A new list ranking the best cities for first-time homebuyers has placed Austin among the top 25 big markets for buyers.

The gloves are coming off — as well as the wigs — for Austin singer-songwriter Quentin, whose emotionally honest debut album Tomgirl comes out today, July 24. In this album, Quentin (who uses all ...

Maron adds that porcupines are also increasing in number, though that's been building steadily in recent years rather than all at once. Every year, Austin Wildlife Rescue gets more and more porcupines ...

Free music will be plentiful during the 2026 State Fair of Texas' 24-day run, from September 25 to October 18 in Dallas. The Fair has revealed its full lineup of music acts that will be playing on ...

Austinies barely need a reason to make a drive down 290 West, but here’s one anyway: The Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival will return October 22-25. The annual shindig showcases the best of the ...

Lori Parks' play-within-a-play, Sally & Tom, opens this week at Zach Theatre. The Pulitzer Prize winner's dramedy about Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson runs from July 22 through August 23 at The ...

What's going on in the Austin food scene, including news about Mudbugs and Drinki closing, Zilker Brewing and La Barbecue increasing distribution of their collaborative beer, Suerte adding rotating ...

The Austin Chronicle has moved its famous Hot Sauce Festival to a new venue that's really been heating up over the past few years. The festival will be held Sunday, August 30, at Radio/East.

This June, The Atlantic published a searchable database of songs that may have been used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models to make new music. Artists everywhere, including here in Austin, ...

While the sport of pickleball was invented way back in the 1960s, it has exploded in popularity in the 2020s. It was only a matter of time before someone figured out a way to make a movie about the ...

The biggest literary event in Texas is coming up again, and readers now have a quick taste of who's going to visiting Austin to attend. The Texas Book Festival, on the calendar for November 14 and 15 ...