Into The Long Long Night at ATX TV Festival

Mark Duplass and Barret O'Brien test their friendship for indie TV

"...A black-and-white comedy series about two men failing to commit suicide?..."

May 29, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...shades can’t block the decades of disappointment and frustration underscoring an atypically short response from him: “Nah, it’s gone.”..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Bay of Angels, Books, and a Brewery Bee in This Week’s Arts and Culture Events

Movies, spelling, and more weekday fun

"...Pandemic quarantine boredom and supply shortages led to many of us experimenting..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

iLLfest, Perfume Genius, Röyksopp, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Keep your ears open for these shows

"...Friday 30, Waterloo Records..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Celebrating Black Austin, Telling Stories, and Ducks Galore in This Weekend’s Events

Our arts and culture recommendations to keep you busy

"...Paramount Summer Classic Film Series returns with a perennial favorite, 1942’s Casablanca. Set during World War II, this multiple..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Composing Your Austin Summer Music Calendar

Rock out at any one of these music fests in our summer roundup

"...the air: Must be summer festival season! Austin’s known for collecting all the best bands, musicians, and party people..."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by James Scott

Solitary at 11, Dead at 16: One Kid’s Path to Adult Prison

Texas may pass a bill that would put more teenagers in prison with adults

"...which is also U.S. Highway 271. The ceilings are corrugated steel, the walls are wood-paneled, and the waffles are..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...A word to the wise, however: Budget cuts, weather forecasts, and..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Crossroads, Crafts, and Close Encounters in Our Recommended Events

The workweek is chockablock with do-able things

"...exchanges between China and Japan, with the modern art form focused on empty space as much as asymmetry. Monday’s..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Elders: Meet Mary Lou Gibson, Journalist and Austin’s Voice of Saints

A woman of hundreds of articles and few words

"...Gibson has one of those bell-clear voices. She was born in 1939, but at times, she sounds like a..."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events

Arts and culture to fill your days

"...flip-flops, tank-tops, and other hyphenated items that are really more about summer survival than looking fierce. This weekend, however,..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...at both events; read our reviews here, and find more musings – plus full Austin Blues Festival and Austin..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

"...surveying distance and assume the stance: hands on hips or clasped behind your back, eyes comically squinting or stretched..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...shed the Mike & the Moonpies moniker they’d ridden for nearly two decades and reloaded for the next phase..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Verde Report: An “Ashamed” Austin FC Must Regain Competitive Spirit After 5-1 Disaster

Vancouver debacle marks pivotal point in season

"...The lexicon of sports cliches gives us plenty of options to describe what..."

April 18, 2025 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Squirrels, Girls, and Other Pearls in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Acro-Cats, Earth Day, and all manner of arts and culture happenings

"...a little true with Ventanas, a new revival of contemporary circus troupe Cirque Vida’s show that first premiered in..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sitting Down With Your Senator

Sarah Eckhardt goes deep on democracy, womanhood, and our era

"...have plenty of foot traffic. Lots of suits and black high heels moving briskly. Down one quieter corridor, you’ll..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Anti-Death-Penalty Nun Talks “Bible Belt” and “Death Belt” in Austin

She calls execution the “apex” of a flawed punitive system

"...Sister Helen Prejean’s walk into the dark world of death row began with letters. It was part..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...April means it’s time for art made with sand, crazy cars parading, and other..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Cats With Purrrpose

From the Eastside to South Austin, these feline employees are the cat’s meow

"...include a lounging Ragdoll fluffed out in a sunbeam or a black shorthair sunken into a couch cushion. In..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Our Recommended Events Include Broods, Books, and Barking Buddies

The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house

"...the Alfred Hitchcock slasher came 23 years after the original, which is kind of like if they made a..."

March 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Shrooms, Trolls, and Gaga in This Week’s Recommended Events

Art, crafts, and more weekday fun

"...the basics of creating a shadow box with your favorite fungi heavily featured. All supplies and instruction are included,..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ivan Cornejo, Steve Wynn, Cardinals, and More Reviews From Thursday of SXSW

Sonic dispatches from Ireland, Mexico, and the Afro Diaspora

"...California-born, regional Mexico-singing youngster Ivan Cornejo headlined Rolling Stone’s Future..."

March 14, 2025 Music Post by Kyra Bruce

Visual Arts Review: “Together in Dreams: A Tribute to David Lynch”

Outpost 512’s filmmaker salute is worth the journey

"...itself a Lynchian dreamscape, a narrow gallery space with black-and-white checkered floors that’s guarded by painted eyes on its..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Crucial Concerts to Enjoy as SXSW Wanes

Embrace the anarchy or wait for the masses to depart

"...Waterloo Records’ Last Day Parties..."

March 14, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: We’re All in This Together

There’s lots to do in queer Austin even after the circus is out of town – and non-queer people can come, too!

"...that night I met a few out-of-towners headed next door to Mohawk for similarly South By-adjacent programming. In chatting,..."

March 14, 2025 Column by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Descendent

Alien abduction drama probes trauma, parenthood

"...From the bodily to the existential, the horrors of parenthood are apparent and well-explored across the horror..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Alejandra Martinez

Brand Events and Immersive Experiences, No Badge Required

A black hole re-creation, the Criterion Mobile Closet, and Alien: Earth close encounters await

"...The Black Hole Experience..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...quite like the myth of the Old West. Cowgirl lore is one of those halcyon stories that didn’t quite..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Inside the Unspeakable Killings That Changed Austin Forever

Margaret Brown explores the tragedy and lingering trauma in a four-part series

"...Whether it’s the Zodiac Killer in San Francisco, the Black Dahlia murder in Los Angeles, or the Saint Valentine’s..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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