Book Review: Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen

New authorized biography vividly exhumes the artist’s West Texas world

"...such unabashedly candid artists could likely fill its own history. In that sense, Greaves has laid an invaluable foundation..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

Earth Day, Record Store Day, and More Recommended Events

Go green in a number of ways this week

"...by touring over a century’s worth of Austin’s architecture, history, and culture via Preservation Austin’s 31st annual homes tour...."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...time, Hyperreal Film Club invites you to a "film history fairy tale about the death of silent film. Sometimes..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Comedy Christmas Comes Early With Moontower Comedy Festival

Comedy scene expert Valerie Lopez highlights Moontower Comedy Fest musts, including the iconic Andy Kindler

"...Ruck Presents Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Want to witness history? The State reunion has your name on it. I..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Madonna Remains a Prickly Pop Disruptor at Moody Center

First of two nights drives home Madge’s four-decade ubiquity

"...words failed, the Queen of Pop better traversed her history with spectacle, sexuality, and self-assuredness. After all, those were..."

April 15, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Arcadian

Nicolas Cage is a single dad post-apocalype in Irish thriller

"...unclear and unimportant. Nilon’s script paints it as ancient history to the kids (as poignantly explained in a charming..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Legislators, NAACP, and Professors Condemn UT’s Mass Layoffs

At least 66 people have lost their jobs, and counting

"...don't want to be on the wrong side of history.”..."

April 11, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Qmmunity: The Tea on Trivia

As their second anniversary approaches, the minds behind Queer Trivia reflect

"...90s Night to “WAP: Women Are Powerful” for Women’s History Month. “It’s important for us to make sure the..."

April 12, 2024 Column by James Scott

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...days in grant management at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, recommends I watch the 2012 documentary Tommy Hancock:..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips: Tonkawa Falls City Park, Crawford

Historic waterfall is still a prime swimming hole

"...According to local history, during the Depression in the 1930s the town of..."

April 12, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events

Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town

"...again. For this special family program from the Texas history museum, the fine folks of Texas A&M Forest Service..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Will Austin ISD Push Out a Highly Regarded Partner?

The district is proposing to give away family service centers

"...said one of the two nonprofits has a long history of “making sure families are gathered to speak their..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Only God Was Above Us at Vampire Weekend’s Eclipse Show

The “Cocaine Cowboys” celebrated new album at high noon

"...fans’ tour shirts “spanning all eras of Vampire Weekend history.” (Mr. Rashida Jones himself repped Blind Melon.) Case in..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

No Beyoncé, Lots of Jelly Roll, and More Takeaways From the CMT Music Awards

Best and worst moments from the ceremony’s uneven Moody Center return

"...– despite the album’s explosion of discussion around the history of country, and the artist’s own admission that she..."

April 8, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

After DEI Cuts, This Sixth-Gen Austinite Is Losing Access to UT

“It feels like Jim Crow”

"...existed, none have attended. For most of the university’s history it would’ve been impossible. UT resisted integration even after..."

April 5, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...In conjunction with an Austin History Center traveling exhibition of his hip-hop posters, Bobby Dixon..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Understanding the Science Behind the Total Solar Eclipse

Front-row seat to a celestial show

"...because we live at the right moment in cosmic history. Eclipses happen because the sun is both 400 times..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...place to celebrate this year’s eclipse than the living history museum that takes you back to 1800s Texas? Pioneer..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...School Bus Crash Involved Cocaine: The driver of a..."

April 5, 2024 News Feature

Sci-Fi Legend Ronald D. Moore to be Honored at Austin Film Festival

Battlestar Galactica reviver wins top writing award

"...force behind Apple TV+ For All Mankind, an alternative history of the space race. Plus, in the middle of..."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

UT-Austin Lays Off People in 60 DEI-Related Positions

Senator threatens legal action if schools don't comply with new law

"...Community Engagement (DCCE), which recently hosted a campus-wide women’s history month celebration, and offered a restorative justice program to..."

April 2, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more

"...sort and dispose of stuff accumulated over the 130-year history of the Luther Hotel in Palacios. Last month it..."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

DogMan

A thief survives an abusive childhood to forge a soulful connection with canines

"...consider Besson’s own outsider status due to his long history of allegations of sexual impropriety and assault)...."

March 29, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

T.C. Broadnax Selected as Austin’s Next City Manager

City Council to initiate hiring process next week

"...Secondly, Hensley has a history in Austin, which seems to have worked against her..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...Join Austin’s Inside Books Project to celebrate a new history of the outreach, Books Through Bars: Stories From the..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Beyoncé’s New Album Features a Willie Nelson Collaboration

“Smoke Hour” drops Friday on Cowboy Carter

"...Beyoncé has dipped her toes into country music before,..."

March 27, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Shayda

An Iranian mother and daughter find refuge from family violence in a Melbourne women’s shelter

"...first-time writer/director Noora Niasari establishes cultural, political, and personal history for Shayda, who has seen the promises of something..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Accents and Cowlicks: Julio Torres on Problemista

SNL alum explores the magical world of immigration

"...Elizabeth sound funny: In her pronunciation is a whole history of outsiderdom. “Imagine her being out of place everywhere,”..."

March 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...and grownups can learn about South Asia’s rich cultural history through folk art, dance, music, and literature presented by..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...one of the best casts in Saturday Night Live history, starting as a writer in 1990 and becoming a..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

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