First Look: Guatemalan Food and Culture at Marimbas

Longtime Austinites open up at North Lamar

"...& Restaurant with a piping hot cup of coffee and a champurrada (a traditional sesame seed cookie), you’ll be..."

March 5, 2025 Food Post by Haris Qureshi

Far East Fest Celebrates Asian Food and Culture in Austin

All-you-can-eat bites from every corner of Asia

"...“There are festivals that celebrate Korean food or Chinese culture, but there’s nothing that brings everything in together,” says..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Food Post by Caitlin Davis

Bay of Angels, Books, and a Brewery Bee in This Week’s Arts and Culture Events

Movies, spelling, and more weekday fun

"...Pandemic quarantine boredom and supply shortages led to many of..."

May 30, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Arts and Culture Events to Get You Off the Couch

It's spring break (for some of you), get out and have some fun

"...love the Austin Public Library. I also believe parents and guardians should introduce children under their care to the..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Witness This Weekend's Recommended Arts and Culture Events

Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more

"...name chosen as a tribute to banana flowers, its androgyny and “cute” factor isn’t lost on Banana Yoshimoto. While..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Politics and Culture – Out of Sync?

"...two of the more prominent battles for our American culture/civil and human rights were the Terri Schiavo/right-to-life incident and..."

Feb. 1, 2006 Postmarks

Arts and Culture Events for the Week Ahead

Get up to something good

"...of here. We continually break artistic ground with innovative and international taste. The Contemporary once again adds to that..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Myth and Culture Mingle in Annalise Gratovich’s Complex Prints

Review: "Carrying Things From Home" at Flatbed Press

"...instead of a palm-sized stackable figure, it’s on paper and large enough to look you in the eye. Now..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Eastside Vibes: Come Experience the Culture

Celebrations, food joints, & moves to make on the Eastside this summer

"...east of Highway 35 – a place where African-Americans and Mexican-Americans were once forced to live. Austin’s Black and..."

May 24, 2017 Chronolog Post by Montinique Monroe

Famed Austin Chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph and the Future of Food

Joins the SXSW party and talk about how we'll eat

"...this year’s South by Southwest. Tavel Bristol-Joseph, pastry chef and partner in the Emmer & Rye Hospitality Group, works..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Rod Machen

Crosstalk: Music Venues Get More Money, Farmer’s Wife Gets a Holiday, and the UT Press Gets a Cool New Editor

Your latest culture news platter

"...Nov. 30. Established by the Texas Senate last year and administered by the Texas Music Office, the initiative will..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson

SXSW Schedules Supernatural Retrospective, Stephen Colbert, and More

2020 fest adds Samantha Bee, Diplo, Jack Dorsey, Disney Imagineers

"...to town. SXSW has just announced that Misha Collins, and Austin's own Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles will be..."

Jan. 13, 2020 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Celebrating Black Austin, Telling Stories, and Ducks Galore in This Weekend’s Events

Our arts and culture recommendations to keep you busy

"...II, this multiple Oscar-winning romance starring heavyweights Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman offers new treasures upon each rewatch. Make..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Entanglements, Switchblades, and Tons of TV in the Week’s Events

Treat your weekdays like a weekend with these arts and culture happenings

"...to see Austin’s bevy of talented working artists grow and change over the years, exploring new material and thematic..."

May 23, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Redhead, Pink Pony, and Kaleidoscope in This Weekend’s Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...30 CTX craft breweries are participating, like Celis Brewery and Independence Brewing. Pet their ears and inform your pooch..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Heart and Chicano Soul

"...book on 1960s/70s Mexican-American rock, Chicano Soul is a landmark publication for filling a gap in popular music history...."

June 4, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

A Lost Movie and a Forgotten Sport in New Book Cockfight: A Fable of Failure

Kier-La Janisse lets the blood and feathers fly

"...roosters claw at each other. You’ll hear their squawking and the yelling of gamblers gathered around the fighting pit...."

Sept. 20, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jokers, Murders, and Walpurgisnacht in This Week’s Recommended Events

Arts and culture events to populate your weekdays

"...I look up "mending" on Google, and the first websites that pop up are the Minecraft..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

This Chinese film presents an uncharacteristically romantic look at the Cultural Revolution.

"...Starring: Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye, Cong Zhijun and Wang Shuangbao. In adapting his eponymous novel to the..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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

Art and culture abound

"...Lina Fisher on a rickety fold-out chair while we and everyone else enjoyed what has to be one of..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Squirrels, Girls, and Other Pearls in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Acro-Cats, Earth Day, and all manner of arts and culture happenings

"...window at the lives performed in a strange, beautiful, and familiar apartment block.   – Richard Whittaker Lipstick..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Winter Formal, a Yellow Brick Ball, and More Recommended Events

Arts and culture happenings for the weekend

"...the lagomorphs among us. Nay, nay. Medieval New Wave band Marine Kimono perform their original work for all Earth’s..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art on Waller Creek, Drag on Congress, and More Recommended Events

Step outside and appreciate some art

"...new show from Vermont-born “musician, artist, bookbinder, juggler, woodworker, and dungeon master” Cooper McBean. Through a series of tones..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Announces More Speakers for 2024 Digging Deeper Into AI and the Future of Work

Dylan Mulvaney, Chuck D, and Uber CEO all added as speakers

"...year's biggest controversies with the announcement that transgender influencer and actress Dylan Mulvaney will be one of the speakers,..."

Oct. 24, 2023 SXSW Post

Dinner and a Movie With Crazy Rich Asians

New collaboration between Asian grocery chain and cineastes mixes food and film

"...terms of bringing a greater representation of Asian actors and culture to Western audiences."..."

Jan. 31, 2020 Screens Feature by Jenny Nulf

Black History Month and Austin's Dirty Laundry

KLRU launches online series featuring ATX civil rights leaders

"...progressive cities in the U.S., Austin has a long and dirty history of segregation, the results of which are..."

Feb. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Sarah Marloff

David Zirin Has a Large Head, and Other Matters He Shouldn’ t Apologize For

In town to screen new doc

"...connected to his ego, but rather the large flesh and bone based sphere attached to his shoulders...."

June 2, 2011 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

Round Top Film Festival Offers Small-Town Charm and Big-Screen Enjoyment

RTFF brings screenings, schmoozing, and stars to east of Austin

"...next Texas road trip. Founded by mother-daughter duo, Shanna and Skylar Schanen, this year marks the inaugural celebration of..."

Nov. 4, 2024 Screens Post by Roberto Soto

Dougherty Arts Center Relocation OK'd and Affordable Housing Program Gets Pushed Through at Council

And more notes from the May 9 City Council meeting

"...Affordable housing, climate change, and the Dougherty Arts Center took center stage at a..."

May 10, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

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