The Life of Chuck

Mike Flanagan finds Stephen King’s tender heart

"...to Act 1, through a mosaic of dance and love and sadness and memories and Walt Whitman, Chuck is..."

June 6, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events

Multiple ways to get high ... on art

"...Dance Company, KDH Dance Company rebrands with Interiors, its first show since Artistic Director Alyson Dolan and Executive Director/Resident..."

June 6, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: For Those We’ll Never Meet

A much-needed mission reframing after Lege losses hit home

"...passing of House Bill 229, which reheats the nachos first shat out by that one guy’s executive order on..."

June 6, 2025 Column by James Scott

Exploding Drawing’s 64th, Double Trouble’s Second, Sagebrush’s Fifth, and More Crucial Concerts

It isn't all about numbers in this week’s recommended shows

"...her all-women ensemble, and their dreamy R&B vibes. A first-generation Ethiopian American in her hometown, Mélat artfully creates genre-defying..."

June 6, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

What We Learned at the King of the Hill ATX TV Festival Panel

First look at season 14 gives hints at revival

"...the Hill. With those words, Judge closed out the first look at Friday's sneak preview of season 14 of..."

May 31, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Into The Long Long Night at ATX TV Festival

Mark Duplass and Barret O'Brien test their friendship for indie TV

"...the decades-long real-life friendship between Duplass and O'Brien. They first crossed paths when Duplass was a teenager, living in..."

May 29, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...people are not here, the culture’s not here, the love is not here...."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

KhushFest, Kung Fu, and Clueless in Our Recommended Events

You pretty much can't avoid culture this weekend

"...to be reckoned with. She shared her creativity and love for literature with him, but died before he gained..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

iLLfest, Perfume Genius, Röyksopp, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Keep your ears open for these shows

"...Two things Austinites love: community radio and neighboring small towns. Radio Lockhart 107.9..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Bay of Angels, Books, and a Brewery Bee in This Week’s Arts and Culture Events

Movies, spelling, and more weekday fun

"...dystopian in the current political climate? Check out the first half of the original Hunger Games series finale for..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 30 - June 5

"...but would like to? What frontiers would your imagination love for you to visit, but you have refrained? Now..."

May 30, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Restaurant Review: Cozy Digs and a Truck-Free Dining Program at Radio Rosewood

Radio Coffee and Beer’s third location gets an urban makeover

"...Central East Austin, in the building that once housed beloved local coffee shop Try Hard Coffee Roasters. While East..."

May 30, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

First Look: Parish Barbecue

Industry vet opens a Louisiana-influenced trailer at Batch

"...and it's expensive as heck, but people seem to love it. We've sold out of duck pretty much every..."

May 28, 2025 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

Slime and Screams: Producer Matt Manjourides on the New Street Trash

The splatter punk sequel gets its Austin premiere

"...Like many film fans, Manjourides fell in love with the original as a teenager when he saw..."

May 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...Stack) and his slutty sister (Dorothy Malone), who’s in love with his best friend (Rock Hudson, Sirk’s most defining..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 23-29

"...art career and traveled to New Mexico for the first time. The landscape’s beauty overwhelmed her. She wandered around..."

May 23, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?

Behind efforts to eliminate the state test that stresses kids out and shuts schools down

"...third grade,” Hinojosa told us. “Third grade is the first year kids have to take the STAAR, so they..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Elders: Meet Donald Mace Williams, the 95-Year-Old Ph.D. and Poet

He’s an expert on Beowulf, and he hasn’t stopped writing

"...This wasn’t his first time in Austin, though. The Great Depression and World..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Mattea Gallaway

Texas Moves to Put Unborn Jesus Pro-Life Statue on Capitol Grounds

Donor-funded Texas Life Monument was approved by House and Senate

"...When the first version of the sculpture was installed in Rome in..."

May 21, 2025 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Affordable Art, Cine Las Americas, Adult Books, and More Weekend Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar's enjoyment

"...music is everywhere.”   – James Scott Ramy Youssef: Love Beam 7000..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...story of a French courtesan and her penniless poet lover stays the same, but the song catalog expands to..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Celebrating Culture, History, and Hops With Kaiju Cut and Sew

Owner Chris Gomez helps organize AANHPI markets, mahjong, and more

"...In the 1970s, the idea was first proposed to designate May as a celebration of Asian..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Theatre Review: Dirty Gold’s Venus in Fur Captivates

The scintillating show explores the line between vulnerability and control

"...electricity to keep you grounded. It’s an investigation of love, or at least lustful fantasy, entrancingly exploring the line..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Crossroads, Crafts, and Close Encounters in Our Recommended Events

The workweek is chockablock with do-able things

"...her hand at everything and mostly succeeding, and her first and only starring film role was praised, although the..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...the street. Turns out, the neighbors aren’t exactly in love with the arrangement, and that big tall fence appears..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature

Fight or Flight

A plane full of assassins fight over the same target

"...double-decker in the skies, and the excessive space in first class means that not every one of the extensive..."

May 9, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Three Austin Songwriters Found Family in Next of Kin

On debut EP Homemaker, Lili Hickman, Madison Baker, and Caelin reach queer country transcendence

"...When the three songwriters first came together in the studio, they had no intention..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts

Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum

"...Rob Birch (vocalist/songwriter) and Nick Hallam (DJ/producer) first formed Stereo MC's while co-founding pioneering London-based hip-hop label..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events

Arts and culture to fill your days

"...coming to a close later this year when the beloved Downtown coffeehouse/theatre closes, catch this Austin comedy royalty in..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 9-15

"...Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) was a trailblazer. She was the first American woman war photojournalist, the first professional photographer permitted..."

May 9, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

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