Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...course – the kinetic biography is powered by a musical score from composer Graham Reynolds, performed live by the..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Serving Corporate Cxnt

Thee Gay Agenda decides to girl boss, gaslight, but not gatekeep in their new show Gags to Riches

"...Dior Davenport hosts this night of sexy performances with music by BabiBoi. Thu., Aug. 17, 10pm. Cheer Up Charlies,..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Column by James Scott

We Have an Issue: Read Before Burning

Welcome to the Books Issue

"...Prohibition as told by the co-founder of Still Austin, music bios, postapocalyptic sci-fi, Austin Noir, and much more...."

June 30, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Horror Writer and Folk Musician Carter St Hogan Finds Relief in Discomfort

"Everything is so much grosser than anyone talks about"

"...writing. They describe their current work as "weird personal essays, sort of, that look like Bible passages," happily exasperated..."

June 30, 2023 Music Feature by Laiken Neumann

Daniel Johnston Book Release Celebrated in NYC

Special signing tonight of new photobook

"...the "Hi, How Are You" mural. Tonight, the late musician and artist will also be celebrated in New York...."

April 20, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Friday

A Margo Price keynote, Koffee's evolution, & Obongjayar's rising star

"...come, Friday wrapped a number of South by Southwest Music spectacles...."

March 18, 2023 SXSW Post by Abby Johnston

Q&A: The Dicks’ Gary Floyd Talks Lifelong Creativity Ahead of Austin Art Exhibition

Maybe We'll See Butterflies opens tomorrow at Prizer Arts & Letters

"...one of the first openly gay singers in hardcore music. Dicks bassist Buxf Parrot plays the opening party, alongside..."

June 10, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Bevis M. Griffin Teaches Austin Youth the Evolution of the Blues

School of Rock students play two events this weekend, and Stubb's sells to C3 and Live Nation

"...artists of color. Also observing debate within the Austin Music Commission over city funding for Black artistry, Griffin sought..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...the best band name in Austin – and the music's good, too." That would be guitarist Nathan Calhoun (Butthole..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Commission, a grant to compose "a long-form piece of music for an ensemble that includes elements of traditional string..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Abby Johnston

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...complete strangers. Arted and thoroughly annotated by the local musician/actor, this month's deluxe reboot tacks on a second LP..."

April 30, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Amy Gentry Is All the Rage in Her Third Novel, Bad Habits

The Austin author talks anger, solidarity, and grad school villainy

"...remembered feeling happy. Since then, she's written book reviews, essays, and columns that have appeared in this paper, the..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...Local Queer Performers’ Music..."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

X Frontman John Doe Has More Fun in the New World

Living quietly in Austin for two years now – and only for hours at a time!

"...multifaceted punk scene as told through a series of essays from the musicians, scenesters, and journalists. These ended up..."

June 28, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Empty Metal Rewrites the Rules of Filmmaking

Cine Las Americas film blends entertainment and the avant-garde

"...goals," co-director Bayley Sweitzer explained when asked about the essays in his radical film, playing this weekend at Austin..."

May 3, 2019 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Seeing the Fusebox Festival Without Reservations

Tickets to some shows have been snapped up, but there’s still plenty of electric Fusebox action available

"...in the person of Topaz as DJ with live ­musicians...."

April 12, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Art Ensemble of Chicago and Associated Ensembles

"...the Windy City's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the Art Ensemble of Chicago evolved out of multi-reedist/composer..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Review by Michael Toland

Music on the Page at the Texas Book Festival

Music books strut their feminism, hip-hop, and emo

"...Music, whether background radio hits or handpicked playlists, offers a..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Michelle Tea Brings Her Latest Book to UT

Iconic queer memoirist reflects on her past and future writing career

"...– and controversy – of the now-defunct Michigan Womyn’s Music Fest. Her newest work, Against Memoir, is a collection..."

Oct. 24, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...My Own Devices: True Stories From the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love...."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Raquel Bell

"...Adapting the Southwestern tonalities of her adopted state, she essays C&W of sorts on "Who Gets to Name the..."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Review by Michael Toland

Gay Place

Pride Month marches on

"...creations past, this performance features a well-curated mash-up of music, poetry, and art to tell their stories. And FYI:..."

June 22, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Company

In this short works program, the troupe explored the solace and thrills in the company you keep

"...dancers, agile and adept, morphed into symbiosis with the music, fuguing and swirling as though tossed around by the..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

SXSW Music's Hip-Hop Hierarchy

From up-and-comers to rap royalty, 20 key sets to see

"...comparisons, and a penchant for vulgarity make Ariyan Arslani's music as tasty as it is distasteful. For every cinematic..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...the way the city holds identity in blues, psychedelic music, and singer-songwriters. In fact, some would argue it's been..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Van Ryzin Launches Online Arts Magazine

Nonprofit Sightlines to offer cultural journalism, criticism

"...architecture and design, theatre, dance, literature and letters, and music. And van Ryzin states that the magazine will provide..."

Nov. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

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

"...of memoirs, cookbooks, YA novels, political books, children's books, music books, art books, and so much more...."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top Books to Cover the Good, the Bad, and the Doomed

Jesse Sublett's top reads of 2016 include a philosophical gumshoe, an irredeemable tycoon, and ill-fated whalers

"...USA), also released this year as a book and music CD. Unless you've got a great excuse, like being..."

Dec. 30, 2016 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

SOS Q&A: Courtney Barnett

“Courtney Drops Details About Her Next Album!”

"...sit down and write and be isolated with the music?”..."

Nov. 3, 2016 Music Post by Libby Webster

White Sands: Experiences From the Outside World

by Geoff Dyer

"...Read this new collection of essays, for instance, and gain a somewhat curmudgeonly author's-eye perspective..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Arts Feature by W. A. Brenner

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