Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...Factory '99, SoHo Think Tank's festival of fringe theatre, Austin's Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, and KAIROS! Co. faced..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Qmmunity: Here, There, Homoscopes

Your favorite gay ol' calendar guided by the divine celestial bodies above

"...cool queer shit happening here, there, and everywhere in Austin. Open your divine eyes and see what your qmmunity..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by James Scott

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Oliver Tree, Christian McBride, Beach House, Daniel Fears, Kydd Jones, and more recommended shows

"...The last time Oliver Tree graced an Austin stage, at ACL Fest 2019, the injured singer whirled..."

March 25, 2022 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Five Families in One Performance Troupe?

'Bad Font' is Austin improv's stylistic supergroup

"...the five different schools of improvisational performance – improv comedy, mostly, sure, but that's not all – here in..."

Aug. 26, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Leonard for a Day

Louis Black and Leonard Maltin reminisce on 50 years of moviegoing

"...the annual series of Movie Guides) is coming to Austin to introduce Lady for a Day. This interview is..."

May 24, 2013 Screens Feature

The World Is Flat

How King of the Hill helped make Texas three-dimensional again

"...creative-classers ("I don't live in Texas; I live in Austin") and sycophantic piling-on, usually by expatriates or coastal sophisticates..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Screens Feature by Cindy Widner

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...First, teachers make good money. In Austin a new teacher earns $35,000 and a veteran tops..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column

Landmark Change

"...elsewhere. Such announcements don't go over too well in Austin, a city whose residents are growing increasingly skeptical of..."

June 25, 1999 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

From Script to Screen

"...The fifth annual Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference and Festival winds to..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

The Star Maps Hustle

Interview With Filmmaker Miguel Arteta

"...Figueroa). Against this sordid backstory, Arteta weaves elements of comedy alongside fantastical, dreamlike moments in a purely Latino fashion,..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

`Tis the Season...

When Zachary Scott Theatre Center Flies With Angels

"...had wondered how the show would be done in Austin. Its scope -- three hours per part, ranging over..."

June 27, 1997 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Screen Dreams

Drive-In Theatres... on the Web!

"...Fast forward again to 1986. I'd just moved to Austin and had discovered the Southside Drive-In on Ben White..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

A Shaggy Dog Tale in Norwegian Mindbender Good Boy

Writer/director Viljar Bøe explains life inside a dog costume

"...saw it as "a more bizarre kind of romantic comedy, a parody, you can say, [but] it naturally became..."

Sept. 6, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Lovecraft and Rest Stops: Rebekah McKendry Takes to the Road for Glorious

Inside the pandemic roots of the new cosmic horror comedy

"...have been able to get away with injecting the comedy aspect. The exception was probably Stuart Gordon, who injected..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2015

The most memorable art of 2015 carved strange and brilliant new spaces out of familiar ones

"...The entire cast of this staging of Eric Dufault's comedy of machismo gone troppo was spot-on as directed by..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

HBO Going Under the Dome for 'God Save Texas'

Lights, camera, point of order in new political drama

"...Deadline actually broke the news a week and a..."

June 18, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Damage Before the Blue Ruin

Actor Macon Blair talks revenge and homelessness in the new thriller

"...Blue Ruin, which is released on VOD this weekend..."

April 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Beard of Avon

Different Stages' production of the Amy Freed comedy 'The Beard of Avon' benefits from two actors who create an Elizabethan odd couple in delightful balance

"...rain from the inside of a Stratford barn, the comedy paints this celebrated Englishman as a barely literate bumpkin..."

April 21, 2006 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Pale Idiot': Return to the Rudeness That Started It All

As a celebration of 10 years of rudeness, the Rude Mechanicals are reviving the show that started it all, Kirk Lynn's absurdist comedy 'Pale Idiot'

"...a group of friends wanted to start a new Austin theatre company. They asked playwright Kirk Lynn to write..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

No Family Is an Island

The Piersons on 'Reel Paradise'

"...a fair amount of Bollywood and a smattering of comedy classics by the likes of Buster Keaton and the..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Erin Cone at the Wally Workman Gallery

"The figurative acrylics and oils of Austin's Erin Cone reveal no specific flow of story; neither are they reproduced as visual elements of what the hipper literati like to call graphic novels. Cone's portraits stand alone," writes Wayne Alan Brenner. See Cone's second annual exhibition at the Wally Workman Gallery during August, and be pleased with your decision.

"...and Daniel Clowes. The figurative acrylics and oils of Austin's Erin Cone, though, reveal no specific flow of story;..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. 80 Percent

With Mr. 80 Percent, director Blake Yelavich and crew do their damnedest to entertain their audience, serving up James Sherman's loopy comedy of romance among roomies in a New York apartment with a lively energy that's winning even when the show works it a tad too hard in the "love me" department.

"...Single White Comedy seeks bright, fun-loving adult audience for good time. No..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Frailty, Thy Name Ain't Woman

"...of Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief. Paula Vogel's comedy takes an approach somewhat similar to the one in..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Holding Pattern

In the wake of the terrorist attacks, the Austin Film Festival pulls local filmmaker Tom LeGros' feature from the lineup.

"...into buildings, killing thousands of innocents. Film festival decides comedy featuring jet planes crashing into buildings is no longer..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Chamy

After a Fashion

Welcome to our style column's third in a series on local fashion photographers. This week, find out all about Bob Sherman and why frogs , lambs, and satanic pom-pom girls love him.

"...beginnings of a pay site for erotica with a comedy/fetish approach. Bob is supplying the images, and Louisa is..."

March 16, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere

Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi

"...own narrative, while The Truth vs. Alex Jones puts Austin's village idiot on the stand to be truly culpable..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Director Jeff Fowler on the Enduring Success of Sonic the Hedgehog

How the blue hedgehog became more than just a spiky speedster

"...Austin Chronicle: Sonic has remained instantly recognizable, even if the..."

May 20, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Life Queer in 2020

A Guide to Gifting Queerly for the coming decade

"...give your favorite queer a custom leather harness from Austin-based leather and gear startup, Sir Rat Leather (prices vary)...."

Dec. 5, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

A Local Pick for Free Comic Book Day

Creators of Punchline offer a super-powered narrative

"...comics featuring all manner of genres – superhero, mystery, comedy, crime, sci-fi, romance, et OMG cetera...."

May 1, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

2019 SXSW Film Venue Guide

Where to go, how to get there, and how to navigate the lines

"...Venues Overview Paramount Theatre (713 Congress Ave.)..."

Jan. 29, 2019 SXSW Post

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