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

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"...The newest film from Austin’s Zellner brothers, about the tragic and..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Movies, Comedy, Books, and More Recommended Arts Events

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"...local twist to that body of work with this new collection featuring single mothers, seniors, and people with multicultural..."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Opera Fights, Puppet Plays, and More Arty Events

Get an arts fix this week

"...Kicking off this new season of music-related movies from KOOP, Darkside Daddy and..."

March 1, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Cassette Roulette, Some Bitchcraft, and More Arts Events

Get arty this week with our recommended happenings

"...ourselves too seriously.” Experience an immersive, unforgettable night of movement evoking the past as this fierce troupe brings the..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...small-press zines started in 2019 and they’ll celebrate a new venture this Thursday as they launch a monthly rotation..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...closing night film next month), but there's still big news as the pan-media festival will kick off with the..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"...– Isaac Newton's first law of motion..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

A New Documentary Meditates on Texan Electronic Composer Pauline Oliveros

Celebrate the queer theorist behind Deep Listening this Sunday at AFS

"...Oliveros at one of the influential composer's concerts in New York in the mid-Seventies. Gold, now an Austin-based experimental..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Qmmunity: Carnival of Queers

A carnival of queer cavorting will delight your senses this weekend

"...desiring a local drag festival in the spirit of New York City's Bushwig, Miami's Wigwood, or Oakland's Oaklash. "The..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Qmmunity: Transing Pride

ATX Trans Pride puts the spotlight on the transgender community during Austin Pride

"...Bounce Motel Bounce on over to this celebration of movement, music, and culture hosted by Big Freedia. Sun., Aug...."

Aug. 11, 2023 Column by James Scott

Review: Wise Guy Theater Co.’s Dead. Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the End

Theater becomes theatre as Fallout comedy club experiments with drama

"...Taking creative risks is the name of the game..."

July 12, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Texas GOP's Book Bans Are the First Step in Anti-Public Education Crusade

Banning books (for Jesus!)

"...the art of makeup. Ani wants to be a theatre director some day. "This Book Is Gay was very..."

June 30, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Crosstalk: Take a Tour of UT's Moody Center, and More Music News

New business partnerships at the Paramount and Grapetree Records

"...The Paramount Theatre, with support from PNC Bank, debuts Launch, a live..."

June 2, 2023 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring

This is not a love letter, it’s a wake-up call

"...that it received its world premiere at Hyde Park Theatre, 2 miles southeast at Bass Concert Hall the touring..."

May 23, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

"...don't care about your Carnegie Hall, we have Paramount Theatre. ... So, it's funny. But also it's cool because..."

April 7, 2023 Music Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Trust Is the Vibe at Fallout Theater

The Downtown comedy club celebrates its fifth anniversary by looking to the future

"...A small theatre is much more than the sum of its nightly..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Qmmunity: Making Fetch Happen

Pet players take over Austin this weekend with several ruff and rowdy events

"...pups of all sizes can enjoy the first of new monthly "body pawsitivity" night Husky at the Iron Bear...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by James Scott

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...While Austin's theatre community has seen a return to full stages and..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

What It Means to Be Funniest Person in Austin

Tyler Groce's victory in the returning comedy contest shows Austin's comedy scene is thriving and diversifying

"...achievement for a club hitting its stride in its new location. Chandy Kurzwell, Cap City's general manager, said, "It..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hadestown 

Headfirst, straight to a Hell of a good time

"...stage at the show’s future home, the Walter Kerr Theatre...."

Sept. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Review: Zach Theatre's The Inheritance, Part 1

Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning

"...a free pass to engage in storytelling removed from theatre’s more traditional tropes...."

Aug. 26, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Ethan Hawke Teams Up With Local Writer for The Black Phone

The team behind Sinister creates the summer's scariest film

"...severed head was ever found. "Every kid in America knew that story," Cargill said, "this terrifying, nightmarish story that..."

June 24, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Five Things to Keep Your Arts Account in the Black

From a fresh take on War of the Worlds to pushing back against censorship

"...creations by and/or about African American artists. Ground Floor Theatre: Dot..."

May 27, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies

Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc

"...Shaffer while the film was playing at the Dobie Theatre, then the center of Austin's art house scene. They..."

May 3, 2022 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Faster Than Sound: Gary Keller Now Owns West Austin's One World Theatre

Austin music benefactor adds One World to real estate portfolio, alongside Saxon Pub

"...a year of rumors regarding changes at One World Theatre, a new landowner has emerged. Gary Keller, co-founder of..."

April 1, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...spell. Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande, a new documentary premiering at SXSW and prompting this rare reunion,..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Five Things to Enjoy During Black History Month

Art, theatre, music, ballet, and more

"...a diversity of vigor and aesthetic vibrance to the theatres and galleries and performance halls of our rapidly expanding..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Faster Than Sound: Shared Frequencies Radio Connects Austin DJs with the World

Online electronic station celebrates third birthday Saturday at Coconut Club

"...artists. Everyone who works with us is open to new ideas."..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Street Corner Arts' Strange, But Perfect

World premiere is a delightful treatise on the stuff of which friends are made

"...(Carlo Lorenzo Garcia), a high-strung, low-level marketing assistant in New York, loses his job and decides to quarantine with..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

“No Willie, Waylon, or the Armadillo in 1977!!!” The Punk Beast Begins to Stir in Austin

A nascent scene takes shape in chapter three of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"

"...Guitarist Sterling Morrison of New York's Velvet Underground spent most of the Seventies in..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

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