deliver the support our frontline staff needs in this crisis," the agency said in a statement...."

April 3, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

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