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Art Beat

Art Beat

Taking the pulse of Austin's arts and music scene
Jim Cunningham (right), volunteer at Recycled Reads, organize books while Blake Trombley, a weekly customer, looks for books at Recycled Reads on Friday, July 18, 2025. Under a proposed budget, the city would save $107,000 by closing the book store. Patricia Lim/KUT News
This weekend you can celebrate a country music icon, reflect on climate resilience through art, bid farewell to a local treasure and catch KUT's Jerry Quijano leading a Q&A about a podcasting documentary.
Here are a few ways to support your music scene this January (and every month of the year).

KUTX presents: The Hole Story

KUTX | The Hole Story: Shinyribs | Hole in the Wall

If every song is a story, then every songwriter has a story about those songs. The Hole Story is a new 30-minute video series featuring stripped-down sets and behind-the-music storytelling, recorded live on the historic front stage of Hole in the Wall. Think VH1 Storytellers meets MTV Unplugged — Austin style.