Five Fantasy-Forward Arts Events

Experience the outer reaches of creative imagination

"...wrought from the complex facts of lived experience, now vivid on the walls of this mighty modern venue Downtown...."

Oct. 14, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Qmmunity: Finding Your Pride

Drip Drop 10 brings urban LGBTQ music to the forefront, plus did you hear it’s Austin Pride this weekend?

"...on 4th, Sellers (R.I.P.), and then Oilcan's. My most vivid memory is how much I loved dancing at Oilcan's,..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Column by James Scott

Ten Years of "Unreal Estate" at Cloud Tree Gallery

Oh, the places you only wish you could go!

"...and on – location, location, location – with enough vivid images for six all-new Spoke Art solo shows over..."

Aug. 10, 2022 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Back to the Scene of the Crime With Heat 2

Austin author Meg Gardiner and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Michael Mann team up for a literary sequel to the classic heist flick

"...trading chapters back and forth, "those performances are so vivid and grounded and nuanced that I could see these..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Running Bear

Hyde Park’s new original play perfectly showcases writer Raul Garza

"...for its characters and astonishing the judges with a vivid sense of place that drove the story. In a..."

June 20, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...that had so much personality. He had the most vivid imagination...."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Cine Las Americas 2022: Cadejo Blanco

Real Guatemalan street crime gets an understanding narrative life

"...cast off the street. These efforts translate to a vivid and multi-dimensional story as the audience sees Sarita join..."

June 13, 2022 Screens Post by Ali Juell

Jesse Sublett's Latest True-Crime Book Takes on the Last Gangster in Austin

The rise and fall of the Junkyard King

"...just a different world, and the writing was so vivid and so good. It's old-school, daily newspaper, investigative reporting...."

June 10, 2022 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 27 - June 2

"...if it's always possible to make life richer, more vivid, and more meaningful. And then figure out how to..."

May 27, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

After a Relapse Into Addiction Quietly Broke Up Street Sects, the Duo Has Exorcised Their Demons

The Gentrification V 7-inch hit last week, but Austin experimentalists are focusing on a balanced existence instead of rushing anticipated third LP

"...derailed permanently upon arriving in Austin in 2011. With vivid terror, Ringsmuth recalls being forced to exile his "out..."

May 27, 2022 Music Feature by Julian Towers

Review: Rapper Billy Woods Has the Most Intense Lyrics at an Extreme Music Festival

His lines read like a poetry book bound in human flesh

"...free jazz intro of “Asylum,” a track built upon vivid family scenes of his childhood in Zimbabwe, the vehemence..."

May 14, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Depressed Cake Shop Aims to Make Talking About Mental Health Delicious

NAMI Central Texas, local bakers inspire important conversations

"...Shop baked good: a cake frosted in gray with vivid colors inside symbolizing hope within struggle. NAMICTX Executive Director..."

May 6, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 6-12

"...self-possession – even to the point of doing a vivid God impersonation. For best results, don't choose an angry,..."

May 6, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Film Review: Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story

Celebrating 50 years of Big Easy music and culture

"...subject of Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, a vivid documentary which earns its subtitle as a story of..."

March 17, 2022 Screens Post by Michael King

The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Tuesday

A Zamrock fruit plate, apathetic Irish drone-poetics, and so much more

"...human and complex and ground in his reckoning with vivid moments that seem to carry lifetimes within them. -..."

March 16, 2022 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

SXSW Film Review: Cesária Évora

A loving portrait of the late-blooming singer

"...historical footage and atmospheric modern-day camerawork to paint a vivid picture of Évora’s Cape Verde environs...."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Linklater's loving reminiscence of space race Houston

"...whose actual through line is more concerned with the vivid depiction of specific time and place. The era in..."

March 14, 2022 SXSW Post by Trace Sauveur

Five Things to Enjoy During Black History Month

Art, theatre, music, ballet, and more

"...pattern." Result: The walls of this Canopy-based gallery are vivid with Pigford's symbolist brilliance. Through March 5. Ivester Contemporary,..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spoon Album Review

Lucifer on the Sofa (Matador)

"...most trusted songwriting tools, and here they create a vivid, if frequently bewildering, tableau that – thankfully – gains..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Faster Than Sound: Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken?

Allegations of intolerant behavior at the honky-tonk arise following Queer Eye feature

"...outlets like Gawker recently pointed out a wealth of vivid online reviews alleging racism, homophobia, sexism, and other negative..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The New Moneyball in National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh calculates the human cost of NCAA profits

"...Waugh's never been afraid of tackling controversial and divisive..."

Dec. 28, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Paul Wall, Why Bonnie, Jim Keller, El Combo Oscuro, and a Punk Rock Lottery lead our recommended shows

"...over Josh Malett's mellow beat. It all seems so vivid, but still, "It's slipping through my hand." It's the..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers

The Luv Doc: Early Morning Texts

The DPS never sends out Amber Alerts at 1am.

"...entirely true: I also usually have some sort of vivid image of myself smashing out the windows of burning..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...a natural fit. Fonté said, "I have such a vivid memory of seeing it in the movie theatre, and..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The All-Overs Brings Badass Baseballish Thrills to Modern Dance

Jennifer Sherburn & company are batting 1000

"...surrounded by, an exhibition of dance photography – a vivid vertical spread exploring imagery from past, present, and future..."

Nov. 10, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Review: Disfluency

Communication breakdown in this award-winning drama

"...From the vivid and ominous dream sequence to the ensuing interactions she..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Screens Post by Adrienne Hunter

A Rhythmic Ray of Light: Austin Community College's Hip-Hop Production Instructor Ray LaManna

From prisoner to professor, he wants to change people's lives

"...instructors. His interest in education was inspired by the vivid letters of his future wife, Ericka Marsalis-LaManna. The two..."

Oct. 29, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 15-21

"...opinion, it's time for you to be an extra vivid version of yourself...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

Five Things ...

Your weekly guide to the best happenings in Austin

"...texts become fevered fantasies of synchronized swimming, and a vivid, vulnerable work of art is born from the unique..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jeanne Thornton’s Summer Fun Will Help You Fall into Winter’s Icy Bed of Thorns

Life’s a beach, and then you scry

"...The vivid characters and their seeking after what’s likely unattainable …..."

Oct. 5, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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