Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events

Arts and culture to fill your days

"...the night it deserves.   – Richard Whittaker Blue Owl Rehatched..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Halloween Events for Kids, Adults, and All-Around Freaks

It's time to get scared or spooked or possibly amused

"...recordings of Paranormal Putas and the Best-of-Austin-winning The Night Owl, plus special immersive screenings of John Carpenter’s They Live..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art in Motion, Pride Kickoff, and More Weekday Recommendations

Arts and more to keep you busy

"...theatre or museums is the space given for land acknowledgement – statements about the ancestral roots of the space..."

Aug. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Ice Cream, Free Beer, More Kerlaches, More Tequila, Bastille Day Dining, and Other Such Delights

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...the sort of thicc, bready morsels that make your eyes light up and your stomach say, “Howdy!” Well, the..."

July 12, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"..."A tough week," acknowledged Perkins in the entryway to his Temple home. "I..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

“Marianne Levy: Grimm Re-Articulated” at the Dougherty Arts Center

This exhibition of ceramic sculptures recasts fairy tales with animals who are more human than the people in the originals

"...of the metaphor – a middle-aged predator on the prowl for young Princes Charming – the character turns from..."

July 10, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Chop Chop Club Delivers Noodle Soups to Your Door

Try the Taiwanese beef, Thai chicken, and vegan curry laksa

"...April all proceeds went to help employees of Blue Owl Brewing (local craft brewery that specializes in sour brews),..."

May 29, 2020 Food Post by Zelly Martin

Four Austin Films to Watch in 2020

From cowboy horror to songs to save your life

"...editing it with local trailer-cutter-par-excellence Greg MacLennan of Electric Owl Creative, and the film should arrive, all guns blazing,..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Graphic Details Behind Marketing Austin's Craft Beers

How to grow from a brew to a brand

"...the tap wall, consumers tend to drink with their eyes first. The sleeker the design or the catchier the..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Exclusive Reveal: Texas Craft Brewers Fest Rotating Tap List

Limited tickets remain for 25+ rare brews only available Sept. 28

"...list just for you and you can feast your eyes on it below before feasting your palates on them..."

Sept. 17, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin Beer Guide’s Lager Jam 5

Lager mongers collaborate for annual festival

"...Commemorative koozies will be available, so keep your eyes peeled for that essential Austin backpocket accessory. The NXNW..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Food Post by Eric Puga

Top 10 Austin Breweries

Power ranking the local leaders in craft beer

"...time. Bottles have become cans and cans have become crowlers. Heck, we even saw the TABC get their hands..."

June 23, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Red River Clubs Grapple With Downtown Homelessness

Beggars, hustlers, and dealers make you wonder how Downtown music keeps from going under

"...bent-back man staring at the hands of every night owl. Excuse me? "What you need, man?" The old man..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Kevin Curtin

AFS Turns Over A New Leaf Tonight

Hello, Goodbye series continues with Elaine May comedy

"...this delectably weird Seventies comedy, there’s no tearing your eyes off of Walter Matthau’s magnificent, craggy puss. But his..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Color Arc Productions' People of Color Christmas

With her new holiday comedy, theatre artist Christine Hoang makes a safe place for everyone

"...in third grade: a pencil sharpener topped with an owl in a graduation cap. It wasn't much – she'd..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mistress America

Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy

"...Tracy’s divorced mom and Brooke’s widower father – her eyes are wide with the thrill of it all, Brooke’s..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Richard Attenborough: Tougher Than The Rest

Recalling a 2000 meeting with the late, great director

"...It was a press day for Grey Owl, his penultimate movie as a director and a personal..."

Aug. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Eye: Swimming at Every Size

Does this swimsuit make me look foiiiine? You better believe it.

"...matches her favorite blue topaz ring and her blue eyes...."

May 15, 2014 Photo Gallery

The Good Eye: Swimming While Fat

Does this swimsuit make me look fat? I hope so.

"...accessorized with bright flats and a veritable parliament of owls, many of which she inherited from her grandmother. She..."

May 16, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Aussie Immersion

"...Owl Eyes 1am, Maggie Mae's Rooftop Brooke Addamo was a..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

DVDanger: 'Dark Touch' / 'Argento's Dracula'

Two very different dances with Irish Gothic

"...because they just want to see innocence in the eyes of youthful malice...."

Feb. 1, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Chlöe Howl (Maidenhead, England)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Who Says You're Drunk?

Bars and bartenders may help you tie one on – but they're also expected to cut you off just this side of 'intoxication'

"...slurred speech or signs of incontinence, impaired balance, bloodshot eyes, and general dishevelment, among other characteristics. Should a bartender..."

July 5, 2013 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW 2013 Round Two: More Bands Announced

Big year for Bogota bands with a heavy playlist from Colombia

"...Axe Murderer (Vancouver,Canada) Danny B. Harvey (Austin, Texas) Hawk Eyes (Leeds, England) Hayden (Toronto,Canada) The Heavy (Noid, England) Hello,..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch

Elaine May & Walter Matthau in the underrated 'A New Leaf'

"...New Leaf (Olive Films, $24.95), there’s no tearing your eyes off of Walter Matthau’s magnificent, craggy puss. But his..."

Sept. 4, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Riverboat Gamblers

"...Divisive previous platter, 2009's Underneath the Owl, peaked the Riverboat Gamblers' organic evolution from Tim Kerr-produced..."

June 1, 2012 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

We're tickled silly by this documentary.

"...they exit the theatre with telltale snufflings and watery eyes? As I noted in my review of the recent..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...and sophisticated means, to simply stay in the light. Howling at the Moon Directors: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

All Times Through Paradise

Introducing Austin's patron saint of musicians, Saint Cecilia

"...to the resurrection of rock & roll's pioneering hometown howler might be excused his frozen wonderment in front of..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...so ridiculously cheap that it brings tears to my eyes. For example, Golden Age comic book titles that I..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

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