-
1 week ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Kat McNevins |Richard Whittaker |Cat McCarrey
Reasons to look ahead to the work week Monday 23, Alamo MuellerSome people claim that 1949’s Love Happy was the last Marx Brothers film. Groucho Marx argued otherwise, as that was a movie that just happened to have all of the big three in the cast. The underseen A Night in Casablanca was the last time all three were onscreen at the same time and the last time they showed their true magic: Chico’s buffoonery, Harpo’s clowning, and Groucho’s loquacious quick-wittedness.
-
1 month ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Cat McCarrey |Carys Anderson |Kimberley Jones
Monday 12 - Sunday 18, ICOSA Collective GalleryFor the 45th in their ongoing Window Dressing series, ICOSA pretties up their outward facing exhibition space with the work of Austin-based artist Sev Coursen. Viewable from this coming Monday until next Sunday are Coursen’s many foldable objects, created by him to be “self-contained sculptures” which may collapse, travel, and expand at the whims of their presenting environment.
-
1 month ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Richard Whittaker |Cat McCarrey
Weekday nights are for arting Monday 5, St. John Branch LibraryHESS HIVE RISE! Awkward absurdist auteur Jared Hess might be rolling in the dough with Minecraft’s continued box office dominance, but nothing beats his Napoleon Dynamite follow-up: the tale of orphan friar-turned-luchador, Nacho frickin’ Libre. Forget Steve and his chicken jockeys, Nacho is Jack Black’s ultimate role – and his personal favorite, so there.
-
2 months ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Richard Whittaker |Cat McCarrey
Monday 28, Yarborough Branch LibraryI look up "mending" on Google, and the first websites that pop up are the Minecraft Wiki and Dungeons & Dragons’ Fandom site. But mending is no fantastical concept used only in building simulators or tabletop role-playing. In truth, one of the best sustainable practices a conscientious citizen can pick up is the ability to repair their clothes.
-
2 months ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Cat McCarrey |Richard Whittaker
Monday 7, Hyperreal Film ClubIf you’ve ever felt homesick, congratulations – you have something in common with Sight and Sound’s greatest film of all time director Chantal Akerman (Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles).
-
2 months ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Cat McCarrey |Richard Whittaker
Thursday 3 - Friday 4 & Sunday 6, AFS CinemaNow that Elon Musk seems to have gotten bored with the idea of sticking chips in people’s heads and is too busy wrecking the global economy, it’s a lot easier to enjoy Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell. This 1995 anime adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s groundbreaking cyberpunk manga pits Major Motoko Kusanagi (voiced by Atsuko Tanaka) against the enigmatic Puppet Master.
-
Mar 27, 2025 | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Carys Anderson |Cat McCarrey
The weekend in arts and culture Thursday 27, AFS CinemaOften joked about as a stoner flick for its psychedelic wah-wah soundtrack and trippy visuals, Fantastic Planet could do that job for sure – but it’s also a hell of a well-crafted animated film if you choose to take it that way.
-
Mar 6, 2025 | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Cat McCarrey |Kimberley Jones |Brant Bingamon
Monday 10, Texas CapitolIt’s hard not to feel powerless when combating the seemingly daily attacks on marginalized people from state and national entities (read: assholes). The Transgender Education Network of Texas helps local folks do some direct advocacy at this daylong event with the goal of schooling state politicians on the issues facing the trans community (and maybe prove to the more ignorant among them that trans people aren’t cruel witches).
-
Feb 27, 2025 | 
asianamericans.einnews.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Lucciana Choueiry |Cat McCarrey
Moyo Okediji (Courtesy of Austin Public Library) Moyo Okediji Artist TalkThursday 27, Central LibraryWhen seeking cool new art spaces in our city, most folks don’t realize there’s a totally free, open-all-week option. You know! The Central Library! This month – and through ’til April 27 – they’ve been showcasing artist Moyo Okediji, a UT-Austin professor of art history.
-
Feb 27, 2025 | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |James Renovitch |Cat McCarrey
"The Memory of the Missing Thing" by Denise Prince Through April 5, Ivester ContemporaryOil of Olay? No: Oil on canvas, painted by second-time solo Ivester Contemporary exhibitionist Denise Prince as part of her new show kicking off this Saturday, March 1. These works dig into our current relationship to beauty as seen through product advertisements – you know, the big glossy images scattered throughout fashion mags you read in a salon waiting room – and test those visual limits.
