Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

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

"...your Friday nights in June are set with this outdoor concert series, where performances by Sentimental Family Band, San..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

"...personalized lawns and art environments. We’re a city that fights to maintain weirdness in every HOA and tax code...."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...masked mirror, a quirk of the mind. Like all great men, he tries to prove his theory through a..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Homoscope Is Where the Heart Is

Your best queer week is written in the stars – and this column

"...classic of butch cinema, brought to them by the great Paloma Barhuagh-Bordas. Entry’s by donation – all of which..."

April 11, 2025 Column by James Scott

We Give Two Thumbs Up to These Weekend Events

Arty and culture-y things to get up to

"...into totemic forms. Alongside this indoor presentation, the artist’s outdoor piece Flagbearer will join Laguna Gloria’s palm-studded estate in..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...Asenette Hernandez, will include indoor seating and an awesome outdoor area. Look for a grand opening sometime next summer...."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Why Venues Are Struggling to Stay Open in the Live Music Capital of the World

As Hot Summer Nights descends, Austin’s live music epicenter campaigns for city support

"...Outdoors at Mohawk, hardcore kids mosh on the ground floor..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Qmmunity: There Will Be Voguing

Photographer and DJ Manuel Frayre captures Central Texas ballroom in new show “Bring It From the Back”

"...isn’t sad. “This is a love letter to our fight and an invitation to future generations,” he explains. “In..."

June 21, 2024 Column by James Scott

Cinco de Mayo, May the Fourth (Be With You), and More Recommended Events

The week in community happenings

"...workers’ 1886 struggle for the eight-hour workweek. “Today, unions fight for better pay, stronger benefits, fair treatment and respect,..."

May 3, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How Austin Drag Icon Brigitte Bandit Became a Political Powerhouse

It’s Brigitte, bitch

"...was another hot August night at Cheer Up Charlies' outdoor stage, but the air was moving and there was..."

Sept. 22, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Qmmunity: Hot & Spicy Homoscopes

Pride Month predictions for what queer events you'll end up enjoying

"...AQUARIUS Stonewall Rally: The Fight Continues Join Austin Pride on the Capitol steps for..."

June 23, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...whose Bastrop-shot masterpiece, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, shares a great deal of American horror story resonance with the music..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Disney’s Newsies

The Broadway strike musical occupies Zilker Hillside Theatre spectacularly

"...moguls Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst went to great lengths and new depths to outsell each other in..."

July 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Vaya con Dios, Z’Tejas! Bye-Bye, Sala & Betty! Howdy, Origin at Mueller! Greetings, Chief Taco Officer at Favor! And, uh, How’s It Hangin’, New Wardrobe From Tiki Tatsu-Ya?

All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...thirsty sailors and citizen landlubbers alike, has teamed with outdoor apparel company Howler Brothers to create a limited-edition, Tiki-themed..."

July 13, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

The latest on Texas festivals, swimming holes, and terrifying worms

"...Food Fight. Tickets have gone on sale for the World Food..."

July 2, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Checking In (Again): Kevin Russell Hasn’t Wavered Amidst the Great Wall of Empty Time

Shinyribs Santa closes the questionnaire circle on No. 100

"...than consume. These tendencies have not wavered amidst the great wall of empty time...."

Dec. 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Restaurateurs Discuss Plans to Reopen (or Not)

Local restaurants on how they made the tough decision

"...to have things come to you when things are great! But what about tough times? We have an unknown..."

May 6, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Austin Opera Sets Audiences Atop the World's Tallest Mountain

Joby Talbot's adventurous new opera scales Everest

"...the collaborators settled on the subject, Scheer went to great lengths to learn all he could about the events..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...and Thai basil with orange. That's just taking the fight right to the hype nerds. Beyond that, beers like..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center

“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"

"...the long-deferred "hard choices" the plan proposes to achieve greater equity in both access and outcomes across the district...."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Into the Wolf’s Mouth with Orange Goblin Frontman Ben Ward

Singer puts Roky Erickson’s The Evil One on his all-time Top 10

"...it was very hot and the shows were always great, especially in the likes of Austin and Dallas. That..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Faster Than Sound: 10 Days of Gun Violence on Red River

Police step up presence in the Red River Cultural District as merchants’ association pushes for city improvements following three separate shootings in 10 days

"...The YouTube account is called TXStreetfights TV...."

Aug. 9, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Five Ways to Work Up a Sweat for a Good Cause

Help local orgs fundraise while getting out of the house

"...time to get off the couch and enjoy Austin’s great outdoors. But this spring, consider combining your outside time..."

April 22, 2019 Events Post by Alex Puente

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...horror, Phil Brooks (aka former professional wrestler and UFC fighter CM Punk) has paired up with Travis Stevens (founder..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Tangled Web at Spider House

A culture of heavy drinking and late nights, alleged sexual misconduct, and a lawsuit all pull on the threads of a poisonous time at the campus-area cafe

"...The rambling compound with its large outdoor patio and disco-balled event space has become an Austin..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

La Fenice's Cthulhu Beach Party

This commedia spoof mashes up surfside love and Lovecraft for an incredibly fun romp

"...plot complete with Necronomicon and an appearance by a Great Old One, and tell the whole thing in the..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

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

"...through to his most recent single, "Energy," guesting aforementioned greats Skepta and Stormzy. – Isabella Castro-Cota AveParadiso..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Wed. 15, Mohawk Outdoor, 1am A decade out since delivering a definitive statement..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Cold Front

Are Austin's two new chain breweries a threat to local craft beer?

"...Austin craft beer movement right now. We love the outdoor culture. We have a handful of restaurants, and the..."

May 13, 2016 Food Feature by Eric Puga

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