Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 11-17

"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Author Iain S. Thomas tells us, "There is magic even in gridlock, in..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Los Cogelones, PickleStock, Lady Dan, and more recommended Austin shows

"...Looking for ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop in Austin?..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Stacey Abrams, Lawrence Wright Announced for Texas Book Festival

First wave of authors spans poetry to novels to kids books

"...the Time of Covid. However, like Abrams, he's steering away from real-world drama for his debut novel, Lone Star..."

July 31, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

City Says No More DPS, Abbott Sends in More Troopers

Mayor Watson’s DPS gambit just got a lot messier

"...an appropriately handled traffic stop. Austin Police Association President Thomas Villareal huffed-and-puffed over the announcement, writing in a statement..."

July 14, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, July 7-13

"...for one thing. My tenacity was inexhaustible. I was always striving to improve my craft, even when the rewards..."

July 7, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indy's final adventure remembers the whip, forgets the charm

"...Rhys-Davies, Boyd Holbrook, Shaunette Renée Wilson, Antonio Banderas and Thomas Kretschmann...."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Down This Mean Sixth Street in Austin Noir

Akashic Books brings its crime-fiction anthology series to bloody up our changing metropolis

"...said bookseller Scott Montgomery, "and the Akashic anthologies were always popular sellers. And we were always saying, 'There should..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...raised elsewhere, in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways. Stephanie Erlewine has four of them, the oldest being..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

The Gap Band at Juneteenth, Feels So Gay, and more recommended shows

"...human history. Pandemic woke a captive nation to the way forward – diversity, equity, and inclusion – and indeed..."

June 16, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hairspray

This may be the big hair state, but does this musical go too big?

"...cult filmmaker John Waters, the musical version premiered on Broadway in 2002 and first went on national tour in..."

June 14, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

The New Atticus Finch

Richard Thomas deconstructs an icon in To Kill a Mockingbird

"...imagine would be rehearsed to perfection. But when Richard Thomas takes to the stage to deliver Atticus Finch's summation..."

May 11, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon

How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship

"...might have to kill a few people on my way to work, they are rioting outside my apartment complex,”..."

May 12, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Art-Punks Transy Warhol Carve the "Space to Figure Everything Out"

Quartet seeks Control in transphobic Texas on gushy, unabashed debut

"...What began as a way to survive pandemic boredom grew into the most striking..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Understanding Prop A & B and the Policing Paradigm Shift on the Ballot

May vote could revolutionize civilian oversight

"...So they found a way to reduce OPO’s power: the contract grievance process. Late..."

April 20, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Musk Opening Austin Bistro in 2024; Dish Society Arriving Even Sooner; Churro Co. Is Open Now; Tiki Tatsu-ya Debuts Rum Flights; Fiore’s Regional Pasta Club Can Be Delivered; the Texas Veg Fest Draws Nigh; and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...comes Peter Cottontail. Which means that Easter’s on its way, right? Mmhmm, and we’ve got a basketful of dining..."

April 5, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment

Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity

"...the late Marcin Wrona's Demon, and more recently Keith Thomas' The Vigil...."

April 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means

Send in the troopers

"...16 times, killing him, after a traffic stop gave way to a brief chase that ended in Hodge's grandmother's..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...Maurie Levin, the attorney representing death row inmate Andre Thomas, talked about what it's like trying to communicate with..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Tuesday

Bartees Strange, Coco & Clair Clair, plus a PinkPantheress misfire

"...Following a Swedish pop-punk mosh pit and autographed guitar giveaway, a hype-filled Tuesday night at the Belmont took a..."

March 15, 2023 SXSW Post by Nayeli Portillo

SXSW Film Review: Parachute

Addiction and romance clash in this truthful drama

"...falls in with the nicest of nice guys, Ethan (Thomas Mann), but the rules of recovery say no to..."

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Thomas Kinkade Was the World's Biggest Selling Painter. Art for Everybody Asks Why.

Shedding light on the superstar of schmaltz

"...over the babbling brook. That's the world of artist Thomas Kinkade. [inset-1-right]..."

March 10, 2023 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Everyone's favorite rule-breaking copper ends up lost in the snow

"...Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley, Hattie Morahan, Thomas Coombes and Einar Kuusk...."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Trusting Your Gut: Texas Film Awards Honoree Michael de Luca on a Life in Cinema

From New Line to Warners, the exec discusses his career

"...Michael de Luca himself. Modestly, he said he was always surprised when people paid attention to his career...."

March 2, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kendra Scott Holds First Women’s Summit for Entrepreneurs

An Olympian and executives at Dell, Zoom discuss empowerment

"...in the workplace, she says, we have a long way to go. "Gender stereotypes are reinforced in different ways..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Madi Donham

With Cronk Out of The Way, Council Goes For a One-Year Cop Deal

Decision allows voters to consider police oversight in May

"...justice advocates, maybe ever, if the ordinance is whittled away by Council action after the two-year freeze on amending..."

Feb. 16, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

Sources: City Manager Spencer Cronk Will Be Asked to Resign

Brazen police-contract gambit follows ice-storm SNAFUs

"...was not rushed at all; his team’s goal had always been to reach a deal in principle by mid-February,..."

Feb. 10, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Megan Stalter, Jojo T. Gibbs, Manny Jacinto, Ayden Mayeri, Thomas Mann, Chrissie Fit, Andrew Hyland, Chelsea Peretti, Margaret Cho,..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Roxanne Benjamin Believes There's Something Wrong With the Children

The director discusses her love of evil kid movies

"...David White, two couples - Ellie (Amanda Crew) and Thomas (Carlos Santos), and Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach..."

Jan. 22, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Yo Cops! Defund Our Election

Austin Police Association spends big on scheme to screw up civilian oversight

"...city clerk the week before Christmas, after APA President Thomas Villareal confirmed to KXAN that the union was involved...."

Jan. 20, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...falls for another addiction, Ethan. Cast List: Courtney Eaton, Thomas Mann, Francesca Reale, Gina Rodriguez, Joel McHale, Scott Mescudi,..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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