Qmmunity: Stick Together

In light of frightening futures, the queer community must stand together

"...debated that will have immediate bad effects on our trans family and our drag community. Only days ago, queer..."

May 12, 2023 Column by James Scott

With the Music Lineup Rolling Out, South by Southwest 2022 Finally Feels Real

Maxo Kream, Monaleo, W.I.T.C.H., and Vitreous Humor highlight drop

"...heroes W.I.T.C.H., and Houston’s Monaleo, who went hard on viral hit “Beating Down Yo Block” – the forthcoming festival,..."

Oct. 20, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018

Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year

"...Still, ranking Austin music can be like comparing apples and oysters...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun

Keep up the tradition of great gay Halloween fun with these queer Austin events

"...because, um, hello? Have you seen how hard religiously traumatized queers go for tinsel in December? But Halloween is..."

Oct. 13, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes

Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes

"...Time to turn and face the strange: We're in a season of change. Icons of the..."

July 28, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Call Me

Opportunities for queer artists roll in alongside oodles of queer events

"...Kingdom, the royal drag show that rules Fridays at 9pm on Oilcan's stage,..."

May 5, 2023 Column by James Scott

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...Fantastic Fest is nearly upon us, and the cinematic celebration of all film bizarre, strange, and innovative has just..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Trans-Centric Social, Support Events in Austin

Serving Face fundraising comes to Cheer Ups and more

"...25 is here. As of this Tuesday (Jan. 18), trans student-athletes at K-12 public schools in Texas are effectively..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: Gifting Here to Keep Austin Queer

Plus, Bulimianne Rhapsody's Holiday Horror and more queer cheer

"...Formerly Known as Time, these last nine months have crawled by in a flash. Yesterday was jort weather and..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Qmmunity: OUTsider Festival Returns for Year Six

Plus Guerrilla Queer Bar, Joterías, Lesbian Wedding, and more queer magic

"...OUTsider Festival returns to the Vortex for year six. Curran Nault, founder of the queer transmedia festival, has curated..."

Feb. 21, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

Austin Polish Film Festival Breaks New Ground and Keeps Up With Tradition

The 14th fest focuses on the media's responsibility and the perspectives of women

"...the Austin Polish Film Festival remains one of the under-the-radar gems of this town's annual film festival rotation. Go..."

Nov. 1, 2019 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Review: Le Politique

Austin’s newest Downtown French brasserie holds court

"...Everything at Le Politique, the new Downtown French brasserie concept from the New Waterloo hospitality group, is curated..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Qmmunity: Starry, Starry Night

The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue invites Austin to celebrate the nighttime at their Starry Soirée

"...Jolie Goodnight, Something Blue, Selma Bawdy, and the feminine drag alter ego of Alexander the Great, Cosmic Danger –..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by James Scott

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Thursday

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

"...pushed up to beat the impending downpour, followed by temporary evacuations of major events like Bose and NME’s Inn..."

March 17, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, the annual Austin celebration of movies from across the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world,..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Cher-ing Is Caring

The Goddess of Pop's birthday begets cool queer ATX parties

"...Rhapsody, Louisianna Purchase, Arcie Cola, Cupcake, Kitty Buick, Summer Clearance, and Basüra showing they're strong enough now. Special guests..."

May 20, 2022 Column by James Scott

Austin Film Festival Unleashes The Same Storm

The French Dispatch, C’Mon C'Mon headed to fest

"...of The Heights and Austin-made classic What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and director of AFF 2018 selection Ben is back)...."

Sept. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016) clocked double-disc lengths sprawling her most impassioned and inspired work: fierce, angry, alive...."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Texas Book Festival 2019: The Full Lineup

Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, John Grisham, and 300 more

"...Supreme Court Justice, and The Daily Show's former resident deranged millionaire have in common? Malcolm Gladwell, Sonia Sotomayor, and..."

Aug. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

16 Experimentalists to Help You Get Weird at SXSW

"...rotating black glass sculptures via video feeds into her made-from-scratch synthesis system. The resulting sound compositions vary from total..."

March 15, 2019 Music Feature by Rick Weaver

Faster Than Sound: 15 SXSW Buzz Bands to Cure Millennial Burnout

By legs, Lyft, or Lime scooter, get to the following 15 acts

"...new affliction just becoming known to medical science, went viral in January among twenty- and thirtysomething workaholics. Former Austin..."

March 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Chargaux at the 2017 Austin Chamber Music Festival

This dynamic Brooklyn-based string duo proves that the Austin Chamber Music Festival has many more colors than its name suggests

"...violin and a viola – standard-issue instruments in every orchestra and string ensemble across the globe. Make whatever assumptions..."

July 7, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Q&A Hole: Considering All the Different Gods Available to Humanity, How Do You Choose Which One to Believe In?

With Russell Glasser, Cristine H. Legare, David Wheeler, and more.

"...one of the currently famous ones, one of the several you can find ventriloquized by 140-character wags on Twitter..."

Oct. 25, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mark Killian's "Future Planning"

Second Place winner

"...mirrors the man I'm pushing along the concrete: damaged, deteriorating, covered in weird spots. I reach the turn at..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Mark Killian

aGLIFF/Polari

"...beloved Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, with a crazy sched of mixers, panels, and film, film, film that's..."

Sept. 12, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Food-o-File

What's cooking in the Food Lab? Creation, innovation, and the entrepreneurial spirit.

"...Austin's vibrant food scene will host two food-related conferences next weekend,..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

SXSW Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW handicapping

"...years, and yet Dale Watson remains a renegade, making traditional country music without compromise. With his latest, Carryin' On,..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Food-o-File

Local farmers' markets let us know that spring has arrived

"...shopping, and all three markets we visited – Downtown, Sun­set Valley, and Barton Creek, were busy and vibrant, attracting..."

April 2, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...the war; mothers give their sons and daughters." – Democratic Congressional District 31 candidate Mary Beth Harrell, whose son..."

Oct. 27, 2006 News Feature

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect a variety of reading interests. This week's list comes from Resistencia.

"...1) Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa (Aunt Lute Books,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 Books Column

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