Qmmunity: Dream in Your Heart, Cool Shoes on Your Feet

Pride still going strong in the Austin queer community

"...Featuring fierce queens and even fiercer vibes, this all Pride-long brunch series..."

May 30, 2025 Column by James Scott

Blue Sun Palace

Joy and grief at a Queens massage parlor

"...of women working at a massage parlor in Flushing, Queens, and some of the people in their orbit. Sunny,..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Recouping From the Horrors

How do you heal from the headache of our current hellish world?

"...Charlies, and Kind Clinic, who present drag from local queens Lotion, Petty Cakes, and Rachel Slur. 6pm. Sapphic Singles..."

May 16, 2025 Column by James Scott

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...ol’ Bat City is nothing without the transgender kings, queens, and creators who make it gleam. Celebrate Austin’s incredible..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Queens of Drama

Glittercore black comedy goes all out on style

"...less sugar-high results than director Alexis Langlois’ debut feature, Queens of Drama. The French filmmaker paints nostalgic imagery with..."

April 25, 2025 Movie Review by James Scott

Qmmunity: Springtime Socializing

Here, take these LGBTQ events to protect you against the incoming horrors

"...their dreams, goals, and struggles.” 5:30pm. The Real Drag Queens of Austin Go brat..."

April 25, 2025 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Homoscope Is Where the Heart Is

Your best queer week is written in the stars – and this column

"...parties partner up for a drag brunch featuring kings, queens, music, and $10 mimosa towers. 11am. Sunday 13, Taquero..."

April 11, 2025 Column by James Scott

Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...a free drink, 20 “Diva Dollars” for tipping the queens, and reserved center row seating.   – James Scott..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Seeing Clearly on Trans Day of Visibility

Haus of Trans and Black Trans Leadership of Austin talk their TDOV celebration

"...like arts & crafts but for liberation. Masks required. Queens of Clay..."

March 28, 2025 Column by James Scott

Disney’s Snow White

This live-action remake isn’t just bad, it’s pointless

"...driven most audiences out of the theatre, and drag queens who will spoof Gadot’s wardrobe and her abysmal choreography..."

March 21, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

More LGBTQ+ Fun to Be Had in Austin on the Unofficial Side of SXSW

Catching the South By second-weekend wind

"...queer community’s civil rights; a drag show featuring local queens Kara Foxx, Nadine Hughes, and Simone Riviera; a queer..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Announces 2025 Film & TV Festival Award Winners

Good Boy’s Indy fetches “Howl of Fame” honors

"...and found family with a dash of blood-sucking drag queens. In a storytelling landscape where vampire tales often recycle..."

March 12, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

A Dog’s View of Evil in SXSW Midnighter Good Boy

Director Ben Leonberg on channeling Poltergeist and White Fang

"...became puppy parents when they were living in Astoria, Queens, and then took Indy with them to their new..."

March 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...Kevin Xian Ming Yu Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...most badass actors of the Nineties as roadtripping drag queens hiding from scuffles with The Law wouldn’t age well..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Volleyball, Dalí, and Feminists Rule This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture for the work-week socializer

"...for a petty queen. But if you prefer your queens on the delusional side, Norma Desmond is right there,..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...drag show, hosted by Embry Officially and starring local queens Harlot, Lawrie Bird, and Venus Rising. Oh yeah, and..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Free Show, Holiday Hootenanny, and More Crucial Concerts

Gary Clark Jr., Geto Gala, Robert Earl Keen, and more recommended shows

"...Far from the Queens, NY, doo-wop group, the Dialtones, a project of former..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Singer Toni Price, a Mainstay on Austin Stages, Has Died

Austin Music Hall of Famer passes away following a brain aneurysm

"...at Antone’s nightclub, and sisterhood with reigning local blues queens Lou Ann, Marcia Ball, and Angela Strehli. “They were..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Austin Studio Tour, Mighty Texas Dog Walk, and More Recommended Events

Things to keep you busy this weekend

"...made this world worth living in. Tributes to the queens – Beyoncé, Kylie Minogue, Donna Summer, etc. – come..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: Rocky Horror at Harry’s

Director Cupcake talks putting on an all-drag production of Rocky Horror Picture Show

"...sound and lighting system fit for the kings and queens who perform there. “[We] knew there would be challenges..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Column by James Scott

Ravyn Lenae, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and More Crucial Concerts

Plan your week in music with a little help from these recommendations

"...own. Gauthier, meanwhile, marks the 25th anniversary of Drag Queens in Limousines, her seminal sophomore LP.   – Doug..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...known as “the pearlies,” short for Pearly Kings and Queens...."

Oct. 11, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

ACL Preview: Orville Peck Is Ready for His Close-Up

The queer country renegade lowers the mask

"...the anti-LGBTQ legislation, or bigotry, or stigmas around drag queens and trans people. Those things make us feel like..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Genre-Hopping Hustler Quentin Arispe Wants to Be in Every Room

The Past Lives’ theatrical lead singer takes on a party girl role on new solo LP, As Above, So Below

"...not, Sara Bareilles, apparently the singer’s “queen of all queens.”..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Austin Film Society Announces 2024 Feature Grant Recipients

Local filmmakers feature heavily among 18 selected projects

"...Karen Skloss (The Honor Farm) teams with Cassie Hay Queens of Pain, The Liberators on an as-yet-unnamed project about..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Two Drag Performers Talk Moving to Austin From San Marcos

Beau Elliot and Kino Kino come to town but don't forget their roots

"...only AFAB performer in a lineup of 12 drag queens,” he recalls, “and they all treated me with such..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Column by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Announces 2024 Lineup

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

"...NINE QUEENS Argentina, 2000 US Premiere of 4K Restoration, 114 min...."

Aug. 15, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Taking Austin’s LGBTQ Temperature

Getting the hot and cold scoop from local LGBTQ community members on queer Austin

"...having drag shows, why aren’t there any Black drag queens on the lineup? Invite us to your spaces. You’re..."

Aug. 9, 2024 Features Feature by James Scott

National Anthem

A queer rodeo is the backdrop to a tremulous burgeoning relationship

"...at the IGRA community itself, to the middle-aged drag queens in cowboy hats and burly Gen-X bears in boots..."

July 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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