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Must-catch panels, films, music showcases, and more at this year's all-virtual Fest

A guide to some of Austin's most notable new murals you may have missed

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

“The most sublime Texts ever written”

After years of thwarting the singing kids on Glee, Jane Lynch takes the stage to belt some tunes herself

Former Austin Psych Fest teams with Fun Fun Fun Fest promoter

Verdi wrote an opera lover's dream, and Austin Lyric Opera realized it with an all-star cast

The Monkees go ape at the Long Center

So much ado!

We have not seen real Sicilian mobsters onscreen

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

Aerialists add theatrical magic to the myths here, but a Texas twang sounds off

St. Ed's gives this Fifties musical an energetic revival – in Act I, at least

On one side, you have the UT Regents and proponents of redeveloping the Lions Golf Course. On the other side, you have a long list of folks who want to preserve a piece of Austin history.

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

This week, Stephen manages to connect Barbara K, the Shangri-Las, and Joey Buttafuoco. Go figure.

Somehow, Stephen has managed to milk attention to his birthday out of another week's column. You'd think they happen more frequently than once a year … perhaps at his age, they do? Plus, some Vivid cowboy news for those who may read this column for different reasons …

With The Medea Stories, the St. Edward's University Theatre Department with guest artists from the SITI Company reinvents Euripides' tragedy as a modern courtroom drama and connects us to Medea's tale with immediacy and a great urgency.

The times being what they are, you don't exactly expect to see new galleries sprouting across Austin's cultural landscape, but two just did: Oswald Gallery, showing fine art photography, and Jean-Marc Fray, displaying paintings by French artist Robert Bourasseau.

For the new year, resolve to support the new in the local arts scene. Here are several new projects that would welcome support.

The Ninth Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

Three of the newest books about the Princess of Wales, Margaret Moser writes, are by people who played roles of varying degrees of intimacy in her life; they paint a more accurate, more vibrant picture of her life than the spate of cockeyed conspiracy theories, endless photo collections, and soggy coattail remembrances that traditionally make their appearance around the summer anniversary of her death.

Neal Barrett Jr.'s third book in as many months, Perpetuity Blues and Other Stories, is all previously published material but well worth the re-read.

May

The State of Affairs

1. Sonny's Tradition Restaurant & Club