Luv Doc Recommends: Texas State Arts Festival

Bullock Texas State History Museum, Saturday, March 1, 2008

"...offer laser hair removal classes at the École des Beaux-Arts (which is, of course, pure conjecture based on the..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre

Leading Austin cultural institutions face slashed finances

"...An out-of-the-blue email from the National Endowment for the Arts has blown a massive hole in the finances and..."

May 5, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Experience at Fusebox Festival

Defeat your FOMO with these top picks from the free and fantastic arts festival

"...on in this town that's related to the Fusebox Festival (April 13-17)! Music, dance, visual art, vibrant spectacle, community..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: A Festival Blooms in the Desert

Amid concern over a new C3 festival, homegrown Marfa Myths strives to grow with the Texas city

"...and heralded by Anthony Bourdain, Marfa remains a cacti-embellished arts haven. So, when ACL Fest promoters C3 Presents proposed..."

May 3, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

City Arts Funding Skipped Established Arts Organizations. Will They Survive?

Reforms to Austin’s arts grants threaten to disrupt the city’s cultural ecosystem

"...Economic Development Department enacted a huge overhaul of its arts grants program to create more opportunities for historically marginalized..."

Oct. 25, 2024 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2016: The Full List

TBF hosts Don DeLillo, Thomas Dolby, Emma Cline, 277 more

"...announced list of authors for the 2016 Texas Book Festival. With 280 authors on board – among them Don..."

Sept. 15, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Magic Time

Oh, the sights you'll see at First Night Austin

"...years that Austin has produced this New Year's Eve arts festival, Downtown has seen a Sauron-sized eyeball blinking on..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bob Bursey Takes Over Texas Performing Arts

UT hires the director of Bard College's Fisher Center to run TPA

"...to welcome a new executive director to Texas Performing Arts. Today, the University of Texas at Austin College of..."

Sept. 3, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

OUTsider Festival Beams Us Up and Away to a Gayass Galaxy Far, Far Away

Austin’s queer transmedia fest goes virtual on March 5-7

"...far, far away, because it’s (almost) time for OUTsider Festival, Austin’s seventh annual queer transmedia fest, whose dates have..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...city that’s supposed to care a lot about the arts, it’s always been an oddity that there’s no unified..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: Christopher Yates Finds His American Spirit

Interview and first teaser for this Austin-made romantic drama

"...gets its world premiere at this week's Austin Film Festival...."

Oct. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW and Amazon Announce Virtual Festival Lineup

Feature and shorts from 2020 fest going online for 10 days

"...have happened IRL this year, but today the film festival released the lineup of films that will be part..."

April 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Third Time’s the Charm for Lysistrata Comedy Festival

The all women and nonbinary comedy festival returns with more venues, more laughs

"...most anything. (Toddlers, anyone?) For the 2024 Lysistrata Comedy Festival – running April 4-7 with all women and nonbinary..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events This Weekend

On the weekend before that SXSW thing engulfs us all, yes

"...citizens (and art-seeking tourists) regardless of any, ah, dedicated festival-based program activities...."

March 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...The annual literary festival staged around the state’s Capitol announced its lineup of..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Texas Book Festival Announces First 15 Authors

Fall lineup includes Susan Choi, Attica Locke, Hafsah Faizal

"...of the city’s premier fall fests, the Texas Book Festival...."

June 26, 2019 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Texas Book Festival: Nicky Drayden and Chris Brown

The Austin authors explore new frontiers in science fiction

"...Jen Julian) on a panel at the Texas Book Festival called “Transmissions From the Multiverse: Science Fiction in Several..."

Oct. 22, 2019 Arts Post by Elizabeth Cobbe

Austin Horror Film Festival Announces First Titles

Local filmmakers, familiar faces at celebration of screams

"...Get ready for scary fun. The Austin Horror Film Festival has announced the first attack of titles for its..."

Sept. 5, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin-Based Choreographer Hopes to Make a "Social Justice Summer"

With some crowdfunding support, Charles O. Anderson will be able to make dances for this time

"...grant from the prestigious New England Foundation for the Arts), is built upon themes of racial injustice – specifically,..."

June 12, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Time Freak' in Real Time

UT grad Gigi Causey produces Oscar-nominated short film "Time Freak"

"...on the website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. The couple are still in their bathrobes..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Evening of New Dance

The work here, while not so new, showed that area black dance is living and diverse

"...The title of the Black Arts Movement Festival's mixed-dance program, An Evening of New Dance,..."

Oct. 17, 2008 Arts Review by Jonelle Wilkinson Seitz

Fusebox Festival

2013 lineup features Deborah Hay dance, line upon line percussion, Peat Duggins, and the return of Action Hero

"...The lineup for this year's edition of the Fusebox Festival did, too. In a party-cum-announcement at MASS Gallery, Fusebox..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...in Mexico, you frequently encounter changarritos – portable food carts or tienditas run by hardworking entrepreneurs. The carts usually..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crosstalk: Prizer Arts & Letters Closes, Besame Mucho Returns, and More Culture Headlines

Plus news in film fellowships and SIMS donations

"...Prizer Arts & Letters has closed its gallery at 2023 E...."

Dec. 6, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

Storytelling, a Book Trail, Markets, and More Arts Events

Get reading, go shopping, or just enjoy a gala this week

"...Pulling from Nigerian mythology, Okosun’s novel Forged by Blood starts a duology “set in a highly atmospheric, complex world..."

April 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Music, Spirituality, and Social Justice Meet at New Story Festival

Three-day mash-up offers holistic approach to change

"...That's the theory behind the New Story Festival, a three-day mash-up of music, spirituality, art, and environmental..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature by Robyn Ross

The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2016

These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example

"...to its leaders – those artists, educators, patrons, and arts advocates who made the work and founded the institutions..."

May 6, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"...dependent on his tax form. Master of both marshall arts and Texas Troubadorisms, Forsyth also plays a mean National..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

ATX TV Festival, Burlesque Festival, and More Events to Start Your Week

The weekend is over, but that won't stop us

"...late Corey Mitchell, founder of the Housecore Horror Film Festival, who first lured the band who scored so many..."

May 24, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Buh-Bye, Brunch Bird & Plow Burger; Howdy, Masa y Más; Greetings, New Pastry Chef at the Carillon; Oooh, Nice Use of Celery, Bloody Mary Festival; Looking Beyond that Mag Mud Mania; and, Yeah, Even More –

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

"...realm of happy anticipation is the annual Bloody Mary Festival, returning to Fair Market (1100 E. Fifth) on Sat.,..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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