Comedy Christmas Comes Early With Moontower Comedy Festival

Comedy scene expert Valerie Lopez highlights Moontower Comedy Fest musts, including the iconic Andy Kindler

"...show where comics paint their material? The Joke of Painting is for you. Interested in an intimate crowd-work show..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...past decade, her post-millennial experiments with collage and hybrid photography/painting have given way to a new era of portraiture..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events

Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town

"...and your choice of activities including arcade games, face painting, and balloon art.   – Miranda Garza Future Front..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...and your choice of activities including arcade games, face painting, and balloon art.   – Miranda Garza Texas Community..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Review: “I Want to Believe” at Martha’s

Sci-fi-themed exhibit showcases early career artists

"...the machine and glimmering from the wash. Hasani Sahlehe’s painting San Gabriel is an abstract colorful piece, textured with..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Accents and Cowlicks: Julio Torres on Problemista

SNL alum explores the magical world of immigration

"...toy designs “are no greater or lesser” than the paintings that Elizabeth protects so strenuously. Again, he's influenced by..."

March 21, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Relays, Rides, and Rasslin' Headline This Week's Community Events

Recommended happenings around town

"...Asian artists and writers. That includes hands-on activities like painting, a moving exhibit throughout the library that features audio..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Visual Art Review: Laurie Frick’s “What did you do today?” at Ivester Contemporary

Data-driven works present art and technology with hope for connection

"...of a day. Twenty-four hours is like a perfect painting to Frick, a time span canvassing the good, the..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

SXSW Film Review: We Strangers

Surreal psychodrama follows a grifting maid getting her due

"...slideshow animations, the works. The result, like an impressionistic painting, is ethereal and mesmerizing, with editor James Codoyannis’ (Trixie..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

SXSW Panel Recap: Teens, Screens & Wellbeing: Youth in the Digital Age

How can adults support teens in a digital world?

"...Hancock (executive director of nonprofit Young Futures) shared statistics painting today’s teens as the “loneliest generation in history”: 50%..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events

Hit the town with these non-SXSW events

"...Here’s a fun make-it-yourself opportunity: painting your very own terra cotta planters. Join the Gallery..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Dune 2 Cinematographer Greig Fraser Makes the Desert a Home

Oscar-winner discusses the challenges of balancing projects

"...said, "There's a thousand clichés that refer to pictures painting thousands of words, and you could argue the reverse..."

March 6, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Visual Arts Review: “Two Births and the Afterlife”

Aimée M. Everett’s current exhibition at Carver Museum offers a refreshing switch on an all-too-familiar narrative of motherhood

"...A highlight of the show is Burgeoning, a painting that captures a softly glowing full moon. Its coloring..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by Meher Qazilbash

Bassist Mikki Itzigsohn Premieres First Visual Art Show

Ode to “Songwriters” at Yard Dog Art Gallery

"...fraternized with musicians, but “Songwriters” signifies her first time painting them. On display through March at Yard Dog Art..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Music Industry Hall of Fame: Poster Visionary Jim Franklin

The iconic artist reflects on armadillos, self-unemployment, and his influence on Austin culture

"...were Da Vinci and Michelangelo. I didn’t copy their painting but I copied their imagery and influence. My art..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Peace, Love, and the House of Juicy

Legendary Father Akasha and princess BabiBoi talk the new Central Texas chapter of Juicy Couture

"...Find chocolate-dipped strawberries, body painting, and a color-coded system for love at this sensual..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Column by James Scott

Austin FC Season Kickoff, Black History Month, and More Community Events

Get out and about in Austin while the weather's good

"...know-how from professional artists. From sculpture to digital media, painting to papier-mâché, TCTA has a class on offer for..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events

Get arty this week with our recommended happenings

"...know-how from professional artists. From sculpture to digital media, painting to papier-mâché, TCTA has a class on offer for..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Juan Luís Jardí’s “Tiempo Sostenido” Clocks in With Eerie Power

The Barcelona-based artist is doing time at Wally Workman Gallery

"...many of the people depicted in Jardí’s meticulous oil paintings of magical realism, now on view in his solo..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips: Bluebird Fish Camp, Orange

Good food down on the bayou on the way to Louisiana

"...1925 building in 2014. They spent a year repairing, painting, and adding the deck to the restaurant is next..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Lunar New Year Parties, OUTsider Fest, and More Recommended Community Events

Get out the vote and more this week

"...first known red was red ochre, found in cave paintings a million zillion years ago – give or take...."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Plethora of Riches: How Richard Samuel Turned an Art Gallery Into a Community Center

RichesArt launches annual Black History Month exhibit with new philanthropic initiative

"...week, it becomes an event space, home to watercolor painting, figure drawing, and collage making classes, as well as..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

“The Contemporary Print” Celebrates One of the World’s Oldest, Most Exacting Art Forms

ICOSA and PrintAustin juried exhibit runs through Feb. 17

"...makes a print so different from a drawing or painting. However, each printmaking practice is uniquely physical and layered,..."

Jan. 31, 2024 Arts Post by Meher Qazilbash

Gina’s on Congress Opens the Next Chapter for an Enduring Congress Avenue Address

A new name settles into La Traviata’s old stomping grounds

"...the Austin culinary scene, its inspiration came from a painting hung in his first restaurant. “We have a custom..."

Jan. 30, 2024 Food Post by Hannah Rossi

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, January 12-18

"...holed up in your studio working on a novel, painting, or invention, you are absolutely dependent on the efforts..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Walker Lukens’ The Last Walt and More Crucial Concerts This Week

From Explosions in the Sky to CAPYAC’s Far Out Fest

"...will. Inspired by the lost (or copied) Hieronymus Bosch painting "Concert in the Egg," CAPYAC headlines eight hours of..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Red Ribbon Revelries

Local Austin health orgs celebrate World AIDS Day 35 with fun and educational events

"...Under the Big Top, featuring free food, balloon animals, face-painting, T-shirt screenprinting, and a big ol' drag show at..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

Day Trips: Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas

Find serenity amid chaos at a place for all seasons

"...art is a colorful mosaic of Norman Rockwell's 1961 painting of diversity, Golden Rule. The original mosaic was made..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Review: Penfold Theatre’s ‘Art’

New version of Yasmina Reza’s satire remains hysterically timely

"...traditionalist Marc (Kareem Badr) to view and appreciate the painting … and their years-long friendship immediately begins to unravel...."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Post by Jasmine Lane

The Austin Chronic: Doc Unprescribed Explores How Cannabis Is Helping People Who’ve Experienced War Trauma

goodblend hosts special screening for Veterans Day

"...Unprescribed this week on Prime Video and found it painting a powerful picture that’s equally harrowing, hopeful, frustrating, and..."

Nov. 7, 2023 Screens Post by Kevin Curtin

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