Su-Yee Lin's "An Interlude: Pig River"

Third Place winner in the 2017 Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

"...folks used to say? Something about a pig bringing happiness. Oh yes, "Abundant happiness will arrive with a pig..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Su-Yee Lin

Gay Place

Our fave event of the year is here: Queerbomb!

"...Project Transitions: Peace, Love, & Happiness Get mod, feel mad (Men-like) at this far-out cocktail..."

June 2, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Memorial Day weekend signals the start of summer

"...Project Transitions: Peace, Love, & Happiness Get mod, feel mad (Men-like) at this far-out cocktail..."

May 26, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback – Austin Record Convention: The Greatest Record Store on Earth

ARC of the covenant, good Reputations, and Blind Sight

"...if the Beatles had hired Phil Spector to produce "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" with the Mamas & Papas..."

May 5, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Skye Strickler's Pop Star Dreams

Skye’s the limit for the local artist

"...As a performer, he strives to promote pride and happiness and hopes to inspire the same feelings in his..."

April 28, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...15) "Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)," Sister Double Happiness..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

The 2017 Indie Meme Film Fest

Bringing in the best of South Asian films

"...Our hopes and disappointments, pains and sorrows, laughter and happiness, all feelings are the same, universal. Creating awareness of..."

April 14, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Lili Blessing

"...except softer, with doe-eyed optimism. "I wanna be the happiness that lets your arms open wide," she whispers faintly..."

April 14, 2017 Music Review by Isabella Castro-Cota

SXSW Music Live: Stereogum Party

Real Estate, Sleigh Bells – feh! Girlpool bests all

"...the audience, even with the excellent, poetic Not Even Happiness LP from earlier this year under her belt. Mellow,..."

March 15, 2017 SXSW Post by Libby Webster

SXSW Comedy: A Good Trip with Shane Mauss

Jokes, jokes, jokes, and the meaning of life. No big deal.

"...have in life: Why are we alive? What is happiness? What is reality?..."

March 14, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

The Luv Doc: Willing

Western Europeans through most of the last few thousand years haven't been very enthusiastic bathers

"...Since the Ice Age, the history of male sexual..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

The Space Between Us

There is life on Mars

"...Chelsom (Hear My Song, Hector and the Search for Happiness) and screenplay by Allan Loeb (Collateral Beauty, one of..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

That's How Doors Work

"...all fall under the banner of "the pursuit of happiness"), etc...."

Jan. 30, 2017 Postmarks

Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016

Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable

"...of a hit offering Mickle Maher's There Is a Happiness That Morning Is – a sort of modern rom-com..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Burning Books With the Schisms

Video premiere: “Bibles and Torahs”

"...that group’s right to free will and pursuit of happiness,” he continues. “‘Bibles and Torahs’ is about burning down..."

Dec. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Edge of Seventeen

Teen dramedy gets the growing pains right

"...burdened by the caretaking of others, might find some happiness together – but frustratingly cuts corners elsewhere. For all..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: Sunshine Patriot

We'll never really know if he's the Antichrist until we shave his orange toupee

"...Anyone old enough to be reading this in print..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: A Post-Jambox Era

You start dropping big bombs and everybody gets hurt

"...Fortunately for you, we live in a post-Jambox era...."

Nov. 11, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Song About Himself

Walt Whitman's spirit logs on to social media with imagination in this Mickle Maher drama

"...actors and director who made Maher's There Is a Happiness That Morning Is such a pleasure, this show sings,..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: Can Money Buy Happiness?

With Edmo, Carina Magyar, and … Gloria Steinem? Yes, and more.

"...CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?..."

Oct. 18, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Fest Review: Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse

Cali comedy duo blow up some seriously sweet and smart doomsday heart

"...apocalypse? It’s just another divot on the road to happiness...."

Oct. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Imagine Universal Income

It's easy if you try

"...improve after their windfall; that most people have a “happiness set point” they return to after events both good..."

Oct. 13, 2016 News Post by Robyn Ross

The Take-Out: Responsibility in Food Writing

How to talk more respectfully about global cuisine

"...But I do love the look of surprise and happiness on their faces when they try it, and their..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Food Column by Brandon Watson

The Q&A Hole: What’s the Most Important Thing in Life?

With JT Habersaat, David Wheeler, Jodi Egerton, Marc English & more.

"...writer, improviser: I’m gonna say “connection.” I’m always seeking happiness and joy and fun, and to me that comes..."

Sept. 27, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Awful/Lucky Martha Kelly

Austin comedian Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame

"...always knew she'd find if she kept coming back: happiness...."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

The Deer

"...the hourlong LP, striking Beach Boys-quality harmonies on "Alchemical Happiness" and guitar-crunched "Bad Translator." When the band backs down..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

No Manches Frida

A thief becomes a substitute teacher to get his loot

"...navigating all those barriers that are hindrances to our happiness. It's a nifty bit of business, with most of..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Luv Doc: A Rock-Solid Friend

Any wedding planner who claims to actually know the difference between shrimp and flamingo is blowing puce up your rosebud

"...I have been invited to a good friend's wedding..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Transgender Students and Parents Say the State Is Putting Children in Danger

Is Texas' refusal to implement a national mandate state-sponsored bullying?

"...Youth and the support of family, ultimately led to happiness and relief...."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Spirit of the City and the Letter of the Law Collide at Sekrit Theater

Beau Reichert struggles with the city over his backyard arts complex

"...can walk around and where people feel joy and happiness. That's what art does. It inspires people. People are..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

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