Friday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Picks for March 18All showcase times subject to changeIAN HUNTER/ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO6pm,..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Game of Thrones Is Coming to SXSW. Let the Bloodletting Begin.

Hit HBO show launches massive blood drive, SXSW activation

"...Relax, it’s for a good cause – the annual For the Throne..."

Feb. 19, 2019 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

The Snow Queen

This book by the author of The Hours is a frozen confection of a novel, at once simple and intricate – and gorgeous

"...frosty breath, so that when the characters' voices occasionally bleed into one another, it's a testimony to the novel's..."

May 16, 2014 Arts Review by Amy Gentry

Heirloom

Mythologies and fables cover the walls of grayDUCK Gallery in this show by Megan Kimber and Adrian Landon Brooks

"...fictions bubbled up from our earliest human cultures to bleed and blur, saturated by time, across geographical borders. The..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

The AggreGAYtor: July 26

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Vodka manufacturers plead, migrant workers bleed, and Republican operatives, well they keep doing their thing,..."

July 26, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Slipknot Devastates COTA

Iowa’s malevolent sons blaze and burn

"...Keep Austin Weird schtick – in a pandering way. For Slipknot, it’s thrown down as a challenge. “Wanna get..."

Sept. 3, 2015 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin FC Puts Three Past Vancouver in Latest Q2 Stadium Rout

That’s four wins in five matches at home, folks

"...Austin FC is quickly ruining the city’s welcoming reputation for visitors...."

April 24, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Laugh on Laugh

The Globe stage is comedy central for Sound on Sound

"...of visiting headliners and local acts to keep Sherwood Forest ringing with laughter. Almost all of the action is..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hightower Report: Why Doesn't Congress Do What the People Want and Need?

Hightower asks an age-old question about Congress

"...prices of medicines into the stratosphere, turning necessities into unaffordable luxuries. As a result, there's growing demand for Congress..."

April 22, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

SXSW Film Hops on the Announcement Bandwagon

HBO's Lena Dunham and Casey Neistat, Jason Blum bound for Festival

"...arm of the March fest announced its first wave this morning...."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Film Flam

NEA awards AFS, festival news, and 'Black Metal' seeks extras

"...now $75,000 closer to fruition after the National Endowment for the Arts awarded the nonprofit one of 80 Our..."

July 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Afrobeat Week

Fela's birthday and two new comps with his mark

"...Strut Records set an impossibly high hurdle for African funk compilations with the 2001 release of Nigeria..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Flashpoint

Shine a Light

"...the Oakland Coliseum. A song long dismissed save perhaps for its equally forgotten slapstick clip running many cable lifetimes..."

April 4, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest Review: Silent Night

Social satire takes a surprising and bleak turn

"...Silent Night, when you'll wonder exactly why you're being forced to spend time with a bunch of insufferable upper..."

Sept. 30, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Honolulu’s Oil in the Alley to Rock the Hideout

Hawaiian trio takes the Downtown stage for an improv-fueled joyride

"...Theatre’s storied Downtown Austin stage, but that’s what’s happening this Saturday night...."

Nov. 14, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Robots May Break Your Heart

But the Riverboat Gamblers Won’t

"...Set times for the Warped Tour are decided daily through a lottery..."

July 1, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell

Practice, Practice, Practice

Repetition isn't always good or funny, but in this show, it can change your point of view

"...the early inspirations for this group show. By the time curators Michael Smith..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Southwest Theatre Productions' Sweat

This production brings home the plight of the American blue-collar worker with sympathy

"...easy in recent years. Industrial jobs have continued to bleed away, leaving families and communities adrift. Working-class people are..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Not Quite Myself: Uh, Yeah, Exactly

Local Arts Reviews

"...a slogan, good Christ. It doesn't necessarily matter to this new breed if a production is good theatre or..."

May 19, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...ripper?), but by November, its grounds will be used for a more exalted purpose: the Texas Book Festival’s annual..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...showcase the artist's belting, boundless vocals on tracks fit for disco ball shimmers. The self-titled effort progresses like a..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...it will take a while. Universal had it primed for a Feb. 4 release but has pushed it back..."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trump’s Twitter Library, a Ferris Wheel of Cheese, and More From the Wide, Weird World of SXSW

Festival-adjacent events abound!

"...down a retro roller skating rink and taping segments for its nightly show Vice Live...."

March 8, 2019 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

Songwriter-Performer Caleb De Casper Wants Your Attention

Good Boy or "Bad Boy"? You decide.

"...a time in Caleb De Casper’s career where he’d bleed from his eyes and eat hearts on stage. “I'd..."

Dec. 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Levitation Picks

"...has made music since the mid-Sixties, when he drummed for the Cordells, the first Inuit rock band. Since then,..."

May 8, 2015 Music Feature

Kate Payne Picked a Pickled Profession

Payne's workshop at JBG inspires a second chance for sauerkraut

"...at the gorgeous sprawling acres of Johnson’s Backyard Garden this past Saturday, I jumped at the chance to reinvent..."

April 16, 2013 Food Post by Jessi Cape

The Vouchers Battle Is Decided, But What About the Future of Texas Politics?

How it happened

"...taxpayer dollars, contributed by all of us, to pay for their kids to attend private school. The proposal is..."

April 25, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look

New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun

"...grass is always greener, right? Circumstance is subjective. In this case, it's a reality for Fun Fun Fun Fest..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

TV Eye

This Con's for You

"...several recorded episodes of The Riches, which recently returned for its second season on FX...."

April 11, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Chappell Roan Says ACL Performance Is Her Last of the Year, and More Surprises From Weekend Two

The heat lingered at sets from Vince Staples, Dua Lipa, Jeezy, and more

"...in with Chris Stapleton and Orville Peck, Dua Lipa bleed Burnt Orange, and Chappell Roan go out on a..."

Oct. 14, 2024 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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