Geto Gala, Two Step Inn, and a 420 Smokeout Headline Our Crucial Concerts

From country to hip-hop to sludge metal, get some ideas for your week in live music

"...project spotlights struggle as subtext to a rejoicing of Black excellence, perseverance, and ownership,” opined the Chronicle upon Geto..."

April 19, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...his co-star in Nineties buddy comedies Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. Many may know Spade best for Joe Dirt..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...it up, pick it up. Worried about all that black hair dye wafting harsh chemicals into the air? Fear..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...The Black Sea (United States, Bulgaria) Director: Crystal Moselle, Derrick B...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place

Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

"...biggest piece of horror theatre since The Woman in Black went dark last March, Stranger Things: The First Shadow,..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Memorable Moments From ACL Fest Weekend One

For you to rewind this weekend at Zilker Park

"...onto the T-Mobile stage in an oversized Men in Black outfit, sunglasses included. The London wordsmith's incomparable flow drew..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grace Sorensen, and More Highlights From Sunday at ACL Fest

From The Breeders’ sustaining cool to GloRilla’s unfazed flow

"...her station to enrapture the audience, emboldened by a black feather boa attached to her bodysuit. Her piercing falsetto..."

Oct. 9, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...showtime, an influx of tatted and pompadoured greasers in black tees reading “CUMBIA IS THE NEW PUNK” settled into..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

SXSW Doc Rewinds the Truly Horrible The Star Wars Holiday Special

Wookies go Vaudeville in A Disturbance in the Force

"...minutes of soulless, joyless garbage so bad that George Lucas tried to buy the rights so it would never..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...right that changes their lives forever. Cast List: Asante Blackk, Luis Guzmán, Alex Hibbert, Melvin Gregg, Coral Peña, Cassandra..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Urban Heat, Jonathan Terrell, Dayglow, Marcia Ball, and a smattering of metal headline our recommended shows

"...& Beer Fest in Denver, the Colorado capital's reigning black metal mystics Wayfarer and like-minded Scandinavian sound sympathizers Wake..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Other Worlds Says Sorry About the Demon

Sci fi film fest announces final lineup for final outing

"...mission to save humanity at the edge of a black hole, an astronaut discovers something that will change his..."

Nov. 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Most Memorable Moments of Levitation’s Thursday and Friday

King Gizzard, Godspeed You!, and more lengthy band names

"...turbine Michael Cavanagh drove the three-guitar blitzkrieg as bassist Lucas Skinner stood tight on the riser close by, and..."

Oct. 29, 2022 Music Post by Christina Garcia

With Little on the Line, Austin FC Closes Road Schedule With Loss to Vancouver Whitecaps

ATX will finish season second in Western Conference

"...for Austin FC came hours before the Verde and Black even arrived at BC Place in Vancouver for the..."

Oct. 2, 2022 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...THE STRANGE CASE OF JACKY CAILLOU D: Lucas Delangle France, 2022, North American Premiere, 92 min. Jacky..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Review: Naked Gardens

Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas get the skinny on naturists

"...hair everywhere. If anything, directors Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas frontload Naked Gardens with several scenes of full-on nudity..."

June 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, High Desert Queen, No Limit reunion, Beto y los Fairlanes, and more recommendations

"...I'm blown away. The quintet of familiar faces, including Black Angels/Rotten Mangos multi- instrumentalist Ramiro Verdooren, has an impressive stockpile..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Trail of Dead, Opeth, Mykfresh, Big Laugh, Rattlesnake Milk, Deezie Brown, and more recommended shows

"...This "Blackout Friday" event brings in Dallas-area rapper MykFresh, who extols..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers

Fantastic Fest Nabs Latest Derrickson-Cargill-Hawke Horror Collab The Black Phone

Keira Knightley dark comedy Silent Night to close fest

"...Leading the charge is The Black Phone, from director Scott Derrickson and Austin screenwriter C...."

Sept. 9, 2021 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

"We Know Who We Are. We Know What We Want."

In this inaugural exhibition at W&TW's new permanent home, nine artists provide an inquiry of breadth and depth

"...summoned. Lauren Cross brings forward from her grandmother's time Black women – specifically religious Black women – who provided..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

F9: The Fast Saga

Script? We don't need no stinking script in the Toretto crew's latest

"...Cole, Sung Kang, Anna Sawai, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell, Lucas Black, Shad Moss, Thue Ersted Rasmussen and Don Omar...."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Musical Fajitas, Mama Fried Papas, Les Dames Are Recruiting, El Alma Turns 10, and More

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

"...goal is to open 100 stores by 2024,” says Lucas Bradbury, owner of the plant-based Project Pollo that debuted..."

June 23, 2021 Food Post

Learning to Love Austin FC's Roster Through Their Native Cuisines

International players' kitchen

"...dish gallo pinto is a concoction of rice and black beans made remarkable by the dearly beloved salsa lizano,..."

June 18, 2021 Features Feature by Adam Wood

Faster Than Sound: Austin Imprint Keeled Scales Partners With Polyvinyl Records

New joint office expands the local label landscape

"...social distancing and masking requirements." Development Services Director Denise Lucas called the revision "a signal that we are able..."

June 4, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Guide to 4/20 Events and Resources in Austin

Everyone needs to chill out

"...together to bring you a night of laughs: David Lucas, Deric Poston, Jeffrey Berner, Ehsan Ahmad, and Sam Lopez,..."

April 15, 2021 Events Post by Katherine McNevins

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...DuVernay in conversation with film and television producer, and Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard...."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Noonan Explains What Happened With What Happened Was ...

Revisiting his Sundance-winning dating drama after a quarter century

"...For George Lucas, it was making the Emperor match across all the..."

Jan. 27, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Local Quotes of the Year

We cull our quotes of the week to only the best (and worst) words

"...– Austin Justice Coalition Founder Chas Moore addressing Black members of the crowd at Austin's historic Black Austin..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature

AFS Announces 2020 Short Film Grant Recipients

Projects from Austin, Dallas, El Paso get support

"...as Kat Candler (Queen Sugar), Patrick Bresnan and Ivete Lucas (Pahokee, Annie Silverstein (Bull), and Caleb Michael Johnson (the..."

Dec. 16, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Recent Graphic Novels You Shouldn’t Miss Out On

Book yourself some quality reading time AFK, why don’tcha?

"...Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore Silver Sprocket, 12pp, $5 www.silversprocket.net..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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