Exploded Drawing’s 64th, Double Trouble’s Second, Sagebrush’s Fifth, and More Crucial Concerts

It isn't all about numbers in this week’s recommended shows

"...road, “Remember the Armadillo” spun off after a former National Guard armory-turned-music venue on Barton Springs closed nearly a..."

June 6, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...(now Northeast Early College) High School, he played point guard for the basketball team until he lost his love..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...15 A&M Students Suddenly Lose Legal Status: Fifteen international students at Texas A&M University may not be allowed..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...is the congressionally created and funded U.S. Agency for International Development, which Musk just declared “a criminal organization. Time..."

Feb. 7, 2025 News Feature

Point Austin: Death March of the Barbarians

The emperor has no clothes, no wisdom, and no moral center

"...female soldiers, and his membership in an extremist Christian Nationalist church. Few senators even got around to noting that..."

Feb. 3, 2025 News Post by Michael King

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...A. Sahlstrøm In Japan, where loneliness has become a national crisis, the film follows three individuals battling isolation. Through..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Lege Preview: The End for Operation Lone Star?

Trump changes things, but border is still in focus for Texas GOP

"...signature border security program – which has included sending National Guard troops to patrol the border, busing migrants out..."

Jan. 10, 2025 News Feature by Benton Graham

Volleyball, Dalí, and Feminists Rule This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture for the work-week socializer

"...Eighties horror anime watches best when you’re caught off guard. So leave the title a secret when you grab..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art on Waller Creek, Drag on Congress, and More Recommended Events

Step outside and appreciate some art

"...Long Center thanks in part to a reimagining from National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic. Opening this Saturday, November..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: On the Ground at Levitation 2024

Gang of Four, Swirlies, Slowdive, and more highlights from the four-day fest

"...A Changing of the Alt-Rock Guard..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...President Gerald Ford signed the Big Thicket National Preserve into being 50 years ago on Oct. 11,..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...without paying bail contribute to the problem, as do guard hiring problems...."

Aug. 23, 2024 News Feature

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...to triple the border wall, razor wire barriers, and National Guard on the border.” Could Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature

Kill

An army commando fights a gang of thieves on a way to save his true love from an arranged marriage

"...or you’ve been watching the new-wave action heroes finding international success with their almost comedically macho delivery and slo-mo..."

July 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: The Right Wing Is Attacking Queer & Trans Americans to Distract From Their Bigger Agenda

Congressman Greg Casar on taking the fight for LGBTQIA+ Texans to the national level

"...know we need to win this fight at the national level, once and for all...."

June 21, 2024 Column by Greg Casar

Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?

Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on

"...new facility, but with similar antiquated practices, including armed guards on horseback called high riders...."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Point Austin: The Abbott and GOP Project Is an Exercise in Brute Political Cynicism

What’s at stake in Texas

"...being used as pawns in a vicious game of national politics. Whether it’s a wall, bullets, or razor wire,..."

June 12, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Point Austin: Everything Old Is New Again

The long, honorable history of students “disturbing the war”

"...happen elsewhere (and occasionally worse, e.g., the entirely unnecessary national guard/police killings at Kent State and Jackson State)...."

May 4, 2024 News Post by Michael King

Students Tackled, 20 Arrested at Peaceful Pro-Palestine Protest at UT-Austin

State troopers, APD, and UT police violently disperse crowd

"...our mission in ways that groups affiliated with your national organization have accomplished elsewhere," the Statesman reported...."

April 24, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...an 80-acre base camp in Eagle Pass for Texas National Guard troops. The base will hold up to 2,300..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature

The Off Beat: Armadillo World Headquarters Plots Austin FC Partnership

The Dillo lives!

"...Armadillo, which from 1970 to 1980 turned a onetime National Guard armory into a music hall suitable for Bruce..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence

Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law

"...Negras, Mexico, into Eagle Pass as state troopers and National Guard troops blocked Border Patrol officers from reaching the..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Opinion: A Modest Proposal for the Baddest, Reddest State in the Country

A satirical look at the machinations of Gov. Abbott and the Texas Legislature to impose their wills on the rights of everyday Texans

"...Greg Abbott wants Texas to be the national leader of the radical, ultraconservative right wing of the..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column by Dan Acosta

While Abbott Talks of “Murder,” Migrants Die

Three migrants drown after Texas blocks Border Patrol rescue

"...he had ordered the Texas Military Department and Texas National Guard two days earlier to seize a 2½-mile stretch..."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Recipe: The Night Hawk / Frisco’s Smothered Pork Chops

One of Harry Akin's signature dishes gets resurrected

"...LBJ eventually invited him to be part of a national panel on race relations. However, his progressive thinking came..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

Review: Alchemy Theatre's Pipeline

Weak choices undermine the hard-hitting angst that drives this play

"...Did you catch the national tour of Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...have asked for water. One woman is throwing up. National guard members and DPS agents refuse to give them..."

Aug. 18, 2023 News Feature

Day Trips: Santa Anna’s Leg, Illinois State Military Museum

Mexican general’s prosthesis is a bit of Texas history in the North

"...For years Texans have tried to persuade the Illinois National Guard to donate the leg to the San Jacinto..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

After Shootings, Chases, and a Gun Drawn on a Child, Austin Wants DPS Out. Gov. Abbott Won't Allow It

Easy come, uneasy go

"...of a 75-officer force that would operate like the National Guard. The APD chief would appoint members to the..."

July 21, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Residential Address: The College of Hip-Hop Knowledge Schools Austin on Homegrown and National Talent

Organized Konfusion's Prince Po joins Fresh Fridaze on July 14

"...an alternative hip-hop masterpiece by many of the old guard. Despite Prince Po's solo releases over the years –..."

July 7, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

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