South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...car) after their stuff is suddenly teleported across the country by a massive alien tentacle that looms over Earth...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Alcorn (Beneath the Sands of Monahans) Asale Angel-Ajani (A Country You Can Leave) Andrea Arango (Something Like Home) John..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Board Certified

Qmmunity rounds up notices from Austin's queer community calling for music, art, and more

"...Neon Rainbows She's the rootin'-est tootin'-est queer country night in the wild Wild West, hosted by DJ..."

March 24, 2023 Column by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...Local treasures such as Hill Country bluesman Johnny Nicholas, veteran crooner Soul Man Sam, and..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...They both quit high-paying jobs to begin touring the country playing music together. Years later, after booking music for..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...– we had shown up with a pile of great songs and a brash rock & roll spirit...."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...Marx wrote when his daughter went to a Beverly Hills country club and wasn't allowed to swim in the..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Farm Careers Are Sprouting in Central Texas

Three sets of first-generation farmers share their paths to getting rooted

"...While Silicon Hills is booming, another career path has gained traction: A..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessika Roth

Day Trips: Pine Forest Golf Club

Old Bastrop golf course gets a new shine

"...Pine Forest Golf Club in Bastrop wants golfers to give the Riverside golf..."

April 12, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...Gospel (Lightning Rod). His powerful croon melds into a country rumble that burns soulfully between Elvis and Waylon with..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Playback: Saturnalia Lands

Austin welcomes new DIY music fest while another gets blocked in court

"...course festivals embody a mosaic of experiences and emotions greater than music. Reverend Charles Easley, the pastor loaning his..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Austin Energy's Quest to Bring Solar Power to Renters and the Less Wealthy

What can new incentive programs and community solar projects do for the city's most abundant energy source?

"...the east. Austin Energy's solar incentive program has made great strides recruiting affluent residents to its zero carbon emission..."

Nov. 24, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Checking Out Austin's New Central Library

Yes, the city’s “Library of the Future” still has books, but this 21st century facility is about so much more

"...(At last, lit fans, wine isn't just for book club anymore.)..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Campus Hacks: Texas State University

Learn the (Texas) state of all things university with these hacks

"...now. If hiking up and down half a dozen hills and an Aztec pyramid’s worth of stairs every day..."

Aug. 23, 2017 Chronolog Post by May Olvera

Gay Place: Diva Dish

Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.

"...BROKEBACK THURSDAYS They just can't quit you. Stonewall goes country. Thursdays, 10pm-12mid. Stonewall Warehouse, 141 E. Hopkins, San Marcos...."

Oct. 9, 2015 Column

Panhandle Rambler

Walkabout with Joe Ely

"...been a working musician for 45 years, beginning with alt.country godfathers the Flatlanders before sojourning solo through 18 studio..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: Maxey to the Max

Who wins the first Glen Maxey Award?

"...Ms. Wright on the black & whites – a great way to kick off a weekend. Thursdays & Fridays,..."

July 31, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Summer Fun: No Pressure; No Diamonds

Learning the facets of the AAA hotel inspector's trade

"...lavish ocean-front resort to collect information for the auto club's elite Five-Diamond Committee to consider presenting its ultimate award...."

July 17, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Pistol Fire, Cartright, Chris Catalena & the Native Americans, Country Cousins (formerly V.I.P.), Andrea Dawson, Dre Prince, Experimental Aircraft,..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Estate Sale Roundup: June 12-15

If you don't have a truck, shop small and stuff the trunk

"...of CDs, VHS tapes; concert t-shirts of Austin and country artists; as well as many signed books from Texas..."

June 12, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

Texas Book Festival Lineup Revealed

Attendees include Junot Díaz, Cheryl Strayed, and... Tony Danza?

"...Agent Infiltrates Mexico’s Deadly Crime Cartels) Bruce Aidells (The Great Meat Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Buy..."

Sept. 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner

The LuvDoc chats with Marcus G. Ollington, rock star cartographer

"...and I like to party.” I have since become great friends with Marcus and while he definitely knows how..."

Aug. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

This third film in the tween series is funny without being in any way condescending to its target audience.

"...the kid a summer job and scouting in the great outdoors. The generational clash o' fun comes to a..."

Aug. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Town Was Hoppin'

Austin's music scene of the Fifties lives on in Ray Campi

"...on South Congress is still Flossie's Drive In, where country acts like Leon Carter and his band the Rolling..."

March 30, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

"...M.I.A., Baltimore DJ Blaqstarr quickly outgrew his city's signature club roots, bringing in 2011 by releasing the Divine EP,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Stranger Than Paradise

Tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, All Tomorrow's Parties stages a music festival for its own

"...Monticello, Albini bankrolled the executive card room at Kutsher's Country Club, hosting marathon games in the afternoons and evenings...."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Page Two: Inner Sanctums, Outer Orbits

The intertwined legacies of indie music and the alternative press

"...some restaurant or theatre group or business or music club celebrating a 10th or a 15th or a 25th..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Dining del Lago 2010

What a difference some rain makes! The water is blue, the hills are green, and several new restaurants are cooking near area lakes.

"...B. Wood The Grille at Rough Hollow 103 Yacht Club Cove, Lakeway, 512/261-3444 Sunday-Thursday, 11am-9pm; Friday-Saturday, 11am-10pm www.grilleatroughhollow.com..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...psychedelic cult formed by Father Yod in the Hollywood Hills and relocated to Hawaii. The group recorded prolifically in..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW 2010

"...a song cycle based on The Shepherd of the Hills, a 1907 novel by Harold Bell Wright. Darker than..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

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