Modernform, Chat Pile, and More Crucial Concerts

Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing

"...to shoot a live video – to Mohawk. Roster counterparts Farmer’s Wife and Pussy Gillette pack a gritty punch..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events

Allow us to help sort your weekend out

"...De Niro Curator of Film. Register for free at hrc.itexas.edu.   – Richard Whittaker Ordinary Days..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2024, Power Ranked!

Welcome to Top of the Hops IX

"...taprooms across the 4,300 square miles and the six counties within the Austin MSA, hit us up. They’re predictably..."

Oct. 17, 2024 Food Post by Eric Puga

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Verdict in Caldwell County: Last Thursday, 67-year-old Terry Turner was found guilty of..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature

"My Energy, How I Move": Blakchyl's Evolving Hip-Hop Embodies Austin's Eastside

The 78702 rapper on exploring beyond her comfort zone

"...question asking for her opinion on rap in the Texas capital...."

July 14, 2023 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...to play on more than 75 stages throughout the Texas capital. Among the international, national, and hometown musicians on..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Lingua Ignota, Daniel Fears, Mobley, a Doug Sahm celebration, and more worthy local shows

"...equally devastating acoustic arrangements, while keeping her average body count per track high. Not unlike Catholic Sunday services, Lingua..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Grassroots Bakers Effect Change, One Cupcake at a Time

From suffrage to City Council races, flour power abounds

"...Milana Noueilaty, the leader of Bake Back Better Texas's Austin hub, was also compelled to join the cupcake..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...to the guarantees of justice and equity in the Texas Con­sti­tution? Those would be nice gifts, but they'd be..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Fantastic Fest: Scumdogs of Eternity in This Is Gwar

New documentary gets under the latex of the monster metalers

"...(aka Sawborg Destructo) said "started out as this fun project that a bunch of graduated/college kids have come up..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Seeing the Future of Politics in SXSW Documentary Boys State

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine look at the state of boys

"...Do you remember when Texas voted to secede from the United States of America?..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Record Turnout in Run-Off Election Pushes Democratic Party Toward Change

State and local races show the blue getting bluer

"...Surf's up for Texas Democrats, as the building blue wave of voter enthusiasm..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...is now a special snow crystal in our Central Texas beer bubble. In turn, we've tasked ourselves yet again..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Faster Than Sound: ACL Fest’s Recipe for Success

Essential ingredients for a modern edition of our city’s largest music festival

"...For years, ACL straddled origins as a roots-centric counterpart to the namesake TV show and its modern status..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...build on that. Which is what's unfortunate about this country – people don't do that...."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?

Making the grade

"...Two weeks ago, when the Texas Education Agency released district and campus scores as part..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

SXSW Music List No. 3

Dead Meadow, Sad13, Cindy Wilson, Lizzo, Boogarins, and 494 others

"...singer/rapper Lizzo, B-52’s singer Cindy Wilson, and Sad13, pop project of Speedy Ortiz frontwoman Sadie Dupuis...."

Jan. 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Rundberg Rising

How do you keep improving a neighborhood after $1 million in grant money runs out?

"...North Austin, and a bunch of Austin ISD school kids are painting. It doesn't look like much: a little..."

Oct. 14, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

"...evidence of a successful reuse operation – Goodwill Central Texas keeps 81% of the donations it receives out of..."

Feb. 12, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Art or Parenting?

Four professional artists discuss how having kids has affected their careers and ways of working

"...about the cost of child care. As artists, they encounter unique experiences in the face of divided priorities...."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Follow the Money

City attempts to keep up with growing need for services

"...of the most prominent were coalitions One Voice Central Texas and Austin Interfaith...."

Oct. 23, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Getting Outside the Box

Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?

"...of people caught up in the criminal justice system. Texas leads the nation in the number of incarcerated people,..."

Oct. 9, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Films Go Better With Bluebonnets

The Hill Country Film Fest features cinema amid the wildflowers

"...The Hill Country Film Fest..."

April 24, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Measuring the 'Miracle'

"...The "Snapshot" on Texas children is from the most recently available figures in..."

March 20, 2015 News Feature

SXSW Music: Third Whopping List

Another 547 acts booked for the 2015 Music Conference

"...Southwest, consider that this morning’s announcement of 547 acts accounts for just over a quarter of the bands, singers,..."

Jan. 13, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Barbara's Fire

Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students

"...at the pitch of anti-immigrant sentiment that's swept the country over the last few years, a backlash powerfully emblematic..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...While some critics have laid into The Blair Witch Project for stealing the concept of filmmakers in peril, it's..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Hop, Bop, Shop

Nothing like gifts for the fam made by your other fam ...

"...STEEL MAGNOLIAS Count on lots of "laughter through tears" and way more..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Growing Pains

Emily Hagins became a household Austin name for her work as a teen director, but what happens when that novelty wears off?

"...Film Society to complete post-production. At 12, she has kids and adults alike following her lead: Her mom holds..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

From 'Abstinence-Only' to Plan Z

Reproductive health care for young Texas women is limited, costly ... or nonexistent

"...The family couldn't afford private health insurance, but the kids were covered by the Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Program...."

Oct. 4, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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