The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate

"...Theater's Thr3e Zisters receiving four prizes from the group of area arts writers...."

June 5, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playback

SXSW begins giving up her secrets.

"...Beginning Monday with news of Blur/Gorillaz svengali Damon Albarn and guitar muse St. Vincent..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Y2K Exits Stage Left & Turito Enters the Scene

Local queer DJ puts out first and last EP under the Y2K name

"...Over, released at the same time as their retirement of the Y2K name, Turito – the new moniker the..."

Jan. 5, 2023 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

Because you don’t want to miss a good Austin thing

"...If you like visual art that can knock you off your ass with its power and odd beauty, then..."

June 29, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Checking In: Tara Bhattacharya Stages Interference Fest – Women Making Noise 2020

Sound artist and festival curator promotes the creative class

"...Tara Bhattacharya: I’ve had to move around a number of times, since my separation and divorce late last year...."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Quin Galavis Turns Darkness Into His Magnum Opus

Obfuscating the narrative between fiction and lived experience on My Life in Steel and Concrete

"...triple-digit heat on this hot August night at the Museum of Human Achievement. Even so, when the doors close..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

10 Things to Do This Weekend

Your Guide to Fun in ATX

"...daunting task in a city with so much to offer. Luckily, we’ve got you covered...."

May 18, 2016 Events Post by Samantha Johnson

Qmmunity: Video by Queer Latinx Artist Xandra Ibarra Pulled From San Antonio Art Exhibit

Plus Ballroom Basics, Greetings From Queer Mountain, and more

"...her video Spictacle II: La Tortillera. San Antonio's Department of Arts and Culture recently deemed the video "not appropriate"..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Gay Place: Cheer Up, Goth

Austin's gay summer is off to a bright and sunny start: It's World Goth Day

"...CHURCH OF THE PASSIONATE CAT Underbelly and Rude Fusion present this..."

May 16, 2014 Column

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...nominated for the Australian Music Prize on the strength of extra-catchy baubles like "What Falls Away" and the hilariously..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

East Austin Studio Tour 2019: Week 2 Recommendations

Looking for something bigger, brighter, wilder than paint on a canvas at this year’s EAST? Do we have some ideas for you

"...The city's fall feast of art, the East Austin Studio Tour, continues this weekend..."

Nov. 22, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest, Andrea Gibson, and more heat up the week ahead

"...I can help you. The fourth annual fest kicked off yesterday to examine time through an abundance of queer..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Crosstalk: Butthole Surfers’ Driftwood Ranch for Sale, and More Music News

Remembering KOOP’s Andrew Dickens and Meat Joy reunion dates

"...Die Spitz touched down at their sweaty, squirming homestead of Hotel Vegas last Friday with one message: "The boys..."

June 23, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Five Things to Catch at OUTsider Fest

OUTsider explores the queer underground with their 2023 festival, Shapeshifting Underbellies

"...Catch hold of OUTsider's DIT (Do It Together) spirit at this year's..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Arts Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Kings, Queens, and Other Things

Trans performers get the keys to the Kingdom on Fridays, plus Erica Nix enters the mayoral race

"...behind the show's title: a satirical marketing ploy playing off of the fact most trans folks couldn't be further..."

July 29, 2022 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity

Plus new music from Krudxs Cubensi and a Cinco de Mayo drag brunch

"..."Milk really became the film that got me out of filmmaking," admits the screenwriter, whose biopic of Harvey Milk..."

May 3, 2019 Column by Beth Sullivan

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018

Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year

"...skills weren't enough, the artist turned the extreme-close-up visions of his selfward-facing eye into three-dimensional structures of portraiture in..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place

The Flash Collective calls on the queer community to help create public art

"...We can't sing the praises of queer art – and a greater need for queer..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Long live the long weekend

"...Adulting is hard. Gone are the days of summer vacation (for most of us, anyway). Instead, we..."

May 25, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

This holiday season is filled with fun, queer activities

"...As the fullness fades and the wine glow wears off, one thing is certain: The holiday season is here...."

Dec. 1, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Live Music to See This Weekend

Breaking down the next three days

"...has conducted business as DJ Shadow, perhaps ground zero of mainstream turntable culture. Even so, he remains remarkably unpretentious..."

July 21, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Jennifer Raye's Boa Retina Explores Messy Gender Uncertainty

Tech old and new explores trans issues

"...single eye – angular and unblinking – stares down, offering words of discouragement. "You have a choice here with..."

June 16, 2017 Arts Feature by James Renovitch

Five Different Things To Do In Austin This Weekend

Art! Theatre! Dance! You know: What the enemy hates.

"...Enjoy the bright treasures of the city you live in, friend, while there’s still..."

April 6, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place

Magical Realness, an Austin spin on vogue / drag balls

"...most magical creatures. This weekend, Mouthfeel, the Q, House of Kenzo, and numerous performers are aiming to prove me..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...makes you feel like you're at a real concert," offers Jason McNeely, leaning against the red brick exterior of..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Judas Priest Pounds Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

Some heads are gonna roll

"...Iceage, Iron Reagan, Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Judas Priest, King Diamond, Metz, Pallbearer, Pianos Become..."

May 19, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Gay Place: AGL + AGL

The AGLs are on benders this week.

"...Both of our AGLs are having big celebrations this week. First,..."

June 14, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Gruesome Playground Injuries

Two wounded friends walk a line between nostalgia and regret in Street Corner Arts' staging of Rajiv Joseph's play

"...Gruesome Playground InjuriesThe Museum of Human Achievement, 916 Springdale, 512/736-8827 www.streetcornerarts.org Through June..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Review by Matthew Irwin

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...TV set and tune in for a special episode of Queer Film Theory 101. In partnership with ATX TV..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...music ops. Burned into my soul remains the image of my preschooler sneaking a surreptitious blow on a Honk!TX..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6     NEXT ›    6 »