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Sept. 13, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
Hey, Look! It’s the Crucial Concerts for This Week.
Cooling temperatures mean no reasons not to go out and see some music
"...horny humor, for a special 25th anniversary screening and Q&A celebrating the original in all its dessert-penetrating glory. Plus,..."
Aug. 30, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White
Proms, Humps, and Queerbombs Highlight This Weekend's Events
21 ways to get out of the house
"...do they do it? Why, through theatre, music, sketch & improv comedy, and dance: elements which blend together and..."
May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events
Get out the vote and more this week
"...Post at Cheer Up Charlies on Friday, Feb. 16.   – James Scott Big Bad Karaoke at the Love..."
Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
HAAM Day, Ron Carter, and Pecan Street Festival lead our recommended shows
"...biggest annual community fundraiser. You can make a donation – every $100 contributed equals $700 in health care services..."
Sept. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Crucial Concerts at Hot Summer Nights 2023
Highlights from the no-cost, high-temp annual music festival
"...free shows this weekend stack some 120 ATX all-stars – including Sabrina Ellis, Dossey, Glasshealer, Jane Leo, J Soulja,..."
July 21, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Jess Williamson, Ondara, Cherubs, Blushing, and more recommended shows
"...Continental Club, Friday 9 – Saturday 10Waterloo Records, Sunday 11..."
June 9, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Five Essential Events Still to Come at SXSW Music
Star-studded options for the Festival's final Thursday through Saturday
"...Thu 16, 1:30pm, Inn Cahoots..."
March 17, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Jane Leo, a Sharon Jones tribute, a Genuine Joe fundraiser, and more recommended shows
"...Hotel Vegas, Sunday 12 (w/ Tele Novella, Carruthers & Roush)..."
Feb. 10, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin
You and a Friend Could Go to Every Resound Show Next Year for $500
Austin bookers’ Sorted Pass joins growing number of ticket bundles
"...starts, promoters and tech companies in Austin continue to innovate with new models for enticing, and rewarding, their most..."
Dec. 16, 2022 Music Post by Chad Swiatecki
Proposed Development Would Revive Austin Opera House but Faces Neighbor Opposition
200 Academy Drive: Big hit or last call?
"...lot facing the street, tucked between historic Fairview Park – part of the super-neighborhood that most latter-day Austinites simply..."
Jan. 21, 2022 News Feature by Kevin Curtin
The Animalis Fabula Film Festival Celebrates and Worries About Our Relationship With Animals
Check out some creature features this weekend
"...the people that exploit these animals, but how our country and the world view animals."..."
Nov. 26, 2021 Screens Feature by Adrienne Hunter
From the Music Desk
On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music
"...make music. This town's always been rich with bands – still is – and we look up at them,..."
Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall
Guide to 4/20 Events and Resources in Austin
Everyone needs to chill out
"...involves the Bob Dylan song "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" that contains the lyric "Everybody must get stoned,"..."
April 15, 2021 Events Post by Katherine McNevins
Gift Guide: Homegrown Food and Beverage Favorites!
Skip the old-school impersonal and go boldly local this season
"...it. What she does with her Thai Fresh business – eliminating tipping and adding cost-of-operation into her prices, to..."
Dec. 4, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Holy Roller Closes, the Brew Brotha Ferments, Launderette Loves You for Voting, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...it’s due to, Zoomface: These lousy ’ronas and our country’s fraught response to them. Speer and company, who’ve steered..."
Oct. 20, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Five New Burger Spots for a New Austin
Brave businesses offer unique takes on the ubiquitous comfort food
"...was just going to be a T-shirt company first – just shirts that said JewBoy Burgers. I did the..."
Oct. 16, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape
“Reimagining” APD and Its Huge Budget Starts Now
City Council and the city manager try to move away from policing, but is it enough?
"...records management. The resulting $8.1 million in actual reductions – mostly through eliminating vacant positions – is largely offset..."
July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Austin Beerworks and Jester King
How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 1)
"...King brewery that shines bright out in the Hill Country. The brewery is a reliable inhabitant of several Top..."
March 27, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga
The Long Story of East 11th and 12th Streets Takes a Turn
Austin’s historically black neighborhood continues to stand at the crossroads of growth
"...places all the time. That's where I met Louis Arm­strong – at the Lawson's Ice Cream Parlor. He was..."
Oct. 18, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
ACL Live Review: Orville Peck
Canadian Lone Ranger croons-n-swoons the lonesome frontier
"...from lines like, “Spent all day at the Holiday Inn trying to get out of bed,” Peck and Salmena..."
Oct. 13, 2019 Music Post by Rick Weaver
10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend
Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019
"...River, because our city needs to nail down this nomad. – Rachel Rascoe..."
Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe
Playback: Bombs, Beto, and the Biggest Music Stories of 2018
“Playback” recaps the news, trends, and controversies of the year. Outrage level: high.
"...to play out during the South by Southwest Music Conference. With paranoia running hot, a star-studded revue led by..."
Dec. 14, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Qmmunity
What now?
"...housing bond to fight displacement. And queers across the country actually got elected in record numbers. Dallas Morning News'..."
Nov. 9, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff
Events to Help Queer Up Your Autumn
As the temperatures cool, the queers come out to play
"...longest running and absolutely queerest film festivals in the country and they’re kicking off their 31st annual fest with..."
Aug. 30, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff
Gay Place
This Pride keep the spark alive
"...but we're definitely more sparkly this time of year – and no, it's not just the sweat.) Austin Pride..."
Aug. 10, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff
Recommended Live Music for the Weekend
August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend
"...the Americana pioneer, numbers 30 and 31 disseminating Southern country soul on Time Flies and recently rediscovered recordings with..."
Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff
Playback: Friday the 13th Reaps Austin Music
Joe Valentine, Ponty Bone, Fai Jow all pass on the same day
"...to ATX, where his soulful voice led Ponty Bone & the Squeezetones. A relentless performer who commingled Cajun, blues,..."
July 20, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Fusebox Festival 2018 Is Still (In Part) Available for You
Didn’t make early reservations? Wait, wait, check this out –
"...electronic music DJs and composers from all over the country. It’s a super-special gathering, they’re all amazingly talented and..."
April 16, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Gay Place
Frigid temps and hot queers
"...this week is GirlFriend's latest dance party Lesbian Divorce – described as the Friday night response to the Sunday,..."
