The House That Built DJ Shani Hébert

Decades in the making, The Groove Temple arrives on KUTX

"...prison-style security door with the magnetic lock at her East Downtown building. Beyond the entrance, she's quickly apologetic about..."

March 3, 2023 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Glam Punks of 70s Austin Get Up to Their Gypsy Tricks

The Austin Punk Chronicles, chapter two, part two: Glitter rock (1972-76) fades

"...and Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols grabbing a piece of the action in Love. Then he got sent to..."

Jan. 24, 2020 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...for its 2019 Music conference with this morning’s cull of 300 artists that’s thick with Austin buzz acts –..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...by Southwest programmers have stocked more than a quarter of the music lineup for the March mega conference. Big..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...to learn who will be attending the literary banquet of the year is over. The Texas Book Festival has..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Your Weekend in Film

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

"...the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and a contemplative study of two loners adrift in a city of modernist architecture..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

CAMIBAart Gallery's Troy Campa

Troy Campa left behind a successful career in architecture to develop a new creative life with CAMIBAart Gallery

"...successful business in high-end residential architecture and a staff of 15, Campa decided he was "ready for something new..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Arts Feature by Madeline Irvine

Get Ready for Texas Tiki Week

Cocktail umbrellas up

"...awful, despicable no-goodnik if you don’t go to one of the Texas Tiki Week events next week. Remember Natalie..."

July 31, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Fever in the Bunkhouse: Hotel San José Sold?

Diffusing rumors and starting new ones with Liz Lambert

"...it catches on fire, let's scuttle the scuttlebutt: Reports of a "sale" – that Liz Lambert has "sold" the..."

Feb. 4, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...To get a perspective on the vastness of South by Southwest, consider that this morning’s announcement of..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Music: Second List

243 + 171 = as many acts as the last two ATX fests combined

"...from here on in. This morning, the Music festival offered a second batch of showcasing acts – 243 to..."

Nov. 18, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Riding the Wave of Rum Punch

Pleasant Storage Room fuels summer fun with rum

"...its recent opening, its partners definitely felt the pressure of catching the wave at just the right time. With..."

May 16, 2014 Food Feature by Gracie Salem

Havana-Inspired Bar Created Pleasant Soft Opening

Pre-opening night fun included ceviche bar and communal punch

"...The owners of the new Pleasant Storage Room invited friends, family, and..."

April 25, 2014 Food Post by Gracie Salem

The Price You Pay

At what cost does the vinyl revolution come?

"...debris coating the racks and registers. At its new East Sixth location, its been reborn, reupholstered, and reclaimed. Two..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

Supernatural

Santana live at the Moody Theater

"...“This is the House of Stevie Ray Vaughan,” waved the 64-year-old Mexican guitarist Monday..."

Sept. 13, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...Quote of the Week Provisions Under Article 3 of the Geneva..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...East of Havana..."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Sound Checking for a Pulse, and Finding It

The rock docs in this year's 24 Beats Per Second program rattle and hum with soul and revolt.

"...Down off South Congress, about six blocks below the river, in..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

SXSW Film 06 Update

The official list will be released early next week, but we've got a credible source on the inside that was able to supply some titles a bit ahead of time

"...The official, full-fledged list of films will be released early next..."

Feb. 3, 2006 Screens Feature

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...He's just another one of the boys of summer. Between games of dominoes at..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...near 161st Street. Gerald Wexler, running through the streets of Harlem, Queens, and Brooklyn during the Depression, and getting..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...audience into a frenzy that all but raises the roof off the place, the Frankie Ford classic working its..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Cuba by Alan Pogue / Timeless Exposures: Europe, New York, Cuba

Local Arts Reviews

"...the contemporary Cuban art show at the Austin Museum of Art last year, the mini-Cuban film series at the..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Arts Review by Ben Willcott

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...TERRY BOZZIO: Dripping with percussive proficiency, Austin resident and former Zappa -- and Missing Persons..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

Joni's Jazz

"...Joni Mitchell recentlyread in a book of birthdays that she was born on the day of..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Music Feature by Jody Denberg

Record Reviews

"...a gargantuan tortoise and runs roughshod over a throng of unsuspecting Lake Michigan beach-goers on a crisp spring day...."

Aug. 1, 1997 Music Review

Beautiful Loser

Keith Ferguson: No Apologies, No Regrets

"...be the only one who regards himself as a professional musician. Our lead singer's a dishwasher in the back..."

May 9, 1997 Music Feature by Josh Alan Friedman

Public Notice

Curtains, Closets, & the American Way

"...Closet: Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia, is an "off-beat love story" of author and San Francisco Chronicle reporter..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Dancing About Architecture

A Day at the Races

"...Unclean Records had the unusual honor of a horserace in their name, the "Unclean 500," at..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Column by Ken Lieck

New Tricks on South Congress

A Community Policing Success Story

"...why I don't remember, when they encountered a lady of ill fame stretched over the hood of a parked..."

June 14, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison