This weekend you can celebrate Black History Month with art and music, watch print-making demonstrations or catch a play about romance and ambition in the professional tennis world.

KUT Festival tickets are on sale now! Join us May 1–2 for live music, bold ideas, and community connection. Our first round of speakers and artists includes Adriene Mishler, Shakey Graves, Aaron Franklin and more. Celebrate the people, music and culture that make Austin Austin. More artists and speakers to be announced soon.

In his show, photographer Steven Hatchett makes the case for supporting Black businesses and the community they create to preserve cultural history and combat gentrification. It's on view through March 29.

Thousands of people packed into Pan American Neighborhood Park in East Austin for an anti-ICE rally, which was led by several high-profile Texas Democrats, including Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro and James Talarico.

A so-called national shutdown has drawn support from businesses and students in Austin. Hundreds of AISD students walked out of class on Friday to join the protest movement. Gov. Greg Abbott said the state would investigate the school district's role.

A Reddit post showing paltry food conditions at Austin's Eighth Street Shelter led to online backlash.

At Banana Phone, comedians put themselves through controlled cruelty to toughen themselves up for hostile audiences. The show's creator calls it "Lord of the Flies-esque."

Does it feel like you need to go out extra this weekend because the weather has kept you inside? (Just say yes!)

Wait times were consistently above two hours at Austin Pets Alive as volunteers lined up to foster dogs and cats before ahead of a winter storm.

City workers clocked in for a combined 1,782,228 hours in 2025, with first-responders accounting for the bulk of overtime spending.