Moontower 2018 Reviews: A Comic a Day

A schooling in stand-up from Notaro, Haddish, and more

"...I did not have a robust comedy education. I mean, I did my time rabidly quoting Monty..."

April 24, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Faster Than Sound: Changes at Two Campus Cafes

The latest on Cactus Cafe and Spider House

"...Last year, KUT/KUTX opted not to renew a 10-year agreement..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Film Depicts Militias With a Hair Trigger

When rugged individualism goes wrong in The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

"...For most filmmakers, completing their first film is a time for elation. But when..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...Start your SXSW Film Festival planning now: the annual celebration of screens large and small has announced..."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

"Finally I Sang": Progressive Cumbia Fires Up Como Las Movies’ Full-Length Debut

Como Las Singles finds Nelson Valente Aguilar in the driver’s seat

"...On Oct. 15, 2022, Como Las Movies played a massive..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

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

"...My post vaccination restaurant rebound hasn’t been the unending feast I dreamed..."

May 11, 2021 Food Post by Kevin Curtin

Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County

Tracking the local races

"...we all doomscroll and stress-bake our way through this longest of all Election Days, Central Texas saw steady yet..."

Nov. 3, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

Where to Watch Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Premiere in Austin

Local watch parties, plus GoT trivia nights and menu specials

"...patricide, and Melisandre’s witchy ways are best enjoyed in the company of fellow Game of Thrones fanatics, you’ll want..."

July 12, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...This year's festival selections are next year's award winners and blockbusters. So let's..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Sydney Wright Pays It Forward

Pop perfectionist relinquishes control in livestream era

"...Sydney Wright’s on a roll. After surviving a hit-and-run on her scooter..."

June 3, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Fantastic Fest: Starfish Clings to Grief

Writer/director AT White on how his own loss shaped his film

"...Every film is somewhat intimate to the filmmaker: A.T. White, the writer and director of enigmatic..."

Sept. 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Overlord

J.J. Abrams enters the surprisingly deep zombie Nazi genre

"...Nazi zombies are not a new idea: The Reich's hideous record of human rights crimes disguised as..."

Sept. 24, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Star Wars Memories

In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives

"...From a galaxy far, far away to the world's imagination, tales of the Jedi and the Sith..."

May 4, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Moontower Review: Pete Holmes & TJ Miller

A one-two comedy punch from jokers as different as day and night

"...One can get one's Moontower Comedy fix practically all over..."

April 25, 2015 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Soccer Watch

Aztex face Hilltoppers and Pirates, and more

"...The Austin Aztex lost their preseason opener, 2-1 to Huston-Tillotson,..."

April 19, 2013 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

World Cup Watch: It’s Kickoff Time in Qatar

The highs and lows as the tournament begins

"...Qatar's last-minute decision to ban the previously agreed upon beer sales..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

Checking In: Caleb De Casper Persists Glamorously

Flamboyant expressionist needs to hook up, yo

"...First time I heard the name Caleb De Casper, a UT student delivered his..."

April 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Carrie Elkin’s Life-and-Death Folk

Her father's death and daughter's birth upped the stakes of the singer's finest work

"...teenagers, Carrie Elkin felt embarrassed by some of her father's actions. For one, he seemed obsessed with greeting people..."

April 14, 2017 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Qmmunity: Queer Comedy Pipeline

Ivy Le talks the impact of Tongue in Cheek, a queer comedy open mic providing fertile ground for Austin's LGBTQ comics

"...A strange situation faced Ivy Le and Aira Juliet at the start..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin Music: What We're Listening to This Week

Buffalo Nichols, Stephanie Bergara, and the Hickoids soundtrack our week in local sound

"..."I love newness," Will Johnson told the Chronicle upon the 2018 release of Marie/Lepanto's..."

Aug. 13, 2021 Music Column by Doug Freeman

Tony Hinchcliffe's Stand-up Racism

Kill Tony host spews slurs at fellow comic Peng Dang

"...set at a Big Laugh Comedy show in Austin last week, Dallas stand-up Peng Dang did a series of..."

May 13, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

All Politics Is Local at Texas Tribune Festival

Evan Smith leads the fest’s move Downtown and brings national newsmakers to Austin

"...Does Steve Bannon get out of bed for less than $10,000? We..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Last week, SXSW announced that high-concept horror A Quiet Place..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Best Breweries of 2022, Power-Ranked

It's Top of the Hops VII!

"...Craft beer has begun its redemption arc. Out are the big bourbon barrel-aged confectionary stouts,..."

Oct. 12, 2022 Food Post by Eric Puga

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Podcasts

So local you don't have to leave your house

"...Chris Cubas is undoubtedly one of Austin's busiest comics, with national TV appearances and..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

John Cameron Mitchell Finds Life After Hedwig

Musical rule breaker moves into narrative podcasting with Anthem: Homunculus

"...Narratives can take many shapes – morph into various versions of stories one thinks they know the backward-and-forward of,..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Screens Feature by James Scott

Home's a Brewin': Beer News

So much win

"...Beerists Win Podcast Award Remember the new years beer-solution I had about..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Food Post by Ivy Le

Finding Queer Family Within and Without Faith

Queer podcasters unpack evangelicalism in How Gay Thou Art

"...For many kids growing up in the early 2000s, Britney Spears and Disney Channel were childhood..."

March 3, 2023 Qmmunity Post by Joelle DiPaolo

'Don't Let It Get Weird'

SXSW Comedy bits: Maron offends Franco, Adomian in your face

"...The first weekend of SXSW Comedy offered several examples of..."

March 11, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Burnie Burns Leaves Rooster Teeth

Founder departs, studio eyeing first look deal

"...The end of an era has come to pass: Not..."

June 11, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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