Qmmunity: Taking Yourself on a Date

Make sure to make time for the coolest queer you know, aka you.

"...or drinking the worries away, and enjoy your own company. These dates should enrich your creative spirit, so consider..."

April 18, 2025 Column by James Scott

Squirrels, Girls, and Other Pearls in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Acro-Cats, Earth Day, and all manner of arts and culture happenings

"...Through April 26, Ground Floor Theatre..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Celebration of Black Women, a Benefit for Palestine, and Other Crucial Concerts

Hans Zimmer, Superfónicos, Lola Tried, and more recommended shows

"...Burton’s powerful, gritty vocals take center stage in this Austin-based quartet, though guitarist Ray Garza, drummer Jeff Stringer, and..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...view. Best known for his nearly half-century association with Austin City Limits, Scott Newton has witnessed some of the..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Top 10 Memorable Moments in Austin Theatre

Highs and lows from Austin’s stages in their first real post-pandemic year

"...After theatres shuttered in 2020 due to the pandemic and attempts..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Ballet Austin Returns With Revival of Hamlet

Company’s most successful production launches 2023-24 season

"...Ballet Austin’s affinity for the works of William Shakespeare are a..."

Aug. 12, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Infinite Hellscape Brings Austin Eclecticism Into Focus Under West Texas Stars

Camping at the first-year Austin/Marathon/Ft. Davis fest

"...and then cool pitch darkness, the intense setting boosted Austin familiars to play the best I've seen from them..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mickey: The Story of a Mouse Is a Tale of Perseverance

The mouse in everyone's house

"...took the stage of a small Italian town’s amateur theatre. “I’m attracted to the idea that creativity is valuable,..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Enjoy During Black History Month

Art, theatre, music, ballet, and more

"...a diversity of vigor and aesthetic vibrance to the theatres and galleries and performance halls of our rapidly expanding..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hamilton's Return Still Lives Up to the Hype

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway smash returns to the Bass refreshed and revitalized

"...It's been said that when the Renaissance artist Michelangelo was asked about the process of sculpting..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

It’s a beautiful time of year to get your daytrippin’ on

"...Blues in the hills. A short distance from South Austin between Driftwood and Wimberley, the Hays City Store is..."

April 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Pandemic's Effect on Travel

Out of town closings due to the threat of COVID-19

"...information 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Austin area..."

March 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Rudy Ramirez's FuturX Festival Puts Latinx Performance Center Stage

The theatrical Renaissance man moves Latinx performance out of the margins

"...Representation. Its importance is a hot topic among theatremakers. But when the conversation shifts toward actually achieving it,..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

The Hidden Room Theatre's The Duchess of Malfi

In staging John Webster's revenge tragedy, the company strikes a delightful balance between historical authenticity and genuine emotion

"...this sort of versatility when discussing the Hidden Room Theatre's production of The Duchess of Malfi...."

Oct. 11, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

Austin Playhouse's The Book of Will

Playwright Lauren Gunderson shows how the Bard’s works came to be collected in a story of devotion and loss

"...William Shakespeare's works survived for centuries, becoming staples of theatre companies the world over. In keeping with the playwright's..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Trey Gutierrez

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...throw you. In the context of classical music in Austin, it doesn't mean formal. It doesn't mean stodgy. It..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Oral History of ABGB

Pils to wake, pils to sleep

"...In a city like Austin, it is downright invigorating to have a such a..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Playback: Mother Falcon’s Major Label Deal That Wasn’t

Mother Falcon signs to Universal and seconds later terminates the contract

"...Last fall, Austin's roughly 15-member indie orchestra had an agreement with Universal..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Herb Alpert’s School of Music

Trumpeter’s alums include Waylon, Satchmo, and Karen Carpenter

"...itself. Now 80, he performs at the One World Theatre on Monday and Tuesday with his wife, original Sergio..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Music Post by Greg Beets

Lysistrata

The performance of this ancient Greek comedy is inconsistent, but the experience around it makes it worth a visit

"...LysistrataCurtain Theatre, 7400 Coldwater Canyon www.thebaronsmen.org Through July 26 Running Time:..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Review by Adam Roberts

Top 10 Dramatic Turns of 2013

A look back at some of the year's most gripping performances

"...1) THE COMPANY OF 'LET IT BE CHRISTMAS' (World Vision & Gateway..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Esther's Alumna Joins 'SNL' Cast

Former Follies performer Noël Wells debuts in season premiere tonight

"...tonight's season premiere, he'll warble one name with an Austin comedy connection. Noël Wells, one of five new regulars..."

Sept. 28, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Flip Side

In Poor Shadows of Elysium's Richard II, a coin makes all the difference in what you see

"...you caught last summer's Rose Rage by Hidden Room Theatre, you know that Henry's actions have disastrous consequences a..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Elizabeth: Heart of a King

Lorella Loftus' ambitious new bio-play boasts strong performances by the three women portraying the Virgin Queen

"...need to imagine the court's pomp. Though David DeMaris' Renaissance music adds to the illusion, his video design –..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

''Tis Pity She's a Whore'

Not everything in 7 Towers' staging of this revenge tragedy works, but the production has heart

"...do you tell your mother-in-law you're going to the theatre tonight to watch 'Tis Pity She's a Whore? And..."

July 6, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Austin Sketch Fest

Rise of the planet of the skits

"...written that one yet), now is the time for Austin's sketch comedy writers and performers to seize the spotlight,..."

May 18, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moving Toward the Light

On the heels of its balletic colleagues, Chrous Austin melds music and movement to voice the unutterable

"...Those who did not attend Ballet Austin's remount of Light/The Holocaust & Humanity Project last weekend..."

March 30, 2012 Arts Feature by Adam Roberts

Moving Pictures

Twenty years on, more than two dozen filmmakers pay tribute to Slacker and a city in transition

"...over, continually redefining and reinterpreting itself. So too has Austin continually reinvented itself in the intervening years – artsy..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Top of the Line

The nominees for the 2011 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...achievements in dance, classical music, the visual arts, and theatre. The nominations for these awards, covering the period from..."

May 27, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What Would Owen Do?

Or, more to the point, what can't comic, screenwriter, and now-novelist Owen Egerton do?

"...much improv onstage with Les McGehee and National Comedy Theatre? Or because he's the star of so many wacky..."

April 30, 2010 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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