Golden Girls on Stage, Xmas Parties Galore, Satangeddon, and More Events

Your recommended arts events for the weekend

"...the presciently automated Clamp Center, houses an animal testing lab run by a perfectly pitched Christopher Lee, who gets..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Miyazaki, Hot Boys, Jane Austen Improv, and More Recommended Events

The weekend is looking ... a little weird

"...force to be reckoned with, saffron will permeate and collaborate with facile joy at every layer.” Similar description could..."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Adds Ho99o9, Kikuo, Sofia Kourtesis to 2024 Music Lineup

243 artists make up the festival’s second artist announcement

"...Benjamin Walker (Chile MEXICO) Bess Atwell (Brighton UK-ENGLAND) Bleach Lab (London UK-ENGLAND) BLK JKS (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA) Bloomsday (Brooklyn..."

Dec. 6, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...the girl boss spirit, featuring performances from Aira Juliet, Fat Bottom Cabaret, Dylan Garsee, Irielle Wesley, KD Kinetic, Jasmania,..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Panel Recap: Engineering the Future With Mushrooms and Diamonds

Not your weird aunt’s future, a cool future

"...Now lab diamonds, mushroom leather, and plant-based meat are the future,..."

March 18, 2022 Food Post by Jessi Cape

A Speed Dating Sampler of All 69 Virtual SXSW Music Showcases

The sun always shines on TV

"...New label from NYC decibel pusher Oliver Ackermann showcases his A..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Pickling Guru's Journey Through the World of Fermentation

Casper Fermentables owner Ben Hollander goes from dorm chef to LeRoy and Lewis collaborator

"...fermentation began at home. A Korean mother and Jewish father instilled in him a love of both pickles and..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

Hacking Whiskey at Treaty Oak Distillery

What’s a brief moment of Brooklyn in a Hill Country paradise?

"...weeks ago, to publicly inaugurate the distillery's new Cocktail Lab with a presentation – an informative class, almost –..."

Feb. 14, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

$1,000 Worth of Gold Rolling Papers Hidden in Austin

Find the golden briefcase and reap the 24k rewards

"...For the past three weeks, I’ve been twisting up fat, cone-shaped hand rolls with them. My friends and family..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Events Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation

Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso

"...Music Lab's Oltorf location, a default rehearsal space for Austin musicians,..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Top 10 Carby Treats

The ten best ways to indulge in a carbohydrate bomb by a bevy of talented local bakers and pastry chefs

"...2) BRENTWOOD SOCIAL HOUSE | Fat Rascal Scones Not too sweet, with a tangy bite..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...gene, Solomon's rare syndrome destroys the soft layer of fat under her skin, allowing for damaging disfigurement to her..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...discography reveals his philosophy framework: Rap Conciencia ("Conscious Rap"), Palabras del Alma ("Words From the Soul"), and Mestizo. –..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Gay Place

Celebrating Pride Week amidst stupidity and hate

"...Drag Lab: May the Fierce Be With You Travel to a..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...• Intelligent Future: Venture capitalist Bryan Johnson; Viv labs co-founder Adam Cheyer; Gingko Bioworks co-founder Reshma Shetty; Guidewire..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pit's End

Dog owners face an unwelcoming housing market

"..."Breed labeling has a lot of negative consequences for a lot..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Untapped Austin Releases Full Beer List

Forget about 2016 with 334 brews

"...Lakewood Lakewood Lager – Vienna Lager – 4.6% DFW Collaboration – Baltic Porter – 9.5% Lion’s Share III –..."

April 28, 2016 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Reasonable Doubt

Did misleading DNA analysis land an innocent man on death row?

"...Perez, a carpenter and occasional bouncer, was divorced, the father of three boys with his ex-wife and a daughter..."

April 29, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Good Eye Looks Back

All the best glimpses caught by the Good Eye in 2014

"...that last one. On the DIY front, the Stitch Lab directress ("Where Everybody Sews Your Name," May 30) has..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Consummate Artistry

The 2013-14 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...each: Rude Mechs' Fixing King John; Theatre En Bloc's Fat Pig; Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance's..."

June 6, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"It Was a Difficult Choice, But..."

The Austin Critics Table named its tops in the arts for 2014

"...Fat Pig, Theatre En Bloc..."

June 3, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fed Up

Most everything we've been taught about eating and exercising is wrong, and Katie Couric breaks it down for us.

"...years needs to be tossed out. As prevalence of fat-free foods grew during the Eighties, food manufacturers began adding..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Fat Pig, Theatre En Bloc..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Dinner Lab: You Never Know Where It’s Gonna Be, But It’s Gonna Be Real Damn Good

The stealthy supper club gives locals a taste of 'guerrilla cuisine'

"...I fell under the sway of Dinner Lab’s mysterious culinary charms a couple of weeks ago and..."

March 26, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Reefer Roundup: 9/9/11

Your roundup of drug war news

"...the streets, the concern about diversion, from a controlled lab doing research is, frankly, laughable. Still, the conclusion is..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Neighborhoods, Schools, and Budgets

Austin ISD's looming financial crisis is a statewide story

"...shortages in other areas. The district has bond money available for two elementaries. If the task force numbers are..."

Feb. 11, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Do Not Try This at Home

Tom Six on the surgical horrors of The Human Centipede

"...stitch that person's mouth to the ass of a fat truck driver. Everybody would laugh and think, "Oh, that's..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Ideas of Mountains'

This Creative Research Lab exhibition is a peak of no small aesthetic excitement

"...Creative Research Laboratory, through Feb. 6..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jimmy Leets World

Graffiti Research Lab's James Powderly takes technology to the street

"...where James Powderly and Evan Roth of Graffiti Research Lab come in. They're artists and hackers, enablers of dissension..."

March 6, 2009 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

FronteraFest Short Fringe, Week Two

A high-speed train of spoken word, crackling improv, and raw poetry

"...The women of Stamp Lab performed "T.A.G.," an impressionistic montage. A ghost named Nina..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Arts Review by Clayton Maxwell

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