Understanding the Science Behind the Total Solar Eclipse

Front-row seat to a celestial show

"...Boswell tells friends why she’s traveled to see multiple total solar eclipses, she explains that she’s going to see..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Ways to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Austin Based on Your Sun Sign

Beer, BBQ, raves, rooftop parties, and calming yoga, to name a few

"...ahead. Check out our list of ways to enjoy totality...."

March 26, 2024 Chronolog Post by Christina Garcia

Total Solar Eclipse to Draw Crowds of Tourists to Town

The once-in-a-lifetime darkness is coming to Central Texas

"...Perhaps you saw the partial eclipse in August 2017 or caught the annular “ring of..."

March 8, 2024 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Ways to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Austin Based on Your Sun Sign

Beer, BBQ, raves, rooftop parties, and calming yoga, to name a few

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Christina Garcia

A Drag Tribute, Eclipse Events Galore, and More Local Happenings

Get your glasses and find your totality

"...And beautiful people, people, people.   – Brant Bingamon Total Eclipse of the Park..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Waterloo Park Hosts an Eclipse-Themed Sculpture

“A portal through time, backwards and forwards”

"...unveiled this week in Waterloo Park to commemorate the total solar eclipse and Fusebox Festival’s 20th anniversary...."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Robyn Ross

Only God Was Above Us at Vampire Weekend’s Eclipse Show

The “Cocaine Cowboys” celebrated new album at high noon

"...equally unlikely events: That Austin would fall within a solar eclipse’s path of totality, and that the NYC-launched, Beverly..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Madeleine Leigh, HONK TX, and Eclipse Mania Leads Our Crucial Concerts

Find some sounds to match the celestial sights this week

"...absolute hallowed ground for Texas singer-songwriters, arrives a special eclipse weekend. As at the main fest, folks can camp..."

April 5, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Pitch Black

"...crossed with spiders, and as the planet enters a total solar eclipse, guess who's coming to dinner? That's the..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Bid the sun farewell and enjoy a fall fair this October

"...We’ve got news about the October annular eclipse and lots of fun events during the month...."

Oct. 5, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Get ready for spring with travel tips and eclipse news

"...reservations for being at a memorable place for the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, you’d best be..."

March 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...readers this week not to look directly at the solar eclipse without protection: “Don’t let your lasting memory of..."

March 29, 2024 News Feature

Free Outdoor Soundwalk “Eclipsing” Comes to the Long Center

Binaural artwork inspired by this year’s eclipse is open to all

"...the concepts of the relativity of simultaneity, deep time, eclipse cycles, and star formation – incorporates elements of binaural..."

Feb. 13, 2024 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...has declared a local disaster one month before the total solar eclipse brings tens of thousands of people to..."

March 15, 2024 News Feature

Egg Hunts, Trans Visibility, and More Community Events

Meet your fellow Austinites as these goings-on

"...brand-new neon sign. And stay tuned for the redesigned totally-Moody masthead on the front cover of next week’s issue...."

March 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 5-11

"...critic Michael Pollan says, “A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.”)..."

April 5, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny

"Krista Steinke: Good Luck With the Sun" at W&TW

These spectacular images of the sun and sky captured with homemade pinhole cameras reveal more about us than celestial objects

"...people flocked outside to witness their part of the total solar eclipse. Many people took photos of the sky..."

June 1, 2018 Arts Review by Melany Jean

Free Stuff to Do at SXSW 2024

Party at the post-apocalypse, smell good doing it

"...the concepts of the relativity of simultaneity, deep time, eclipse cycles, and star formation in advance of April’s total..."

March 8, 2024 Arts Feature by Kimberley Jones

From Country to Blues, Check Out These Austin-Area April Music Festival Lineups

Peruse new 2024 plans from Eclipse Utopia, Two Step Inn, and more

"...Eclipse UtopiaFour Sisters Ranch, April 5 - 9$350-$430 multiday..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Music Post by Carys Anderson

'Encryption'

Stephen Pruitt wants you to tune in to the mystery of sounds in the dark

"...by Stephen Pruitt is a rare joy, like a total solar eclipse or a fabled comet's return. The mastermind..."

July 15, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hottest August

A month-long portrait of NYC captures our fears for the future

"...a career. An amateur astronomer waiting for the upcoming solar eclipse. Skate punks at the park. Sunbathers out on..."

April 10, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...a silent protest at the same time as the eclipse. Last week, they placed hundreds of notes with the..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature

Public Notice: Other People’s Money?

Actually, it's yours. Do you know where it's going?

"...week: "Media Alert. 'Kentuckians for Coal' to Protest the Solar Eclipse August 21!" This is a real event, in..."

Aug. 4, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...table, she prepared a Super Blood Harvest Moon and Total Lunar Eclipse dinner for the community using recipes and..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...clerk was reading the resolves and in the process totally butchering almost every Hispanic name he tried to pronounce...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column

Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film

Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced

"...atomic bombing of Hiroshima – in the midst of total destruction she finds a moment of happiness (Germany)...."

Feb. 6, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...and Utopia, Texas. This includes two festivals oriented around solar eclipses, peaking with a monumentally rare total eclipse in..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin