Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Sept. 1-3.

Just a little break in the midst of Harvey-related program activities

"...that veritable juggernaut of merriment, the Out Of Bounds Comedy Festival, working overtime to stretch a smile across your..."

Aug. 31, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Creative Things I Lucked Into in 2013

Remembering the year thick with superlative works of art onstage and in galleries

"...MORNING IS' (Capital T Theatre). That brilliant Mickle Maher comedy, about the consequences of two William Blake-enamored professors engaging..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...complete darkness, then blinded by stage lights, then clumsily stalling through six minutes of technical difficulties following set opener..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Five Things Baymageddon Taught Me

No pain, some gain from last weekend's Michael Bay marathon

"...Now you might call it Stockholm Syndrome, but I'll concede: After 10 straight..."

April 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Where the Wild Things Star

'Secondhand Lions' is only the latest production in which Bobbi Colorado-trained beasts play a part.

"...of Academy Award-winning actors in the form of Robert Duvall and Michael Caine, but also a young -- if..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

We Have an Issue: 100 Summery Things on the Horizon

Pick up this week's issue for The Austin Chronicle's summer events guide

"...solstice marks the official start of summer. But we've all got our own internal clocks set to different seasonal..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

All Your Memes Are Belong to Us

Austinites bloom where they're planted, and local meme-makers are here to help us laugh at ourselves

"...Albert Bui didn't mean to become an overnight sensation. All he was doing was goofing around on a Thursday..."

July 20, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

One for All

Brian Salisbury talks about his new, post-Spill site, One of Us

"...At heart, we're all nerds. That's the thinking behind OneofUs.net, the newest geek-friendly..."

July 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Things I Learned at Fantastic Arcade

A smattering of smart things people said about video games

"...guy Jim Munroe reminding the audience that games, like comedy, can be used to lower defenses and diffuse or..."

Sept. 27, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Chaz Bono Is All About That Cult Life in Reboot Camp

Come and join us!

"...recent role in Reboot Camp, a film modeled after all the wild cult documentaries collecting on most streaming services...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by James Scott

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 10-12

G-gosh, whatever might they be? Anyone have a clue?

"...and finish next week, to make sure you see all that’s worth seeing? We know you’ll figure it out,..."

Nov. 9, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

DVDanger: All This Horror Business

Catching up with the major terror releases

"...in it, the question becomes, how provocative can they really be, and still be seen as civilized?..."

July 26, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lieutenant Governor Race is all LOLs

Dan Patrick apes Dewhurst with kittens

"...animated cat gifs. Of course, it gets a few things wrong (like the midnight citizen's process coming before Davis'..."

Aug. 16, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

All Hail 'The Lords of Salem'

Rob Zombie on his fifth feature, a decade in the making

"...House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and his Halloween reboots – cut open the psyches of monsters. But..."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

All Over Creation: Mozart Was an Austinite

The spirit of innovation that drove the composer lives on in our city

"...music had the feel of a bad dream, where things are out of place; they don't fit. You know,..."

Feb. 15, 2013 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Five Things You'd Totally Enjoy Doing This Weekend

Right here in Austin, Texas, where the fun never stops

"...Dear reader, allow me to point out a few likely winners among..."

Nov. 7, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

Everybody's working for your weekend

"...It's funny, really, how much planning this thing takes. Look: The OOB..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Things Are What You Make of Them

The deliciously cracked comedies of Bob Byington

"...speech, you think, okay, kinda corny, but sincere. We all know what it's like to wear your heart on..."

Oct. 23, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

New Model for a Funny Business

Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy lets the folks making jokes own more than the laughs

"...Jon Stewart – and fellow comedian-actor Bill Burr co-founded All Things Comedy, an innovative comedy podcast network and artist..."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...Michael Dougherty. Starring: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Emjay Anthony, Stefania LaVie Owen and..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Night at McCool's

"...away the hours but it's not exactly the rollicking comedy joint its trailers make it out to be. Genial..."

April 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Heart and Souls

"...from a lack of clear direction. It lurches between comedy and drama and romance and special effects, so much..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fever Pitch

Don’t go into the Farrelly brothers’ Fever Pitch seeking an adaptation along the lines of the merely Yankified remix of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity: This is not that – not even close.

"...Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon, Lenny Clarke and Jack Kehler. Die-hard fans of Nick..."

April 8, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Four Letter Word

This tale of an unapologetically promiscuous New Yorker settles for the easy trifles of romantic comedy.

"...M. Goldsmith, J.R. Rolley, Virginia Bryan, Jeremy Gender and Allison Lane. We humans go to the movies with all..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Beerfest

The jokes in this latest film from the Broken Lizard comedy troupe are about as potent as near-beer.

"...Soter and Erik Stolhanske. Remember drinking games? You laughed really hard, made some new friends, got incredibly wasted. Maybe..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Samba

The latest from the directors of the French hit The Intouchables

"...between a wealthy quadriplegic and his French-Algerian caregiver was equally lauded and derided, but that didn’t stop it from..."

Aug. 7, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Penske Media Buys ATX TV Festival

Local celebration of the small screen joins portfolio including SXSW

"...has hit the big time: the Austin celebration of all things small screen has been acquired by Penske Media,..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...this year's film festival, but the complete list of all the movies at this year's hybrid event. The stellar..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Trans Comic Carina Magyar's Rising Star

“When I came to accept myself for who I am, my comedy followed"

"...isn't always a walk in the park, but she’s really hitting her stride in the booming Austin comedy scene...."

July 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Dark Yet Light

Her D in Biology notwithstanding, Maria Bamford is a genius at making dark comedy funny

"...In Maria Bamford's most recent comedy special, The Special Special Special!, she performs for an..."

April 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

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