Opinion – A Plea: Don’t Robinhood My H-E-B

An H-E-B devotee wonders why Austin shoppers have to pay for grocery bags

"...Bag it. The tissue paper-thin produce bag split as I put my red seedless..."

May 9, 2025 Column by Elaine Kasper

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 9-15

"...21st century, she is increasingly recognized as a great thinker who got marginalized because of her feminist approach to..."

May 9, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

Austin Elders: Meet Mary Lou Gibson, Journalist and Austin’s Voice of Saints

A woman of hundreds of articles and few words

"...with Good Friday, when Christians remember the crucifixion. “I think about how the soldiers drove nails through his hands...."

May 9, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

Unprecedented Instability

"...electoral defeat in the 2026 midterm elections. The party's razor-thin majority in the House of Representatives, holding 218 seats,..."

May 5, 2025 Postmarks

Visual Arts Review: Surrealist Showcase “All I Want Is Boundless Love”

Fewer melting clocks for more maternal moons at Martha’s Contemporary

"...There’s something healthy about each generation’s return to surrealism. The act..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by Teedee Simons

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...the years since Miss Dolly Parton’s comic classic premiered. Anything a shade bluer than a Sunday church service gets..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Will AISD Be OK?

"...how AISD schools are still being overlooked and stretched thin. I don't think our schools will make it through..."

April 8, 2025 Postmarks

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...make the pilgrimage. This black bird is hardly the thing that dreams are made of, but it does have..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

St. Paddy’s Day, SXSnacks, Sailor Moon, and More Weekend Events

Our recommendations for the waning days of the Fest

"...John C. Reilly could probably do anything he wants on stage or screen, after a decadeslong..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Aiko, Jurassic 5’s Soup, Quiet Light, and More Reviews From Monday of SXSW

Music fest kicks off with a bang

"...Dawe Gates. From the first note of cheeky opener “Everything is always about me,” audience members were undoubtedly entranced..."

March 11, 2025 Music Post by Miranda Garza

SXSW Film Review: The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick

Anti-thriller mines wellness culture to unnerving effect

"...buzzes, and unnerving cottagecore pianos and strings. There’s clearly something out of sight, but the question of whether it’s..."

March 10, 2025 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...There’s nothing quite like the myth of the Old West. Cowgirl..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Restaurant Review: Shanghainese-Meets-Sichuan Food at Mian & Bao

New Triangle spot offers vibrant flavors with a West Coast pedigree

"...with a single passage for entry and exit is nothing short of harrowing. If at all possible, head over..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Restaurant Review: East Austin’s Loudmouth

A surprisingly sophisticated bar program and heavily topped pies await you at this pizzeria

"...recommendations and ready to make good if and when something goes wrong. Recently opened restaurants often have growing pains..."

Feb. 14, 2025 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Night of the Living Dildo Police

How a proposed Texas law would limit sex toy sales

"...display at Walmart? If you answered yes, you have something in common with Hillary Hickland, a freshman Republican House..."

Feb. 14, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, February 7-13

"...area that’s almost perfectly flat. After a rain, a thin layer of calm water transforms the surface into a..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Luv Doc: Inviting the Uninviting

A dinner party disaster waiting to happen

"...she is hurt about not being invited. It’s always something like, “How long have you known them?” or “Where..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Column by The Luv Doc

Presence

Steven Soderbergh ghost story takes on an otherworldly POV

"...to David Lowery’s A Ghost Story, it’s all so veil-thin by comparison to much greater contemporary works like The..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fusebox Facts, Sullivan’s Travels, and More Recommended Events

Some recommendations for the week ahead

"...Everyone has that article of clothing they can’t part with, be it a pair of..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Film Society Announces Recipients of 2024 Grants for Short Films

Rising filmmakers from around the state get essential support

"...Iker, a nine-year-old boy in Puerto Rico, navigates the thin line between fantasy and reality after a striking event..."

Jan. 8, 2025 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Witness This Weekend's Recommended Arts and Culture Events

Sarah Silverman, 80s Night, sustainable sculpting, and more

"...all-Asian improv troupe achieves enlightenment – or at least something like that – in their focused funny show. While..."

Jan. 3, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Complete Unknown

Biopic plugs into Bob Dylan at an instrumental moment in time

"...and the Night That Split the Sixties) is weirdly thin. It presumes viewers are learned enough to already know..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Weekend Events to Get You to the New Year

Movies, art, drag performances, and more

"...is to make friends ... I probably won’t do anything serious, TBH. But I might say “C’mon!” while rolling..."

Dec. 27, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Chanukah and Xmas Events for the Family or to Help You Escape Family

Either way, you're having a good time

"...The Thin Man..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Little Women, Big Games, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Get in the spirit with these arts and cultural happenings

"...composition for the Nutcracker ballet, but irrefutably – the thing doesn’t swing. Enter Duke Ellington, who in 1960 reimagined..."

Dec. 20, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Top 10 Austin Albums of 2024

From art rock to hip-hop, these are the records I kept on repeat

"...in live settings – was one of the best things to come out of my Austin live music excursions..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Blitz

Steve McQueen's history of the London air raids misses the target

"...also burdened by a surprisingly leaden script filled with paper-thin Cockney stereotypes. (And, honestly, would it have hurt McQueen..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

With Confidential APD Internal Investigations Records Open, Here’s What We’ve Seen So Far

First records released don’t confirm advocate or police union fears

"...Information Act. The notion that whatever information is contained within those records would be unremarkable is implausible...."

Nov. 8, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Film Festival Review: Blitz

Steve McQueen’s history of the London air raids misses the target

"...also burdened by a surprisingly leaden script filled with paper-thin Cockney stereotypes. (And, honestly, would it have hurt McQueen..."

Oct. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Venom: The Last Dance

One last pas de deux between Tom Hardy's reporter and the hellraising symbiote he plays bodily host to

"...third part of a superhero trilogy can make is thinking what we need is a lot of new plots...."

Oct. 25, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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