Inside OUTsider

Queer filmmaking panel highlights Texas talent

"...The OUTsider Film & Arts Festival, which runs Feb. 17-21, will..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Austin’s 2020 Film Festival Calendar

Your print-out-and-keep guide for movie lovers

"...19-23: OUTsider Film & Arts Festival Combining performance and projected works..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

OUTsider Fest's Wild Roots

The third annual international queer arts festival returns this week

"...be terrifying – full of mysterious creatures, eerie sounds, and cell service dead zones. But as Curran Nault, founder..."

Feb. 14, 2017 Arts Post by Rachel Van Middlesworth

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...to focus on what this core group of twentysomethings and their myriad associates all over Austin do. That's the..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

OUTsider Begins

Hold on to your manties, Austin's premier queer fest is here

"...creative queer conundrum: to live in a town of festival glut, to attend every last music-film-etc. orgy in the..."

Feb. 18, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

OUTsider Festival’s Best Bets and Bites

What to see and where to eat, drink, and hang out to refuel or refresh

"...The fourth annual OUTsider Festival kicks off in a few short hours and..."

Feb. 14, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Film Flam

Festival fever, plus a big renewal and a bigger loss

"...Film festivals are endeavoring to dominate your social calendar. Here's..."

March 27, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

OUTsider Review: Queer Animation

Curated short films offers varying perspectives on queerness

"...Queer Animation, a short film collection curated by Judith Foster, left the audience amazed..."

Feb. 22, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Psych, Blues, and Conjunto Festivals Headline Our Crucial Concerts

This week's recommended live offerings

"...Silverada and the Tender Things..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

The Austin artist on her new show, Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

"...In the grand history of dating and hookups, there's going to be..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Visions Holy and Damned, Innocent and Experienced

The documentary 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' – as well as this story – are just the latest attempts to make sense of his life and art

"...Johnston has achieved international recognition as an important American cult/outsider/alternative musician/artist. Accompanying this has always been the dark side:..."

May 5, 2006 Screens Feature by Louis Black

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...OUTsider Fest..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

The chilly weekend is heating up

"...curing that vagina pain with healthy doses of laughter and sobs. This one-woman show broke barriers at Edinburgh Festival..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Jubilant Dance, MedFest, and More Weekend Recommendations

Find the right fit for your going-out vibe

"...“Zugzwang,” whose pieces composed from “desynchronized text, images, audio and interactive motion elements” attempt to recreate the sensation of..."

Sept. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hill Country Film Festival Brings Movie Magic to Small-Town Texas

Hollywood meets Fredericksburg

"...Name the great destination film festivals. Cannes. Berlin. Fredericksburg?..."

April 27, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

Some Local Arts, Pride, and More Recommended Events

Plan your Austin weekend

"...Rachel Paxton and Will Beger..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Make a Joyful Noise

‘Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton’ is revelatory

"...it is a focused portrait of this unique poet and filmmaker...."

Aug. 27, 2014 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Outside of Society

Does Austin have enough room for two queer film festivals?

"...night of the 26th season of the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival – redubbed Polari26 (aGLIFF/Polari) –..."

May 2, 2014 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Let's talk about (gay) sex

"...talk about (gay) sex. Nine months after marriage equality, OUTsider Film & Arts Festival is taking a look –..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Waxing Queer

Performance artist Silky Shoemaker opens the doors to queer culture's lost past with her gay wax museum

"...the delicious truth of a stereotype at once confirmed and subverted, "and I have full faith in their abilities."..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Andy Campbell

Gay Place

OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"

"...Last night, the third annual OUTsider Fest "Into the Wilds" kicked off in glittery glory...."

Feb. 17, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Empire Strikes Back

Trans icon Sandy Stone receives this year's OUTsider Legacy Award

"...National transgender activist Sandy Stone, one of Austin's most underrated and influential artists,..."

Feb. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Courtney Naquin

Qmmunity: Editor Beth Sullivan's Queer Goodbye

Closing the chapter with OUTsider Fest and more queer events

"...cut straight to the chase: My time as Qmmunity and assistant News editor at the Chronicle has come to..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Column by Beth Sullivan

A Good Time to Be Lawrence Wright

With new book God Save Texas, The Looming Tower series on Hulu, and his play Cleo at the Alley, Lawrence Wright is the man of the moment

"...uncomfortable for sure, but it was his straight face and probing stare that had me squirming. Is it better..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Desk Set

Its inaugural class – equipped with cameras, computers, and expert instruction – wades into a sea of possibility

"...Tiger Darrow has the eye. Amanda Mandelstein has the wit. Ryan Summersett has the action...."

Dec. 8, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

Love of out-there cinema brings Terrifier 3, The Wild Robot

"...Terrifying clowns, wild robots, and the sound of chainsaws echoing across Austin! Fantastic Fest,..."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Laboratory of Playmaking

Artists from different realms join forces to concoct new strains of performance in UT's New Works Festival

"...it comes to the David Mark Cohen New Works Festival. This biennial event, organized by the UT Department of..."

April 6, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Volunteer Blow-OUT

Calling all Lz, Gz, Bz, Tz, Qz, and Az: Heed this call up.

"...The timer is set and the countdown is ticking, as QueerBomb! announces their first..."

Jan. 27, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Blake McCoy

Your Queer Guide to Austin

A crash course on the city's LGBTQ parties, prides, and resources

"...music, “weirdness,” liberals. It’s also home to a thriving and jiving queer community – qmmunity if you will. But..."

Sept. 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Queens of Pain Shows Commitment to the Sport

For the love of Roller Derby

"...In skating and filmmaking, balance is everything. That's why former rollergirl Cassie..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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