On Valentine’s Day, the Travis County Sheriff’s Department called the Austin Animal Center about cockfighting ring out in Webberville.

Most demonic possession movies stop just when things gets interesting. The demon is gone, but what happens to the victim after the ultimate lost weekend. When Jordan Galland starting writing possession-recovery horror-comedy Ava's Possession, he said, "The pitch to myself was Rosemary's Baby meets Memento.

If you thought the Long Center's search for a new President/CEO to succeed Jamie Grant would take months as board members screened candidates from across the continent, prepare for a surprise: Just seven weeks after the announcement of Grant's resignation, a permanent successor has been named, and it's the center's Marc Seriff.

South by Southwest’s weekly lineup announcements concluded this morning, 11 days before the conference’s music portion commences. The addition of 201 acts includes all-time great MC Nas, Brooklyn pop artisans Lucius, and rising rapper Vince Staples, totaling the festival’s offerings around 2,100 acts.

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Just as important as planning your SXSW calendar of panels and parties? Planning how to get there, and how to get home or back to the hotel in one piece.

For Andrew Cashen, guitarist/vocalist for pop powerhouse Sweet Spirit and melodic punks A Giant Dog, the question’s long been which of his local acts will hit it big first? That remains undecided, but I’ll wager against option number three: Blood drooling, gimp mask-sporting, garage-metal Austin quintet Tear Dungeon.

The Jack Allen's Kitchen team goes fishing, Gardner says goodbye, and more afternoon bites.

They vowed to take it to the U.S. Supreme Court – and today they did.