Earth Day, Record Store Day, and More Recommended Events

Go green in a number of ways this week

"...and waterways clear and clean. So every year during Earth Month, KAB mobilizes thousands of volunteers to remove litter..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events

Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town

"...April is really her month: Ms. Mother Earth, honored at this sustainable-style-focused fest created by eco-conscious..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ernest Cline and Felicia Day Are Waiting Under the Bridge to Bat City

Don't miss the special reading and signing tonight

"...It’s a chance to get your hands on the..."

April 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Recommended happenings around town

"...clownery via Fou Fou Ha.   – James Scott Earth Hour..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...on which it’s made – yes, that would be Earth, citizen – is the focus of this new environmental..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Panels Explore What’s Next for Sustainable Food

How to transition from “eco-depressed” to “making regenerative living sexy”

"...deal with ecosystems? How green is alternative protein? Will Mother Nature forgive our sins? The conversation is turned to..."

March 8, 2024 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...a man’s vengeance against the men who murdered his mother. Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...stand, Eden leans on her married best friend and mother of two, Dawn, to guide her through gestation and..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2023 AFS Grant for Short Films Recipients

Career-changing grants go to 16 projects from Texas filmmakers

"...Narrative short in pre-production Following the death of his mother, Alberto, a middle-aged immigrant, confronts his biggest regrets as..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Future Gladiators and Fantastical Stories Mark the Literary Year in Review

Pulled from the shelves

"...wonderful ode to his family's roots, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Riverhead Books, 400 pp., $28). The story..."

Dec. 29, 2023 Arts Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

The Boy and the Heron

Miyazaki's gorgeous but oddly obtuse return to animation

"...setting is 1943 Tokyo, and the hospital where the mother of 12-year-old Mahito (Santoki) is located is ferociously ablaze...."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Black Pumas’ Eric Burton Bets on Himself

After an abrupt break, Chronicles of a Diamond completely reinvents the band dynamic

"...change the atomic structure of regular old carbon into Earth's most beautiful gemstone...."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 25-31

"...a convoy of fully loaded garbage trucks circling the earth 24 times. You and I can diminish our contributions..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Temple of Angels, a DJ Chicken George benefit, a Soap Creek Saloon reunion, and more recommended shows

"...next world, but a few legends still walk the earth. Thanks to Epistrophy Arts, maverick saxophonist Joe McPhee has..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Landscape With Invisible Hand

Sci-fi meet-cute setup reveals a smart look at economic collapse

"...Earth has been invaded by the Vuvv, but they're not..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ballet Austin Returns With Revival of Hamlet

Company’s most successful production launches 2023-24 season

"...are elements of each character to which everyone on earth can relate. Art helps us understand life; that’s what..."

Aug. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Meg 2: The Trench

It's Jason Statham versus a giant, ancient shark again

"...her uncle, Jiuming (Chinese action star Wu). Conveniently, Meiying's mother, Suyin (played in the first film by Li Bingbing)..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Writer ire’ne lara silva Plans Her Year as Texas State Poet Laureate

Looking at the legacy of the honor

"...cheese, and meat. They're not thinking about things my mother would make, like caldos, that have so many vegetables..."

July 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Genevieve Wood

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A celebration of Bobbie Nelson, a big birthday for Carousel Lounge, and more recommended shows

"...ATX supporting slate rounded out by manic D-beaters Scorched Earth, blackened crusters Ninth Circle, and scrape rockers Burnt Skull...."

July 7, 2023 Music Column by Abby Johnston

We Have an Issue: All in the Family

Inside the House of Lepore

"...on a very long time. It was actually house mother and founder Natalie Lepore who unwittingly gave James the..."

June 23, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, June 16-22

"...wanted to convey the idea that they "dug the earth with the very hands they put into their bowls."..."

June 16, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Ernest Cline Is Taking The Bridge to Bat City

Ready Player One author making kid lit debut

"...own children. Here's the first synopsis: After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on..."

June 13, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Journeyman: JaRon Marshall's Path From Black Pumas to Jazz-Hop Debut

Methodical keyboard maestro lands atmospheric LP earth sounds

"...own band soon. Sure enough, Marshall was already prepping earth sounds, his funky, atmospheric, and swinging debut album with..."

April 21, 2023 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Qmmunity: Real Roxy Hours

Local queer comic and jill-of-all-trades Roxy Castillo talks her performance style and history ahead of her run on the Moontower Just for Laughs Fest

"...Flower Power Market This springtime market honors Earth Day with 40+ sustainable and planet-friendly vendors. Sun., April..."

April 14, 2023 Column by James Scott

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...That's not a dig. The reverb-doused "i walk this earth all by myself" evokes Eighties darkwave classics, while "Uncomparable"..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Andean Spirits Finds Family and a Calling in the Mountains of Ecuador

Agave, alpacas, and a love story

"...art of distillery alongside Logan-Hines and the others. A mother of two, Guagrilla lives across the street from the..."

Feb. 8, 2023 Food Post by Jessi Cape

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth. (Texas Premiere)..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Burris An 11-year-old city boy is sent to his grandmother’s ranch on the Navajo reservation against his will. He..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Raul's in Overdrive: "AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!"

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

"...not get shows at Austin's glam palace in decline, Mother Earth, "nor at any of the 20 other places."..."

Dec. 30, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 16-22

"...on NASA's Apollo Space Program. She was also the mother of the famous actor Jack Black. When she was..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

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