Earth Day, Record Store Day, and More Recommended Events

Go green in a number of ways this week

"...that only exist in legend by touring over a century’s worth of Austin’s architecture, history, and culture via Preservation..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin's Aaron Moten's Trip From Batboy to Fallout

How one St. Ed's actor became part of the new Prime series

"...make or getting clearances for the near-constant soundtrack of mid-century pop classics. "The clearances," Wagner admits. However, it wouldn't..."

April 11, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Only God Was Above Us at Vampire Weekend’s Eclipse Show

The “Cocaine Cowboys” celebrated new album at high noon

"...“one of the absolute greatest bands of the 21st century.” The pair duetted the Koenig-featuring Alpha Zulu track “Tonight”..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

The First Omen

Gruesome gynohorror prequel to 1976’s satanic masterpiece The Omen

"...story of Damien Thorn under the aegis of 20th Century Studios under Disney ownership...."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Livin’ on the Edge in Rocksprings

Discover the charms of a unique border town

"...On the courthouse square, the more-than-a-century-old Historic Rocksprings Hotel still offers a comfortable night’s rest...."

April 5, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...and depicts the lords, laborers, clergy, and scientists of 19th-century Scotland and the landscapes in which they lived. Currently..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

How The First Omen Broke the Curse of Legacy Sequels

Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith on creating a horror they believe in

"...Omen,” he said. When they were approached by 20th Century Studios, they came as horror veterans, having already worked..."

April 3, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Alejandro Escovedo, Echo Dancing

Rechanneling 14 catalog selections’ romantic existentialism

"...Duke Ellington whammied up a half-century oeuvre that he spent the same career revisiting, revamping,..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Fourth film heads home to the Big Apple, baby

"...opening has shades of Hellboy, in a flashback to turn-of-the-century NYC where a society of arcane researchers is frozen..."

March 22, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...“A unique mix of 16th century drama and 21st century online gameplay, Pinny Grylls and..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

Get out and art this week!

"...millennials, and so much more. Celebrate the late 20th century at an arty party where you’ll make your own..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The musket was invented in the 15th or 16th century, so it is possible that musketeers ate chocolate. But..."

March 15, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

SXSW Film Review: We Were Dangerous

Reform-school girls break the rules

"...Te Wiata) and her assistant sometime in the mid-20th century. In the film’s voiceover, which is delivered by the..."

March 9, 2024 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Off Beat: The Four Horsemen of the SXSW Music-pocalypse

Trying on four local personifications of fest success

"...Street venue that shuttered at the turn of the century. As long as Peepaw doesn’t break a hip the..."

March 8, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson

Parks, Gardens, Pisces, and More Arts Events for the Week

Get out and get arty, away from the SXSW crowds

"...The fête champêtre, or rural party, was popular with 18th-century French nobility. According to the countess of Carnarvon’s official..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Rodeo, a Pet Pfest, Country Dance, and More Community Events

Hit the town with these non-SXSW events

"...The fête champêtre, or rural party, was popular with 18th-century French nobility. According to the countess of Carnarvon’s official..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Perils of Immortal Passion in Timestalker

Alice Lowe finds the fool in her comedic take on time-crossed lovers

"...of Scotland. It’s a mask made for dissident 17th century Scottish preacher Alexander Peden to hide from authorities. Constructed..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Olivia Rodrigo, at the Precipice of Rock and Pop Stardom

Singer teeters on poise and rowdiness for fourth GUTS tour stop

"...over many millennial listeners like myself, more black-and-white 20th century images emerged. The screen showed women in swimsuits at..."

Feb. 29, 2024 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...unnamed Balkan state during the tumultuous and bloody 20th century, focused on the complex relationship between doctors and death,..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Announces Free Public Events Featuring Bootsy Collins, Bob Schneider

Lady Bird Lake programming and other free showcases run March 14-16

"...Street venue that shuttered at the turn of the century...."

Feb. 22, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Can a Veteran Oil Man Clean Up the Railroad Commission’s Mess?

Bill Burch is running to raise awareness of groundwater contamination

"...Texas to be successful by the turn of the century.”..."

Feb. 23, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Graham Reynolds Bugs Out With Insectum

New Golden Hornet collab project mines the sonic world of insects

"...Inspiration came from the work of groundbreaking 17th-century German naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, whose illustrations of insects..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Boner Bizarre, Improvised Love Stories, and More Arts Events

Get some culture and love this week

"...bring audiences at the Long Center’s Rollins Theatre an early-20th-century good time with “The Gift of the Magi,” “The..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

“Music America” Exhibition Makes National Debut at LBJ Library

Exhibit details American music history through memorabilia and sound

"...life with significant tunes. The horrors of segregation in mid-century America swell in Sam Cooke’s unflinching “A Change Is..."

Feb. 14, 2024 Music Post by Miranda Garza

Elizabeth Street Cafe Is Offering a Taste of Things Themed Macaron Box for Valentine’s Day

Buy a box, enter to win a four-course Drafthouse film feast

"...follows the love story of two chefs in 19th century France. Austin Chronicle film critic Richard Whittaker called it..."

Feb. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Naina Srivastava

The Taste of Things

Charming touching tale of love between two middle-aged chefs in 19th-century France

"...it takes to cook a meal in a late 19th-century kitchen, to build up levels of flavor and texture,..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...members of the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first and century-old Black Mardi Gras krewe, as they work to bring..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Juliette Binoche and Trần Anh Hùng Sample The Taste of Things

The ingredients of the lauded French romance about cooking

"...one man: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, known across 19th century Europe as simply Talleyrand. He was many things, but..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cinched, Toned, Depressed: A Trip to Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Store in Austin

Domain Northside hosts shapewear brand’s first retail store

"...I drive out through the Domain’s main street, Century Oaks Terrace, and see signage up at the new..."

Feb. 5, 2024 Design Post by Ali Montag

Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts

Essential Austin gigs in the coming week

"...storyteller wrangles his all-star band to delve into his half-century career of small-town tall tales, Lone Star ramblers, and..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

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