Proms, Humps, and Queerbombs Highlight This Weekend's Events

21 ways to get out of the house

"...and wonderful,” the all-ASL Deaf Austin Theatre stomps through stereotypes with their newest production. Playwright and star Ashlea Brittney..."

May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Greek Fest, Taylor Swift Wrestling, and More Weekend Events

No weekend plans? We have some suggestions.

"...assemble their own musical Avengers team, fighting against boring stereotypes with an exhilarating mélange of movement and sound. There..."

May 24, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Rave Review

"...to audience. The barrier between stage and seats disappeared; stereotypes melted; everyone joined together in striving, hoping, loving. After..."

March 15, 2024 Postmarks

Queer Comedy, a Goth Market, and More Community Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar's approval

"...to St. Patrick’s Day as “The Reinforcin’ O’ the Stereotypes,” and it still makes us giggle as if tickled..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Film Review: Mamifera

At 40, Lola navigates unexpected pregnancy and decisions

"...to be “a good mom.” She also contradicts antiquated stereotypes about what a child-free woman looks like. (She doesn’t..."

March 9, 2024 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Opinion: Cap Metro Must Safeguard No-Cost Transit for Unhoused Austinites

Adding security guards to transit centers and bus routes will increase stigmatization of the poor

"...that admission might come with immediate judgments, stigmas, and stereotypes. What you might not expect is my experience advocating..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Barry Jones

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 22-28

"...named Augusta and Adeline Van Buren rebelled against the stereotypes by riding their motorcycles across America. Roads were poor,..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, December 1-7

"...LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In contrast to false stereotypes, medieval Europeans were not dirty and unhygienic. They made..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Emerald Fennell's Saltburn to Open Austin Film Festival

Promising Young Woman followup leads first title drop

"...confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Feds Say Pflugerville ISD Failed to Investigate Rape of a Student at School

Pflugerville ISD disagrees with the Department of Education

"...assault in 2018, “not only because [PISD] relied on stereotypes about how a person should respond to sexual assault..."

Aug. 22, 2023 News Post by Maggie Quinlan

Four Trailblazing Tequilas Reinvigorating the Spirit’s Reputation

When it comes to the tequila renaissance, sip it, don't shoot it

"...in the U.S. sea of big distro ventures, unfortunate stereotypes, and sweaty college parties. But this iconic Mexican spirit,..."

July 7, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Keshara Moore Wants You to Join The Obsidian Society

Austin author’s debut pits Black and queer characters against the apocalypse

"...easy choice and have them be based on these stereotypes, I feel like you lose a lot of that..."

June 30, 2023 Arts Feature by Joelle DiPaolo

Somewhere in Queens

Sitcom royalty underdelivers with a stack of Italian American stereotypes

April 21, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

SXSW TV Review: American Born Chinese

Disney+ graphic novel adaptation is not just another superhero show

"...based off a comic that boldly explores racism through stereotypes for a platform that designed to create uncontroversial family..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Jenny Nulf

Kate the Chemist Says, "Anybody Can Be a Scientist"

Kate the Chemist is on a mission to take over the world

"...has been working diligently for years to break down stereotypes and barriers around science education, and offers entertainment in..."

March 10, 2023 Features Feature by Katherine McNevins

Kendra Scott Holds First Women’s Summit for Entrepreneurs

An Olympian and executives at Dell, Zoom discuss empowerment

"...says, we have a long way to go. "Gender stereotypes are reinforced in different ways by the media, circle..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Madi Donham

The Keys to Spike Lee: Ashley Clark on Bamboozled

AFS screening and signing unpacks Spike Lee's ugliest and most misunderstood movie

"...From minstrelsy to exploitive stereotypes, Bamboozled delves into the history and lineage of what..."

Feb. 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Katie Karp

Assembling a Community of Women Talking

Director Sarah Polley and producer Dede Gardner on faith and building an ensemble

"...unknown thing that I could project all kinds of stereotypes."..."

Dec. 23, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Finding Little America in Austin

Series co-creator Lee Eisenberg on bringing the Apple show to the ATX

"...handful of images come to mind, many based in stereotypes both malign and obliviously benign. But in Apple TV+..."

Dec. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history

"...comics: but often their jokes deal with the same stereotypes that bigots spread. Filmmaker Jascha Hannover explores the line..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

As Both Writer and Editor, David Levithan Is at the Heart of the Explosion of Queer YA Literature

Young stories, queer voices at the Texas Book Festival

"...to them and weren't just sort of the cultural stereotypes that they had become."..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by James Scott

Review: Zach Theatre's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

Theatrical elements combine for a "perfect goddamn story"

"...Entrance of Chad Deity is a show about owning stereotypes in order to fight them but remembering to actually..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Feature by Shanon Weaver

Seven Lone Star-Launched Recommendations at ACL Fest 2022

Sources of Texas Heat from the Chron Music team

"...Heteronormative gender stereotypes be damned, because Mama Duke has about had it...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Music Feature by Kriss Conklin

Fantastic Fest Review: V/H/S/99

The found footage anthology goes back to the '90s

"...utilize and subvert a litany of cultural norms and stereotypes of the time. Skateboarding burnout kids, the height of..."

Sept. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Trace Sauveur

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio, itchy-O, Fontaines D.C., Ash Lauryn, Nas & Wu-Tang, and more

"...Latin Grammy-nominated Los Angeles artist Amalia Mondragón, who challenges stereotypes of border life by singing in both a feminine..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Christina Garcia

The Burning World: Into The Territory With Alex Pritz

Documentary explores the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau tribe's fight for the Amazon

"...But throw away any "noble savage" stereotypes. Forty years later, the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau are struggling to retain..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: I Subscribed to the Austin-Based festivalPass and Felt Confused

Few discounts and few Austin options on new NFT-dabbling concert ticket marketplace

"...named Legend, packs an impressive number of aspirational rock stereotypes...."

June 24, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Filmmakers Take Nudist Documentary Naked Gardens to Tribeca

Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan explore the vulnerability of a nudist resort in Naked Gardens

"...As Lucas explained, "There's two stereotypes: There's the helicopter style, where you come in and..."

June 10, 2022 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Moontower Review: Deon Cole

Black-ish star delivered the set the audience wanted

"...delivered his sets — largely surrounding race, identity, relationship stereotypes, and sex — with a curated performer’s flair...."

April 26, 2022 Arts Post by Dina Barrish

Opinion: On Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Americans Still Erased in Texas

With the State Board of Education updating our history curriculum, we have an opportunity now to highlight Asian American narratives for future generations of Texas students

"...out for myself more? Would I have questioned the stereotypes of the model minority, the dragon lady, the lotus..."

March 18, 2022 Column by Ashley Cheng

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