Five Things to Keep Your Arts Account in the Black

From a fresh take on War of the Worlds to pushing back against censorship

"...Unless you're one of those poltroons quaking in your panic room due to fear of critical race theory or..."

May 27, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Christening the Waterloo Music Festival

Welcome to the jamily

"...“I was like, ‘Who’s Jerry?’” recounted the Empire Control Room majordomo at Carson Creek Ranch on Sunday. “He pulled..."

Sept. 10, 2018 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Anatomy of an Understanding

How an unfortunate fitting room encounter brought Petticoat Fair to a session called 'Trans 101'

"...had a great experience." Jack has a few recognizable Austin start-ups under her belt (Front Gate Tickets, for one),..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...something about the rotten state of live music in Austin these days...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...impressing grownups, and convincing her friends and neighbors in Austin to appear in Pathogen, the movie she's determined to..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Not Your Mother's Hockey Puck

Austin's Women's Hockey Team, the Roadrunners, Face Off Against the Gender Gap.

"...it in. The play breaks across the ice toward Austin's net...."

June 29, 2001 Sports Feature by Emily Pyle

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...is called Blade, after all, not Kick." Tornadoes threatened Austin earlier this spring when I sat down to talk..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...from club to club. Dispelling that long-held notion, the Austin Music Industry Awards drew a mind-boggling local network to..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...South by Southwest reconverging physically this March likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...Having two separate productions of Macbeth running in Austin this week called to mind a similar instance in..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jim Caligiuri Exit Interview

Ten minutes, 20 questions, and 20-plus years of Americana chronicles

"...March 31, the day before Jim Caligiuri left Austin for California, we said goodbye outside Magnolia Cafe on..."

April 13, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

An Idiot at FronteraFest

Diary of getting a homegrown 25-minute play onto the stage for Austin's biggest annual performance festival

"...Jan. 24: I am starting to panic about the show. I feel I may be in..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Arts Feature by T. Lynn Mikeska

The Take-Out

Austin can't go home again

"...has become a sort of institution in itself. No Austin is as good as the Austin of our memory...."

July 8, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

Guess Who's Coming to Terrorize Your Night

UT alum Bryan Bertino's nerve-shattering debut, 'The Strangers'

"...Austin Chronicle: The Strangers opens on a note that says,..."

May 30, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...Thursday 1, Empire Control Room..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Halloween at the Movies

Your ultimate guide to spooky season screenings in Austin

"...toes of frog, and this haunting season many of Austin's cinemas and film freaks are hosting special seasonal scary..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity

Austin's 10 queerest highlights of 2018

"...can be counted among the highlights. Take, for example, Austin's queer-focused medical care, which went next-level this year. Or..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Interactive Pro Tips

How to get around, find that forgotten cord, and get your coffee fix

"...jet lag has you overwhelmed, here are a few Austin tips to ensure access to the bare essentials...."

March 3, 2015 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Decisions, Decisions

Voters ponder council election; council ponders F1

"...Austin city government faces two massive decisions in the next..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

The Color of Fire

The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?

"...There was a time not so long ago when Austin's public officials concerned themselves with the business of running..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Of Facilities and Communities

AISD facility master plan task force makes last draft changes

"...a sense of direction for the next decade in Austin's biggest school district. Now the task force just has..."

March 8, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Like A Bird On A Wire

Wisebird, as Southern bedrock as Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood

"...Although they’ve been Austin-based for two years now, Wisebird has managed to stay..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...way in dozens more. Last week, Naked City polled Austin council members on the issue. Will Wynn said although..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature

This Magic Moment

15 Years of the Austin Music Awards

"...Lou Ann Barton and Paul Ray opened the first Austin Music Awards at Club Foot by presenting a batch..."

March 7, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

SXSW Film Review: Satan Wants You

The Satanic panic as a guidebook to the dangers of crazy conspiracies

"...Pazder and Smith as the starting point for Satanic panic, SXSW documentary Satan Wants You explores the impact that..."

March 12, 2023 SXSW Post by Matthew Monagle

Final Countdown

Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in one timeline

"...Thirty-three years of Back Room shows and events can hardly be summed up in..."

July 28, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Sxsw

"...Tony Bennett, Junior Brown, and Peter Wolf at the Austin Music Hall Thursday night, or the Grand Royal showcase..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

New films from Charlie Kaufman and Owen Egerton join fest

"...including Ridley Scott's The Martian, Patrick Stewart vehicle Green Room, the long-gestating adaptation of J.G. Ballard's High-Rise, and period..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Won't You Come In?

For four years, playwright Lisa D'Amour and director Katie Pearl have forged an uncommon bond with audiences through the welcoming, intimate quality of their theatre work. They've also forged an uncommon bond with each other, a mutually fulfilling creative partnership that will continue for the rest of their lives.

"..."has something to do with Getting Close and Making Room: Getting close to the audience, both physically and emotionally...."

May 11, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Egg & I

How an experimental treatment for major depression introduced me to the medical magnet and the return of 'energetic' medicine

"...I'm on my back in a dimly lit room on the seventh floor of a Dallas research hospital...."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Greg Harman

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