Paramount's Kid-Centric Programming Keeps the Cheap Seats Cheap

Educational shows returns with affordability in mind

"...Hundreds of parents and students filtered into Paramount Theatre on Jan. 9, filling the building with sounds..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Arts Feature by Ikram Mohamed

2002 Summer Camps

"...devil's built for idle hands this year. Thus, summer camps: organized to provide growing minds and bodies healthy outlets..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...Theatre & Dance CampsKIDS ACTING For 20 years, KidsActing has been puttin' on..."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature

Invasion of the Kiddie-Lit Plays

Characters from children's literature storm Austin-area stages in July.

"...Moby Dick, Cyberella, The Wizard of Aztlan, and the Camp Paramount version of Treasure Island will all be performed..."

July 5, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film Flam

'Casablanca' closes out Paramount Summer Film Classic series

"...Here's looking at you, Casablanca: The Paramount Summer Classic Film series has secured a print of..."

June 26, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Rainbow Month Rolls On

Waterloo Greenway goes ROYGBIV, the Paramount has a ball, and Cheer Ups looks camp in the eye

"...8pm. This is a collaborative project from Human Rights Campaign Austin, foremost plus-sized burlesque troupe Fat Bottom Cabaret, and..."

June 10, 2022 Column by James Scott

Struggling to Connect With My Downtown Life Through Virtual Reality

Immersing my avatar in SXSW XR

"...are talking loudly in the balcony of the historic Paramount Theatre while I’m trying to watch three panelists discuss..."

March 17, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Sarah Silverman Strikes Back

Telling the truth at the Paramount about Rick Perry and the n-word

"...Sarah Silverman knows how to make a shocking statement...."

Oct. 28, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Greatest Stories Ever Told

The 2010 Paramount Summer Film Classics

"...not the darkest of Dark Knight sagas, yet this high-camp thriller has disturbed me ever since I first saw..."

May 21, 2010 Screens Feature by Kate X Messer

Luv Doc Recommends: Grease Sing-Along

Paramount Theatre, Saturday, July 26, 2003

"...dances, but because the whole movie is dripping with camp, costumes, and color – arguably the last great musical..."

July 25, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

The Austin Chronicle Guide to the Mission: Impossible Movies

Your mission, if you choose to accept it ...

"...TV themes - a theme so great that when Paramount Pictures revamped classic '60s spy thriller Mission: Impossible for..."

July 14, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...world premiere of Smile, the disturbing new horror from Paramount Pictures...."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Tall Drink of Water

Stars we love at the Paramount Summer Classic Film series

"...have been directing expressionistic horror, but Winters was delivering camp...."

May 16, 2014 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

Top 10 Sports Retirements 2010

From 'The Big Unit' to 'The Big Hurt'

"...and making up for lost time with family is paramount for a decorated ex-NFL QB with seven children, while..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Sports Post by Russ Espinoza

For Your Consideration ...

Austin Film Festival Preview

"...(10/15, 7pm, Paramount)THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Screens Feature

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...string of stage hits that gets him noticed by Paramount Pictures; and there you are with him in the..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...series, the Austin Film Society's Summer Free-for-All and the Paramount Theatre's Classic Film Series, offer revival schedules that provide..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Scenes From the First Weekend of SXSW 2023

"...Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves premiere at the Paramount Theatre..."

March 13, 2023 Photo Gallery

Qmmunity: The Queer-ster Bunny

A springtime showing of Austin's queer haps, like a new leather bar, pre-show parties, and the academic achievement by a young Black trans scholar.

"...bizniz, and this upcoming series of pre-show parties by Paramount Theatre and The Little Gay Shop prove it. Big..."

April 7, 2023 Column by James Scott

Gay Place: Total Gayhem

Where my queers at? GayBiGayGay, b'duh.

"...The prez of the lez. Thu., March 13, 11pm. Paramount, 713 Congress. www.melissaetheridge.com...."

March 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

Glad to make your acquaintance, weary traveler, we are The Gay Place.

"...lady chones (and perhaps some man pants). 6:30pm doors. Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress. www.melissaetheridge.com...."

March 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...service, launching in 2017 on CBS All Access (now Paramount+)...."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Peter and the Wolf Go to Texas

Lionheart Youth Theatre's new adaptation unites the music of Mother Falcon with the puppets of Glass Half Full Theatre

"...the one premiering this week at Stateside at the Paramount (Texan tall tale, girl hero, Mother Falcon, indie rock),..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Freedom's Just Another Word

Allison Berg and 'Witches in Exile'

"...04 Special Jury Award-winning documentary about the Kukuo Witches Camp. These women are scapegoats for the social problems in..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...leap right into the abyss. (Esther's Pool, 10pm Mon; Paramount Theatre, 8pm Thu) --J.C. Shakespeare..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Short Cuts

"...It was an introduction to a survey of the Paramount Theatre's Summer Classics schedule written by our resident "revivals"..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Column

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...KING OF THE HILL Paramount Theatre, Monday, April 5..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Y Ask X and Y?

"...is remounted and performed on the stage of the Paramount Theatre is that this is a creative labor of..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

RTX Animation Festival Premieres Powerhouse's Castlevania

Rooster Teeth's Gray G. Haddock on the "new golden age of animation"

"...concentrates on Rooster Teeth's own properties, like animated comedy Camp Camp, anime RWBY, live-action epidemic drama Day 5, the..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place

Remember! It's a gay-marathon, not a gay-sprint. Here's your Fri-gay lineup.

"...GIRLS ROCK CAMP DAY PARTY Lineup! Whoa! Featuring: Sick/Sea, Buffalo Daughter, BLXPLTN,..."

March 14, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

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