Blue Sun Palace

Joy and grief at a Queens massage parlor

"...When someone is telling you something big and scary, opening up, making..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Friendship

Tim Robinson obsesses over Paul Rudd in A24 black comedy

"...Doubling down on the bit is par for the course for maestro-of-cringe Tim Robinson. In..."

May 16, 2025 Movie Review by Dex Wesley Parra

Live Music Venue Parish Is Moving… Again

501 Brushy location will stay open through 2025

"...The team behind live music venue Parish announced plans to move from its current..."

May 15, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Late Atlanta Goal Robs Austin FC of Needed Win

Sweltering heat and a 1-1 draw

"...Austin FC watched a win evaporate into the 90-some degree..."

May 15, 2025 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

The Opera, a Laboratorio, and One Wild Nothing in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shoegaze, black metal, jazz, punk, and more

"...Jack Tatum is like suntan lotion. Though he emerged in the Aughts..."

May 16, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Plan Yourself a Hell of a Summer

Holy-moley, this is one smokin’ hot Summer Events Calendar

"...Maybe this’ll sound sacrilegious, but this year’s Summer Events Calendar is..."

May 16, 2025 Features Feature by Chronicle Staff

Reflecting on Six Years in Jail for a Charge That Was Just Dismissed

“I was robbed of all this time,” Devonte Amerson says

"...spoke at a press event last week, saying he is happy Hays County officials have dropped the capital murder..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Luv Doc: Weird-Looking Vagina

Your boyfriend took something magical and turned it into a Seinfeld episode

"...Last night my boyfriend of (this is embarrassing) nearly two years and I were lying..."

May 16, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

Affordable Art, Cine Las Americas, Adult Books, and More Weekend Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar's enjoyment

"...Couldn’t fuel your private jet for Art Basel this year? Can’t afford even a painting of a private..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crossroads, Crafts, and Close Encounters in Our Recommended Events

The workweek is chockablock with do-able things

"...Craft your way to a prettier home through this lesson from mindful art teacher Sari Fujimaru, who’ll instruct..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Austin Chronic: Ground Game Texas Vows to Keep Fighting for Decriminalization

Executive Director Catina Voellinger responds to Ken Paxton’s crusade to recriminalize marijuana in Austin

"...It should have been unsurprising, the recent court rulings that cities like Austin and..."

May 16, 2025 Column by Kevin Curtin

Theatre Review: Dirty Gold’s Venus in Fur Captivates

The scintillating show explores the line between vulnerability and control

"...rope or handcuffs to stay in your seat at this production. Dirty Gold Theatre’s Venus in Fur generates enough..."

May 16, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 16-22

"...TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The most successful people aren’t those..."

May 16, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Mother Deported With U.S. Citizen Children

Looking for traces of the vanished Denisse Parra Vargas

"...As has been characteristic of the Trump administration’s deportations, the removal of Denisse..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Here’s How Musk Gets Even More Powerful: More than 7,000 of Elon..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature

Lord Buffalo Drummer Yamal Said, a Legal U.S. Resident, Detained by Border Officials

Band cancels tour to concentrate on bandmate's safety, freedom

"...Yamal Said has been held after being detained by Customs and Border Protection as the band embarked on an..."

May 14, 2025 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Rolling Roadshow Returns with Dangerous Animals on the Water

Slasher-meets-sharks movie gets wet ... real wet

"...Whether it was Us in a haunted house or The Road Warrior at..."

May 13, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Culture and Anarchy

"...do not condone the “NEA Massacre” ["Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre," Daily Arts,..."

May 9, 2025 Postmarks

Magic Farm

A crew accidentally arrives in the wrong country for a film shoot in this absurdist comedy

"...Starring: Joe Apollonio, Camila del Campo, Guillermo Jacubowicz, Valeria Lois, Simon Rex, Chloë Sevigny, Amalia Ulman and Alex Wolff...."

May 9, 2025 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Bill Would Ban Teaching DEI Topics in Many College Classrooms

Proposal targets lessons on systemic racism

"...But under a proposed Texas bill, much of her expertise could soon be off-limits in the classroom...."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Lucciana Choueiry

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...On top of the arts organizations losing federal dollars this week, President Donald Trump also did what he said..."

May 9, 2025 News Feature

Qmmunity: Thee Gay Agenda Holds Court

Get your gavel for new variety show Justice Is Served

"...Bang the gavel, girlies, because court is in session, and you’re guilty – of..."

May 9, 2025 Column by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 9-15

"...TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Classical ballet dancers often seek to..."

May 9, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

How Three Austin Songwriters Found Family in Next of Kin

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

"...corner of a booth at Cafe Java in North Austin. The small strip mall eatery is packed for Saturday..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Theatre Review: Raw Anger in Search of Revenge in FEAST.

Veteran actor Katherine Catmull chews through Megan Gogerty’s vengeful script

"...pit of anxiety in your stomach? Do your guts twist into knots of dissatisfaction at the fearful state of..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Surveying the Litany of Anti-Queer Bills Moving Through the Texas Legislature

The wave includes reboots of drag, book, and bathroom bans

"...Maxine LaQueene, a drag performer billing herself as “the suspiciously large woman of Austin,” traveled to the Capitol Monday..."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events

Arts and culture to fill your days

"...Austin Fashion Week..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

New Music Venue ConcertDome Combines Candlelight Concerts With the Sphere

A string quartet performs in immersive space starting May 9

"...A new music venue opens at Carson Creek Ranch this weekend. ConcertDome,..."

May 7, 2025 Music Post by Carys Anderson

“Economic Censorship”: The Devastation of the NEA Grants Cut Grows

After Trump administration rule change, fears mount for future of arts

"...The head count of Austin arts organizations that found their finances wrecked by the..."

May 7, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre

Leading Austin cultural institutions face slashed finances

"...groups across the nation, including those of dozens of Austin-based arts groups...."

May 5, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

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