Blank Check

"...Jayne Atkinson, Michael Lerner, Rick Ducommun and Debbie Allen. “Blank check” must be what these filmmakers had when they..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tammy

Melissa McCarthy burns through a lot of goodwill in this limp, confused comedy cowritten with her husband, Ben Falcone.

"...at least were right when she metaphorically cashed the blank check of her meteoric success to mount a modestly..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Arts Happenings Online: A Chronicle Round-up for Your Quarantined Exploration

Live and creative diversions – from your talented friends & neighbors

"...ColdTowne Theatre, those bright cut-ups on Airport Boulevard, the..."

March 23, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Queerantining With Qmmunity’s James Scott

Hint: It involves lots of podcasts and (mostly) gay reads

"...can decorate a notebook with stickers. Las Culturistas and Blank Check..."

March 20, 2020 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

EAST 2018: Brenner’s Picks

Our savvy arts reprobate has a few suggestions for you, comma, citizen

"...Here comes the second weekend of this year’s East..."

Nov. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Arty Things This Weekend

What’s happening in the Austin arts scene this weekend?

"...– I DON’T NEED YOUR PITY, CITIZEN – and check out these recommendations for a good time:..."

June 13, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Shows Must Go On(line)

More Austin performers take their acts to the internets for streaming

"...Austin is a city of musicians, of course: The..."

March 19, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

This machine is temperamental but it will give you things

"...And then do it again, please, Nick Drnaso. Because..."

July 10, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Arty Things to Do: Nov. 17-19

AND YOU TOTALLY WON'T BELIEVE THE FOURTH ONE!

"...Well, OK, tbh you may very well believe the..."

Nov. 16, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Literally Show Me a Healthy Person

Darcie Wilder might make you stop wanting someone to hurt you

"...literally show me a healthy person, relentlessly aswarm with..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

XBRMNT's Top 10 for the Week of Nov. 2

After a weekend full of fright and frolic, Manic Monday was laid back.

"...With most of us barely hanging on after a..."

Nov. 2, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Naked City

"...The AISD Community Safety Task Force will hold a..."

Oct. 24, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Central Market Tomato Harvest is Red, Red Heaven

Celebration of those tasty apples-of-love is a many-splendored thing

"...No one wants to be a real sad tomato,..."

June 13, 2019 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Arty Things to Do: Dec. 15-17

Counting it down, arting it up, struggling with the goddamn tinsel

"...Check out these recommendations:..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Greenhouse Craft Food + Austin Beerworks: A Dinner

Some things are worth driving a little ways north

"...But when the event’s on a Sunday evening and..."

March 1, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Then There's This: Water for Sale

WTP4 has to pay for itself, by hook or by crook

"...to ink a deal – assured council that the blank-check approval would simply provide some wiggle room in the..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Read It Local, Pump Up Your Volumes

Local bookmongers offer curbside pick-up & delivery

"...Got a lot of reading time, lately, when you’re..."

March 23, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Parallelogramophonograph Goes Virtual

Local improv troupe storms the internet with live yes-and comic relief

"...19, 7:30pm; Sat., March 21, 3 & 7:30pm; and check the Hideout Theatre website for more...."

March 17, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Texas Whiskey Festival Is This Saturday

Inaugural event fills the Texas State History Museum with good spirits

"...And there are others – check the Texas Whiskey Festival website for the whole list,..."

March 27, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

An Inside Look at Austin’s Biggest Used Bookstore

Half Price Books, N. Lamar: “We tend more toward the unusual.”

"...Elsewhere in the Chronicle, we told you a little..."

Oct. 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

West Austin Studio Tour Recommendations

Where to go, what to see, who’s your caddy

"...Yes, just 10 here, OK? Just 10 recommendations of..."

May 10, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dear God, What Hath Monofonus Wrought Now?

The Austin indie media company gets all epistolary with Thor Harris

"...Thor Harris – wildly talented painter, celebrated drummer for..."

May 25, 2015 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Citywide 86'd: The Finale is Complete! A New Champion Reigns!

Uchiko's Ben Schwartz takes top honors at the cooking competition

"...That's the news, the part you need to –..."

June 17, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Seeking Mavis Beacon

Doc searches for the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

"...tech and academic jargon to come, and writes a blank check of sorts (co-signed with a quick cut to..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

We Have an Issue: Greetings From the Very Near Future

Notes from a week in isolation

"...my own tortillas. The Ringer Podcast Network and the Blank Check movie podcast. A 1,000-piece puzzle featuring iconic scenes..."

March 27, 2020 Column by Kimberley Jones

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Latest dinosaur romp sticks to the equation, but still evolves the action

"...it does give Bayona the narrative equivalent of a blank check. He is free to dream up a variety..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Changing Lanes

"...attorney brushes him off with the offer of a blank check, and when that doesn't work gives him a..."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

East Austin Studio Tour: Who Is Marc English?

That question will be answered, vividly, and pretty much in full

"...There are many intersections of the art world and..."

Nov. 6, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Arty Things to Do: Jan. 5-7

Apocalypse indefinitely postponed; go out, have some fun

"...New year, new things. Some damned good things, actually. Check ‘em out, enjoy a little of what’s going on..."

Jan. 4, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin’s Steve Parker Has Built You a New Set of Ears

The audio provocateur expands (again) the local dimensions of sound

"...As if a visit to the Austin Nature and..."

Sept. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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