It's No Drag: The Past, Present, and Possibilities of Ballroom at ATX Television

Leiomy Maldonado and Dashaun Wesley from FX's Pose and HBO Max's Legendary are finally taking the spotlight

"...record straight. Drag, dear reader, is not synonymous with ballroom – a dance subculture pioneered by Black and Latinx..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

SXSW Music Panel: The Hip-Hop Bubble That Popped Culture

Long ignored, the genre now takes industry to the next level

"...“Dimplez” Ijeoma said during “The Hip-Hop Bubble That Popped Culture” panel inside a packed Austin Convention Center ballroom on..."

March 15, 2019 SXSW Post by Derek Udensi

Strictly Ballroom

"...Starring: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice and Bill Hunter. Strictly Ballroom is shamelessly manipulative, blatantly derivative, and hopelessly maudlin. So..."

March 5, 1993 Movie Review

The House of Lepore Brings Ballroom to the Austin Club Scene

The family that slays together …

"...the massive force it now represents in Central Texas' ballroom community...."

June 23, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

Faster Than Sound: Spider House Ballroom Will Cease Live Entertainment

Longtime local venue converts to arcade bar following co-owner misconduct allegations, code violations, and artist payment delays

"...Southwest next month, long-running North Campus hub Spider House Ballroom will no longer function as a live music venue...."

Feb. 8, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Music Keynote: Bruce Springsteen

SXSW Showcase Reviews

"...even electrifying, to his many acolytes in the jam-packed ballroom. Though he has a new album, the disquisition mostly..."

March 16, 2012 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Eight Things That Hip-Hop Taught America

SXSW panels

"...a black artist can also be the biggest pop culture force," added Rap Radar CEO and Ego Trip founder..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW Panels

"...What do you ask Gilberto Gil, the Minister of Culture of the world's fifth most populous nation, an international..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature by David Lynch

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

Multiple ways to get high ... on art

"...who risks it all for a new passion for ballroom dancing. Hiding his new hobby from his family and..."

June 6, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

The (Re-)Rise of Start-Up Culture

Are we closing in on a sustainable model?

"...Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D..."

March 2, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Ignorance of Your Culture

Ignorance of your culture is not now or ever considered to be cool

"...queer history here. Wed., March 11, 6pm. Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562. $5. www.spiderhousecafe.com...."

March 6, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

A Dream Deferred: Black Rock

Black rock, a dream that won't be deferred much longer

"...ticking. Black rock's a dream realized when the whole culture engages in one giant "fuck the system" and tosses..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...music indebted to the integration of black and white culture, critic Dave Marsh's opening premise that "nobody is off..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Qmmunity: House of South By

House of Lepore makes ballroom culture an official part of SXSW

"...makes moves quite like House of Lepore, the local ballroom family headed up by recent Champions of Change Spacemaker..."

March 17, 2023 Column by James Scott

13 Reasons to Love Wizard World

Where else could Big Bird rub feathers with The Crow?

"...be Wizard World, the travelling circus of comics, pop culture, and fandom. But aside from the wallet-emptying trade show..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

BabiBoi Releases Debut Music Video for “Molasses”

Video from local rapper pays homage to ballroom icon Amanda Lepore

"...performance collective House of Lepore, about the influence of ballroom culture, queer aesthetics, and why he doesn’t – and..."

July 31, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Leaping Wizards

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' reunited cast, CM Punk, and 'Walking Dead' fresh kills gather at Wizard World Austin Comic Con

"...(Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man), but the show is a nerd culture marathon, drawing in stars from the cast of Star..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

This Shakespeare rendition is not so much a reconceptualization as a recontextualization of the 400-year-old play. This Romeo + Juliet is a rich visual feast, besotted with the fervor of its acrobatic camerawork and kinetic staging and its mind-bending aggregation of unrelated but resonant fragments of 20th century iconography. It is a Shakespearean work thoroughly conceived for the screen. DiCaprio and Danes again prove that they are two of the best actors of their generation. And William Shakespeare has once more demonstrated that he is a storyteller for all time.

"...before entering. Overhyped as the newest thing in youth culture retro-vogue, Baz Luhrmann's new film adaptation of William Shakespeare's..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Qmmunity: Video by Queer Latinx Artist Xandra Ibarra Pulled From San Antonio Art Exhibit

Plus Ballroom Basics, Greetings From Queer Mountain, and more

"...II: La Tortillera. San Antonio's Department of Arts and Culture recently deemed the video "not appropriate" for display in..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Column by Beth Sullivan

A Tangled Web at Spider House

A culture of heavy drinking and late nights, alleged sexual misconduct, and a lawsuit all pull on the threads of a poisonous time at the campus-area cafe

"...brisk Tuesday afternoon in December, Spider House Cafe and Ballroom isn't exactly bustling, but it's far from empty. College..."

Dec. 21, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

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

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...Queer culture is under attack, and many institutions seem to be..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Art, Movies, Sober Partying, and a Majestic Ball in This Weekend’s Recommended Events

Get out and get arty

"...queer history artifacts: a chronicle of New York City’s ballroom culture in the Eighties. Kokomo City shows the contemporary..."

June 21, 2024 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

"...Saturday 12 - Sunday 13, Mabee Ballroom at St. Edward’s University..."

April 11, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

This Week's Recommended Arts Events

On walls, on screens, and in crates, get some culture this week

"...micro-storefronts on 40,000 square feet of a prime local ballroom approximates the Aztecs’ lost city of gold, El Dorado...."

May 3, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Sober-ish Spaces for Dry January Hangs

Just because you’re not drinking doesn’t mean you have to stay home

"...At Gay Place, we know Austin takes its bar culture very seriously and that our LGBTQ communities sometimes fixate..."

Jan. 8, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Dance Review: Borderless

This short-run dance program showcased astounding talent

"...A few things emerge in every culture: language, social structures, and, of course, the power of..."

July 9, 2024 Arts Post by Cat McCarrey

We Have an Issue: All in the Family

Inside the House of Lepore

"...performers that has become the first name in Austin ballroom culture. James told me he'd been struck not just..."

June 23, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

Billy Porter’s Mona Lisa Moment at the Paramount

The Broadway legend tells his life story through song on the Black Mona Lisa Tour

"...Pose, which dug into the history of Black queer ballroom culture. "The connection," Porter explains, "is Mona Lisa is..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by James Scott

aGLIFF Review: Pier Kids

Documentary goes to where America's homeless kids live

"...Burning, the arguably exploitative 1990 documentary about the Harlem ballroom culture appropriated by a vogueing Madonna, this sprawling (“unfocused”..."

Aug. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Steve Davis

HavenCon: the Happiest Fest in Texas

Cosplay madness, writing LGBT, and Janet Varney talks Korra

"...any number of homemade trinkets lining the Holiday Inn ballroom...."

April 5, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Nina Hernandez

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