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Sex, Lies, and Katie Folger

In the grand history of dating and hookups, there's going to be a two year blank spot that just says "pandemic." For some, it was the ultimate dry spell. For others, a bizarre series of encounters made more awkward than usual. But for Katie Folger, it was a source of creative inspiration.

5:40PM Thu. May 11, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Review: Broadway in Austin’s To Kill a Mockingbird

When I first heard, in early 2016, that an adaptation of Harper Lee’s benchmark novel To Kill a Mockingbird was heading for the Broadway stage, it did not take much convincing to know that the play would be brilliant. They had me at Sorkin.

5:00PM Wed. May 10, Bob Abelman Read More | Comment »

Review: Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man

If pheromones could talk and were given a public forum to express themselves, it would take the form of Katie Folger’s Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man – a lusty, self-written, one-woman oration on female sexual discovery, exploration, and empowerment.

7:40PM Mon. May 8, Bob Abelman Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

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The Ballroom

Sludge, System Exclusive, Lauren Lakis at Chess Club

Imaginary Stereo w/ Cuadroped, Low Pressure Salesman, Long Tongue, Emskiii at Feels So Good

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Community Outshines Competition at Breaking for Gold USA National Championship

Though a pulsing bass, syncopated breakbeats, and brassy trills echoed through the walls of Parish for more than nine hours on Saturday, no band occupied the stage.

12:35PM Mon. May 8, Wayne Lim Read More | Comment »

Review: Jarrott Productions’ Mother of the Maid

There’s a sizable body of plays told from the perspective of a secondary character tethered to a remarkable other.

12:35PM Wed. Apr. 26, Bob Abelman Read More | Comment »

Review: Austin Playhouse's Indecent

In 1923, Sholem Asch’s play God of Vengeance served up Broadway’s first queer kiss and became a landmark work of lesbian dramatic literature. In 2017, as the centerpiece of Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-winning Indecent, it became something more.

4:36PM Mon. Apr. 24, Bob Abelman Read More | Comment »

Daniel Johnston Book Release Celebrated in NYC

A lot of Austinites are thinking about Daniel Johnston with discussion of the preservation of the "Hi, How Are You" mural. Tonight, the late musician and artist will also be celebrated in New York.

3:10PM Thu. Apr. 20, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Review: St. Ed’s Luchadora!

When a well-worn lucha libre mask is found in an old briefcase, an inspiring personal journey that touches on cultural identity, family traditions, and female empowerment is set in motion in Alvaro Saar Rios’ delightful Luchadora!

3:15PM Wed. Apr. 19, Bob Abelman Read More | Comment »

Howie Mandel: "Everything I've Done, I've Fallen Into"

Who is your Howie Mandel? Is he the crazy comic who got famous for blowing up a rubber glove on his head? Is he the host of Deal or No Deal? The character actor? The host of the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast? The voice of Gizmo from the Gremlins movies? Or is it the elder statesman of standup?

2:00PM Wed. Apr. 19, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

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