Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...Friday 26 - Sunday 28, St. Michael’s Catholic Academy..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows

"...the 13th; deep voice-of-the-streets wordsmith Norman BA$E; and Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, restoring the essence of teenage wildness..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Column by Julian Towers

97 Minutes

Suicidal terrorists hijack a plane, but luckily there's a cop aboard!

"...Timo Vuorensola. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, MyAnna Buring, Alec Baldwin, Joe Martin and Michael Sirow...."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A farewell party for Jim Eno, Rock the Park with Rosie Flores, and more recommended shows

"...Eagle Claw and Tia Carrera, while Billy Glitter, Gus Baldwin & the Sketch, Buzz Electro, and Pinko – prog,..."

June 2, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

2022/2023 Austin Music Awards Winners

You voted – here's Austin's favorite artists, albums, and more

"...Blakchyl Chucky Blk Kydd Jones OTM THRAXX Best Jazz: Michael Hale..."

Feb. 26, 2023 Music Post by James Renovitch

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

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Goldner, Nick Meyer, Screenwriters: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio A charming thief and a band of unlikely..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Ten Chronicle Music Writers on Their Favorite Austin Albums of 2022

Almost 100 albums we loved this year

"...Wilderness of Mirrors; Dewey Ivy, Gods in Gauze; Gus Baldwin, Thriller II; Heavy Meddo, Great News; Homemade Bangs, Love..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Fest, Eastside Kings Festival, HAAM Day, Vein.fm, Monte Warden & the Dangerous Few, and more

"...Chawla, and Gus Miller. AUS even serenades departures with Michael Fracasso, Cat Clemmons III, and more...."

Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

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

"...Gus Baldwin & the Sketch..."

May 20, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Audience Award Winners

Patton Oswalt's I Move My Dad takes top honors again

"...Audience Award Winner: Pretty Problems Director: Kestrin Pantera, Screenwriters: Michael Tennant, Britt Rentschler, Charlotte Ubben, Producers: Katya Alexander, Britt..."

March 24, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, West Duchovny, Michael Ian Black, Tony Shalhoub, Elisabeth Henry, Roger Hendricks Simon..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Laiken Neumann Kydd Jones & Bomani Ray Barton, "James Baldwin"..."

March 12, 2021 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...to draw, and other kids liked what she drew (Michael Jackson being a favorite subject), so they would trade..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Local Writer Makes Black History Month Accessible to All

Autumn Arnett knows there are stories to be told

"...of Black history – including King, Parks, and even Michael Jordan, Arnett's "all-time favorite" – are absent, omitted intentionally..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Point Austin: Happy New Year?!?

Looking forward ... 2020 could go either way

"...Trump represents a persistent American cultural strain, what James Baldwin once described as "ignorance, allied with power." The fuller..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Column by Michael King

Local and State Election Ticker

Mamas Walking, Mamas Voting Edition

"...TX-10 campaign took another swipe at GOP incumbent Rep. Michael McCaul, this time because McCaul's West Austin home was..."

Jan. 3, 2020 News Feature by Michael King

Motherless Brooklyn

Edward Norton leads a stylish, meandering trip around a corrupt 1950s NYC

"...by: Edward Norton. Starring: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale, Dallas..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest: A Double Barrel Blast of Begos

Director brings Bliss and VFW to fest

"...really dirty, low-budget little thriller. It's even got that Baldwin brother, Daniel, giving a monologue that's actually good acting...."

Sept. 19, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Brings the Legend’s Legacy to AFS Doc Days

Biographical documentary captures the transformational jazz genius

"...had kind of a new head there [executive producer Michael Kantor], and he said, 'It's funny you called me..."

May 31, 2019 Screens Feature by Kahron Spearman

The Public

Emilio Estevez directs and stars in this social drama about who gets to use public spaces

"...Starring: Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Michael K. Williams, Alec Baldwin, Richard T. Jones and Bryant..."

April 5, 2019 Movie Review

SXSW 2019 Film Awards

All the winners from this year’s jury competitions

"...Winner: “Fifteen” (D: Louisa Baldwin)..."

March 15, 2019 Screens Feature

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...but by her own persona. Cast: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Michael Mosley, Andrea Suarez Paz, Julie White, Amy Hargreaves, Macon..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...play Macbeth for the first time when the director, Michael St. Denis, and Vera Lindsay, who was playing Lady..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Ballad of Townes & Blaze

The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly

"...born in Fort Worth in 1944, five years before Michael David Fuller – Blaze Foley – came into the..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Features Feature by Sybil Rosen

BlacKkKlansman

Spike Lee's wild true-life story would be a better documentary

"...Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, Ryan Eggold, Paul Walter Hauser, Michael Buscemi, Corey Hawkins, Harry Belafonte and Alec Baldwin...."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

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

"...Hall alongside early legends such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and the Last Poets, Haizlip's keen ear for talent..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...shower behind three violins meshing with house band keyboardist Michael Ramos' trumpet and musical director Charlie Sexton's guitar. Uplifting..."

March 9, 2018 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Austin Music Awards’ Ecstatic Experience

Thirty-four awards and six musical sets in 211 minutes

"...shower behind three violins meshing with house band keyboardist Michael Ramos’ trumpet and musical director Charlie Sexton’s guitar. Uplifting..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Chronicle’s 2017 Holiday Political Survival Guide

Borscht in a Bag, a male chastity belt, and more gifts to get you through the rut

"...one gift category where it's the thoughtlessness that counts. – Michael King..."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...Up C. Morgan Babst – The Floating World Rosecrans Baldwin – The Last Kid Left Robert Jackson Bennett –..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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