Friday more or less went off without a hitch despite the rain, but ACL Fest opened its gates two hours late on Saturday as construction crews attempted mud cleanup. Organizers fit almost everyone into the day’s new truncated schedule: UK dream pop act Night Tapes shuffled from an opening slot at…
Indeed, rain descended on Zilker Park in the days leading up to this year’s Austin City Limits fest, and it didn’t stop Friday. And yet the Chronicle team lived to tell the tale. Locals Elijah Delgado and Grocery Bag repped Austin to out-of-towners, Turnstile invited punks to the mud pit, and “a…
Thanks to Somos, Luis Mendoza and Tony Musleh have gone from neighbors at one South Austin food truck park to business partners in another. Now open at the Yard at 440 E. St. Elmo, the taco truck brings Palestinian and Mexican food together to showcase each culture’s traditional street foods. “When…
Shoot me a Waco. You don’t have to be obsessed with your favorite soft drink to enjoy the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco. Be forewarned that you’ll be surrounded by lots of folks who take their soda pop seriously. The carbonated drink was formulated by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Morrison’s Old Corner…
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is a revisionist revenge film, but not in the fashion of the first and still best John Wick film. Instead, this brooding yet tender drama about faith and violence is revisionist in the same ways that the original Point Blank, Paul Schrader’s Hardcore, and Ghost…
The King and Queen invite you to celebrate the arrival of fall at The Texas Renaissance Festival. October brings the first four of eight themed weekend adventures: Stroll the lanes of New Market Village with over 20 stages of entertainment, 200 costumed performers, food and drink from around the…
A rainy Thursday and more clouds on the horizon are prompting Austin City Limits festival ticket holders to dig out their rain boots and jackets – but how will the weekend be impacted? “Forecast wise, Friday is the main day that I think could be still impacted by rain,” KVUE meteorologist Hunter…
River starts with what seems like a gimmick. The camera glides through a woodland clearing and slowly reveals the aftermath of a bloody murder. But what the audience hears is the crime itself: the nervous fumblings of horny teens, the discovery of an intruder, and the sound of knife going into…
Agata Trzebuchowska is prepared to make you feel queasy. The opening moments of Sick, with images of pus and soiled condoms, are intended to elicit an intense visceral response. It’s a feeling of unease she maintains throughout, even if the source of disgust becomes less about physical decay and…
About 50 people gathered Friday afternoon, Sept. 25, outside University Baptist Church, just steps from UT-Austin’s campus, to protest what they described as attacks on academic freedom and programs focused on race, gender, sexuality, and culture. Organized by the Texas State Employees Union…