Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...Lover!” Turn on your TV set and tune in for a special episode of Queer Film Theory 101. In..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites over 1,400 artists to play on more than 75 stages throughout the..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...celebration, which runs from 3 to 9pm and fundraises for the Central Texas Food Bank, are a pair of..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...and do across the state, from seeing ancient Roman art to finding Aunt Rosie’s missing teeth...."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...visionary funk group from South London, Cymande cut three unforgettable records that have been sampled by everyone from De..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...on the rockets with not just a few titles for this year's film festival, but the complete list of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

World-Class Trombonist Andre Hayward's Spiritual Journey

"Big Butter" brings his warm sound to Austin

"...with saxophonist Elias Haslanger's local quintet, Andre Hayward preps for his moment. As the two men finish a harmonized..."

April 2, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...her gaze or his, and you'll see why the Contemporary Austin is giving this hometown artist a major exhibition,..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Southwest, find harmony in the three headlining films announced for this year’s streaming festival...."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

News from Hueco Tanks, Black's Barbecue, and lots more

"...rock preserve is a gallery of prehistoric and historic art...."

Feb. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

From Día de los Muertos celebrations to holiday lights in November

"...For one day a year, pitmasters from Houston and Austin..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

February's full of fun

"...own such projects. In the Houston, the Buffalo Bayou Partnership has turned the waterway through downtown into a greenbelt..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Pre-holiday travel tips

"...Texas celebrates with lots of fun festivals before turning on the Christmas lights at the end of..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place – the high-concept horror from John..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Highland Games, Wurstfest, and more

"...Houston’s creative talent together than the annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival. From hip-hop to Singin’ in the Rain, comedies..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial

To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State

"...taking up the massive challenge of curating this visual arts exhibition that typically draws 1,000 submissions from across the..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Activities to help you stay cool as summer heats up

"...For more than 40 years Mexican artists led a generation..."

July 6, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam: Ishmael Soto

Groundbreaking Latino artist and teacher has passed

"...Throughout his 60-year career, art was more than a means of self-expression for Ishmael..."

March 8, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016

The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing

"...Alison Moritz's taut staging; Greg Emetaz's projections; all the performers – heightening the tension 'til my shoulders were hunched..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...posterity in order to sustain the craft beer industry for over two decades. When first-rate, Austin-area legacy acts like..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

"Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas and the American West"

The wide open spaces that define the Texas stereotype are explored in rich detail in this artist's work

"...on images of lonesome cowboys and vast, open space. For the Harry Ransom Center's "Frank Reaugh: Landscapes of Texas..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...Independent filmmaking is tough, but raising money for indie filmmaking is even tougher. As the Austin Film..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Looking back at 2013

"...The Astrodome failed to receive public support for bonds to refurbish the world's first domed stadium, so..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Skygazing With James Turrell

Skyspace: "The Color Inside" opens on UT campus

"...We had read about artist James Turrell, the "sculptor of light," last spring when..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Arts Post by Anne Harris

More Art for Laguna Gloria

The Contemporary Austin gets $9 million for sculpture park

"...donated her Lake Austin estate to the Texas Fine Arts Association to be used as a civic art museum,..."

Sept. 12, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Look Back in Wonder

The fifth Texas Biennial celebrates its past glories

"...pretty ambitious and audacious: a big juried exhibition of contemporary art drawn from the length and breadth of the..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Texas Biennial 2013

"...Artist lists, curator bios, and more information are at www.texasbiennial.org...."

Sept. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Saturday blurbs rally!

"...Reunited a decade-plus and 25 years after the UK quartet's Angus and Malcolm Young canniness, Ian Astbury and Billy..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature

Blanton Museum of Art

The UT museum acquires 12 works by Texas artists through an art lottery

"...lottery, even museums. And while the Blanton Museum of Art's recent score doesn't approach Mega Millions levels, it's pretty..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Miles and Miles of Canvas

For 2011, the Texas Biennial lives up to its name by spreading across the state

"...the contrary. "I love Austin," insists the New York-based art historian and attorney. "I identify with Austin as being..."

April 8, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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