Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events

Arts and culture to fill your days

"...Thursday 8 - Saturday 10, The Domain..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

"...Austin Psych Fest braved spring showers and humidity when they returned to the Moody Amphitheater and Far Out Lounge,..."

May 2, 2025 Music Feature by The Music Team

Qmmunity: Springtime Socializing

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

"...we ate eggs and latkes – maybe not at the same time, but not terribly far apart – before..."

April 25, 2025 Column by James Scott

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Candid Conversation With a Weed Plug

A black-market business owner talks pricing and how underground cannabis retail has evolved in Austin

"...In modern discussions about cannabis legality, we often hear the term “black market” used as a pejorative, but I..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Trek Through 29 Independent Bookstores on the Austin Texas Book Trail

Second annual crawl connects Austin’s literary community

"...is a bookish city – it might not be the first adjective that jumps to mind, but it’s true...."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

The Verde Report: Austin FC Eyes Whitecaps in Clash vs. West’s Best

Can Austin extend unbeaten streak in Vancouver?

"...There’s lots of really cool things you can get up..."

April 11, 2025 Sports Column by Eric Goodman

Sitting Down With Your Senator

Sarah Eckhardt goes deep on democracy, womanhood, and our era

"...In the midst of a fiery legislative session, the inner bowels..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

City May Face Trial Over APD “Culture of Impunity” in Misconduct Investigations

Federal judge sides with plaintiffs in key pre-trial rulings

"...In a rare decision, a federal judge decided that the plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit over a fatal police..."

April 11, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

CAMP Film Fest Brings Online to the IRL Theatre

New event designed to break down career divides comes to the Paramount

"...Online content creation is filled with storytelling innovation, but there's no money in it. Hollywood has the money, but..."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronic: Crying at a SXSW Panel About Psychedelics

The power of healing evokes feelings on a trip down to the conference

"...South by Southwest hits different for me these days. In the decade I worked as a full-time..."

March 21, 2025 Column by Kevin Curtin

Adapting “Weirdness” at SXSW 2025

Amid changes and challenges, the Festival attempts to preserve Austin’s spirit

"...In the Austin lexicon, perhaps the most prized phrase is: “It..."

March 14, 2025 Music Feature by Caroline Drew

Benson Boone, La Sécurité, Ken Pomeroy, and More Reviews From Tuesday of SXSW

Plus: Lars Ulrich pumps up new Apple Vision Pro experience

"...ACL Live proved only one stomping ground for the Chronicle team, which also traversed the usual Red River-and-beyond..."

March 12, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Chasing the Yeses: Bluesky COO Rose Wang Heads to SXSW

How a community-first culture pervades the social media startup

"...an alternative protein source. Now she’s COO of Bluesky, the first major social media platform launched in almost a..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Advocacy, Art, and More Recommended Events

What to do this week that isn't SXSW

"...It’s hard not to feel powerless when combating the seemingly daily attacks on marginalized people from state and..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Volunteering, Drag, Birthdays, and More Recommended Events

Let us help you plan your weekend

"...art spaces in our city, most folks don’t realize there’s a totally free, open-all-week option. You know! The Central..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...There are plenty of reasons to love Austin and the..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

SXSW Conference Taps Issa Rae, Signal and Colossal Leads for Keynotes

Lineup drop also adds Kevin Bacon, Hideo Kojima, Last of Us cast & crew

"...Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The woolly mammoth has entered the chat...."

Feb. 11, 2025 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch on Chronic Fatigue, Austin, and His Debut Novel, Nobody’s Empire

Musician’s book tour lands at the State Theatre Feb. 14

"...a beloved indie pop fixture for nearly three decades. The Scottish band has released a dozen studio albums and..."

Feb. 3, 2025 Music Post by Leila Sales

Love Me

Two inanimate objects search for connection in a sci-fi romance

"...Let no one claim all the stories have been told. Without doing a lick of..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Arts and Culture Events for the Week Ahead

Get up to something good

"...Through August 3, The Contemporary Austin..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

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

"...kicking off its 2025 Film & TV Festival with The Studio, the new Apple TV+ half-hour series from Seth..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bluesky CEO to Speak at South by Southwest

Chelsea Clinton, John Fogerty, David Duchovny also join conference

"...In 2006, South by Southwest was the launching pad for a pre-Elon Musk Twitter. Now, as..."

Jan. 21, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: A Serious Conversation

You get to have emotions, sure, but that doesn’t unilaterally excuse you from reading the room

"...Last Sunday on the way to H-E-B I was telling my husband that..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

Trans Rights, Comedy Nights, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...Through March 6, Women & Their Work..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Brutalist

Epic achievement about an immigrant in America

"...The Brutalist arrives at a rotten time in American history,..."

Jan. 10, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dungeons & Dragons, Trivia, Comics, and More Recommended Events

It's a new year! Why not try some new things?

"...in a tunnel, screaming and ranting, trying to tear the cosmos apart? Everyone knows it, every modern horror film..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Public Schools May Need to Consolidate. Trustees Aren’t All Ready to Talk About It.

Candid ruminations on the possibility of school closures in AISD

"...You can definitely see the discomfort when Austin ISD Superintendent Matias Segura is hit..."

Dec. 27, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

International Musicians Keep Austin’s Scene Alive, but They Struggle to Stay

Putting the “world” in Live Music Capital of the World

"...As bombs exploded on the streets of Lima, Peru, Luis Zapata drowned out the..."

Nov. 29, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Ethics of Playing God in Meanwhile on Earth

Director Jérémy Clapin explores the bleak choices society makes

"...Clapin said, but not in an overt way. In the sci-fi drama, released this week by Metrograph, geriatric nurse..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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