Cinema, Comics, and Crafts in This Week’s Arts Events

Weekday nights are for arting

"...Looking for a way to bring more calm to your life? Join artist..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...to you and me) interact in an utterly convincing way. It’s also the greatest introduction to film noir a..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...Shasparay’s dynamic delivery, it will be difficult to look away.   – Cat McCarrey Tommy Boy..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

CAMP Film Fest Brings Online to the IRL Theatre

New event designed to break down career divides comes to the Paramount

"...Founded in 2021 as a way to create meaningful community for and beyond digital content..."

April 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Corrupting an Australian Paradise in The Surfer

Director Lorcan Finnegan on his new film with Nic Cage

"...Cannes last year. Director Lorcan Finnegan recalled that scriptwriter Thomas Martin was driven to write the film after witnessing..."

March 10, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Friendship Brings Awkward Hugs and Comedy Giants to South by Southwest

Director Andrew DeYoung gets matey with Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson

"...to shoot it like The Master.’” Yes, the Paul Thomas Anderson film about a lost and secretly dangerous soul..."

March 9, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Inside the Unspeakable Killings That Changed Austin Forever

Margaret Brown explores the tragedy and lingering trauma in a four-part series

"...1991, four teenagers – Amy Ayers (aged 13), Eliza Thomas (17), and the Harbison sisters, Jennifer (17) and Sarah..."

March 7, 2025 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

Shopping for home

"...and culture and cuisine, major American cities in some ways have more in common with each other than they..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Besame Mucho, Old Settler’s, and Other Local Music Fests Coming This Spring

Shindigs for country, blues, and Latin lovers

"...With spring on the way, another Austin music festival season is in the air...."

Feb. 7, 2025 Music Post by Mattea Gallaway

On Swift Horses Rides Into SXSW

ATX true crime series The Yogurt Shop Murders also joins fest

"...Diego Calva (Babylon), Sasha Calle (The Flash), and Don Swayze (Deadwood: The Movie). It will be released by Sony..."

Feb. 5, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW 2025 Heads to The Studio With Seth Rogen

New films from Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Nic Cage added to fest

"...However, SXSW has always been about discovery, with dozens of rising and first-time..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Free Show, Holiday Hootenanny, and More Crucial Concerts

Gary Clark Jr., Geto Gala, Robert Earl Keen, and more recommended shows

"...advocates CASA of Travis County.   – Genevieve Wood Thomas Wenglinski Quartet..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...about important and often difficult things, and we’ve also always been involved in choosing the leaders of the university.”..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Allie X, the Bill Ball, and Oodles of Locals in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Lots of reasons to get out of the house and break out the earplugs

"...and velvet chairs. Experience classical music and more the way it was meant to be heard – outdoors, with..."

Nov. 22, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Baby Buc-ee's, a bonfire ban, and bluebonnet planting top our fall news

"...Pecos River have a dry sense of humor and way too much time on their hands. They’re known for..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hays County Jail Inmate Says Guards Crushed His Hand and Deleted Video

He’s suing for more than $1 million in damages

"...windowless metal door. The food slot was the only way to communicate with jail staff...."

Oct. 11, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Fantastic Fest Review: The Severed Sun

British folk horror shows the devil in daylight

"...global. Yet the roots of that bloody tree will always grow deepest in Britain...."

Sept. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Hanif Abdurraqib, There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

A T-Rex, Trivia, and Twilight, in This Week’s Recommended Events

Take those long arms and find a weekday happening

"...Bicycle races are coming your way! Well, not a race exactly, but a chance to..."

Sept. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Bill Campbell: Blues Me or Lose Me

Remembering the late, great guitarist

"...musical landmark like blues guitarist Bill Campbell, who passed away on September 6, it can be a deceiving event..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Recommended Events for This Week’s Cooling Temps

Fairies, succulents, and lowriders in this weekend’s suggested happenings

"...films (and counting) of the American Pie franchise. Join Thomas Nicholas, the actor who unleashed all that horny humor,..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Hey, Look! It’s the Crucial Concerts for This Week.

Cooling temperatures mean no reasons not to go out and see some music

"...films (and counting) of the American Pie franchise. Join Thomas Nicholas, the actor who unleashed all that horny humor,..."

Aug. 30, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

New cut reveals Gore Vidal's original vision of debauchery, majesty, and brutality in Ancient Rome

"...how it is a completely different film. Art historian Thomas Negovan has excavated countless hours of rushes and raw..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Restaurant Review: Casa Bianca

They’re calling it “weirdo Italian” but the better watchwords are “fun” and “approachable”

"...and attractive accents like a terrazzo bar top, arched doorways, and floods of sunlight. Nothing “weirdo” here – just..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Theatre Review: Bottle Alley Theatre Company’s Trash Planet

Hell is not other people, but can we find heaven within them?

"...Thomas Moore’s Utopia always sounded boring. A perfect world, with..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

ZACH creates a tapestry of Sixties poppy fun in this jukebox musical

"...Beautiful opens and closes the same way – a woman, a spotlight, a piano. And a..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

The Austin Chronicle Heats Up Opening Night of Hot Summer Nights

R&B and hip-hop take the Empire Garage stage

"...live venues has the same opening swelter of Rob Thomas’ gravelly baritone declaring, “Man, it’s a hot one!”..."

July 17, 2024 Music Post by Cy White

How Nicole Riegel Got in Tune With Dandelion

Filmmaker on working with the National, Ted Leo's worst gig

"...a creative relationship and bed with fading star Casey (Thomas Doherty, The Invitation, Girls5Eva) as they both begin to..."

July 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jon Muq Album Release, Hole in the Wall Anniversary, and More Crucial Concerts

All manner of sounds for every ear

"...story includes landing in Austin by mistake on the way to Houston, catching the attention of Dan Auerbach, and..."

May 31, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Courtney Barnett, Kurt Vile, Lido Pimienta, and More Austin Psych Fest Reviews

Dispatches from three days at the Far Out Lounge

"...a sunny afternoon slot. Tapping bassist Zach Dawes and always-impressive Warpaint drummer Stella Mozgawa, however, the Australian singer-songwriter earned..."

April 29, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

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