Your Weekend in Film

What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time

"...In the mood for Nineties nostalgia? A docudrama retelling of..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Anti-Abortion Law HB 2

In a 5-3 ruling, SCOTUS says HB 2 creates an undue burden for women

"...In a historic victory for reproductive rights, the U.S. Supreme..."

June 27, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Faster Than Sound – Beerland & Beyond: The Year in Music News

Squeezing out the decade's end in local music headlines

"...The morning of May 28, Beerland owner Richard Lynn announced the..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Being Christeene in 2018

“I’m a collection of all the shit that you’re throwing around in this stratosphere of online media conversation.”

"...In an era when the seismic repercussions of sexual impropriety..."

May 25, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

How to Protest Like a Pro in Austin

Amid rightward turn in higher ed we still have free speech

"...The pro-Palestine campus protests this spring were one of the largest..."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

COVID’s Toll on Texas Inmates Among the Worst in the Nation

LBJ School study details dismal infection, death rates

"...Nine of the approximately 200 inmates in Texas prisons who..."

Nov. 17, 2020 News Post by Brant Bingamon

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...In the looming shadow of the massive Texas State Capitol,..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Hays County’s Overwhelmed Jail System in Dire Shape, Advocates Say

Some inmates are waiting years to see their day in court

"...The first time Hays County Jail officials rushed Melvin Nicholas to the hospital was Feb. 18, 2021. The..."

Sept. 9, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Checking in With Area Musicians Yielded 80,000 Words of Pandemic Realness

Stay TF home

"...On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 10:10am – all area schools having shut down..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sales Tax in the Tank

Comptroller reports 12.5% drop in sales tax revenue

"...mythical recession-proof Texas economy is exactly that: A myth. In a press release cheerfully headlined "Comptroller Susan Combs Delivers..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Our COVID Problem, in Two Charts

Why we’re not leaving Stage 5 any time real soon

"...I'm sorry – I know we're all aching to be done with this, and get back to..."

Sept. 24, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Amidst COVID-19 Surge, Austin-Travis County Moves to Stage 5 Restrictions

Officials urge extreme caution over holiday break

"...Austin Public Health announced today that the city and county..."

Dec. 23, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...This spring, the University of Texas at Austin made national headlines..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

HB 2 Back in Court: Judges Get Critical

Abortion providers “encouraged” by judges’ skepticism

"...In New Orleans this morning, justices on the notoriously conservative..."

Jan. 7, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

Zeroing in on Zuniga

Place 5 CandidatesTarget the Man With the Money

"...of supporters who had turned out for a fundraiser in her honor. By this time, a row of aluminum..."

April 18, 1997 News Feature by Amy Smith

Wendy Davis: In For Governor Race

UPDATE: Fort Worth Dem to challenge GOP stranglehold next November

"...In a move surprising no one, this afternoon Sen. Wendy..."

Oct. 3, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Energy's Wrinkle in Time

Early GreenChoice customers' low rates will soon be gone with the wind

"...Early adopters of Austin Energy's GreenChoice program – those who subscribed to the..."

Nov. 12, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Count Me In

there's power in numbers with the census 2000 data.

"...the Census 2000 form hits your mailbox, remember these numbers: 35,000. Forty million. Twenty-two out of 25. Those figures..."

Feb. 11, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

From Stonewall to today, how Pride has progressed in our city

"...$1,500 was a lot of money in 1990. When the..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Local Wine Experts Rank 48 Canned Wines Available in Austin

Good wine comes in cans, too

"...While we can all agree that Austin is first and foremost a beer town, there's a..."

July 12, 2019 Food Feature by Tom Thornton

The AggreGAYtor: August 5

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

"...Annise Parker wins again, Florida parties down, and Denver drag queens feel..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Thai Harmony

Tastes of Thailand in Central Texas

"...Thai Harmony4300 Quinlan Park Rd., 535-7975 Monday-Thursday, 11:30am-2pm, 4:30-9pm; Friday-Saturday, 11:30am-2pm, 4:30-10pm;..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

Can record stores survive the digital age?

"...Jason and Ryan Enright are brothers, homegrown Austinites with an eye on the future. Jason, 30, is..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Judge in One of the County’s Busiest Courts to Be Appointed This Month

Nick Chu will move to the county’s new probate court

"...In Travis County, the Justice of the Peace for Precinct..."

Sept. 6, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...Chapter 6, Part 2 of a serialized history of Austin punk by veteran writer and punk musician Tim Stegall...."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...In 1895, a wealthy cotton trader named Daniel H. Caswell..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums

Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix

"...touchstone only after the ashes of the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, spread out over the Cali­fornia shore. Ubiquitous..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

City Announces Limitations to Dine-In and Drink Service for New Year's and Beyond

Gov. Abbott pushes back: “This shutdown order by Austin isn’t allowed”

"...No one will be ringing in the new year at a bar, music venue,..."

Dec. 29, 2020 News Post by Kevin Curtin

Live Purification Ritual Debuts Dumpster Fires in Stereo

Steel on steel provides welcome year-end catharsis

"...Fitting metaphor for a globally disastrous year, the term “dumpster..."

Nov. 16, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Scott McCloud in Austin with The Sculptor this Weekend

The affable theorist of Understanding Comics waxes all fictional.

"...Scott McCloud of Understanding Comics fame has a new book out from First..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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