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Classic Comedy Sketches Come Back to Life at the Alamo Ritz

You know those geeks who can't seem to go more than five sentences without quoting Monty Python?

2:16PM Tue. Jan. 22, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Pssst! Wanna know a secret? Classical music can be funny. No kidding. All that symphonic stuff, thundered out with such gravitas in the concert hall, and the chamber music, so soberly earnest, can make you split the sides of your tuxedo coat – if it's being played by the right person. Or two persons, as in the case of Igudesman & Joo.

4:30PM Mon. Jan. 21, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Short Story Contest Update

After an exhaustive review of the 410 submissions to this year's Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest, we've narrowed the pool to 10 finalists, who were notified of their achievement this morning.

3:45PM Mon. Jan. 21, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure

Paramount Theatre

Anton Chekhov Is a Tasty Snack at Penfold Theatre

Amy’s Fest
at Bouldin Acres

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Wayne White's Big Art Adventure Arrives on TV Tonight

An in-depth look at the weird world of Wayne White, Beauty Is Embarrassing bounces along the emotional spectrum from hilarity to poignancy as director Neil Berkeley makes plotted pit-stops in White's native rural Tennessee, NYC, and L.A.

2:45PM Mon. Jan. 21, 2013, Jessi Cape Read More | Comment »

The Price of 1,000 Songs

If you were listing Austin's top songwriters, Dick Price might not be a name you'd rush to include – unless you were Matt Hislope. As one-half of the Rubber Repertory creative team, the Esther's Follies star co-produced two revues of Price's songs, and tonight he opens a third: Ordinary Peephole: The Songs of Dick Price.

2:45PM Sun. Jan. 20, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

More Things in 'Heaven and Earth'

Welcome back, Fidencio Duran. The artist whose nine-panel painting The Visit sends travelers at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on their way, was away himself for three months, enjoying an artist residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute. But he's home again and ready to show some new work in a solo exhibition opening Saturday.

12:45PM Sat. Jan. 19, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Some Local Bartenders Wanna Have a Word With You

Bartenders often know the best damned stories.

12:21PM Fri. Jan. 18, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Under the Canopy

What was for years a Goodwill Blue Hanger Store – on the same Springdale Road lot as its sapphire-themed neighbors, Blue Genie Art Industries and the Blue Theatre – is in the midst of a makeover, and it ain't into another second-hand store. The Canopy will be a three-building complex for art studios, galleries, offices, and other creative outlets.

5:30PM Wed. Jan. 16, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Theoretical Physicist Brian Greene Has a Few New Dimensions He'd Like You to Meet

Dr. Brian Greene isn't just a mildly popular scientist.

4:59PM Wed. Jan. 16, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

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