Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...Texas, shredder Ally Venable arrives after last year’s home-state-loving Buddy Guy duet “Texas Louisiana.” A Seventies gospel funk innovator..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

The Austin Chronic: Austin Documentarian Links Up With Jimmy Kimmel for Reality Series High Hopes

New Hulu show captures organic humor among dispensary misfits

"...that it’s a love story between men. It’s their buddy romance story. We see them meet and effectively fall..."

April 19, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Stick Around, Say Damn: Inside the Cactus Cafe’s Tuesday Open Mic

Songwriters connect under Jake Farr’s ground rules

"...valuing your grandparents. An artist shouts “You got it, buddy!” when a fellow singer momentarily forgets his lyrics. Couples..."

April 17, 2024 Music Post by Dina Barrish

The Long Game

True-life story of Mexican-American teens who make a run at the 1957 state golf championship

"...plays retired golf pro Frank Mitchell, Pena’s WWII war buddy, who recommends membership and offers mentorship on how to..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Jessi Cape

Austin Blues Festival Announces Set Times for Jimmie Vaughan, Brittany Howard, Robert Glasper

And warns of a ticket price increase this Friday

"...the stage for a 9pm set from Chicago innovator Buddy Guy, who christened the inaugural Antones’s fest 25 years..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Zoé Tong Is Making Dinner Fun

Modern Chinese restaurant brings to Zilker big flavors, sincere hospitality, and a ballsy refusal to be boxed in

"...see Zooey Deschanel in a vintage 1950s dress and Buddy Holly glasses waxing poetic about LCD Soundsystem. The overall..."

April 5, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

The Luv Doc: AI Casanova

Maybe you’re not the Cyrano de Bergerac that reeled them in

"...great to know if your sentient robot life partner/fuck buddy is going to be condemned to the eternal fires..."

March 22, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...member along with Chris Farley, his co-star in Nineties buddy comedies Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. Many may know..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie

The stoner comedian duo has come a long way, man

"...anchors the film’s arc and nods to their hippie-era buddy road trips. Their debut film from 1978, Up In..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

The Luv Doc: Middle-Aged, Caucasian, and Cranky

Middle-aged white guys have it tough all over, not just in Texas

"...office to mail some ivermectin to his Discord incel buddy in Idaho. Imagine his consternation when he realizes he’s..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Review: Juan Luís Jardí’s “Tiempo Sostenido” Clocks in With Eerie Power

The Barcelona-based artist is doing time at Wally Workman Gallery

"...earlier, the temporal apparitions of you and the artscene buddy you insisted accompany you to Erin Cone’s exhibition back..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...Prince, Taylor Swift, and others. There’s a letter from Buddy Holly to his mother sent shortly before he died,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crypta, Cherubs, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Must-see shows for the weekend and beyond

"...songs were about heroin. Thirty years since “My Drug Buddy” and over 15 since he released new original material,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Texas travel news and more

"...The Day the Music Died Feb. 3, Lubbock, ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/buddy-holly-center/events..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Slamdance Interview: The 23-Year Wait for Bliss

Inside the unexpected sequel to 2001's Virgil Bliss

"...executive produced Bliss), and oxy-fueled nights with his girlfriend/drug buddy, Amy (Faryl Amadeus). When Amy ODs, Virgil must contend..."

Jan. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Eight Dining Destinations on the Lubbock Food Trail

The Hub City of the High Plains becomes a culinary destination

"...with you. Find it across the street from the Buddy Holly Center. 620 19th St.806/771-7690www.castirongrilllubbock.comopen Mon.-Sat. for breakfast &..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Statesman Union Gearing Up to Strike

Gannett still won’t budge on wages, benefits

"...puts them at risk or to ask for a buddy. Where they're far apart is on wages and benefits...."

Jan. 12, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Review: Denny Freeman, The Amazing Denny Freeman

CD set compiles two long-out-of-print albums by the late guitarist

"...that demonstrate the breadth of his six-string mastery. Running buddy Jimmie Vaughan adds some tasty steel guitar licks à..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Review: Alchemy Theatre’s A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote's childhood reminiscences are a poignant present

"...past by 12-year-old Noah Griffin Brooks) who she calls Buddy and treats as a surrogate son. It’s hard to..."

Dec. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...another year with two full days. Chicago genre innovator Buddy Guy – who performed at the festival way back..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Day Trips: McPherson Cellars, Lubbock

Meet Kim McPherson, the High Plains vintner

"...is at 1615 Texas Ave., not far from the Buddy Holly Center. Sylvia McPherson's La Diosa Cellars tapas bar..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Waco in the Sans Bar, Diwali in Thanksgiving, RedFarm in Downtown, Trona in the News, Graham Reynolds in Cahoots, and, OK, C’mon, Where Is Antonelli’s New Place?

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...the MCT giveaway post, and 3) tag a travel buddy or two in the comments (one tag is the..."

Nov. 1, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AFF Review: Egghead & Twinkie

Queer coming-of-age story catches the contradictions of youth

"...Part coming-of-age film, part road trip buddy movie, it’s a warm, creative, sincere, and charming watch..."

Oct. 28, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Austin-Made Comedy Home Free Is Taking Homelessness Seriously

How a chance encounter in 1997 keeps changing lives

"...soundtrack their movie? Pretty simple. "Adrian is a college buddy of ours," Barszap said, who first knew him as..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Good Cheese Hunting, Antonelli’s! Hello, Limestone Rooftop! Goodbye, Taco Ranch! Adopt Us, Fierce Whiskers! Arigato, Asahi Imports! and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Let’s see – what else, what else? Local beefmonger Buddy’s Burger is opening a new location in San Marcos..."

Oct. 25, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Burial

Courtroom drama saved from legal tedium by Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones

"...Legal dramas and buddy pics don’t often overlap, but with Jamie Foxx and..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Rod Machen

Fantastic Fest Review: Falling Stars

Witchcraft in the desert as a chillingly minimalist road trip

"...that they believe – wait, know – that their buddy Rob (Greg Poppa) popped one out of the sky..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Verde Report: It’s Finally Time to Take #WolffOut Seriously

Winless streak hits new club milestone

"...a hypothetical. Majority owner and CEO Anthony Precourt is buddy-buddy with Wolff, and new Sporting Director Rodolfo Borrell has..."

Sept. 20, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

The Exquisite Torments of Ken Paxton

Why is everybody so mean to the Texas Attorney General?

"...to play Spy vs. Spy by Paxton and his buddy, Austin investor Paul; the mortification was endured by OAG..."

Sept. 18, 2023 News Post by Michael King

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...Buddy Holly 87th Birthday Celebration Sept. 7, Lubbock, ci.lubbock.tx.us..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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