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

Get out and get art

"...interview. They’ve since developed the idea into a poetry book of the same name, and now bring an even..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How Staple! Is Turning the Page Toward a New Future

Austin’s indie media expo returns and it’s all because of one email

"...his passion project – wrangling spreadsheets, organizing vendors, and booking guests. Now the worry was simple: Would anyone show..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events

Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town

"...about it.   – Cat McCarrey Local Queer April Book Club: H.E. Edgmon..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Ernest Cline and Felicia Day Are Waiting Under the Bridge to Bat City

Don't miss the special reading and signing tonight

"...time for some twilight fun today with a special book signing for and reading from the new book from..."

April 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

The Off Beat: KB Brookins’ Poetry Book-Turned-Art Exhibit

“Freedom House: An Exhibition” heads to Prizer Arts and Letters

"...a queer, Black, trans Texan, Brookins first conceptualized the book by reflecting on the ways in which art contributes..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 5-11

"...the future. Meditate on the riddle from Lewis Carroll’s book Through the Looking Glass: “It’s a poor sort of..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Understanding the Science Behind the Total Solar Eclipse

Front-row seat to a celestial show

"...as astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren explains in his book Sun, Moon, Earth, Anaxagoras understood enough to try to..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...Austin Creative Reuse’s resident evangelist will help attendees make book-themed necklaces, hair clips, and more while you and a..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Plus Luther Hotel updates, Elephant Rock petition, more

"...San Antonio Book Festival April 13, San Antonio, sabookfestival.org..."

April 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

Find an art that fits your tastes

"...been 20 years since Akron, Ohio’s greatest schlockmeister J.R. Bookwalter stepped behind the camera, now he’s back with Side..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 29 - April 4

"...with current astrological omens, I suggest you get the book Brain Surgery for Beginners by Steven Parker and David..."

March 29, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

Photographer Melinda Wickman Swearingen, Whose Images Defined Outlaw Country, Has Died

The Texan famously snapped Waylon, Willie, and more

"...Jan Reid to cover the scene in his landmark book The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock, he enlisted Swearingen..."

March 26, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Late Night With the Devil

Supernatural satire shows the hellish price of success

"...out of a satanic cult written about in a book by clairvoyant June (Gordon), who also appears on the..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Spider Sculptures, Gore Feasts, and More Arts Events

Feed your art habit with these recommended events for the week

"...Friday 22, Alienated Majesty Books..."

March 22, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Closing the COVID Gap at AISD

Post-pandemic, not enough students can read well. How do we get out of this ditch?

"...student, place their finger on a word in a book, and help them sound out the letters...."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: The Idea of You

Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in a rom-com for adults

"...You, which he co-wrote with Jennifer Westfeldt from the book by Robinne Lee, keeps the humor light and the..."

March 18, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Chronicle’s Hair of the 3-Legged Dog Party Brings Breezy Grooves to Hotel Vegas

Feat. Grace Sorensen, Nemegata, Cactus Lee, Font on the patio

"...day party. We’re going to credit the music we booked, though...."

March 16, 2024 SXSW Post by Carys Anderson

Arthur the King

Inspirational story about a pro adventure racer and the street dog he meets along the way

"...he meets along the way. Based on the nonfiction book Arthur: The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review

One Life

True-life drama about efforts to transport refugee children to safety ahead of Nazi invaders

"...Based on the book If It's Not Impossible…The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton,..."

March 15, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Review: Omni Loop

Woman stuck in time reckons with life choices

"...carries a quiet resentment. Her career as a science textbook writer is dull and unfulfilling, worsened by the fact..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, March 15-21

"...Piscean friend Jeff Greenwald wrote the humorous but serious book Shopping for Buddhas. It’s the story of his adventures..."

March 15, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

SXSW Film Review: I Wish You All the Best

Nonbinary teen leads coming-of-age family drama

"...harsh words that follow, which is true of Deaver’s book, too. While this may bear the genre trappings of,..."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

SXSW Interview: Nabihah Iqbal’s Lush London Soundscapes

Electronic act talks new analog approach and Pakistani instrumentation

"...of the d’Urbervilles, which the artist calls "the best book that I’ve ever read in my life." The My..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

An Outdoor Screening, Bluey Live, and More Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

Get out and art this week!

"...Monday 18, BookPeople..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Book Bans Get Pushback at SXSW

“We're organizing around this because who else is doing it?”

"...student from Fort Worth, at Monday’s panel on the book ban crisis – 1984 or 2024? Book Bans. Censorship...."

March 12, 2024 SXSW Post by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Film Review: Whatever It Takes

A cyberstalking whodunit with a corporate twist

"...scientific supply company. A funeral wreath. Most ominously, a book on grieving the loss of a spouse. The Steiners..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Rod Machen

SXSW Film Review: Faders Up: The John Aielli Experience

Longtime host of Eklektikos, first-time documentary

"...John’s daily presence at Cherrywood Coffeehouse – complete with book and personal banker’s lamp – was a comfort to..."

March 11, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

SXSW Film Review: How Music Got Free

Does what it says on the tin, to a point

"...Working from journalist Stephen Witt’s 2015 book of the same name, How Music Got Free director..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Joe Gross

SXSW Film Review: Road House

Eighties classic gets a rock ’em, sock ’em remake

"...closer to that mournful Western – there’s even a book-loving teen, Charlie (Hannah Lanier), on hand to tell Dalton..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Stormy

Doc explores life in the eye of Hurricane Trump

"...to Twitter to call her every name in the book, but there are also death threats. She’s been on..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

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