Hiromi Uehara, Caroline Rose, and Fests Galore in Our Crucial Concerts

Choose your fest: Psych, Death, or Blues

"...Wednesday 1, Circuit of the Americas..."

April 26, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...More than a simple weekend fest, this smorgasbord of live ensembles lays out..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Los Cogelones, PickleStock, Lady Dan, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Music Notes by Derek Udensi The Offspring, Sum 41, Simple PlanCircuit of the Americas, Friday 11..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship

Living the American nightmare

"...Roberto Mejía's greatest fear crossing the border was a simple one: He didn't know how to swim. He realized..."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

William Shatner, Still Boldly Going

The legend brings The Wrath of Khan to the Long Center

"...mirth. It’s how he has transcended the traditional convention circuit conference rooms and taken his show to grander stages...."

Jan. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Filmmakers Take Their Three Headed Beast to Tribeca

Open relationship drama gets its world premiere

"...the duo started considering restrategizing for the fall festival circuit. That's when an ad for Tribeca popped up in..."

June 9, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Bulgarian Chainsaw Massacre

David Blue Garcia proves you can take Leatherface out of Texas in the new Netflix horror Texas Chainsaw Massacre

"...Ryan Tohill, who had turned heads on the festival circuit around the same time as Tejano with their rural..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Finding More Eaze in the World of Experimental Pop

Austin composer Mari Maurice details her nonhierarchical obsessions

"...in April, they'll play with soundscaping stars like Grouper, Circuit Des Yeux, and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – reference points..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

With Equity in Mind, Austin Embarks on Bringing Its History Up to Date

So many more stories to tell

"...of the last, juke joints on the legendary Chitlin' Circuit that sustained Black performers for decades. That's the legacy..."

July 2, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...of evocative honky-tonk never broke beyond the juke hall circuit, but by the time of his death last year,..."

July 2, 2021 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on virtually every Dialtone release, the EKF mission remains simple: "To preserve and promote the cultural heritage of African..."

March 19, 2021 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

In Memoriam: George Wilkerson

Remembering Esther's Follies' first sketch-writing superstar

"...our first example of professionalism and teaching us the simple pleasure of words...."

June 17, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Paxton Threatens Election Officials With Prosecution [UPDATE]

AG says he'll prosecute those who advise mail ballots to avoid COVID-19

"...General Paxton has appealed that ruling to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and argues that while that appeal..."

May 4, 2020 News Post by Michael King

Erica Nix’s LGBTQ Fitness Class Empowers Trans Community Through Movement

Class Transitions grounded in body positivity and community

"...and nonbinary individuals. For $15, Nix led gym-goers in circuit training and strength building exercises – burpees, bench presses,..."

April 24, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul

Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs

"...Williams' simple declaration to the rapt audience isn't one expressing a..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...You get them to try and jam and be simple with it, and it just doesn’t come out the..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sparks: Fetal Burial Rule “Pretext” for Restricting Abortion

Federal judge says rule would allow "arbitrary and potentially discriminatory enforcement"

"..."substantially outweigh the benefits," Sparks wrote. DSHS provides only "simple, back-of-the-envelope math, which is unsupported by any research and..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

85th Texas Legislature Preview

Can the GOP-run House and Senate get along well enough to get anything accomplished?

"...holes in budget calculations. Statewide, the GOP solution is simple: Cut spending even more. Last year, Patrick, Speaker Joe..."

Jan. 13, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Public Notice: Which Comes First?

CodeNEXT or the transpo bond? Or both?

"...his signature transportation bond package; he's been making the circuit, touting its merits at pretty much every available opportunity...."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: C is for Clown

Rampant coulrophobia on DVD and VOD

"...clean. This is a grindhouse Salo, working from the simple and reasonable presumption that rich people are insane and..."

Oct. 8, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lee Majors Can't Stop

The Six Million Dollar Man visits Wizard World

"...for his multi-generational career in TV, he said, was simple: "I never had time to do any movies." Yet..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Rick Perry, Lord of the Dance?

Why would a former Texas governor go on reality TV? Why not?

"...governance, but, on the whole, hate the whole life-on-the-stump, rubber-chicken-leg-circuit part of the election process. Those that love equally..."

Sept. 2, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Homestead Exemption Puts Sobriety Center at Risk

City Council will weigh the cost of sobriety

"...University of Texas, Sixth Street, and the city's festival circuit have all helped Austin earn its drinking reputation. And..."

July 22, 2016 News Feature by Annamarya Scaccia

Books on Film

How to avoid being desensitized to life

"...It is one of the most powerful, elegant, and simple theories on art and aesthetics. Using excerpts from Tolstoy's diary,..."

June 17, 2016 Screens Feature

Night Flight Flies Again

Stuart Shapiro resurrects his Eighties underground variety show

"...from the Madison Square Garden Network) with a very simple elevator pitch. Instead of late night dead air or..."

April 10, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What Is Loev?

Romance blooms in Mumbai

"...honestly just wanted to make a love story. A simple, nuanced, real romance that would give people a window..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

DVDanger: Hellions

We binge-watch this month's horror for you

"...the audience has seen is that this wasn't some simple robbery: Instead, a malevolent figure (Eric Michael Cole) has..."

Feb. 7, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Anthem of the Sun

Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas

"...used mostly for military transmissions and matters of official, closed-circuit communications, first going on-air to the public in Nov...."

Jan. 22, 2016 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

DVDanger: The Harvest

Is it finally the Henry successor we wanted?

"...of the revisionist serial killer movie. Hitting the festival circuit in 1986, the same year that Hollywood was plundering..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

King of Hearts

Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly

"...is pure Tongue and Groove Theatre: charming in its simple theatricality. It gets right to (pardon the pun) the..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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