To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...artist who'd been in Marfa this fall for a show at the Ballroom. The show opened during Chinati weekend,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

Checking In: Seela Side Hustles

“I’m known as the South Austin Bread Fairy”

"...home with everything else cancelled came quite handy, actually. Last night we binge watched The Chosen. We were up..."

Aug. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Matthew Logan Vasquez Lives In Parallel Universes

Delta Spirit frontman experiences ‘other 2020’ at home and virtually

"...We’re living out in Wimberley and are having a blast. We started with a tiny bubble of us, my..."

Oct. 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Mobley Processes Isolation & Interconnectedness

Tune in Wednesdays, 8pm, to the multimedia maven’s livestream

"...home in Austin since early March. I played a show in New York at Bowery Ballroom, then took a..."

May 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Austin, Bushwick Bill Found his Musical Playground

Late Geto Boys rapper’s penchant for stage crashing was legendary

"...For the last six-and-a-half years, the Jamaica-born musician, real name Richard Shaw,..."

June 10, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Paying for Your Dreams in Strawberry Mansion

Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney on their new surreal film

"...mist in the morning. But Albert Birney remembered his last one very clearly. It involved Billie Eilish and an..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Book Review: 'The Last Kind Words Saloon'

Jes' Wyatt and Doc and the setting sun in McMurtry's latest

"...tall as the Wild West’s tales. His latest, The Last Kind Words Saloon, takes a different approach. It’s pared..."

May 22, 2014 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Checking In: Beto Martinez Stays Home for the Summer

Triple threat shredder adapts from Buda

"...for me. March 6 was the first Brownout release show for our new album. That afternoon, SX was cancelled...."

June 1, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

In Memoriam

Longtime friends and colleagues of Eagle Pennell remember the filmmaker.

"...influential filmmaker who had become a hopeless alcoholic. His last film, Doc's Full Service, made in 1994, was full..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Screens Feature

Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...such mainstay of the scene, and her new summer show at Lydia Street Gallery finds her meditating on the..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Viva México, Mooncakes, and Motorbikes in Our Recommended Events

Lots to celebrate this weekend

"...Red Riding Hood seek new lives. The second act shows the truth behind the old adage: Be careful what..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

311 Story in Error

"...contribution to the protection of Barton Springs over the last 10 years is what? Let's see, SBCA was opposed..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

ATX6 Makes It to Asia and Back All in One Piece

Local music ambassadors “made it in and out just in time”

"...fear of getting on a small jet to Toronto last fall with this group. Those feelings doubled last month..."

March 11, 2020 Music Post by Leslie Sisson

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...Amanda Fay and painter Stephanie Mervine, this Eastside gallery showcases 10 Central Texas creatives, including sustainable yarn worker Bitter..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Weekend in Film

Ingrid Goes West, Logan Lucky open in Austin

"...terribly wrong to ridiculously worse in this Safdie brothers’ picture starring Robert Pattinson. Marjorie Baumgarten: “The Safdies are totally..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Larry McMurtry's Last Book Sale

Archer City's landmark Booked Up to auction 300,000 titles

"...Called "The Last Book Sale" in a nod to McMurtry's 1966 novel..."

July 16, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Poetry in Emotion

Katherine Catmull never intended to pursue a career in acting. In fact, she seriously avoided it for as long as she could, choosing instead to earn her degree in English literature. Why is revealed in this profile of one of Austin's most sophisticated and literate performers.

"...Company production of Harold Pinter's A Kind of Alaska last season. "My dad," says Catmull, "he came to see..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Buried Alive in the Blues

The night Austin's Godfather of the blues granted Ed Ward a favor he'll never forget

"...Ray Vaughan, whom Clifford had arranged to play a show at the prison where he was doing time in..."

May 26, 2006 Music Feature by Ed Ward

Brothers in Arms

Jeff Nichols' Southern Gothic family saga, 'Shotgun Stories'

"...and nothing happens. But maybe, just maybe, it's The Last Picture Show."..."

June 27, 2008 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Finding God in the Gumbo

Once in the Ninth Ward and now in the Hill Country, the Smoking for Jesus Ministry serves up Real New Orleans Style fare with a side of spiritual nourishment

"...Every restaurant, like every picture, tells a story of hopes, dreams, history, hard work,..."

May 4, 2007 Food Feature by MM Pack

Drive Time

TV Eye

"...on ACL this week. I could have run a picture of Mick Jagger, ya know...."

Aug. 7, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

The Power of Art in Austin’s Overlooked Objects

Defining the city's personality from the moonlight towers to the railroad bridge

"...When was the last time you looked at Austin? This may seem like..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Chad Holt, Austin's Last Provocateur

The Total Badass left his mark on the city's underground

"...Chad Holt – something of a living wake held last June at the Lost Well. "There was a Rembrandt..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Place in the World

Mondo debuts a gallery space

"...limited-edition movie prints into original art. For the opening show, Creative Director Justin Ishmael explains, "We're going to have..."

March 9, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...I couldn't take another one. The last one almost killed me...."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...with healthy doses of laughter and sobs. This one-woman show broke barriers at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and just this..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Mycophiles Drive Growing Taste for Local Mushrooms

For the love of fungi

"...Taylor says. A good morel season in Austin will last around three weeks, but on a bad year, you'll..."

March 25, 2022 Food Feature by Hannah Uebele

Faster Than Sound: Islands in the (Live)stream

Crossing over from 3D to the pixelated world of livestreams

"...Last Wednesday, I participated in my largest Zoom call of..."

May 1, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Gay Place: Get in Here!

Check our Ho-rizon: Your hot, gay summer is about to kick off, big time

"...COURT LURIE SOLO SHOW Last week to catch this bold one-woman show. Through..."

May 18, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

An Anti-abortion Exhibit Produces Protests and a Free Speech Controversy at UT

"...a newly formed UT student group, for four days last month (Feb. 19-22), Justice for All erected at a..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

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