Hie Thee to the Drag Clown Nunnery

A true confession and a shameless plug.

"...My name is David Estlund. I am the AggreGAYtor. I am also known as Sissy Lumberjack and..."

Aug. 21, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Council: Welcome to the Holiday Rush

If you think your to-do list is too long, consider City Council's

"...If history is any guide – and considering our current national..."

Dec. 15, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

True to the Blues: Eastside Kings Festival Returns

"It's not three chords, it's the heart and soul of a nation!" – Birdlegg

"...as a next-generation talent in America's purest art form. The 25-year-old from Greenville, Ga., owns a superb style: fingers..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

'Bacchae' to the Future

How in (a Greek) god's name can the Rude Mechs re-create Dionysus in 69 in '09?

"...In making this statement to the crowd in the lobby of the B. Iden..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

How one TV neighborhood became our shared classroom

"...saw my first Hispanic person: She was on Sesame Street. Growing up in industrial Northern Britain in the 1970s,..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Welcome to the Machine

2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results

"...Some insist that the Texas state capital doesn't have a music industry infrastructure..."

March 13, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Bike Master Plan Hits the Street

The public is now weighing in on details of the plan, which goes to council in May

"...are an efficient and inexpensive form of transportation," reads the introduction to the recently released Austin 2020 Bicycle Plan,..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Welcome to the Working Week-and-a-Half

A new federal provision mandating overtime pay for a new pool of salaried employees goes into effect in December. What does it mean, and how long will it last?

"...make less than $47,000 annually, it might be time to ask your employer for a raise. For the first..."

Nov. 18, 2016 News Feature by Jack Craver

Tied to the Tracks

"...The train wouldn't arrive in Austin for years, but our..."

April 4, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Green Street Hooligans

The psychotically testosterized world of British football hooliganism, with its crimson tide of fist-in-mouth male bonding and lager-lout bad manners, is captured in this post LOTR Elijah Wood movie.

"...Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam and Claire Forlani. Seeking perhaps to batter away the dreaded Hobbiton typecasting of his Lord..."

Oct. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Who Owns Sixth Street

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

"...By midnight on any given weekend, Sixth Street swarms with the seemingly random activity of an anthill...."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

'White Walls Say Nothing' Plans to Paint the Screens

Kickstarter for local doc about Buenos Aires street artists

"...has its fair share of iconic murals but, according to the film makers behind White Walls Say Nothing, the..."

Oct. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sixth Street Blues

Downtown stakeholders raise questions about policing ... the police

"...March 2004 was not a flattering month for the Austin Police Department, nor for Austin's image as a..."

March 18, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

The rise and fall of Eighties skateboard king Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

"...by: Helen Stickler. Skateboarding is not a crime, but the subject of this exhaustive documentary – infamous Vision Skateboards..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The First Purge

Blumhouse's political-horror franchise gets a timely prequel

"...Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Luna Lauren Velez, Marisa Tomei, Aaron V. Williamson, Chyna Layne, Patch Darragh and Melonie..."

July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...The great thing about presidents is their vulnerability. Nothing is..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...Many movies are linear. They're meant to get you from the beginning to the..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Towers of Power

Are high-rises the key to a middle-class Downtown?

"...a trend – or, perhaps, starting a new one. The Downtown real estate broker and his wife have been..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Too Dumb to Die

A profile of Austin's longest-running musical parody, the Uranium Savages.

"...They're not looking to get signed at South by Southwest..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Resources to Support Black Austinites During Police Brutality Protests

How to help and how to find help

"...Both nationwide and here at home, people have taken to the streets to protest racism and police violence against..."

June 3, 2020 News Post by Selome Hailu

The Austin Chronic: Mobile Head Shop the Glassmith Puts Down Roots

The Glassmith graduates to brick-and-mortar

"...The trailer is the cradle of big-city business dreams. We’ve..."

June 28, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

New to Town? Here Are Nine of the Biggest News Stories Affecting Locals.

A primer on Austin politics

"...Greetings, young upstanding student, and welcome (back) to Austin, where you’re either re-acclimating to the increasing chaos..."

Aug. 30, 2018 News Post by News Staff

The Party Circuit

The Real Southwest Conference

"...photography by Arnie Levine..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Ribbon on the Highway

Here comes Jimmy LaFave

"...Here comes Jimmy LaFave. Maybe he's walking onstage to sing or slipping into the back of the Cactus..."

May 6, 2005 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

City Ordered to Pay Developer for Historic Montopolis Negro School Property

The high cost of history

"...A jury ordered the city of Austin last week to pay nearly $1..."

May 6, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

Selfie-Conscious on the Snapchat Series Two Sides

New Austin-set series explores breakups in the digital age

"...Gone are the days of packing up your ex’s belongings in a..."

July 19, 2019 Screens Post by Katelyn Landry

From Prisoner to Reformer

A Q&A with 'Orange Is the New Black' author Piper Kerman

"...Orange Is the New Black author Piper Kerman was in town Wednesday..."

May 9, 2014 News Post by Amy Smith

The Ballad of Big Star

A work-in-progress premiere and supergroup performance pay tribute to the cult band

"..."It was a perfect storm that prevented Big Star from becoming a huge band."..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Invocation of the Duke

daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra's chamber music

"...It was Gangstarr’s Guru who, on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, rapped, “The..."

May 27, 2009 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Soundtracking unknown worlds with sci-fi instrumentation

"...are a special breed, disproportionately represented in lists of the most memorable and inventive film scores of all time...."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Graham Reynolds

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