Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...improv shows include the women of Loverboy (Wednesdays), the bad boys of Bad Boys (Fridays), Movie Riot (Fridays), Midnight..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Ballad of Davy Jones

Hickoids guitarist keeps breathing

"...our game. Davy and I became a lot closer friends again when he saw that I was serious about..."

May 22, 2015 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Song for My Father

An epic and personal reminiscence of Don Walser and what he meant to Austin

"...when he produced a single for my band the Bad Livers in 1990 and then took us out on..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Music Feature by Mark Rubin

The Hells Angels Hit

Anthony Benesh was shot down by a sniper – the suspects, and theories, are legion

"...His family and friends agree that Benesh was treading in dangerous waters –..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...made one Austin citizen weird. All the events were bad. Every time I see or hear the word weird,..."

April 18, 2003 Column

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Although some critics have assumed, from Jacques Barzun's criticisms of modern culture, that he is a conservative ideologue, in reality he has always followed his own, pragmatic vision of things.

"...Time. As a mere infant, he met his father's friends, Modernist icons like Apollinaire and Duchamp. After finishing his..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Drug Warriors

Hays County drug war is costing lives and money.

"...informant providing the beer and barbecue, and his new friends supplying the marijuana. "He asked everybody to get him..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Nate Blakeslee

Texas Platters

"...of James Brown's "I'll Go Crazy" is just a bad idea. Nevertheless, things never slip far enough out of..."

July 11, 1997 Music Review

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...BADLANDS (1973)..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...The variety is incredible and there just isn’t a bad beer in the house. For our sportsball viewing however,..."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...and a musician with a gregarious personality who made friends instantaneously. But JJ also had a history of mental..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...female protagonist fighting off everything from hordes of zombies, bad dates, creepy rideshare drivers and supernatural forces."..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...Fishing Director: Jason Shahinfar In rural South Dakota two friends go out for the most explosive day of ice..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...spoken in a moment of foolish hotheadedness that his friends say he is known for, were being transmitted to..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...it right in her article "'Y' Can't We Be Friends?" [News, June 16] when she said that TxDOT's proposed..."

June 23, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...camcorder for a few grand starring themselves and their friends, only to spread tales of shattered dreams and woe..."

July 18, 2003 Column

Townes Without Pity

The battle for Townes Van Zandt's legacy

"...damn business." As one of Townes Van Zandt's closest friends, Clark is apparently hellbent on staying out of what..."

June 14, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Thanks!

"...here about two years ago at the insistence of friends in Springfield, Mo. "Move to Austin. Do your music..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Column

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...maps the geography of isolation among a group of friends in Nineties Montreal. Candy and Peter are roommates, both..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

The Luv Doc: Exposed Flesh

Please remember my disapproval

"...So last weekend she went to ACL with her friends, and they were all dressed like they were going..."

Oct. 18, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Playback: Seth Gibbs Promises to Fight

Cancer stricken pop savant crafts his NOT-posthumous album

"..."The future is one pill I can't take." Big Bad Cancer Talk..."

Oct. 26, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...Barracuda, 10pm; Wed. 14, Waller Ballroom, 10pm; Thu. 15, Friends, 10pm Her "Bist Du Down?" video going viral last..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...regulars Jonny Mars and Sam Eidson appear in A Bad Idea Gone Wrong, the Ft. Worth-shot relationship feature from..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Who Wants to Run A Coffeehouse in Austin, Texas?

Four local javamongers tell us what it's like

"...spend an hour or longer there, to meet with friends and spend a lot of money. If you're going..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sandra Bernhard ♥ America

Sandra Bernhard returns to Austin for We're Still Queer Honey!

"..."Kiss Me Deadly" in her 2006 off-Broadway show Everything Bad & Beautiful. It could have even been this past..."

June 4, 2010 Features Feature by Cindy Widner

The Truth Hurts

Rowdy Stovall's Mexican Sunrise was inspired by his real life, whether it be football injuries or run-ins with satanists

"...You and a few friends travel to Mexico for some margaritas and dancing. Throwing..."

June 22, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

She Lives

Clementine Hall was the 13th Floor Elevators' hip, maternal Wendy, providing food and security for the band's tribe of Lost Boys

"...of Lost Boys. She maintained a deep and abiding friendship with Roky Erickson, composing "Splash 1" with him on..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Ruling the Roost

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

"...volunteers that he's probably amassed as many enemies as friends. Employees fear him and competitors loathe him. By his..."

June 1, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Everyone's a Critic

The theatre community sounds off on critics as artists.

"...rest of the members of both groups are either friends of his or in a position not unlike my..."

July 28, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Regular Folk

"...Friends and new moms Brandy Roy and Jennifer McQuaid talk..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

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