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Jan 9, 2025 | 
austinchronicle.com | Amber Williams
From left to right: Connie Flores, Linda Rhea, and Ruby Roa If you haven’t heard about Ladies of Charity of Austin before, that’s by design. Since the end of the 19th century, these Catholic laywomen have intentionally shied from the spotlight while helping Austinites in need. “To serve rather than to be served,” said interim President Ruby Roa, quoting French priest Saint Vincent de Paul, who founded the first Ladies of Charity association in 1617.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Richard Whittaker |Amber Williams
Fill your week with bright and shady things to do Through December 16, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter, Mueller, LakelineWhere are we going? Why, to the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express... movie party. Experience this Christmas classic – aka the film that brought “uncanny valley” into popular parlance – Drafthouse-style with Santa hats, bottomless popcorn, sleigh bells, and commemorative train tickets to bring the adventure to life.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | Derek Udensi |Carys Anderson |Raoul Hernandez |Amber Williams
Shoegaze, hip-hop, jazz, and three days of Wilco PAACK Thursday 28, Saxon PubNo Thanksgiving plans? Find a hearty three-course offering at Saxon Pub Thursday night kicking off at 6pm with resident lady group PAACK. Paige DeChausse, Andrea Magee, Violet Lea, Cari Hutson, and Kelly Green each front their own bands, yet merge with PAACK as one power tribe syncing quintet harmonies with hand drums, flutes, electric solos, and acoustic vibes.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | Amber Williams
If all the shopping, hosting, baking, and ugly sweater-wearing are making your winter break feel more like a sprint, Luminations might be your chance to take five. Going on 19 years, this annual winter light exhibit hosted by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center offers a chill alternative to fast-paced festivities by connecting visitors with nature, light, and art. Since kicking off in 2005, Luminations now draws over 20,000 visitors annually.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Amber Williams |James Renovitch
Island of Doomed Men Through Saturday 30, AFS CinemaThere’s no history of the Golden Age of Hollywood that doesn’t feature the distinctive face of Peter Lorre – those bulging eyes, that clammy visage. Yet it’s his own history that hovers over the last two films in AFS Cinema’s tribute to this émigré master of the small screen.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | Amber Williams
The longstanding groove-makers won't cool down The Heat in 1975 “Y’all ready to get hot?” emcee Micael Priest asks the crowd. It is the late 1970s in Austin and young funk group Extreme Heat is about to grace Armadillo World Headquarters – the club in town where greats like Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Bruce Springsteen pulled up. Slick guitars converse with stream-of-consciousness piano solos as splashy drums and bumpy bass lines demand dancing.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | Amber Williams
Listeners pack the Cactus Cafe as jazz spills from the corner stage. Explosive saxophone and splashy drums burst forth before giving way to tiptoeing basslines and softly brushed guitar. Tasteful piano fills in the cracks. Host, jazz historian, and local rabbi Neil Blumofe approaches the microphone after a few numbers. “We’re honored to think about the spaces in between the notes, the spaces in between all the information we get,” he reflects.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Kimberley Jones |Derek Udensi |Amber Williams
Thursday 17-Saturday 19, the BallroomWho doesn’t love a good scare? How about a few dozen of them, each terrifying and unique? That’s what the newly conjured Austin Horror Film Festival will be providing over three days and eight blocks of bloodcurdling shorts and features designed to shock, disgust, raise a smile, and more. Hey, who said horror could just be horrifying? So with horror hotter than ever at the box office, here’s your chance to see the fear wranglers of the future.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | Amber Williams
All dogs go to heaven, and some also go into the epidermisBetty Rose specializes in fur baby portraits Betty Rose got her first cat tattoo on her 18th birthday. Then she got her first real cat, Patches. As a teenager, with depression, drugs, and late-night parties swirling around her, Rose found her furry friend with orange, black, and white splotches to be the consistent cuddly rock she needed.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
austinchronicle.com | Amber Williams
Put a little distance between you and the crowds with these eats The Picnic Hungry at Austin City Limits? Want reasonably-priced eats and a break from the crowd? Lucky for you, many local restaurants await just a short walk from Zilker Park – each offering a different taste to suit your mood. Some venues change their hours during the festival, so call before you go.
