Jump On It Organizer NOOK Turner’s 30-Year Fight to Preserve Eastside Black Culture

Rapper / promoter / activist goes long on his annual “Black Culture 360” event

"...Charles “NOOK Turner” Byrd’s signature dark shades can’t block the decades of disappointment and frustration underscoring an atypically short..."

May 30, 2025 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Tech Hub Might Be Un-Hubbing: Keeping in mind that The Wall Street Journal just loves to write a headline..."

May 23, 2025 News Feature

How Three Austin Songwriters Found Family in Next of Kin

On debut EP Homemaker, Lili Hickman, Madison Baker, and Caelin reach queer country transcendence

"...Caelin Tralongo sits slouched in the corner of a booth at Cafe Java in North..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

New Music Venue ConcertDome Combines Candlelight Concerts With the Sphere

A string quartet performs in immersive space starting May 9

"...Built like a smaller version of the Sphere in Las Vegas, the 52-foot-tall custom geodesic dome..."

May 7, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

American Short Fiction Gala Honors Llano Literary Defender

Leila Green Little to receive this year’s Community Star Award for her work defending libraries

"...Llano mother and intellectual freedom advocate Leila Green Little picked up..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Blank Hellscape Crafts Five Years of Intricate Demos Into Hell 2

Your favorite local band’s favorite local band emerges with sophomore album

"...Deems and Andrew Nogay, his bandmates in Blank Hellscape. The multi-instrumentalist is on a brief four-day break from an..."

April 25, 2025 Music Feature by Kyra Bruce

From the Internet to the Industry: Behind the Scenes of the CAMP Film Festival

New film fest aims to change online creator expectations

"...“From the Internet to the Industry. From the Industry to the..."

April 23, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Muralist Mila Sketch Celebrates a Decade of Creativity in Austin

Innovative immigrant artist on her approach, future, and love affair with the city

"...she painted in 210 hours over three weeks, adorns the walls in the Austin Chamber of Commerce, while a..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by Julie Royce

Anime, Activism, and Aerodynamics in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture abound!

"...Ghost in the Shell..."

April 4, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...We’ve got three kids. I’ve stayed at home with them every single second of their lives. And I believe..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Album Review: Daydream Twins Cut Dream-Pop With Rock Melodies

Shoegaze band’s second LP Solstice for Embodiment

"...sophomore album, unfolds like a fuzzy memory. It blurs the lines between lust and melancholy, devotion and detachment, wrapped..."

March 21, 2025 Music Feature by Angelina Liu

The Unforgiving Lens: Lucy Lawless Makes Her Documentary Debut With Never Look Away

Actor turns director for life of war photographer Margaret Moth

"...Lucy Lawless is best known as the iconic star of groundbreaking feminist cult fantasy drama Xena:..."

March 13, 2025 Screens Post

Musician Panels, a Band of Horses Live Set, and More Reviews From Wednesday of SXSW

John Fogerty, Tom Morello, and Andrew McMahon get chatty

"...Wednesday afternoon peaked around 88 degrees, while the festival reached its own high with performances by Aughts-era..."

March 13, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Friendship Brings Awkward Hugs and Comedy Giants to South by Southwest

Director Andrew DeYoung gets matey with Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson

"...There are three truths in life. First, making friends as..."

March 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: One More Shot

Emily Browning is a delight in a Groundhog Day-style romp

"...What would you do if you had the power to travel back in time by way of..."

March 8, 2025 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...Over a thousand musical acts from across the globe descend on Austin this week to perform for..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Luv Doc: Forgetful Husband

Wherein the Luv Doc contemplates the original cause of blunt force head trauma

"...alone in this, because I have had lots of other women tell me similar stories, but sometimes I think..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

After Years Pursuing Citizenship This Austinite Questions Her Future in the U.S.

Young ambassador to Austin’s French sister city might stay abroad

"...Over the course of a 48-hour period from May 9-11, Mishell..."

Feb. 28, 2025 News Feature by Benton Graham

The Monkey

Longlegs director moves on to murderous toy in Stephen King adaptation

"...Directed by: Osgood Perkins. Starring: Theo James, Elijah Wood, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien,..."

Feb. 21, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Soccer Mommy Is Always Changing

Singer-songwriter talks Evergreen before Saturday Austin set

"...Take latest effort Evergreen, released in October as the follow-up to 2022’s Sometimes, Forever. Electronic producer Oneohtrix Point..."

Feb. 20, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Twins, Phantoms, and More Recommended Events

Seeing double on the weekdays

"...my love for dinosaurs is so well known to the Almighty Algorithm that I regularly get served ads on..."

Feb. 21, 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

Texas Jukebox Project Preserves the State’s Musical Legacy, One Record at a Time

Jonathon Kimbrell unpacks his historic record archive

"...It’s this mentality that has helped him build the Texas Jukebox Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to archiving,..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Music Post by Caroline Drew

The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

As Captain America enters a Brave New World , every MCU film reviewed

"...The Marvel Cinematic Universe has lost its greatest heroes, but..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Valentine's and Beyond With This Weekend's Recommended Events

From dark stories to romantic dance

"...party offering unique fun and discovery. Beyond scoping out the museum’s fascinating exhibits and learning about prehistoric mating behavior,..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Luv Doc: An Absolute Nightmare

If this was happening to someone you really care about...

"...gets in dark moods where she is angry about everything and lashes out at people – usually me –..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

A Winter Formal, a Yellow Brick Ball, and More Recommended Events

Arts and culture happenings for the weekend

"...Thursday 23, the Butterfly Bar..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

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

Waterloo Records Owner John Kunz Saves His 42-Year-Old Baby – By Selling It

With new partners in tow, the pioneering record store moves up Lamar

"...Toward the close of 2019, the northwest corner lot at Sixth..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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