Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events

Multiple ways to get high ... on art

"...get your heart racing. Maudie’s is back with its 22nd annual run, where all registration fees go to the..."

June 6, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Album Review: Emerging Indie Act West 22nd Has Nowhere to Be

Cross-genre debut album embraces heartache, desire, and nostalgia

"...– well, the “University of,” at least – lies West Campus: unhinged at times, but nonetheless foundational to the..."

May 9, 2025 Music Feature by Catalina Perez

Lunar Vacation, Nané Day, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week

Grab the earplugs and hit the clubs

"...with nostalgia for the Aughts.   – Caroline Drew Southwest Voices: Modern Masterpieces..."

April 11, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Punk, Noise, and Dolly in This Week’s Crucial Concerts

Shows to see this weekend and beyond

"...The double shot of 2024’s two-part Western Amerijuana EPs stamped Tyler Halverson’s laid-back brand of country,..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Music and Crowds From ACL Music Festival 2024: Sunday (Weekend 1)

"...West 22nd..."

Oct. 7, 2024 Photo Gallery

Sturgill Simpson Stays Outlaw, Tyler, the Creator Gets Sentimental, and Other ACL Sunday Highlights

The fest stayed sunny on the final day of the first weekend

"...West 22nd Radiates Sonic Sunshine..."

Oct. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

ACL Preview: West 22nd Hooks ’Em at Their First ACL

UT-Austin student band on big breaks and next steps

"...With a name inspired by the wild streets of West Campus, West 22nd boasts the distinct honor of being..."

Oct. 1, 2024 Music Post by Genevieve Wood

Dua Lipa, Tyler, the Creator, Blink-182 Lead 2024 ACL Fest Lineup

Zilker Park holds court October 4-6 and 11-13

"...the Electric Joint, the Tiarras, Zach Person, Chief Cleopatra, West 22nd, Being Dead, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, and DAIISTAR...."

May 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Hardcore for a Cause, Gary Clark Jr., and More Crucial Concerts

Recommended shows for the coming week

"...if boasting some of the lengthiest day-to-night South by Southwest lineups weren’t enough, Hotel Vegas’ birthday annually lands just..."

March 8, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW 2024

Party at the post-apocalypse, smell good doing it

"...guests – including Dayglow, Ghostland Observatory, and student artists West 22nd and Ella Castaldo – and basketball watch parties...."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...legacy rock act touring somewhat-life-affirming Seventies anthems through Austin’s newest arena? Wrong. This flyout, marking the Doobie Brothers’ only..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

The Black Keys and Bootsy Collins Top Latest SXSW Music Announcement

Plus Angélica Garcia, Dende, Snõõper

"...South by Southwest brought in the big guns for its third wave..."

Jan. 24, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Slow Pulse EP release, Austin Afrobeats Fest, Border Kindness Benefit, and more recommended shows

"...listeners back home in Lagos, Jeff Akoh reps the West African gulf coast, and Nigerian Texan BM Casso reps..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Music Column by Julian Towers

Book Smart: Four Young Bookers Fueling Austin's Collegiate Music Scene

Behind the unjaded lineups of Happen Twice, Howdy Gals, Moonbby, and Beary Good

"...DIY continues to thrive in the skyscraper-littered streets of West Campus? Meet Cristina Mauri, the 21-year-old booking wizard responsible..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Review: Austin Playhouse's Nightbird

Timely treatise on the space between Black America's past, present, and future

"...interactions between the siblings to an episode of The West Wing. She is not wrong...."

March 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Austin Playhouse's Previews of Departing Attractions

Twenty years in the making, Lowell Bartholomee's latest collection of short plays is worth the wait

"...to serve as the opening production for its interim West Campus performance space...."

Aug. 12, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Steve Earle, Fresh Off Jerry Jeff Tribute, Deepens Songbook at Gruene Hall

Vagabond resilience & bristling resistance potently commune

"...brilliant green LP cover, April’s Jerry Jeff brings Earle’s 22nd disc full circle to Austin. A lotería-styled map traces..."

June 27, 2022 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin FC Goes Out in Style in Q2 Stadium Finale

RECAP: The Verde dominate Sporting Kansas City, 3-1

"...season of MLS in Austin. They did that, dominating Western Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City 3-1 in the Verde’s..."

Nov. 4, 2021 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights

The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas

"...lived in the same house all his life, watching West 12th Street go from a quiet block just west..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Find fall foliage in Texas and stop and smell the roses

"...by the National Register of Historic Places. On the west side of town, the rose garden is an 14-acre..."

Oct. 3, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Host of Historic Holdouts

Surrounded by the New Austin, these icons stuck around

"...Ardent Residential, then to Riverside Resources, and now to Transwestern, all of whom have maintained the commitment to White;..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Savana Dunning

The Satire's Still Timely in Gilbert & Sullivan Austin's Iolanthe

And the topsy-turvy team's show delivers a fanciful fairy tale, to boot

"...William Rehnquist walk into the Savoy Theatre in London's West End together. The everyday world may not see them..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

The lowdown on the 2017 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories

"...Second Place: "Why Eulagene?" Emily West is a French translator specializing in scientific, technical, and..."

June 9, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

East Austinite’s Plan to Sell Home Nearly Thwarted

CM Houston's historic lack of compassion

"...men burst into the corner lot home on East 22nd Street and fired two bullets at Spigner's stomach and..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Craft beer, Matisse, SummerFest, and more

"...Brewing Company operated out of a warehouse on the west side of Houston. The Saturday legendary afternoon tours were..."

June 1, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

"Do Ho Suh"

Do Ho Suh brings to Austin his fresh perspective on what physical and emotional sructures make a home

"...also includes the exciting finality of Suh's piece 348 West 22nd Street, which he began in 2011. This installation..."

Jan. 2, 2015 Arts Review by Caitlin Greenwood

Brooklyn Brewery takes over Austin

A guide to the Brooklyn Brewery Austin Mash 2014

"...Mash EDU: Homebrewer Edition Saturday Nov, 22nd, 2pm Whip In 1950 S I H 35 Free..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Events Post by Tamar Price

Cowboys vs. Hippies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Subtext

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre reflects Austin's culture in 1974

"...Austin and waited tables to pay rent on her 22nd Street apartment. Ed Guinn, the wrench-throwing truck driver, played..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Sidewalk Fail!

"...NE corner. A testament to design insanity: Pedestrians coming west along Lamar must walk through a storm drain to..."

Aug. 28, 2014 Photo Gallery

‘Martinez for Austin’ Kicks Off Campaign

Council member opens all-city tour at Barton Springs

"...bus, train – and even swimming across the Springs, west to east, to make certain both District 8 and..."

April 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

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