Find Creativity, Karaoke, and Even a Casket in This Week’s Recommended Events

Art and death become you

"...  – James Scott Last Day at the Velvet Casket..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Open Casket

"...The Open CasketWorst Case Scenario (Mortville Records)..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Music Review by Greg Beets

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state

"...round-trip float as many times as you want. They’re open daily from 10am to 7pm until Aug. 18, then..."

July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral

The original mad black woman faces her mortality, and the end of the series

"...gag? The corpse has a Viagra-induced boner, necessitating an open casket service. At least that joke gets one or..."

March 8, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...connections in the strangest places. Kerry Awn -- who opened the show in true comic brilliance, moving the mike..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

At Least Five Things You Should Know About, I Mean, If You Were Counting

The bimonthly literary/art/performative series Five Things happens Friday at the Art Authority

"...place this Friday, June 5 at the (very happily reopened) United States Art Authority next to Spiderhouse Cafe (510..."

June 3, 2009 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

New Exhibition From Irene Antonia Diane Reece Explores Identity Through Photography

Women & Their Work show celebrates heritage and resilience

"...and grandmother always emphasized: ‘Don’t be falling over the casket when I’m gone.’..."

Jan. 23, 2025 Arts Post by Julie Royce

Danny Kiranos Finds Moral Ground in the Murder Folk of Amigo the Devil

Visceral songwriter mines darkness in the human condition

"...Kiranos' lyrical approach sometimes sounds like an open-casket serenade at his own funeral. Other times, he broaches..."

April 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Luv Doc: Bad Bacon

Yes, processed red meat causes cancer. Which village idiots were still laboring under the assumption it doesn't?

"...brisket. It was probably hard to walk by his open casket and not want to dive in there and..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Column

When the Clock Strikes 12

Bill Haley died for rock & roll – in Harlingen

"...The funeral starred Bill Haley's final appearance, in an open casket with his hair groomed in the trademark kiss..."

May 16, 2014 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...with 2,305 warrantless telephone taps, 697 buggings, and the opening of 57,846 pieces of mail...."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

7 & 7 Is

7 & 7 Is

"...a four-song split by Red River tag teamers the Open Casket and Scrabble Robot. The former spills hardcore-era Dee..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Misty's Pulley

Honorable mention, the 13th Annual 'Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest

"...My open-casket nervousness always returned since many appeared animate even covered..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Books Feature by Gerry Cullen

Road Sign Language

Lost Highway Screenwriter Barry Gifford

"...David Lynch describe as a "21st-century noir horror film" opens today throughout the country. Furthermore, Grove Press has recently..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Sid Moody

Fashion Gets Grave

Austin's Caskets by Design can insure that death will become you.

"...A tisket, a tasket. A green and yellow casket is on display in the small but well- arranged..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...2, 2011, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins lies in a casket at the Century Funeral Home on Ashton Avenue in..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

"...At the American Funeral Service Museum in Houston caskets come in many sizes and shapes. In Africa, a..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

An Austin Original

Celebrating the Life of Otto Hofmann,1918-2001

"...instructs his own sons and nephews to remove the casket from the van, I wonder how it came to..."

June 8, 2001 Features Feature by Robyn Turner

Clipse

"...ClipseTil the Casket Drops (Columbia)..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

Dale Carter Sings The Song of the Cicada

AFF documentary explores the life of a Texas mortician

"...the graveyard and - we're not not supposed to open the casket, but the family member said, 'We've gotta..."

Nov. 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Big, Bright Eyes of Texas

Celebrating the life of the bigger-than-life Ann Richards

"...former San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros lauded Richards for opening doors to minorities and women during her one term..."

Sept. 15, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Parkland

The events surrounding the assasination of JFK are witnessed through the eyes of those who were there in this made-in-Austin film.

"...that had to be sawed away to get Kennedy’s casket on the plane, and the doctor’s order to cut..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

Are You Experienced?

Why art that actively engages audiences is quintessentially Austin

"...created personally and individually for you (Rubber Rep's The Casket of Passing Fancy)...."

Oct. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wes Craven Presents: Dracula

"...else to abscond with -- steal Dracula's coffin. The casket, however, proves to be more difficult to open than..."

Dec. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips: Texas Musicians Museum, Irving

Depository of Texas pop-culture memorabilia remembers past and present musical icons

"...The Big Bopper's casket is one of the most unusual things you will..."

March 4, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Might Be More Art Than You Can Handle, Baby

Esopus. Rubber Repertory. So many links.

"...elaborate and transformational productions from that theatre company: The Casket of Passing Fancy and Biography of Physical Sensation. These..."

Sept. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

We Don't Think They're Not in Kansas Anymore

Austin's Rubber Repertory rents a former church in Kansas and fills it with a diversity of artists

"...Biography of Physical Sensation and Surprise Annie and The Casket of Passing Fancy and Mister Z Loves Company, the..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

What's Old Is Green Again

Eco-friendly, home-based funerals recall a bygone era

"...things haven't actually changed all that much since King-Tears opened shop in 1901 – until now...."

April 22, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Top Ten Queer Sh*t

Andy's Top Ten queer things, happenings, people, etc. etc.

"...Reassignment Surgeries (GRS) and the other two struggle to open a recovery house. If you haven't already seen it,..."

Dec. 31, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

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