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1 week ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Lina Fisher |Richard Whittaker
Recommended happenings for you calendar consideration "Peek A Boo" by Autumn Mae Through May 3, Bolm ArtsIndeed a reference to Aldous Huxley’s renowned 1931 dystopian novel, Bolm Arts’ latest multi-artist exhibit tackles the ever-evolving questions of naturalism, commercialism, and personal and national identity reflected in the contemporary fiber world.
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1 week ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott
Make sure to make time for the coolest queer you know, aka you. Despite being an artist, I do not do morning pages. This is because I am also a professional writer, which means my sleep schedule is done 80% while the sun's shining. I have never and will never be an early riser, okay! Not even to do the Artist’s Way, helpful though it may be to other creators.
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2 weeks ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Richard Whittaker |Carys Anderson
There's also some events during the day Monday 14, We Luv VideoRevolutionary Girl Utena is the best anime of all time. I’ll accept arguments otherwise – you know my email – but I believe this story’s mix of surreal imagery, emotional catharsis, and girls with swords ascends beyond most other magical girl material due to how hard it freakin’ goes.
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2 weeks ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott
Bobby Pudrido at Bidi Bidi Birthday What is Las Ofrendas? For the past eight years, TK Tunchez’s organization has done more than any one title could contain. This Sunday, April 13, they celebrate those eight years in style at their annual Bidi Bidi Birthday bash – not only tributing their organization’s official octet anniversary but a woman who represents everything Tunchez hoped for in creating Las Ofrendas: Selena Quintanilla.
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2 weeks ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott
A fun week's in your cards I’m gazing into my crystal ball/tarot deck/Google search results, and they’re all telling me you’re totally gay. Wait, was that not your question? In any case, time for another edition of Homoscopes, everyone’s favorite Qmmunity column format. Feel free to interpret these event suggestions as you want: Moon sign or sun sign, ascendent or descendent, it’s all gay to me!Shoutout to this week’s sign, Aries. You should never count out the creative and industrious ram.
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2 weeks ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Caroline Drew |Richard Whittaker
Acro-Cats, Earth Day, and all manner of arts and culture happenings Thursday 10 - Sunday 13, Indra’s AwarehouseWho said the circus is always looking at the past? Well, maybe that’s a little true with Ventanas, a new revival of contemporary circus troupe Cirque Vida’s show that first premiered in 2023. Think of it as an acrobatic twist on Only Murders in the Building, as the show looks through the window at the lives performed in a strange, beautiful, and familiar apartment block.
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3 weeks ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott
Peaches Christ and Mink Stole According to stage and screen actress Mink Stole, Austin is home to many attractive people. “I was shocked when we were there before,” she recalls, “at how really attractive everybody was.” Her performance partner Peaches Christ agrees: “If anywhere in Texas is our place or our people, it’s gotta be Austin.” Now just why are these two buttering up the Bat City crowd? Well, they’re bringin’ their two-woman show to ATX for a one-night-only scream.
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3 weeks 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).
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3 weeks ago | 
austinchronicle.com | James Scott
Staying positive these days is like being an 84-year-old Al Pacino trying to read names at the Oscars – a struggle! Feeling so Normal and Fine I am feeling so normal lately. Life is the most normal it has ever been. Every day I wake up, look at my phone, and see several social media posts about how I and everyone around me is about to be put in a blender. This is such a normal occurrence.
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3 weeks 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.
