Austin Film Festival Unleashes The Same Storm

The French Dispatch, C’Mon C'Mon headed to fest

"...Oh, Elaine May, Raúl Castillo, Ato Blankson-Wood, Corey Michael Smith, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, and Alison Pill) to blow..."

Sept. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

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

"...open-hearted country-folk offering "Take Me Home," an impressive new lane for the pop princess...."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ATX Screen News: Animation, aGLIFF, and the Alamo Village

Incentives get funded, aGLIFF gets glam, and the oldest Alamo is reopening

"...written by Clerks creator and longtime Powerhouse friend Kevin Smith. Smith gave a quick update on Part 2, making..."

July 30, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bands Are Practicing Again, but Does Austin Have Enough Rehearsal Space for Them?

A love letter and state-of-affairs on the practice space scene

"...multiuse developments running behind South Congress Avenue on Music Lane. Perhaps the most culturally endeared business of its kind..."

June 18, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...a strain off me/ Remain the same in my lane/ Imma stay a G," he declares as an elevator..."

June 11, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...like an unattended cigarette on "Indifferent," resembling an Elliott Smith-like melancholy yet owning clever contrast in repeating how he's..."

June 4, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fake Fast Food Restaurateur (and Filmmaker) Kevin Smith Welcomes Austin to Mooby's

Silent Bob talks fan connection, veganism, and Mooby's origins

"...fast food franchise that’s been featured in the Kevin Smith movies Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks..."

May 11, 2021 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Luck Reunion 2016 - 2019

"...Ansley Oakley & Nikki Lane at Luck Reunion 2018..."

April 15, 2021 Photo Gallery

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...but also suited for Armand as evidenced by this lane switch. Producers Frosty and Dee3x lace a beat bristling..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...be intrigued by Clerk, a new documentary on Kevin Smith directed by his friend and mentoree Malcolm Ingram, and..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Gravity of Sound

The Bubble's new studio stands as Mark Genfan's swan song

"...on willing inspiration out of others. That's Chris "Frenchie" Smith, Grammy-nominated co-owner and producer at the Bubble, Austin's second-longest..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

We Have a Lot of History Here: The Austin Chronicle and Between the Lines

How Jeff Goldblum’s first starring role helped shape the paper we became

"...Bruno Kirby, Jill Eikenberry, Michael J. Pollard, Joe Morton, Lane Smith...."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips: Toilet Seat Museum

Toilet seat art collection relocates to The Colony

"...Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Museum has moved from his one-car garage..."

July 12, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The 12 People You Meet at Sam’s Town Point, Austin’s Real-Life Roadhouse

You’d never know the South Austin honky-tonk is there, but wait 'til you meet its cast of characters

"...host packed dance floors, but dreams come true. Marisa Smith & Marlon McAllister..."

April 26, 2019 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Saving Emily Dickinson From History in Wild Nights With Emily

Molly Shannon and Madeleine Olnek revise the poet's life and loves

"...her suspected lesbianism. Even the work of Martha Nell Smith, the University of Maryland professor who helped uncover Emily..."

April 19, 2019 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

SXSW, Tribune, CNN Present the Rest of the 2020 Presidential Pack

Six candidates in search of the voters, plus a Trump surrogate

"...more ideological (John Hickenlooper, running toward the Biden-congested middle lane). Closing off the “Conversations” was U.S. House Minority –..."

March 11, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Upcoming Legislative Session

Lawmakers set to tackle immigration, education, legalization, transportation, and more

"...filed later in the session. Both Equality Texas' Chuck Smith and Out Youth's Kathryn Gonzales expect to see fewer..."

Dec. 14, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

2018 B. Iden Payne Award Winners

Top honors go to Drowsy Chaperone and Fixing Troilus

"...Featured Actress Shonagh Smith, The Wolves..."

Nov. 7, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners

Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers

"...of the same name, 1985 follows Adrian (Cory Michael Smith), a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: That’s the Breaks

In studio with Confucius and Fresh, hosts of KUTX’s first ever hip-hop specialty show

"...Loony's "Thru It All" next to material by Tory Lanez, Rich the Kid, and Drake. "Most hip-hop is sold..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...of the controversial and groundbreaking artist (played by Matt Smith - yes, Doctor Who himself) comes after the festival..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Music to Wave Flags By

The 411 on the 4th of July concerts in the 512 and environs

"...Independence Day concert without "The Star-Spangled Banner" (John Stafford Smith's arrangement), and it's a given that ASO will trot..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Music: Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion & Welcome Dinner

"...Ansley Oakley and Nikki Lane..."

March 16, 2018 Photo Gallery

Playback: SXSW Again Pivots on Rap

Hip-hop sustains the Festival's star power

"...Also arriving here with major interest is Willow Smith, daughter of Will and Jada, who makes a particularly..."

March 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette, Blythe Danner, Sasha Lane GLOBAL..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...Jenrette, Dorian Missick, Ashlei Foushee, Maya Morales, Damien D. Smith (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: A Music Snob’s Guide to ACL Fest

There's more to any ACL Fest list than meets the eye

"...Thai funk act Khruangbin. Previous iterations have welcomed Nikki Lane, Lucy Dacus, Catfish & the Bottlemen, and Shakey Graves..."

Oct. 6, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Meet the Women of Austin R&B

Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists

"...school notebooks and tiering a "call" motif on three planes: failing relationships, missed opportunities within Austin's music industry complex,..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Austin Film Society Announces 2017 Film Grants

$143,000 in cash and support awarded to 34 filmmakers

"...film programmer and critic Brandon Harris, documentary filmmaker Penny Lane, and narrative feature filmmaker and TV director Jennifer Phang...."

Aug. 28, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Strike Up the Band!

If it's patriotic tuneage you want for your Fourth, here it is

"..."The Star-Spangled Banner" (here as arranged by John Stafford Smith), and it's a given that ASO will trot out..."

July 1, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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