Rob Lowe’s firefighter drama is shot in L.A., but desperately wants you to know it takes place in Austin.
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Before starring in ‘Terminator' and working with Robert Rodriguez, the Tejano fulfilled his grandfather’s biggest dream.
The migas taco might be all the rage, but this open-face tortilla delight is the secret star of the North Austin location.
The Wimberley artist's memorable album, released earlier this year, materialized after a life-changing experience.
Pedro Villalobos handles felony cases in Travis County, but his own legal status could be in jeopardy.
Forget the tortured artist clichés. The critically acclaimed musician began making the best albums of his life when he settled in Texas and decided to try being happy.
I spent some quality time with those decorated cedar trees along Loop 360 to see if I could get in the holiday spirit.
Known for his ’mumblecore’ films, Andrew Bujalski takes a new direction for Disney+’s first feature film.
The 90-year-old blues legend currently holds down three weekly residencies in Austin.
Dozens of Azteca dancers, clad in regalia, came together during Austin’s largest Día de los Muertos celebration.
The second annual celebration of theater, comedy, and dance displayed the many dimensions of Latinidad.
Every night of the week, revelers walk into Sacrament Tattoo to get inked.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the mayor weighs in on sparring with Governor Abbott. Plus, his takes on mayors Bloomberg and Buttigieg.
The Austin-based jobs site has aired some curious ads during the Astros-Nationals games.
A northern Mexican specialty gets a Mexico City twist in Central Texas.
As part of his campaign against Austin’s homelessness rules, Greg Abbott tweeted an old video of a non-homeless man having a mental health episode. His attorney says the governor is “retraumatizing” the man and his family.
Music still sounds different coming from more intimate venues, where daytime festival acts can take center stage.
Austin’s legalization of camping and sidewalk sleeping has stirred a backlash that obscures the progress some Texas cities have made in steering the homeless off the streets.
Texan stars dominated the annual Zilker Park festival.
Austin-bashing is as old as the hills, but things have gotten a little out of hand.
Three Texas cities—and their respective tastes—appeared in the review service’s ”word clouds.”
The story behind the story behind Austinite Mike Shea’s three seconds of international fame.
The artist’s iconic ”Jeremiah” frog mural in Austin is seemingly indestructible, and so is his musical legacy.
An aggressively odd Instagram account both celebrates and pokes fun at the legendary Texas blues rocker.
Living hard and free, cedar choppers clashed with respectable townsfolk in the mid-20th century.
A Houston man wants to know if our columnist would be happy in another of Texas's many wonderful locales.
Inspired by the ’80s classic ’Coming to America,’ the Austin barbecue sandwich shop serves this higher quality play on the McRib.
Veronica Mars may be set in California, but you don’t have to look too far to see the show’s Texas roots. Creator Rob Thomas graduated from San Marcos High School and attended Texas Christian University, where he walked on to the football team, before transferring to (and graduating from) the…
Texas Democrats still love Beto O’Rourke. In polls of the state, he leads every candidate in the field except Joe Biden. His improbable 2018 Senate campaign, which earned him more votes than any Democrat in the history of Texas, still carries a lot of goodwill in…
The 81,000-square-foot office space is part of H-E-B’s reimagining of itself as a technology company.
Beloved decades-old eateries are disappearing as they succumb to the same pressures that have rapidly transformed the city.
The ”don’t trust the government” right and the ”don’t trust the government” left overlap when it comes to vaccines.
The film, which premiered at SXSW, shares a nuanced perspective of the man behind the leopard-print thong.
With yet another billion dollar mixed-use development in the works, Austin may be nearing its saturation point.
Every weekend, scores of bachelorette parties flock to the Texas capital in search of cute murals, dressed-up cocktails, and the perfect Instagram. But the new tourism also reveals something deeper about the city's socioeconomic reality.
The tech giant will become the largest employer in Austin, bringing an additional 5,000 jobs.
The ubiquitous devices are transforming transportation—and sending a lot of people to the hospital.
Step into the city's social scene with Chris Cates and Jose Gutierrez, the influencers behind 'When Where What Austin.'
It would have been great for tech workers, but a disaster for infrastructure, equality, and the identities of Austin and Dallas.
The tech giant is set to make its announcement within the next two months—but whatever happens, Austin and Dallas rents are likely to go up.
A new study suggests that there’s a new city topping the charts for getting stuck in traffic, and it’s in North Texas.
With an expanding pool of talent and steady work, animation is a promising path forward for the Texas film industry.
Last year, neighborhood residents protested when new owners painted over a pair of murals at the East Austin intersection of twelfth and Chicon. Austin—on both the east side and the west side of I-35—has long been known for its murals, whether painted by Daniel Johnston,…
The Austin barbecue truck smokes and sears its patties to just the right tenderness. But don't ask for one at lunch.
As Austin honored a former slave, Panola County celebrated the Confederacy and ignored his brother.
In her new cookbook, the Austinite offers up recipes sourced from local restaurants, from pig skin noodles to chorizo potato pizza.
