Take Care of My Friend
Director Elizabeth Newman of the Filigree Theatre strayed a bit from her previous repertoire with the world premiere of Take Care of My Friend. Starring Kathleen Fletcher, who wrote the…
Dear Evan Hansen Waves Pain Through a Window
Most theatregoers know the story of Dear Evan Hansen, as it was a tremendous success on Broadway for six years in a row and was also a film and a…
Others Were Here Beforehand: City Theatre Austin’s Men on Boats
There is a single line in Jaclyn Backhaus’s Men on Boats, now running at City Theatre Austin through April 12, that cuts through everything: the rapids, rhetoric, gender politics, and…
Witch — Bewitchingly Witty
I was fortunate to grab one of the remaining tickets for the closing night performance of Witch, at Hyde Park Theatre, a bewitchingly witty play directed superbly by Ken Webster…
Davis Harris: Bootstrapping Austin’s Liaison AI into a Hub for Enterprise AI
Davis Harris, founder and owner of Liaison AI, has spent the last several years quietly building one of Austin’s most practical bridges into the enterprise AI ecosystem. Liaison AI doesn’t…
Milwaukee Puts Its Flavor On Your Feet — Literally
I’ll confess something. I used to be a slave to fashion — or a slave to labels, as they called it back when wearing someone else’s name on your body…
Gilead Is Coming to Your Street: Hulu’s The Testaments Takes Austin and the Country
A purple bus, cryptic pies, and an army of purple-clad “Plums” signal the arrival of one of 2026’s most anticipated series. If you were walking along South Congress Avenue or…
SXSW and the Reinvention of the “Short”: Self Custody and the Language of Ambition
At SXSW, where new forms are constantly being tested, the question is not only what you are watching, but what you are being asked to call it. Garrett Patton’s Self…
SXSW, Tom Sachs, and the Myth of “Sympathetic Magic”
At SXSW, where ideas are supposed to feel ahead of the curve, Tom Sachs delivered something closer to a time capsule. Not entirely irrelevant. Not entirely compelling either. Sachs, the…
Don’t Let Your Biological Clock Feel like a Ticking Time Bomb
CCRM, located in Southwest Austin, is a cutting-edge fertility center. They hosted an informative panel during SXSW to talk about options for women and couples who cannot conceive a child.…