Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...the upcoming Kerrville Folk Festival, absolute hallowed ground for Texas singer-songwriters, arrives a special eclipse weekend. As at the..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more

"...sand sculptures on the Gulf Coast, drive through West Texas, or pick strawberries in Marble Falls...."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Glen Powell to Enter Texas Film Hall of Fame

Actor to be honored ahead of Austin premiere of Hit Man

"...The biggest night in Texas film is about to honor one of its fastest..."

March 27, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

South by Southwest Film & TV Festival Announces Audience Awards

Audience and jury love Bob Trevino Likes It

"...for narrative feature at last week's South by Southwest Film & TV Festival, now it's walked away with the..."

March 18, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...Jury and Special Award winners of the 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Broadway in Austin Announces 2024-25 Season

Corn, kindness, and the boy who never grew up come to the Bass

"...of Broadway keeps making its way to Austin, with Texas Performing Arts announcing the titles for its 2024-25 Broadway..."

March 5, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...into his career as one of America’s most important filmmakers, Spike Lee decided to take a step back. After..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Election Day, STEM Day, Amplify Austin Day, and More Days to Remember This Week

Our guide to community events for the week

"...Austin Asian American Film Festival throws its first queer prom, Diasporic Disco, as..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...celebration of savory sapphic her/hirstory. Highly recommended: the Legacy Awards boosting Austin spacemakers Priscilla Hale, Chale Nafus, Sandra Martinez,..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Trouble in Paradise: Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, is in big trouble...."

Feb. 9, 2024 News Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Texas travel news and more

"...These are not Texas’s only Easter Island statues. There are two pseudo moai..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Wildlife: Our Future to Broadcast on Texas PBS Stations

Four shorts spotlight the state's flora and fauna on Wednesday

"...PBS stations across Texas have teamed up with H-E-B to showcase Texas Wildlife:..."

Jan. 30, 2024 News Post by Miranda Garza

An Austin Music Poll FAQ: Attempting Answers on the 43-Year Tradition

Winner announcements move to print; the party moves to Antone’s

"...lot of questions about how the poll and the awards show are conducted. Having been involved for less than..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

We Have an Issue: Diving Into a High-Stakes Election Year

Contemplating a March primary, a November election, and the Austin Music Poll Ballot – vote now!

"...winners will then be feted at the Austin Music Awards on Feb. 25, which is also a concert. Music..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Column by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2023 Award Nominees

Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer lead field

"...The Austin Film Critics Association has released its list of award nominees..."

Jan. 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...of beer. Lagers. They brewed more lagers. And our Texas brewers absolutely crushed it. A Mich Ultra? Hell no...."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

ACL Interview: Country Rebel Tanya Tucker Reflects on Her Career Resurgence

“I’m not done yet. I might have a few more years, and I’m ready.”

"...The HoF induction caps a remarkable comeback for the Texas native over the last few years, which included Grammy..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Austin's Hip-Hop Pioneers, in Their Own Words

The Austin History Center-archived rappers and industry innovators share stories

"...at the Central Library, the Austin Hip Hop Honors Awards will salute the rappers and industry innovators who planted..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients for Feature Film Grants

$110,000 distributed to 15 Texas projects

"...funding can be a tough hurdle on an indie filmmaker’s path to finishing a project. For the recipients of..."

Sept. 12, 2023 Screens Post by Mae Lackey

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Jordan Moser's August residency, a pair of Millers, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Hayden Pedigo carries a West Texas absurdist mystique, a line drawn explicitly in the Amarillo..."

July 28, 2023 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

We Have an Issue: This Is Fine?

In this week's issue, fun ways to grapple with the ongoing heat... and more sobering thoughts on the state we're in

"...isn't that what we've always done here in Central Texas – embraced the heat, even worn it as a..."

July 21, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Online This Week: Austin Chronicle Scores AAN Nominations, New Merch Alert, and More

What we're serving up online

"...Aziz discusses her fundraising effort for her new short film, "So, That Happened," about two old friends reunited when..."

May 26, 2023 Column

Seven of the Best With Owen Wilson

From small-town crook to the ultimate speedster, the most unmissable roles of the Texas actor's career

"...studio, one for the artist." This idea that a filmmaker or actor can ever really keep a foot in..."

April 7, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

We Have an Issue: Wow. It's Owen Wilson on the Cover (Finally).

In this week's issue, Austin's adopted son discusses his new IFC Films comedy about the joy of painting

"...Anderson in a playwriting class at the University of Texas – but, if I may speak for the city..."

April 7, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot Heads up SXSW Audience Award Winners

Snacks and sports win big this year with the crowds

"...Now it has, at least when it comes to film, with Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot leading the list of..."

March 23, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Breaking Ground: What Three New Studios Mean for the Texas Film Industry

Three new studios in the Austin area could mean space for the film industry to expand

"...the one created by the biggest Volume soundstage in Texas. The technology may be new to many, but they'll..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Review: STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

The actor and Parkinson's advocate lays his life bare

"...In STILL, director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, He..."

March 15, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces 2023 Film Grand Jury Award Winners

Raging Grace tops best narrative category

"...What's a film festival without an awards ceremony? As South by Southwest..."

March 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Contemporary Prometheus in The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster

Bomani J. Story retells Frankenstein as a Black horror

"...That this story captures something deeply personal for the filmmaker also owes to his profound love of horror cinema..."

March 11, 2023 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

We Have an Issue: Chaotic Good

SXSW is an absolute beast, but our special pullout issue is here to help you navigate it

"...when we heard Festival programmers had booked opening night film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which inspired Art..."

March 10, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

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