Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"...bloodred. "I try to create the most perfect, random nights that people won't ever experience ever again," says Mauri...."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...Enchanted birthday. Where were you in 1978? Forty-five years ago the Nature Conservancy purchased the pink granite..."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

She Is Love

Dry love-triangle comedy sacrifices honesty for hollow style

"...altogether. But circumstances force her to spend a couple nights in Cornwall, where she was once married, and the..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Venturing to Rockdale for Electronic Fest Camp Capsul: Destination Unknown

Regional support shines among luscious international lineup

"...Capsul’s inner-circle parties grew too large there, capping around forty people...."

Nov. 9, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

Hey Freshman: IG Follows to Fast-Track Your Immersion in Austin Music

Under-21 and underground rave resources on Instagram

"...Dorham's Backyard. If you're solely looking to dance, 18+ nights run at Mala Vida (Thursdays) and Rain on 4th..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

In the Yard: Austin Winery

Pretty much surpassing all your grape expectations

"...there, compared to down here: You need the cold nights and hot days. The only problem we run into..."

May 12, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Changes at Two Campus Cafes

The latest on Cactus Cafe and Spider House

"...the venue is now open for weekly open mic nights and concerts, generally one per weekend...."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Austin's Frighteningly Fabulous Queer Halloween Parties

Trick or treat yo'self to Goth Prom, Little Gay Shop of Horrors, and more

"...Fuego Austin's QTBIPOC dance party hosts two spooky nights at Lustre Pearl South (10400 Menchaca Rd.) this Fri.-Sat.,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

The History of the LGBTQ Movement in Austin

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

"...Zumbrun relocated from her native West Texas to the Forty Acres and complete culture shock. Hippies populated the Drag;..."

Aug. 9, 2019 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY (2018) D: Madeleine Olnek USA, 84 min..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Campus Hacks: University of Texas

Surprisingly, hook 'em isn't the only thing you need to know

"...Welcome to the “Forty Acres,” incoming Longhorns. You have much to learn about..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by Maria Mendez

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...scheduled gospel on Sunday, and high school football Friday nights. They held out buying a mixing console; Denver sequenced..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Playback: Antone's Resurrected

The return of Antone's, Free Week, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot

"...including gorgeous Georgia Bramhall singing the open-carry blues classic "Forty-Four," once recorded by her father Doyle Bramhall, one of..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...for the last 25 years. "One of the craziest nights that we've worked because we started to see the..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Elton John Rockets the Moody

Piano prince toasts Andy Roddick Foundation’s 15th anniversary

"...Two nights later, just before 10pm, John shuffled onstage solo at..."

May 5, 2015 Music Post by Nina Hernandez

Playback

Last chance to vote in the Austin Music Poll!

"...the 80-capacity bar, which will host live music five nights a week with no cover charge...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Big Picture

Taking stock of Austin music's female legacy

"...and Margaret Wright, who performed at the Driskill Hotel. Forty years on, that list grows longer by the day...."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Playback: Forty Nights

Forty nights of live music? Piece of cake.

"...back on summer 2014 for accidentally attending shows 40 nights in a row...."

July 11, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Eruption

Church on Monday guitarist Jake Langley transcends jazz

"...Monday nights upstairs in the Continental Club Gallery are remarkable. In..."

March 28, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Farmers' Market Report: November 16-17, 2013

Organic citrus has returned, plus maple syrup, apples, and pecans

"...freeze in the Austin metro area Tuesday and Wednesday nights, it most certainly did freeze out of town where..."

Nov. 15, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Redacted, Then Redressed

AFS Essential Cinema spotlights once-banned films

"...Spring ("the movie breakthrough has finally come," she wrote). Forty years later, the conventional wisdom on Last Tango comes..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Super Geek Bowl in Austin

Geeks Who Drink take trivia to a whole new level

"...can, either; to quote their website: "Most so-called 'trivia nights' consist of either an MP3J reading Trivial Pursuit cards..."

Feb. 17, 2013 Food Post by Carly Yansak

Drink Upscale

Post-classic cocktails for the holidays

"...but also calorie-laden. What the hell, it's the holidays. Forty Nights1½ ounces Smith & Cross rum (Sailor Jerry is..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...with a string band known as the Mississippi Sheiks. Forty years later, the line aims north to the East..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...thing for my kid sister. Now he was what—-? Forty? That last time up, just before I spoke those..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Texas Top 10s

"...3) Rajamani, Forty Days/Forty Nights..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Music Feature

What's Happening?

Ruta Maya toasts the Summer of Love

"...phone-sex ad. That kind of love's not so free. Forty years later, are we really that surprised?..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...inclined to the horizon at an angle of some forty-five degrees, speeding dizzily round and round with a swaying..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Rajamani Reviewed

"...Forty Days (Rajamani Productions)Rajamani..."

May 4, 2007 Music Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Pearl King

Formed through irritation, time, and friction, yet gorgeous, imperfect, and universally valued: Oliver Rajamani

"...in two new spiritual chapters, 40 Days and 40 Nights, to be enacted live May 20 at One World..."

May 4, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

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