Council Preview: What Can We Afford?

The Council budget preview kicks off months of presentations and hearings

"...police a tourist town? (See "Two, Three ... Many Festivals = How Many Cops?")..."

April 19, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

On the Scene With Cine Las Americas

The festival director talks about finding international emerging voices and programming in the age of piracy

"...be on the verge of being overrun by film festivals. As the festival matures, so too has the way..."

April 12, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...here most of the time, even come fall's twin festivals, the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Fun Fun..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fourplay

These four stories of unabashed sexual intimacy are often funny, sometimes poignant, always unconventional and playfully erotic.

"...stand on their own and, indeed, have played at festivals from Cannes to Sundance in that capacity...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Breaking out of the Film Fest Box

After a festival run, indie movies used to die on the vine. Video-on-demand is changing that.

"...seeing the vast majority of films playing at far-flung festivals.) The success that indie filmmakers could realistically hope for..."

Feb. 1, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Playback: The State of the State of the 2012 Austin Music Scene

A look back at 2012

"...Clark Jr. (below). The native blues guitarist played more festivals in 2012 than anyone thought was humanly possible, and..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Krewe Kuts: Pride Edition

The Gay Place Krewe has the final word on Austin Pride.

"...big "preaching"of the year. They already hit up Pride festivals in San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston...."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

If I Had My Way

Guitar hero Evan Johns lives!

"...kid who rode his bike to Smithsonian Folk Life Festivals in D.C. to listen to and meet vintage bluesmen..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

To Zhoosh or Not to Zhoosh: aGLIFF Spiffs Up in a Word

The Polari Fest (nee aGLIFF) asks "What’s in a name?"

"...of executive directors and board members. Like many LBGT festivals, aGLIFF found the hunt for sponsors difficult. Sawin laughs...."

Sept. 27, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Gay Place: Austin Pride Parade

A look back at the 2009 Pride Parade as we prepare for 2012

"...Center, 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 974-4000. Free, donations accepted. www.vsatx.org/festivals.html...."

Sept. 14, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

How Sweetlamb It Is

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's founder returns to power

"...on, and he's producing one of the largest improv festivals in the U.S."..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Recycling Needed at Hot Sauce Festival

"...is a bit much. I hope future Hot Sauce Festivals and festivals of all kinds will be more environmentally..."

Aug. 28, 2012 Postmarks

Spinning The Color Wheel

Bob Byington supplies the Q's, Alex Ross Perry the A's

"...place of near total acceptance by any number of festivals and a simultaneous disillusionment with other films that either..."

July 27, 2012 Screens Post by Bob Byington

Food Porn: OUT. New Media Art & Sound Summit: IN.

Because there can never be less than Too Much To Do in this restless city

"...next two weeks at SVT, because of the two festivals – yeah, just when you thought it was time..."

June 12, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Talkin' 'Bout a Generation That Sexts

Ericka Marsalis-LaManna fashions a romantic comedy for the Facebook age

"...Marsalis-LaManna's next mission is to submit Generation Me to festivals. (The film is already available on DVD through TrendSmashers'..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Viper Moon

Jazz guitarist Slim Richey recovers

"..."I was making a living at bluegrass festivals selling records and T-shirts, and those guys would come..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

All Over Creation: A Brief History of Laugh Riots in Austin

As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny

"...So what is it about April that attracts comedy festivals like breakfast tacos to hungover musicians? Hard to say..."

April 13, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Utter 'Bullhead'

Drafthouse Films 'Bullhead' is shortlisted for Oscar

"...Tim League: It had been playing the more highbrow festivals and had premiered at Berlin, but I got a..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

'ATX: A Television Festival' Arrives In June

Witnessing the birth of a new Austin festival

"...Austin already has enough music, film, gaming, and arts festivals to choke a hipster on a horse and considering..."

Jan. 18, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Lives Well Spent

Life cycles of those who sold their souls for music

"...Sudie Campbell "traveled to festivals [and] gigs all over, and [was] a total regular..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Man of Many Moons

Danny Schmidt checks in for the Kerrville Wine & Music Fest

"...“Kerrville is really interesting compared to other festivals in that it's sort of the community focal point..."

Sept. 1, 2011 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Remembering Polly Platt

A collaborative filmmaker, friend to AFF, and mentor to many

"...business never happened, and one of the best film festivals in the country never got off the ground...."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

More Than Just a Giggle-O

The Ladies Are Funny Festival brings the distaff laffs and more

"...maybe there will be a wide variety of LAFF festivals across the U.S. because it's such a unique niche...."

May 6, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Rubber

Rubber is a movie about a sentient, telekinetic, and homicidal tire on a rampage.

"...you'd be able to see it would be at festivals or online. That would ultimately defeat what appears to..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dome Sweet Dome

How do you contain an international music festival? Build a dome, and they will calm.

"...economically sound; he commented that "We've already contacted other festivals about using the space."..."

April 1, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Team Risk

UT students create a safe place for their classmates to make daring new stage work

"...to UT from Washington, D.C., where her experience producing festivals taught her what a trial it can be for..."

March 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

I Would Have Filmed Shorter If I'd Had More Time

AFS Doc Tour presents Doxita: Life Is a Progress, a program of documentary shorts

"...deserve. Observing this unfortunate fact-of-film-festival-and-theatrical-distribution life as a programmer at festivals such as the Full Frame doc fest in Durham,..."

July 16, 2010 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Off the Record

Firsthand accounts of the Warped Tour and Delaney & Bonnie from the Riverboat Gamblers' Mike Wiebe and Bobby Whitlock, respectively

"...the Sky. "A lot of great promoters don't have festivals to dangle in front of artists to convince them..."

July 2, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

9500 Liberty

This timely documentary is a witness to the events in Prince William County, Va., whose board of supervisors voted in 2007 to require police officers to question anyone suspected of being an undocumented immigrant.

"...won Audience Awards at previous South by Southwest Film Festivals. 9500 Liberty has little of the flowing grace of..."

June 4, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

BAM! Black Arts Movement Festival

ProArts' showcase of film, art, music, theatre, dance, and food packs a punch

"...yes, food, BAM! offers an eclecticism that those better-known festivals with the fancy acronyms just can't match...."

June 4, 2010 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

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