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Hot Summer Nights Returns With 2026 Lineup
The remedy for Austin’s slowest season has returned for its ninth annual year. Hot Summer Nights will host more than 130 acts spread across 15 downtown venues for Red River Cultural District’s su...
Soul 2 Sole Festival Taps Out
In 2024, Tapestry Dance Company’s motivations were high. The local arts nonprofit had just booked venues and opened ticket sales for its 25th annual Soul 2 Sole International Tap Festival, an initi...
Austin Film Festival Goes Hogg Wild With On The Road Series
With the Paramount Theatre closing for a massive refurbishment this month, the big question has been, how will the many film festivals and events that call Austin’s biggest cinema home respond?
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“Real Men” and Texas Republicans
When I saw a headline reading, “New World screwworm discovered in Texas,” my first reaction was, “Not another Ken Paxton story.” But it seems I was misinformed – Paxton’s victory in the T...
Disclosure Day Review: Close Encounters of the Emotional Kind
As I was leaving the Austin press screening of Disclosure Day, the new sci-fi drama from Steven Spielberg, there was an astronomical phenomenon. A rare conjunction, with Venus and Jupiter seemingly w...
The Winners of the 2025-2026 Austin Theatre Critics Awards
One night after the Tony Awards, Austin’s own theatre scene celebrated critical darlings. In Monday’s ceremony, emcees and local performers Matt Kennedy and Kyra Jackson guided the community thro...
Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! Kicks Off “Alzo Era” in Return to Austin
Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, NPR’s weekly news quiz that attracts millions of listeners across the country, returned to Austin Thursday for a taping at UT’s Bass Concert Hall. The episode debute...