Editor’s note: In this recurring column, writer Cat Cardenas rounds up four artists, who are performing over the weekend for less than $20.
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Symptoms of Beatlemania swept a record-breaking crowd on Saturday as they spent hours in a sweaty frenzy, waiting to enter the LBJ Presidential Library’s latest exhibit.
More than 50 years after...
Who: Elijah Ford & The Bloom
Where: Lambert's
When: Thursday 9:30 p.m.
Cost: $5
After touring with singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham, Elijah Ford, son of Black Crowes’ guitarist...
When Icelandic indie-pop band Of Monsters and Men released its first album, My Head is an Animal, in 2012, the band gained critical acclaim in the U.S. But with the release of its second album, Beneath...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, writer Cat Cardenas rounds up four artists, who are performing over the weekend for less than $20.
Have a suggestion? Is there a show we missed? Send a...
Four years after the release of Ceremonials, indie pop band Florence + the Machine makes an impassioned return with its third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, released May 29.
For...
At age 15, Ben Dorcy became an Ice Capades dancer. A few years later he became a Navy seaman, and now, at 90 years old, he is the world’s oldest living roadie.
In the upcoming biographical documentary...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, writer Cat Cardenas rounds up four artists, who are performing over the weekend for less than $20.
Have a suggestion? Is there a show we missed? Send a...
Local painter Drew Riley remembers a childhood spent wishing to try on the dresses she saw girls wear at school. It is memories like these she now channels into her artwork.
After she spent years...
Editor’s Note: In 300 words or fewer, this series spotlights people in our community whose stories typically go untold.
In a rural Belizean village, Kathryn Redd, UT's Counceling and Mental...
Classic rock fans who never got a chance to see Jimi Hendrix wail on his guitar or watch Oasis’ 1996 performance in Manchester can get a glimpse of those and other iconic moments in music at Modern...
From the moment they received their syllabuses, UT’s apparel design seniors work tirelessly on five pieces for UT’s annual fashion show. Each design is meant to encompass the year’s theme....
French senior Ida Nematipour spent her childhood dodging scattered pins and needles around her house.
Surrounded by her family’s sewing materials, she began designing clothes —...
KUT radio host John Aielli owes his lengthy 50-year radio career to a stroke of luck — and to a desperate job search he conducted as a teenager.
In 1963, Aielli had just been accepted into...
Beyoncé, Rihanna and Madonna rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars every month from Spotify, while lesser-known artists are left struggling for commercial success.
Gary Powell, composer, producer...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, writer Cat Cardenas rounds up four artists who are performing over the weekend for under $20.
Have a suggestion? Is there a show we missed? Send...
Sold out — two words a concertgoer dreads most. With bands coming in and out of Austin all the time, it’s hard to keep track of shows. Without realizing it, you can even miss your favorite...
Austin poster designer Rob Jones’ career took off when White Stripes frontman Jack White broke his finger.
In 2003, after designing posters for a number of smaller acts, Jones received an...
Alternative rock band The Mowgli’s is known for their peppy sound and upbeat lyrics. With two albums already under their belt, the band will release their third album, “Kids in Love,”...
South By Southwest provided a change of pace for the staff members aboard the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Though they spend 10 months out of the year visiting schools across the country, South By...
If there’s one thing MTV’s Woodie Awards can almost guarantee their audience, it’s variety. The Woodie Awards, which recognize the best in music as voted by college students, made a splash at...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, writer Cat Cardenas will round up four artists who are performing over the weekend for under $20. Have a suggestion? Send a tweet to @crcardenas8.
Who:...
Documentaries probably aren’t the top priority for music badge holders out there, but with films that cover everything from Kurt Cobain to banned music in Mali, you might want to give them some of...
Editor’s note: This Q&A has been edited for clarity and brevity.
Vietnam’s “queen of hip hop,” Suboi, released her second album RUN last September. Suboi, the 25-year-old,...
Sihasin will perform at South By Southwest’s Native American Showcase. Brother and sister Clayson and Jeneda Benally previously performed as punk rock band Blackfire for over 20 years. Three years...
When Austin law enforcement reported its first human trafficking first case in 2003, it called in a response team. Noël Busch-Armendariz, UT associate dean for research, was part of that team.
As...
Louis Black, co-founder of South By Southwest and The Austin Chronicle, is bringing something new to SXSW — “Made in Texas.” Made in Texas is a program of six short films with topics...
Editor’s note: In this recurring column, writer Cat Cardenas will round up four artists who are performing over the weekend for under $20. Have a suggestion? Send a tweet to @crcardenas8.
Who:...
When UT alumnus and documentarian John Fitch saw his first amateur film on the TV, he fell in love with filmmaking. Recently, Fitch’s films have taken a backseat, as he shifted his focus toward helping...
Editor’s note: In 300 words or fewer, this series spotlights people in our community whose stories typically go untold.
When John Sager was 9, he met Martin Luther King Jr. during a vacation to...
Austin is known as the live music capitol of the world — but given the price of most concerts, if you’re a college student on a budget, you might as well be in Lubbock.* Good news: The Daily...
Fifty-four years ago, the CVS on the Drag was the Texas Theatre, a popular place for students to go, as long as they were white. With its doors closed to African-American students, the theater became the...
A family caught in the crosshairs of immigration legislation and an Austin musician faced with hunger are just two of the subjects featured in the UT club Students of the World’s projects.
Students...
In common mythology, vampires are said to live forever — and eternity is how long Ryan Mitts thought he might have to wait to see his vampire workplace comedy on the big screen.
Mitts, a...
What happens when an architect’s client wants a house that looks like it was designed by “a group of super-sized drag queens”? This is the plot to one of seven short stories featured...
Just over a year ago, Paul del Bosque, Austin-based artist and UT alumnus, picked up a prayer card and found a Catholic saint staring back at him — and inspiration struck.
The cards, distributed...
History graduate student Valerie Martinez has read scores of books about WWII but only a few chapters about the subject of her dissertation — the conflict’s Hispanic servicewomen.
“There...
One day after the start of the 84th Texas Legislative Session, lawmakers and students from across Texas gathered to rally in support of the Texas Dream Act.
The 14-year-old bill allows undocumented...
When brothers Luis and Nick Soberon decided to name their alternative folk band Sons of Santos, they weren’t just aiming for alliteration — they also hoped to honor the man who first got them...
Deep secrets and personal life experiences are not stories people are usually willing to share with a stranger on the street, but Brandon Stanton’s ability to coax confessions from strangers is what...
A coffee table book turned national sensation. Though it sounds unrealistic, it is exactly what happened when Austin photographer Adam Voorhes and journalist Alex Hannaford released their book “Malformed:...
As a more widely respected art form, street art is no stranger to Austin. From the HOPE Outdoor Gallery to the famous “Hi, How Are You?” mural, street art pops up all throughout the city. SouthPop,...
As the first notes of “Stairway to Heaven” play from the speakers at Spider House Cafe, the members of Avenue F Records stop what they’re doing to fully appreciate the Led Zeppelin song....
Color is something there is never a shortage of at Rural Rooster. Buckets of ink containing almost any color imaginable line the art studio’s shelves. There are screens of different designs on every...
Fun Fun Fun Fest is upon us again, overtaking Auditorium Shores this weekend with a multitude of headliners and smaller, lesser-known gems appearing at the Black, Blue, Orange and Yellow stages. Here is...
Formed in Santa Barbara, California, indie rock quintet Gardens & Villa recently released their second album, Dunes, and will be performing at Fun Fun Fun Fest on Sunday. Their first self-titled studio...
Although she’s made a career out of her passion for the mystical arts, UT alumna Kate Braun says being a psychic isn’t anything like what Hollywood makes it out to be.
For...
The cofounders of the Austin-based press A Strange Object believe, as more and more attention is paid to the screens in front of us, books are becoming an increasingly foreign idea. This is something the...
OK Go is an alternative rock band originally from Chicago but now based in Los Angeles. With the release of their new album, Hungry Ghosts, OK Go continues to push creative boundaries both through its...
A single glance is sometimes all it takes to make an impression on someone. This concept led UT alumna Susannah Morgan to curate the “Face Value” exhibit at the Davis Gallery, an Austin art...
In the 12 years since ACL has started, the influx of tourists and the sheer volume of patrons who travel to the city have done so much in terms of generating revenue and publicity. But, as the festival...
In a one-story building huddled in the shadow of the Frost Bank Tower downtown is the Mexic-Arte Museum. The building is unassuming at first, but it contains years’ worth of history, and tales of...
