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99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music
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"...own truncated moniker in 2016 for Get Out of the City. The shift allowed the decadelong Austin scene veteran..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

Five Live Performances to Make You Laugh and Think
From musical spoofs to Broadway classics, the best of the Austin stage
"...you'll cry, you'll remember what entertainment was like before these damned 'ronas came to town, as some of this..."

July 8, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five New Things In Austin's Comedy Scene
A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends
"...Comedy and drinking, drinking and comedy: They go together like gin and tonic, like tequila and..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Start Trekkin'
The Heroes of Comedy boldly go where no troupe has gone before
"...know what improv comedy troupes do, basically, right? How they take audience suggestions and turn them into a narrative..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cinescape
Cinescape offers a weekly home to microcinema.
"...Ever since the genesis of that brand of adventurous small-scale film known..."

Sept. 20, 2002 Screens Feature by Will Robinson Sheff

Wide Awake and Brilliant
Eyes open on the Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon
"...Watching eight people perform publicly when they've all been awake for 45 hours might seem a..."

July 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Out of Bounds 2015: Squirrel Buddies
Nothing nuts about this improv duo; "Buddies" says it all
"...The theatres have been painted, the improvisers have assembled, and..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Microcinema Mania
Bimonthly series Cinema41 highlights the underseen and underrated
"...get front-row seats – tiered, no less – to the end of the Cold War world. It's even rarer..."

July 22, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW
Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing
"...Want to hear the music that Austinites are buzzing about right now, before..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues
Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?
"...night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition "The Door by the Garden," it will also bring to..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW
Neil Lord, putting the bam in ambient
"...straight-up ambient, New Age direction," he affirms. "But with the live band, I want it to be memorable. We're..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Luv Doc Recommends: 'Checking It Twice'
Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse, Thursday, December 6, 2007
"...Fasten that sprig of Mistletoe to your belt buckle, the season is upon us. For the next few weeks..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Provoking, Exposing, Expanding
The ninth Cinematexas International Short Film Festival
"...What follows, of course, is hardly comprehensive. The previews are mostly based on a pool of screeners..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Five Things to Enjoy in Downtown Austin
Head back to the heart of the city for your post-SXSW entertainment
"...Whether a venue's smack dab in the heart of it..."

March 25, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

MugShots Bar Announces Permanent Closure
Beloved dive bar was a Downtown mainstay since 2002
"...A lot of legendary nights you have trouble recollecting the morning after. With MugShots at least you had photographic..."

Sept. 13, 2020 Food Post by Kimberley Jones

Where to Watch Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Premiere in Austin
Local watch parties, plus GoT trivia nights and menu specials
"...patricide, and Melisandre’s witchy ways are best enjoyed in the company of fellow Game of Thrones fanatics, you’ll want..."

July 12, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

47 Nonstop, Unsleeping, Possibly Hallucinatory Hours of Improv This Weekend
The Hideout is doing that wild thing they do every year
"...It’s not just that the action is nonstop, with so many troupes from the..."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ColdTowne
In just months, New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne has become deeply involved in Austin's comedy scene, and now it's close to getting its own venue
"...It's been less than a year since the members of New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne made our..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: Out of Bounds Improv Festival
Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse, Saturday, September 10, 2005
"...The famous playwright Sacha Guitry once said, “You can pretend..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

Going Long
Scoping Out the Long Fringe of FronteraFest 2000
"...The Hideout..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

Parallelogramophonograph Goes Virtual
Local improv troupe storms the internet with live yes-and comic relief
"...How the hell can a live, improvised comedy show be done..."

March 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Local Eateries to Feed Your Hangover
Feast your eyes, then your stomach
"...whoops! Looks like someone’s waking up in last night’s clothes with a grumbly tummy and in need of weapons-grade..."

June 17, 2016 Columns Post by Spencer Beghtol

Luv Doc Recommends: Bye Bye Bush
Hideout Theatre & Coffeehouse, Saturday, January 17, 2009
"...20, a fleet of black helicopters will descend on the White House lawn, their speakers blaring the Star Wars..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

Salvage Vanguard Theater
After 13 years of presenting theatre in other peoples' space, Salvage Vanguard Theater has acquired its own home
"...They started by doing it in bars. Then they were..."

May 5, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Deconstructing Film
The Hideout hosts a retrospective of experimental filmmaker Aaron Valdéz's work.
"...Aaron Valdéz sits in a dark space of the Ritz balcony sanding the face of a young girl...."

July 12, 2002 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Cameron Esposito
No joke, this queer comedian is at the forefront of the digital revolution
"..."Chunks." What was once the punchline of a blossoming comedian's set about her own..."

March 11, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober
Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic
"...moms. Louisiana-bred comedian Jen Kober is in town for the Moontower Comedy Festival, and she's loaded with chewy SweetTarts...."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Be Prepared
The secret to improv's split-second successes is in years of training
"...To see these six people performing this musical number together about the..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

True Legend
The great martial-arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping directs this saga about the inventor of Drunken Fist fighting.
"...Yeoh, David Carradine, Gordon Liu and Cung Le. Indeed, there’s a true legend at work here, but unfortunately, the..."

May 13, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Real Estate and Perfect Mates
The year 2000 in the Austin arts, with Top 10 lists by Chronicle Arts critics and their picks for stories and personalities of the year.
"...to fulfilling one's dreams. He might have been writing the story of the Austin arts scene in the year..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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