Drought Conditions, Meet Rainwater Tanks

Collecting rain prevents pollution and reduces flood risk

"...When Ron Van Sickle founded his rainwater harvesting tank company Cqure Water more than a decade..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Emily Engelbart

All-Weather LCD Soundsytem

Consecutive nights united by one continuous party

"...and hundreds of other costumed millennials shivered in the rain at Circuit of the Americas. Twenty-four hours later, a..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Music Post by Abby Johnston

What We're Listening to Right Now

Duel, Cactus Lee, Kady Rain, Sweetfeed, Startographers, and the You're Gonna Be Great 2 comp

"...the water, but here Cactus Lee takes on the unrestrained qualities of Big Pink through standouts "Going Down" and..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

The Tempest

Faraway-feeling Rain Lily Farm proves a perfect setting for the enchanted isle in Shakespeare's late romance

"...The TempestRain Lily Farm, 914 Shady www.presentcompanytheatre.com Through Nov. 1 Running..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Arts Review by Elissa Russell

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Kady Rain, More Eaze, Pusha T, and more non-ACL shows

"...and H-Town alt-country project Jane Woe. – Kevin Curtin Kady Rain, Alexi 8bitSoundspace at Captain Quack's, Friday 7..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What We're Listening to Right Now

Medellin Collection, Kady Rain, David Ramirez, Slomo Drags, Whitmore Sisters, and User Unauthorized

"...Deliverance by Medellin Collection The Many Colors of Kady Rain..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Most Memorable Moments of Friday’s ACL Fest

Megan, Miley, Maidza, and one really long line

"...ACL Fest in two years, though truncated due to rain, packed in a ton of action: Here are the..."

Oct. 2, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Austin Police Seeking Leads in Hate Crime Investigation

Investigators, gay bars ask for information on Saturday's attack

"...Rain on 4th and Oilcan Harry’s, two of Austin’s iconic..."

Jan. 22, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Will & Grace Returns to TV

The beloved Nineties sitcom gets 2017-ified for the reboot

"...gay bars around the country hosted viewing parties. Austin’s Rain was just one local spot where fans could satisfy..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

Austin Shelters Brace for Harvey's Second Flood

From evacuees to displaced locals, Red Cross readying long week

"...Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump rain on Texas. On Monday, during a brief respite here..."

Aug. 28, 2017 News Post by Joseph Caterine

Patti Cake$

A hip-hop star is born in New Jersey

"...origin stories of Eminem’s 8 Mile and Prince’s Purple Rain into the body of a plus-sized white girl in..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pitchers, Catchers, and More – Oh My!

This week Austin hosts the 40th Gay Softball World Series

"...Rain or shine, this week Austin plays home base to..."

Aug. 16, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks' romantic yearnings once again flood our screens

"...ex machina to signal Kleenex time, and The Choice’s rain-slicked misfortune is gratingly apparent well ahead of impact...."

Feb. 12, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Halloween Storm Update

Closures everywhere and tornado warnings

"...the hideous devastation of the Memorial Day floods, the rain on All Hallow's Eve sees road closures and the..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Green Inferno

Eli Roth's long-delayed cannibal movie has passed its shelf life

"...attempt to save a fertile slice of the Amazonian rain forest from loggers already feels hackneyed – that’s part..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Tree Play

For this story of a rain forest over a lifetime, Robi Polgar created a living, breathing poem

"...along the perimeter of a clearing in a suggested rain forest. Once inside, we were enveloped by carefully crafted..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

The Best of Me

It's getting hard to tell one Nicholas Sparks adaptation from another amid all the dross.

"...illness, hand-written letters, mean parents, and kissing in the rain. But The Best of Me is in fact the..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cuban Fury

Nick Frost is a schlubby guy who's gotta dance.

"...As Gene Kelly exuberantly confessed in Singin’ in the Rain over half a century ago: “Gotta dance, got-ta dance!”..."

April 18, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

It's About Time

‘Predestination’ on a rainy Austin night is a must

"...lights – green, yellow, red – flicker in the rain that feels different from last time yet the same...."

March 9, 2014 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

ACL Live Shot (Second Weekend): The Cure

Robert Smith summons the rain

"...Cure closing Saturday’s ACL Fest headlining set in the rain. For an hour and a half, the UK group..."

Oct. 13, 2013 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Austin Psych Fest Live (Saturday): The Black Ryder

Eerie but apt scenes from a moonsoon

"...It’s a simple equation: Pysch plus rain equals Goth...."

April 28, 2013 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

Farmers Market Report: December 15

Let's take a look at the Sunday markets!

"...out there that the possibility exists that it might rain. If so, we shall all be required by law..."

Dec. 15, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Your Weekend's Not All Wet, Citizen!

Regardless of whatever else might be happily moist

"...Never mind the rain...."

May 11, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Take Shelter

Is Curtis LaForche slowly going mad or is something apocalyptic about to happen? Michael Shannon stars in this truly unsettling movie.

"...clouds are massing in the distance, and when the rain begins to fall, it has the consistency of motor..."

Oct. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris just goes to show that if you wait long enough Woody Allen will finally deliver another terrific movie.

"...fantasy in mind: Paris in the Twenties in the rain. Gil, it seems, suffers from something Allen calls "Golden..."

June 10, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Rio

In this animated film from the makers of Ice Age, a domesticated macaw finally learns to fly.

"...Blu, a Brazil-born bird snatched at hatching from his rain forest aerie by exotic pet smugglers and soon after..."

April 22, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...Race With the Devil and Robert Fuest's The Devil's Rain. Like the former's tagline warned: "When you race with..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Rite

In this supernatural thriller, Anthony Hopkins plays a Vatican-based exorcist who trains a doubting seminary student to drive out the Devil.

"...work of the Devil. Frogs appear in great numbers, rain falls with dramatic license, and disturbing predictions are made...."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Crude

Expert documentarian Joe Berlinger sheds light on the epic environmental lawsuit filed by 30,000 Ecuadorans against the oil company Texaco, which is now owned by Chevron.

"...disaster and pumped toxic contamination into the rivers and rain forest, which has created massive cancer clusters throughout the..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Righteous Kill

There's nothing righteous about this tired and tiresome good cop/bad cop NYPD procedural.

"...Travis Bickle's gutter-cleansing moral monsoon made flesh, a real rain of black-jacketed ballistics washing the scum off the streets..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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