Punk Rock Patron of Austin Music Richard Lynn

Super Secret founder and Sonic Transmissions Festival underwriter expands operations

"...Cultural Exchange, and now funds this week's Sonic Transmissions Festival (see sidebar, at right). Music distribution and publishing companies..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Music Feature by Michael Toland

SXSW Unleashes the Midnighters

Mayhem, 68 Kill, plus Behind the Mask retrospective

"...rights at SXSW. Just as the rest of the Festival has been heavy on world premieres, so the Midnighters..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Deconstructing Sonic Borders

The 13th annual No Idea Festival explores everything from phenological sound art to avant jazz and microtonal composition

"...This weekend, Austin's No Idea Festival once again fuses aural experimentalists and improvisers from a..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Making Offers No One Can Refuse

The Five Families of Austin improv go Out of Bounds with the 13th annual comedy festival

"...behind this weekend's 13th annual Out of Bounds Comedy Festival...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Small Audiences, Large Souls

At the Fusebox Festival, size matters, but that doesn't always mean 'big'

"...that Ron Berry is down on crowds. The Fusebox Festival founder and artistic director would most likely be ecstatic..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

At PRISM 36, LGBTQIA+ Films Bring Chills, Classics, and Heartfelt Insight

Highlights from aGLIFF’s flagship film fest

"...aGLIFF has rebranded a few times to reflect changing ideas about identity...."

Sept. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

Five Fusebox Shows to Get You Buzzing

The annual Austin-born arts festival returns with five days of wonder

"...provocateurs who "wanted to create a robust exchange of ideas across different art forms and geography, with a particular..."

April 7, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...a heavy story with pounding rhythms: Sound Unseen Film/Music Festival, the hybrid tunes and flicks fest from Minneapolis that's..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: Stay Trips

Daytripping in the age of stay-at-home orders

"...still advised. Here are some travel news updates and ideas for virtual travel while we are still sheltering...."

April 28, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Other Worlds Says OMG!

Fest adds Israeli sci-fi comedy OMG, I'm a Robot?! and Dark Star

"...Science fiction has often been the domain of serious ideas translated into a fantastical environment. But sci-fi film festival..."

Nov. 1, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: South by Simplicity

The plain truth behind the Festival's origins

"...beginning of the onslaught that is the SXSW Music Festival. Each new SXSW evokes memories of times past...."

March 14, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Hops, Barley, and ... Rainwater?

The Bitter End's Environmental Pale Ale is ready just in time for the Teas Craft Brewers Festival

"...near Dripping Springs, Texas. With the Texas Craft Brewers Festival coming May 15 (see p.52 for details), we thought..."

May 14, 2004 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

I Wanna Be a Paperback Writer

Perusing the Texas Book Festival Panels

"...Over a two-day period last weekend, the Texas Book Festival sponsored some 21 panels whose topics spanned from the..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Books Feature

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

"...South by Southwest 2024's Film & TV Festival schedule is packed with big releases like The Fall..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

AFF Short and Sweet: “Titty Boy”

Austin-made funny and compassionate look at body image in boys

"...some of the short films screening at Austin Film Festival 2023. Today we talk with Austin Culp, director of..."

Oct. 31, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gender Unbound Returns for Year Five With Virtual Showcase

Monthlong 3D exhibit, livestreams spotlight trans, intersex artists

"...trans, nonbinary, and intersex artists with this year’s virtual festival kicking off today...."

Sept. 1, 2020 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Director Trey Edward Shults Returns to Themes of the Family With Waves

The Krisha creator screens his latest at the Austin Film Festival

"...the family, and as they started fleshing out Shults' ideas into a full script, their conversations "became like mini..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy: Your 2019 Lineup

Leading the laughs: Griffin, The Daily Show, and Elon Musk?

"...sets up loads of laughs, ’cause this year’s Comedy Festival includes Kathy Griffin, The Daily Show News Team, James..."

Feb. 26, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

An Idiot at FronteraFest

Diary of getting a homegrown 25-minute play onto the stage for Austin's biggest annual performance festival

"...I procrastinate like you wouldn't believe, and I have ideas that turn out terribly. All of this was proven..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Arts Feature by T. Lynn Mikeska

Playback: Shorter Hours Could Be Coming for Venues During SXSW

Another clubs ordinance change drops right before the Festival

"...for all persons everywhere," read a statement from the Festival. "Participation by speakers, artists, and filmmakers from around the..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

In Real Life: Cory Doctorow

Wearing goggles or not, he's in town for the Texas Teen Book Festival

"...Cory Doctorow is coming to the Texas Teen Book Festival at St. Edward’s University this Saturday...."

Oct. 15, 2014 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nutshell Your Screenplay for Success

Austin Film Society partners with the Screenplay Workshop for Seminar

"...reeling after attending a full week of story-centric film festivals, your idea mill is either churning at record speed..."

Oct. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Art and the Great Outdoors!

Art, music, fun, oh my!

"...Art Outside is a yearly festival that encourages families and friends to take out their..."

Oct. 23, 2013 Events Post by Josette Chen

The Speed of Technology

SXSW 2000 Interactive Festival

"...the somewhat obvious answer from all three: regular, original ideas within the deadline. There was also the lingering suggestion..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature

Spotlights

SXSW Film Festival: Five in Focus

"...-- and Baldwin, who appears to have more paranoid ideas than any one person should rationally be allowed, fires..."

March 10, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

South by Southwest Is Headed to London

Culture fest adds third venue as global expansion continues

"...South by Southwest, the hybrid music/tech/film/tv/culture festival, will be forever synonymous with Austin. But, having added..."

May 8, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...fortunate enough to moderate the recent (virtual) Texas Book Festival panel featuring Austin news legend Neal Spelce, whose new..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Sound Unseen Review: Molto Bella

Musical romance is at least gorgeous on the surface

"...The feature, which screened at the Sound Unseen Film Festival, follows two young artists, Josie (Andrea von Kampen) and..."

Nov. 17, 2020 Screens Post by Sara Hutchinson

Moontower 2019 Review: New York’s Finest

In a rapid-fire show, these Gotham comics earned their laughs

"...Thursday night, comedian Sean Donnelly hosted the Moontower Comedy Festival’s New York’s Finest showcase at 800 Congress, featuring 10..."

April 29, 2019 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

Other Worlds Austin Goes to an Alien Nation

Sci-fi and horror fest releases full, final lineup

"...The Other Worlds Austin film festival has always been dedicated to science fiction being the..."

Nov. 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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