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July 21, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones
The Fall Film Festival Season Takes Flight
Programming updates from AFF, Fantastic Fest, and aGLIFF
"...Just as soon as you've snarfed down what one festival has to offer, there's more fresh meat for the..."
Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones
Off the Record
Graham Williams of Transmission Entertainment breaks down this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest, while Ian McLagan and the Chronicle music staff sound off on the 2008 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ballot
"...Halfway through the inaugural Fun Fun Fun Fest, held on a blisteringly cold Friday last December, event..."
Nov. 2, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell
News/Print
Martin Scorsese needs to keep his mitts off the blues. You need to mark your calendars. I don't need a drink.
"...lay odds on a bout between Dagoberto Gilb and Texas Monthly Editor Evan Smith (the latter of whom, reportedly,..."
Oct. 10, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley
Stratus Properties Acquires Transmission Events
Graham Williams starts new booking business: Margin Walker Presents
"...now own 100% of Transmission and Fun Fun Fun Fest. Meanwhile, Transmission co-founder and booker Graham Williams has launched..."
May 16, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Faster Than Sound: Unpacking Harry Styles' Austin Run With the Professor Teaching a Class on Him
Texas State's Dr. Louie Dean Valencia offers a crash course in the Harry-verse
"...New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Chicago on the block-booked dates around the former One Direction member's third solo..."
Sept. 9, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup
Visit historic Presidio La Bahia, take a scenic drive, and more
"...head out for a weekend drive to these authentically Texas places...."
March 31, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Faster Than Sound: Damn, Kathy Valentine Can Write!
Go-Go's local Kathy Valentine reflects on her memoir at three Austin fall events
"...Book tour and Go-Go's dates dashed by the pandemic, Kathy..."
Nov. 6, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District
Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.
"...Earlier this month, the first-ever KVRX Fest sent me speed-walking back and forth between split sets..."
May 24, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: The College Kids Are Alright
First-ever KVRX Fest offers a buzzing platform for indie artists, Symphony Square, and industry-aspiring students. Also, Broken Spoke daughter Ginny White-Peacock needs "robot legs."
"...frequency employed a similar tactic for its first-ever KVRX Fest last weekend. Basically: We don't have this thing, but..."
May 17, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup
Seize the day ... trip
"...lots of wildflowers and mean the beginning of the festival season in Texas. If you haven’t yet attended one..."
April 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Playback: Screamadelica
Austin Psych Fest 2014 drops its lineup
"...Austin Psych Fest 2014, scheduled for Carson Creek Ranch May 2-4, hits..."
Dec. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
We Have an Issue: Politics as Performance, Political Activism as Performance Art
In this week's issue: postmortem on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, a profile of drag powerhouse Brigitte Bandit, and finalists revealed in the Best of Austin: Restaurants Readers Poll (get voting, y'all!)
"...in these pages many times over, the most recent Texas legislative session was an exercise in "how low can..."
Sept. 22, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones
Faster Than Sound: Unlocking Oblivion Access
Leaving the Austin Terror Fest title behind, Oblivion Access partners Dusty Brooks and Dorian Domi reach for new horizons
"...and Dorian Domi, Saturday of the final Austin Terror Fest presented a test case...."
Jan. 10, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Faster Than Sound: Unbounded Agency for the Underrepresented
Anita Obasi’s parties make space for queer artistry, Jay Wile’s croon tricks fans of Frank Ocean, and more recommendations for KVRX Fest
"...kicked off the first year of her Future Traditions Festival, which links Latinx musicians and multimedia artists. Unbounded helped..."
May 10, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep
ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35
"...the project's producers, from UT student Merlyn Wood to Texas State music major Russell Boring, aka Joba, scattered themselves..."
Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger
Owen Egerton, Austin's Man of Letters, Leaves the Community He Loves
An increasingly unwelcoming Texas leads to a big goodbye
"...waiting patiently to deliver a single sentence from a book or story. Each waiting to say, in their own..."
June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
We Have an Issue: Hats Off to a Maestro
Farewell to Arts Editor Robert Faires
"...of awards and accolades, including induction into the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters in 2019. If you're a member..."
Sept. 24, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones
Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
Two cults beat as one: Jimmy Buffett & Sixto Rodriguez
"...idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book).” Amend Merriam-Webster to “film, book, or music.” The former..."
May 7, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Bookworms Blossoming
The fourth annual Austin Teen Book Festival
"...sales in the Young Adult section, the Austin Teen Book Festival (www.austinteenbookfestival.com) has grown rapidly, parallel to its targeted..."
Sept. 28, 2012 Books Feature by Jessi Cape
Cutthroat Counterprogramming
Saturday night's the right night to like books in Austin town
"...have you considered Saturday night yet? If not, the Texas Book Festival and the Austin Jewish Book Fair are..."
Oct. 30, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones
News/Print
Baby, please don't go …
"...sources die, of course. For more details, check out www.hrc.utexas.edu/home.html... The Texas Book Festival has awarded state libraries $81,556.32..."
April 11, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley
Free Ice Cream from Lick, Fitzhugh Parties Hearty, Bird Bird Biscuit Spawns Anew, SXSE Does That Too, Don’t Forget Woo Woo, and What the Hell Is a Shaketini?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...support culinary innovation and community giveback projects in Central Texas. Is your project a good fit for these grants?..."
Oct. 13, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
DVDanger: Kill or Be Killed
Western revenge, Texas style
"...re-emerged as a proving ground for underdog filmmakers. Now Texas is getting back in the game with Kill or..."
March 25, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Food-O-File
Diez y Seis kicks off a season of food and wine fiestas
"...The fall festival and charity event season is already unfolding: a nonstop..."
Sept. 14, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood
Postscripts
This week's Texas Writers Month events.
"...More Texas Writers Month events:..."
May 12, 2000 Books Column by Clay Smith
We Have an Issue: Election Post-Mortem
"...rights, and continuing to megaphone Trump's mass delusions. In Texas, the bubble of hope keeping Beto aloft predictably got..."
Nov. 11, 2022 Column by Kimberley Jones
Hacking Whiskey at Treaty Oak Distillery
What’s a brief moment of Brooklyn in a Hill Country paradise?
"...love whiskey, then you should definitely read Goldfarb’s new book: Hacking Whiskey...."
Feb. 14, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Transmission Powers Paper Tiger
Austin promoters booking new San Antonio venue
"...Events, the concert promoters responsible for Fun Fun Fun Fest, Mohawk, and any time a metal band plays the..."
April 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Everything I Know About Film Festivals I Learned From SXSW
Marc Savlov's tricks and tips for a successful festival experience
"...Southwest Film since, literally, day one. I've made every festival mistake in the book, and more. Heed my wisdom,..."
