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"...unveils three grand champions from 15 finalists and special online sets from 2019's winners, plus a surprise guest duet...."

May 1, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Checking In: Eliza Gilkyson Predicts a Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

Lifelong folk leader unleashes 2020 into current political cycle

"...person – at a show, at Central Market, at SXSW?..."

April 27, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

April 24, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Playback: You Can’t Press Pause on Life

A musician’s life: laid off, livestreaming, and … giving birth?

"...she wields makes Jackie Venson one of my favorite online channels, while the Black Pumas wowed in last Thursday’s..."

April 24, 2020 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Checking In: A. Sinclair (& Family) Rises Into the Eye of the Tiger

ATX indie trueheart sings “time to find out what really matters”

"...out unemployment benefits is still an ongoing process. My online application didn’t work right, not sure why, and it..."

April 22, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...SXSW may not have happened IRL this year, but today..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Indie Meme Film Festival Goes Virtual

Celebration of South Asian cinema comes to your living room

"...was the first smaller film festival in Austin after SXSW to announce that it would be postponing this year's..."

April 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Have Austin's Magicians Vanished for Good?

With the coronavirus shutdown, it's now you see 'em, now you don't

"...people did, because we were going on vacation during SXSW. It's our normal vacation time each year, so we've..."

April 17, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: $1.5 Million in HOT Funds Routed to Emergency Musician Relief

Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund created – contentiously.

"...behind roving parties around town, takes the underground effort online with a 48-hour radio marathon. Founder Charles Moon curates..."

April 17, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!

"...Austin's Rainforest Partnership on Earth Day for a global online screening of Films for the Forest, now in its..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Eden East to Offer Contactless Produce Pickup

Owners Coté and Barrow pivots plans after months of hard knocks

"...With the cancellation of SXSW, annual James Beard dinners held at the small sustainable..."

April 17, 2020 Food Feature by Zelly Martin

SXSW Episodic Pilots Find a Home on Vimeo

Watch a selection of the new shows right here

"...SXSW Film was never just about film, and the cancellation..."

April 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Checking In: Caleb De Casper Persists Glamorously

Flamboyant expressionist needs to hook up, yo

"...big blow and reality check when they shut down SXSW. We all know the festival doesn’t really pay musicians,..."

April 10, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Now Streaming in Austin: "Waffle"

Catch an AFS alum's SXSW short with a comedy-horror twist

"...is part of Oscilloscope Laboratories and Mailchimp Studio's new online programming of SXSW shorts...."

April 8, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rooster Teeth Rescheduling RTX Gathering

Event drops back from July to September

"...like the R in RTX stands for "rescheduled." Austin-based online content leviathan Rooster Teeth has announced that it's moving..."

April 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amazon Providing Platform for SXSW Films

Details of 10-day "virtual festival" still to be confirmed

"...Films hit by the cancellation of SXSW Film 2020 may have a chance at an audience..."

April 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Streaming in Austin: "The Paint Wizzard"

Locally made SXSW short gets a new home in virtual initiative

"...terms, "The Paint Wizzard," was supposed to debut at SXSW. But, as the saying goes, plans change...."

April 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Adjusts to Life Without Gigs

Creative pivots, City Council relief resolution, and meet Quinn Ryan Curtin!

"...Austin Music Foundation's roundtable also advised artists to upkeep online merch. In response to COVID-19, local printers like Under..."

April 3, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Craft Brewers vs COVID-19: Austin Beerworks and Jester King

How local breweries are responding to the pandemic (Part 1)

"...waste. We had a big order get canceled for SXSW and had a surplus inventory (rumor was Bezos had..."

March 27, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Now Streaming in Austin: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Join us tonight for a livetweet of the Lone Star classic

"...There are plenty of options to watch along (not..."

March 26, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Independent contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...An independent contractor employed seasonally, she lost a crucial..."

March 27, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Music Industry Workers Face Uncertainty Around Unemployment Benefits

Indie contractors advised: “When in doubt, go ahead and register”

"...An independent contractor employed seasonally, she lost a crucial..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

COVID-19 Sends Council Meeting Into Virtual Reality

City Hall to perform open government while maintaining distance

"...out the message board thread for CM Jimmy Flannigan’s “SXSW Resilience Plan” resolution. Since Flannigan first posted about the..."

March 20, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Faster Than Sound: Austin Musicians Brace for Public Shutdown

Dispatches from the week the music died

"..."At first, I was grieving the thousands of SXSW dollars that were going to fund my tour, but..."

March 20, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Local Music to Livestream, Download, and Otherwise Enjoy Digitally

What we’re watching and listening to

"...can be posted or heard on the "Wild Bill's Online Songwriting Challenge (CV-19 Edition)" Facebook event page until Friday..."

March 20, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Restaurant Take-Out and Other Food Delivery Options During Coronavirus Quarantine

Support local business while maintaining your social distance

"...to support local businesses by ordering via phone and online. It’s worth noting that purchasing gift cards is also..."

March 16, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Announces Awards Will Go Ahead

Fest's support for films continues with industry access, more

"...Getting selected for SXSW Film 2020 still counts: that was the strong message..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Poster Artists

With gallery shows and Flatstock shuttered, artists look to online to get their posters seen

"...of the Austin art scene goes on hiatus during SXSW, but it's historically been a pivotal time for the..."

March 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Austin’s Queer Community Feels Effects of SXSW Cancellation

Now's the time show local support however you can

"...Whew, y'all. What a week it's been since SXSW's cancellation. The shutdown is a devastating financial loss for..."

March 13, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Filmmakers

Two filmmakers mourn the big break that didn't happen

"...festival has an identity, and so it is with SXSW. Many of its breakout films – Lena Dunham's Tiny..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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