Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...Television! As one famous Springfieldian once called it, “Teacher! Mother!..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...marching band summit crescendos the capital’s best free music festival, a four-day brass fantasy of honking, whistling, thumping mania...."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...org allgo joins together with social group Queer Muslims ATX and Asian Family Support Services Austin to host a..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Wanna See the Season 3 Premiere of Industry Early? Better Get Yourself to ATX TV Festival.

Austin fest will also premiere Julio Torres’ new HBO show Fantasmas

"...That’s right: The upcoming ATX TV Festival will debut the addictive, bleakly comic drama's..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Selena Gomez, Conan O’Brien, Sydney Sweeney Top SXSW’s Sixth Featured Speakers Announcement

Danny Brown, Nick Kroll, and Kirsten Dunst also announced

"...and Sydney Sweeney, have signed on to attend the festival...."

Feb. 27, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Reservation Dogs Star Devery Jacobs to be Honored at ATX TV Festival

Horror powerhouse duo Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel also at fest

"...writer and episode director on the show. That's why ATX TV Festival has just announced that she'll receive this..."

Feb. 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gary Clark Jr.’s Free Longhorn City Limits Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Recommended shows for Halloween night, from Genesis Owusu to Full of Hell

"...Radio-Television-Film professor Matthew McConaughey and last year's Moody College of..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

2023 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Judges

Meet the tastemakers for this year’s competition

"...Trevor Scott is an Austin television personality and host of the CBS Austin morning program..."

Sept. 8, 2023 Food Feature

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

"...The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the union that represents screen actors,..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Feature 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

"...union, was probably said more than any other excepting "television" and "tacos" during last weekend's ATX TV Festival. The..."

June 9, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Pilot to Prime Time: 50 Years of Austin City Limits

Five decades of music resonate at ATX TV Festival

"...on the show's history and future at this weekend's ATX TV Festival...."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman

Five Must-See Shows at ATX TV Festival

Celebration of the small screen hits season 12 with a TV Guide's worth of screenings and panels

"...barflies John Ratzenberger and George Wendt, alongside Achievement in Television eXcellence awardee James Burrows and his co-creators, Glen Charles..."

May 26, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Starling Girl

Coming-of-age drama inside the quiet oppression of a fundamentalist community

May 19, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Outlander Star Caitriona Balfe, Andor Creator Tony Gilroy Join ATX TV Festival Lineup

State of the industry panel also slated for June fest

"...looming writers’ strike, whatever the hell we’re calling post-peak television’s Sisyphean glut of content you’ll never be able to..."

April 27, 2023 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Real Roxy Hours

Local queer comic and jill-of-all-trades Roxy Castillo talks her performance style and history ahead of her run on the Moontower Just for Laughs Fest

"...perfect addition to this year's Moontower Just for Laughs Festival, as she's featured on the lineups of two April..."

April 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

Netflix Adds ATX TV Festival to Its Manifest

Final season second half gets premiere and panel at the fest

"...fans of the adventures of Montego Air Flight 828: ATX TV Fest has just announced that it will be..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Wow. It's Owen Wilson on the Cover (Finally).

In this week's issue, Austin's adopted son discusses his new IFC Films comedy about the joy of painting

"...of Wilson's star turn as a Bob Ross-like public television personality in Paint, which opens in theatres on Friday...."

April 7, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

ATX TV Festival Rides Again With Justified: City Primeval

Outlander, Dawson's Creek added to season 12

"...The guide for season 12 of the ATX TV Festival gets bigger with the announcement of the..."

April 3, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"...Black-led nonprofits selected for inaugural grants. Hosted by Houston television reporter Roland Martin and kicked off by Ballet Afrique,..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Flamencos, Mariachis, and Murder Announced for Austin Opera 2023-24 Season

New year kicks off with murderous classic Pagliacci

"...support a new initiative announced last night, the Opera ATX Residency for Latinx Creatives, providing a 10-day residency for..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Penske Media Buys ATX TV Festival

Local celebration of the small screen joins portfolio including SXSW

"...ATX TV Festival, nicknamed the TV camp for grownups, has..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Says Cheers to James Burrows

TV legend to be honored at next year's fest

"...name will be on everyone's lips at next year's ATX Television Festival when he receives the Achievement in Television..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Best of Austin: Restaurants Finalists Announced

Vote now!

"...ATX Queer Music Fest: Organizer Genesis Vasquez and performers Thelonious..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

Thor: Love and Thunder

The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel

July 8, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Maybe Youth Isn’t Wasted on the Young

On this week's cover: "10 Bands Under 25 That Make Me Feel Alive"

"...Dispatches From ATX: Read up on the highlights from last weekend's television..."

June 10, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

ATX TV Festival 2022: Bill Lawrence on Life, Death, and Scrubs

A rewind of our 2020 interview with the series creator

"...retrospective panel/cast reunion for the streaming version of the ATX Television Festival. They'd been booked for the in-person festival,..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scrubs Star Judy Reyes Looks Back as the Cast Reunites at ATX TV Festival

"I can't even get over the fact that it's been 20 years"

"...drama, pratfalls and pain, leave an indelible mark on television. "I can't even get over the fact that it's..."

June 3, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: What’s Next?

Adapting to Omicron and everything else life throws our way

"...Reunited and It Feels So Good: ATX Television Festival announced Parenthood and Justified reunion events at..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones

ATX TV Reunites Cast and Crew for Parenthood and Justified

Panels planned for 2020 finally get their studio time

"...Remember when ATX Television Festival told you in 2020 programming was delayed,..."

Jan. 11, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Talking Health Care, and Taking Care of the Trans Community

Why are so many Texans uninsured?

"...Save the Date: The ATX Television Festival announced that after two years of virtual..."

Nov. 19, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

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