Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Tangerine Dream, Eastside Kings Fest, Magic Rockers of Texas, and more recommended shows

"...and led to further work on cinematic classics Thief, Risky Business, Near Dark, etc...."

Sept. 8, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

Despite storms, we caught 03 Greedo, Sobs, Tangerine Dream, and more

"...a lot of money.” The standup comic’s new musical project Eshu Tune went over like crazy at the Lost..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

SXSW Music Adds New Order, Killer Mike, Protomartyr, and Isabella Lovestory

Along with over 300 more artists headed to the Austin festival

"...stop for Boiler Room’s December show at the Concourse Project. Japan/Colorado hip-hop act Wez Atlas totes playful bilingual singles..."

Jan. 25, 2023 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21

A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy

"...June 1, 2020. Abhi the NomadRecommendations: Modern Trash and "Risky Business"..."

June 25, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?

What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general

"...him out after he made a string of bizarre, risky, shady power moves to help Paul as World Class..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Our favorite albums, videos, and performances

"...– lonesome, on'ry, mean. – Raoul Hernandez Abhi the Nomad's "Risky Business"..."

July 3, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

20 Years of Austin Studios

More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios

"...but a unique entity, run not just as a business but as a hub for the local filmmaking creative..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Young Restaurateurs Learn to Share in Austin's Real Estate Market

Traditional restaurateuring gets a millennial makeover

"...similar model: "The economic reality of starting a food-based business is very expensive and very risky. So from the..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

Hustling Uncut Gems With the Safdie Brothers

How their family history glistens in their New York story

"...he careens through New York's Diamond District from one risky deal and dangerous wager to another, putting everything on..."

Dec. 24, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Drop Your Ballot Like It's HOT

And then, someday, we'll make serious policy about our venues

"...we want to have up-or-down votes on every big project as a matter of routine, that's one thing, but..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

The Iron Orchard

Texas wildcatter literary classic is a sometimes too-faithful adaptation

"...him climb to the top, including his wife and business partner, Lee Montgomery (Cobrin in a standout role), and..."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...to do residencies, but even with super-famous guys, it's risky."..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...field I'm trained for. Working in the greater music business via a local festival didn't work either. My band..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Point Austin: Climate Control

Will corporate interests finally see the light on climate change?

"...ago, to little fanfare and less reverberation, the corporate-based Risky Business Project (www.riskybusiness.org, a bipartisan affair, for what that's..."

Dec. 4, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Pushing for Expansion

Casar, Houston not warming up to expansion proposal

"...County Courthouse) seems to be opposed to any construction project not in her district, and suggested the money go..."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

News Roundup: Confederates, Cookies, and Cream

Statues taken down, Blue Bell returns, all is well

"...for Texas, good for the public health, good for business and saves taxpayer dollars. Secondhand smoke is the third..."

Aug. 31, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

The Realities of Virtual Reality

Locals look into virtual reality and see more than video games

"...not left me unscathed. I tell Nellans and his business partner Burnes Hollyman that I need a second to..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Mike Martinez: 'Leadership of Austin's Tomorrow'

"...I think we refocus our attention on local, small businesses that are looking to expand, here in our area...."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Council Weighs Film Incentives Deal

City looks to keep film and digital production inside city limits

"...moving image capital of Texas. But with fears that projects are bypassing Austin for other parts of the state,..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Are DIY Chefs Biting Off More Than They Can Chew?

Five local foodies convene on kitchen DIY

"...so the DIY was learning how to run a business and creating a restaurant culture that’s our own. It’s..."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Melanie Haupt

Council: We Like Everybody, Except ...

City Council takes on zoning, hiking, and more

"...– which is in the end a professional staff project – but more pointedly argued that such a committee..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

From Occupation to Co-operation

Co-op Think Tank organizes to expand member-owned movement

"...Kim Penna, who works at College Houses, says the project involves both regional strategic planning and public education about..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Feature by Robyn Ross

My SXSW ECO 2012 Experience Wrap Up

Sustainability in food and environment and culture! Oh, my!

"...DJ Spooky performed his latest project, Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica, at the Stateside Theatre on..."

Oct. 6, 2012 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...the blood diamond mines of central Africa. Is it risky? Absolutely. But that's why he founded his own distribution..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fairness, Consistency, Safety

Rosemary Lehmberg defends her record

"...I don't. Their own enforcement is kind of their business. The prosecution of these cases, criminally, is mine. And..."

Jan. 20, 2012 News Feature

Perry the Executioner

Texas leads the country in executions, and Rick Perry holds the record tally

"...that tinkering with life and death might be a risky business. (He reiterated that conviction last week in a..."

Sept. 16, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Mike Rila Cooks With Fire

Savory experiments in robotics

"...My friend Mike Rila loves a project, and he's a self-reliant multitasker. The Saturday I dropped..."

Aug. 6, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Witty, Pretty People

The real deal on Austin as a reality TV casting mecca

"...Today. An entry on the Media Psychology Blog (a project of the Media Psychology Research Center) points to the..."

April 2, 2010 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

City Hall Hustle: Alternating Current

At campaign time, the policy choices just get tougher

"...City Council's Feb. 12 meeting. Saddled with several politically risky choices – including expanding Austin's nuclear power draw (rejected)..."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Revving Up for Slow Times

How local entrepreneurs plan to weather the recession

"...Staring down a deepening recession, what's an Austin small-business owner to do? The consensus advice: Get out in..."

Dec. 5, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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