Katherine McNevins

1 week ago | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Carys Anderson |Tim Stegall

Arts and culture to fill your days Thursday 8 - Saturday 10, The DomainAustin isn’t known as an especially fashionable city. We’re too attached to our flip-flops, tank-tops, and other hyphenated items that are really more about summer survival than looking fierce. This weekend, however, there’s a slate of stylish events to remind us how good we can look when we put our best people to the task.

1 week 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.

1 week ago | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Carys Anderson |Kimberley Jones

Through May 31, Multiple LocationsArf, arf: This is my impression of your dog when you tell them about this furry fundraising effort from Divine Canines. Tell their placid doggy faces about how 30 CTX craft breweries are participating, like Celis Brewery and Independence Brewing. Pet their ears and inform your pooch how buying a $30 Pawsport as well as a 2025 pint glass entitles you to a pour at each brewery. At this point, the canine mind might think: Okay, but what do I get out of all this?

3 weeks 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.

3 weeks ago | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Kimberley Jones |Richard Whittaker

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend Thursday 24, Franklin BarbecueGirls be grilling, as the saying I just made up goes. Few places will that be truer than this Thursday’s tiara-topped triumph of women and non-binary chefs/grillmasters. Under the theme “Dame Prom,” these feminine forces of Austin’s food world plate up delicious dishes of grilled meats, veggies, and desserts flavored by that all-powerful spice of nostalgia – so expect “Forever Young” on the event playlist.