SXSW Online: Recommended Programming

Must-catch panels, films, music showcases, and more at this year's all-virtual Fest

"...12:30pm:  For Brands Who Want to Help Us Be Free — Featured Session Baratunde Thurston has advice for businesses..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature

New Citizen Media App MyPoint.tv Launches in Austin

Be alert. Be empowered. Free what you see.

"...if you could be compensated for it? That’s where MyPoint.tv comes in...."

Feb. 4, 2021 Chron Events Post

Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats

Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist

"...This week we talk to notable activists whose legal speech and conduct was flagged by ARIC as a threat,..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

People Talk Funny at Austin Sketch Fest

The annual jubilee of jokes leads off with a spoof of a Trump-Biden debate and a speech on toxic femininity

"...(His riff on Biden's "CornPop at the swimming pool" speech spins into a Twilight Zone of hilarity.) Having these..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...another conservative town, that was right around the time MTV [exploded]. College Station was the first town – to..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: “The category is love, y’all, love”

Plus trailblazing trans choreographer Sean Dorsey returns to Austin and Lez B In Touch says so long summer

"...fact, this year's Emmys managed to be one of TV's queerest nights. Everything from RuPaul's Drag Race win for..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Apollo 11

Astounding documentary takes us back to the first crewed mission to the moon

"...though once in a while on a radio or TV we hear progress reports from the Vietnam battlefield and..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Danielle White’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...battle rap to explore hot-button issues like racism and free speech. 10) Cold War..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Danielle White

The Miseducation of Today's Youth: Let's Talk About Queerness

Out Youth Teen Guest Writes for Qmmunity

"...Qmmunity and Austin Bat Cave, a creative community offering free writing programs for students, united to spotlight the work,..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Elliot Pearson

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...and that I was to make a big public speech and I had never made one before. And when..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Felony Charges Dropped in "Facebook Threat" Case

Justin Carter pleas out to class A misdemeanor

"...playing games and speaking on the murky boundaries of free speech, something he learned a great deal about over..."

April 6, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...replicated by Stephanie Bergara, who gave a moving empowerment speech while accepting Best Cover Band honors at the Austin..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...might've spoke, you know, being influenced by movies and TV, how his speech would have shifted." The first night..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc: A Very Depressive Point of View

Contrary to our Idiot-in-Chief's racist desires, no one in Norway wants to come to America

"...month to actually spend on living. They have no free time and they are stressed as hell. They are..."

Jan. 19, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

ATX Television Festival: Battlestar Galactica Reunion

Austin welcomes cast get-together with heartfelt “So say we y’all”

"...the military was tantalizing, especially given the network’s mostly free rein. “‘You can do whatever you want’ was mostly..."

June 12, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Playback: Starf**king SXSW

SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.

"...I don't stare at my screens enough to recognize TV and tech stars arriving for SXSW Film and SXSW..."

March 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Headlines

"...The Free Press: UT Chancellor Bill McRaven slammed Trump's denouncement of..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature

Macon Blair Wins Sundance 2017

Grand Jury prize-winner tops the list of locals done good – and bad – at Park City

"...Supreme Court hearing on grounds that his right to free speech has been infringed...."

Feb. 3, 2017 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Page Two: Loving and Hating John Wayne, Meryl Streep, Free Speech

Public or private, unspoken or expressed, the rights of every citizen are guaranteed

"...actually driven by a very partisan effort to limit free speech and suppress progressive voices. This is made so..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by Louis Black

Election Notes

District 6, mobility fits, and complaints of campaign thrift

"...so-called 'Fair' Campaign Chapter." Zimmerman justified his decision on free speech grounds; city ordinances take a backseat to the..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Odds on Mayor Adler’s $720 Million Mobility Bond

Is the plan just daring enough to work?

"...truncated version of what has become a serial stump speech, and the mayor had time for only a couple..."

Oct. 28, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

The Luv Doc: Gone Soft

Has the Luv Doc gone soft?

"...– rarer even still to have him stumping for free in a public space, so my officemates Rachel, Paul,..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Texas Charters, Turkish Coup?

Crackdown on Gülen movement comes to Texas

"...wrote the book on Gülen – 2011’s Wrestling with Free Speech, Religious Freedom, and Democracy in Turkey. At the..."

July 20, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Remembering the Classics

Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene

"...he said. "I have a bachelor of science in speech."..."

March 4, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sixth Street Showdown

Downtown is growing, and with that growth come rising tensions between police, partiers, and activists

"...also argues that Glen's arrest violates her right to free speech – questioning why King was being arrested...."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Excessive Force

Peace Officer explores the rise of police militarization

"...nauseam by the local newspapers and all five local TV stations, was that Wood shot himself in the chest...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Public-Access Glory Days

When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV

"...stunt immediately went viral for its time: Viewers of ACTV at that exact moment (11:55pm to be, uh, bang-on)..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

You Are Entering Harlan County

Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival

"...and Crowder/Goggins. Graham Yost, who developed the series for TV, appears eager to return to the ATX Television Festival..."

June 5, 2015 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Council Watch

Council holds commissioners court … and other matters

"...curling – “I watch it all the time on TV and I don't have a clue what it does..."

April 17, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Playback: Inside Antone's

Christening Antone's new location, SXSW reveals, and a new documentary on old Dicks

"...what's previously been trumpeted. Hometown rockers Spoon, indie faves TV on the Radio, heartfelt soulman Charles Bradley, and masked..."

March 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

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