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Is That Science?: The elements of smile
The initial results of the experiment Is That Science? – wherein members of the theatrical company St. Idiot Collective interacted with the element Improvium – were fast, furious, and funny
Arts Feature, Jun. 29, 2007
McNichol & May: Harking back with style
Bob McNichol & Erika May are among the most literary improvisers in town, each of their spontaneous narratives carried along by the depth of the characters they create
Arts Feature, Jun. 22, 2007
Get Up: How funky and strong is their fight
Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin – who make up the improv duo Get Up – are comfortable working together, like two parts of an interlocking dream machine
Arts Feature, Jun. 15, 2007
Junk: When you're jonesing for the good stuff
The four improvisers who constitute the Austin troupe Junk prefer to work in long-form, and long-form certainly seems their forte
Arts Feature, Jun. 8, 2007
Taking You to Ninja School
Seven reasons why Naruto is kicking everybody's ass
Screens Feature, Jun. 1, 2007
Me, Ange, and the Interlocking Shadows of Trees
Why do I love Naruto? Because I love my daughter.
Screens Feature, Jun. 1, 2007
A Thought in Three Parts
In staging Wallace Shawn's famously unproduced and pornographic A Thought in Three Parts, it'd be so easy to stumble or misjudge, but Rubber Repertory has gotten almost everything stunningly right
Reviewed by Arts Review, May. 18, 2007
Over 21: Pages and Marginalia
Oscar Gillespie's stunning and intricate prints, as exhibited at Slugfest Gallery, wouldn't be more compelling if they were printed in the artist's own blood
Reviewed by Arts Review, May. 11, 2007
The Music Is Pretty Much Incessant
P. Kellach Waddle, the River City's 'educated hillbilly,' composes himself a life
Arts Feature, Apr. 19, 2007
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
What do you do if you've invented a character who embodies the violent rejection of modern society, and that character becomes more popular than you ever dreamed he would?
Reviewed by Books Review, Apr. 13, 2007
Christa Palazzolo: City Folk
Christa Palazzolo was an astounding painter before she left Austin for New York, but her solo show at 1906 Gallery shows that her artistic skill has only deepened
Reviewed by Arts Review, Mar. 16, 2007
Man and Myth
Comic-book artist Dean Haspiel set to attend Staple! Independent Media Expo
Books Feature, Mar. 1, 2007
More Than Just Kiln Time
Ishmael Soto passes the torch to a younger generation
Arts Feature, Feb. 23, 2007
Present Laughter
You may think you know what a Noël Coward comedy is like, but the Zachary Scott Theatre Center production of Present Laughter is light years ahead of your expectations
Reviewed by Arts Review, Feb. 9, 2007
The Available Cupholders
There's a lot of improv to be seen in Austin, and much of it is good; the Available Cupholders are an excellent example of why and how
Reviewed by Arts Review, Jan. 12, 2007
Wait and Hope: New Works by Katy O'Connor/Restless Timber: New Works by Jennifer Drummond
Volitant Gallery's pairing of Katy O'Connor and Jennifer Drummond works so well, you might want to gather some friends and go picnic in the woods by way of celebration
Reviewed by Arts Review, Jan. 12, 2007
Wayne Alan Brenner's Best Books of 2006
Books Feature, Jan. 5, 2007
Edmond Bulldogs: MTV Sends Comedy Troupe Into Overdrive
Fresh from being featured on MTVOverdrive.com's the Stew, comedy troupe the Edmond Bulldogs is back in town to whip its local fans into a frenzy
Arts Feature, Dec. 15, 2006
Blab! 17
Each year, Monte Beauchamp harvests and designs a collection of work from the world's diverse crop of illustrators, sequential artists, and the graphically obsessed. And each year, it rules.
Reviewed by Books Review, Dec. 8, 2006
Curses
With a simple drawing style reminiscent of TinTin's Hergé, Kevin Huizenga uses the comics medium to brilliant effect
Reviewed by Books Review, Dec. 8, 2006
The Mother's Mouth
Reviewed by Books Review, Dec. 8, 2006
The Placebo Man
Reviewed by Books Review, Dec. 8, 2006
Pizzeria Kamikaze
Reviewed by Books Review, Dec. 8, 2006
Moomin
Reviewed by Books Review, Dec. 8, 2006
Think Outside the Book
Eric Schlosser on Richard Linklater's adaptation of his Fast Food Nation
Screens Feature, Nov. 17, 2006
Mission: Improvable
Austin's improv community gathers intelligence
Arts Feature, Aug. 25, 2006
OoBer Alles
A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)
Arts Feature, Aug. 25, 2006
'Kazillionaire'
Jeremy Lamb and Madeline Malka's new sketch and improv show 'Kazillionaire' is starkly divided between bits of physical comedy that are genius and spoken segments that are relentlessly awkward and dull
Arts Feature, Jul. 28, 2006
In On It
The Dirigo Group production of Daniel MacIvor's 'In On It,' with two actors in multiple roles, succeeds beyond an exercise in acting and becomes a heartbreaking wound that feels good to receive
Reviewed by Arts Review, Jul. 21, 2006
Radio: 30
Hyde Park Theatre revives its production of Chris Earle's play Radio: 30, which creates a pitch-perfect rendering of emotional breakdown in the recording studio
Arts Feature, Jul. 7, 2006
Illuminations
Books Feature, Jun. 9, 2006
Further Illuminations
Books Feature, Jun. 9, 2006
Funniest Person in Austin Semifinals
Wayne Alan Brenner describes being a judge for one of the semifinal rounds of the 2006 Funniest Person in Austin Contest at Cap City Comedy Club
Arts Feature, May. 12, 2006
La Perdida
Because Jessica Abel's La Perdida takes place in Mexico City and involves a sometimes frictional intermingling of Mexicans and Americans, it's attracted comparison to Los Bros Hernandez's classic Love and Rockets
Reviewed by Books Review, May. 12, 2006
Truth Serum
Pity the poor costumed heroes of our childhood
Reviewed by Books Review, May. 12, 2006
Kings in Disguise
America's Great Depression of the 1930s isn't the backdrop for this story; it is the story
Reviewed by Books Review, May. 12, 2006
Conversation #2
If James Kochalka is 'Magic Boy,' then Jeffrey Brown is 'Over-Analyze Lad'
Reviewed by Books Review, May. 12, 2006
Summer Camp Guide
Features Feature, Apr. 28, 2006
Drive, He Said
Arts Feature, Apr. 14, 2006
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Reviewed by Books Review, Apr. 14, 2006
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