Celebrating Black Austin, Telling Stories, and Ducks Galore in This Weekend’s Events

Our arts and culture recommendations to keep you busy

"...After celebrating its 50th anniversary last summer, the Paramount Summer Classic..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Educators Hate It, So Why Is Texas Keeping the STAAR Test Alive?

Behind efforts to eliminate the state test that stresses kids out and shuts schools down

"...(of course), teachers (of course), but also parents and principals. Austin state representative Gina Hinojosa has a story she..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin FC Outplays League Leaders Vancouver, Settles for Draw

Osman Bukari shines, despite club remaining scoreless

"...After a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of the Vancouver Whitecaps last month..."

May 18, 2025 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

A Candid Conversation With a Weed Plug

A black-market business owner talks pricing and how underground cannabis retail has evolved in Austin

"...In modern discussions about cannabis legality, we often hear the..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Council on April 7 that a budget shortfall is approaching. The Austin Monitor reports that the city expects to..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature

Camaraderie, Collaboration, and Sonic Time Travel Stuffed the 2024-2025 Austin Music Awards

Stacked Antone’s jam piled on the sounds of the city

"...In an age when the history of music streams for..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Night of the Living Dildo Police

How a proposed Texas law would limit sex toy sales

"...display at Walmart? If you answered yes, you have something in common with Hillary Hickland, a freshman Republican House..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...You might guess just by looking at it that The Love Witch was shot in..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: The L Stands for Lynchian

Taking a page from the late Lynch’s book to deal with the current evil afoot

"...– so to speak – and now we live in a David Lynch-less world. Didn’t know the man personally,..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Column by James Scott

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...Forgotten histories, missed connections – there’s a distinct sense of grief only members of a diaspora can..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Live Music Recommendations for the Week

Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco

"...No Thanksgiving plans? Find a hearty three-course offering at Saxon Pub..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Levitation, a Cumbia Halloween, Jazz Hall of Fame, and More Crucial Concerts

From spooky to undead and beyond, these are the shows to see

"...Shoegaze, noise rock, metal, post-punk, indie rock, chillwave, electroclash, and, yes, psych rock – there’s..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...horror movies. That was very much on John Dwyer‘s mind a decade later when he made Confessions of a..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Album Review: PES’s Corales Prematuros (En Vivo)

Peruvian-fronted rock band offers a daring approach of their debut EP

"...PES, the brainchild of Lima, Perú-born Salvatore Sissa Machado, made its way..."

July 12, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene

Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature

"...The Beats settled in the Bay, not the Hill Country...."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson

VIDEO: Travis County Violating Rights by Barring Attorneys From Bail Hearings, ACLU Claims

Virtual hearings at times conducted through slots in jail cell doors

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April 19, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...Dancers swirl on the packed dance floor and looky-loos line the border all around, watching the movement as much..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...“Imagine a Zoom meeting with 12 4-year-olds.” That’s how Justin..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Sent Cease-and-Desist Letter to Organization Leading Army Sponsorship Protest

Festival claims activists infringed on trademark rights

"...of this year’s South by Southwest to weapons manufacturers supplying Israel have disrupted the festival in more ways than..."

March 11, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Point Austin: The Never-Ending Story

Millions of guns, and countless murders

"...MASS SHOOTING AT SUPER BOWL VICTORY PARADE!!!..."

Feb. 20, 2024 News Post by Michael King

How Jesús Garza’s Puzzling Appointment of Art Acevedo Backfired

Acevedo publicly declined the job, but sources say he had little choice

"...Art Acevedo – the polarizing police chief who fled the Austin Police Department in..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Artificial Eye: Oren Soffer on Filming The Creator

Behind the camera of Gareth Edward's revolutionary sci fi blockbuster

"...a film set is between the director and the cinematographer. “It's like dating,” said Oren Soffer, “but you have..."

Dec. 13, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Baggage

Or, why venereal disease is so rampant in nursing homes

"...About six months ago I started dating a woman I met through an online dating service...."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

That’s Entertainment: The Paxton Impeachment Trial So Far

Texas’ most addictive reality show heads into week 2

"...From 2005-2020, now-retired Austin Chronicle News Editor Michael King wrote about city and..."

Sept. 11, 2023 News Post by Michael King

The Luv Doc: A Five-Second Tree of Life Latte

Not today, Jesus. Not today.

"...what I do to pay bills while I am working on my degree. Most of my customers are nice..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Beck and Phoenix Make Every Moment Count at Breathless Moody Center Co-Headline

Dancing through three decades of songs from the two indie pop giants

"...Yet the double-headliner Odyssey show, despite covering three decades of material from..."

Aug. 23, 2023 Music Post by Abby Johnston

The Luv Doc: Hard No

It's OK that you're not into Barbies

"...a few weeks ago, but my girlfriend is really into Barbies. Like really into Barbies. She wants me to..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites

After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites

"...Austin's land use rules may have more influence over who..."

July 28, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...underrated – and understated – decade-plus rap veteran, Blakchyl's Austin roots date back to her formative years in a..."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

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