Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...Musk seems to have gotten bored with the idea of sticking chips in people’s heads and is too busy..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Queer Pride’s Back on the Menu

South Austin coffee bar Once Over paints their winter menu all the colors of the rainbow

"...Across the street from jockstrap heaven Package, queer caffeine hounds will find another big gay reason to hang out..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Column by James Scott

Parker Woodland, Good Looks, and More Crucial Concerts

Album releases, artist departures, and more recommended shows

"...country-rock canon on 2022’s Bummer Year, an earnest display of Tyler Jordan’s twangy, candid lyrics and Jake Ames’ bright..."

June 7, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Austin Restaurant Weeks, Texas French Bread’s Secret Garden, Hyde Park Bar & Grill’s Partial Departure, MASS Gallery’s New Food Trailer, the Diner Bar’s Austin Family Kitchen, and More, More, More…

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

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled..."

Aug. 30, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Musk Opening Austin Bistro in 2024; Dish Society Arriving Even Sooner; Churro Co. Is Open Now; Tiki Tatsu-ya Debuts Rum Flights; Fiore’s Regional Pasta Club Can Be Delivered; the Texas Veg Fest Draws Nigh; and More

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

"...Here’s some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene – as wrangled..."

April 5, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Hounds of Queer Love

Austin's queer scene makes deals with divine powers with this week's events

"...Hello my hounds of love. Make any deals with God lately? Ever..."

July 8, 2022 Column by James Scott

Adrian Lipscombe at Canje, Grounds & Hounds for Austin Pets Alive!, Provision Dining House Returns, Snoozing for Pride, and Here Comes the Bourbon Brawl

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

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

June 8, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: The Austin Music Awards Rise Again

Tickets on sale now for the 40-year tradition, March 8 at Emo's

"...boots, dresses, and suits to keep the 40-year tradition of the Austin Music Awards running...."

March 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

What We're Listening To Right Now

Kydd Jones, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Rose Sinclair, Carson McHone, and Berkshire Hounds

"...with five brand-new ones to deliver an enthralling package of tracks representing his first album since 2018's Homecoming. On..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Derek Udensi

In My World of Disorder, the Top 100 Austin Records of 2021

Kevin Curtin ranks his favorite local releases of the year

"...are forever cluttered with debris from creative projects, remnants of incomplete investigations, and intimidating stacks of unattended responsibilities. I've..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed Over Austin – in Second Ever Local Concert

…with sympathy for the parking lot

"...severe rain over Austin. Had the original local date of the Rolling Stones No Filter tour not been cancelled..."

Nov. 21, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Desert Door Goes Wild, Les Dames Get Board, Dry Creek’s End Is Nigh, and What’s All This About a Pickled Severed Human Toe?

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

"...Here's some of what's happening in Austin's culinary scene, as wrangled from..."

Sept. 29, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Hot Summer Nights 4 Mixtape, Y2, Witchcryer, Suzanne Santo, Hovvdy, and James McMurtry

"...Promise me you'll never quit." So goes the hook of Me Nd Adam's "Love Me" – a delightfully self-aware..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Ever have a dream where one of the dearly departed is alive and well, and maybe..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

British revenge drama mixes grit and slick

"...genuine empowerment and exploitation is a thin one, and often a source of heavy debate and reappraisal. (Ask yourself,..."

May 1, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Honor Old & New

Recapping the ceremony, plus local trio Nevil pack shout-along garage rock, and concert site ShowList Austin relaunches

"...Camaraderie permeated all levels of the Austin Music Industry Awards on Monday night. In..."

March 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: A Bittersweet Goodbye From Q Editor Sarah Marloff

Sending it off with Mahogany Project and QueerBomb fundraiser

"...suit. Ask anyone. I cry at every final episode of TV shows – even the ones I don't watch...."

Feb. 7, 2020 Column by Sarah Marloff

Berkshire Hounds Talk Breakup and Reunion

“We’ve definitely matured/been beaten down over the last five years”

"...Immensely talented, dysfunctional, and under-appreciated, Berkshire Hounds broke up in 2015 without even saying goodbye. On..."

Oct. 23, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Two Music-Centric Bars Add Rhythm to the Local Bar Scene

Hanging with the Long Play Lounge and Frazier's Long and Low

"...When Will Tanner (co-owner of Hole in the Wall and Stay Gold) spotted the..."

July 19, 2019 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

Reliving Roky Erickson: July 15, 1947-May 31, 2019

Creature with the Atom Brain

"...died here in his longtime hometown at the age of 71. The cause of death remains unknown – appropriate..."

June 7, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Terror Tuesday Continues to Be the Alamo’s Bloody Beating Heart

Horror series send shivers up the aisles

"...embrace the communal darkness and mad-passionate, blood-spattered, horror movie love-fest that is Terror Tuesday, a permanent component of the..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend

Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019

"...Vaidehi. Credible assurance arises from the Indian rapper's receipt of an O-1B visa for extraordinary artistic abilities, as well..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: The Greyhounds Hoof It

Groove-mongering R&B duo the Greyhounds get mule-headed, S.S. Hangover floats Laguna Gloria, and the Austin Music Commission overlooks music hub

"...with a joint-smoking flamingo, Andrew Trube resembles an ambassador of carefree individualism as he cruises Cesar Chavez. Moseying behind..."

April 13, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Isle of Dogs

Wes Anderson's stop motion wonder is a tail-wagger

"...tension between resident outsider Chief (Cranston, channeling a variant of the affable surliness that served him so well in..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Playback: The First Hit’s Free (Week)

Free Week, free rides, and freeing your mind!

"...with crutches in the air to the extraterrestrial funk of Golden Dawn Arkestra. The light show continues afterward at..."

Jan. 5, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Revamping the Austin Music Poll

Here's how Playback's voting

"...read this, Chronicle staffers are poring over 20 years of online Austin Music Poll results for evidence of Russian..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Rabbit

Fantastic Fest 2017 preview

"...recognize an unexpected soundtrack component: a very unusual cover of "Ohne Dich" by German industrial metal band Rammstein. Its..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

James Magnuson Leaves the Michener Center

James Magnuson reflects on his 23 years as director of the Michener Center for Writers

"...country. And he was willing to give the University of Texas $20 million to get it. That was the..."

May 26, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback: Sunday Morning Coming Down

Last Sunday marked the death of two Austin music connectors; plus, in regards to local public policy, Mayor Steve Adler calls

"...Late last November, resentment consumed Jimmy LaFave. Because of his record label partnership with Dakota Access Pipeline villain..."

May 26, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

R.I.P. George Reiff

Cancer steals extraordinary bassist and producer

"...George Reiff, the beloved Austin bassist whose masterful, in-the-pocket playing was a fixture..."

May 22, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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